Commission officials hope that in about six months they may secure agreement on family reunification.
Many advocates for patients' rights, and some key commission officials, want to change this.
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The offices of several firms involved in the oil market have been raided by European Commission officials.
Some senior commission officials fret about a ticking time-bomb of populism, waiting to be triggered by special-interest groups.
Driven crazy by the amount of form-filling and box-ticking required of them, commission officials have got used to cutting corners.
But commission officials have warned that it is unlikely to complete its task by the end of 2015 as requested.
Commission officials blithely bat these concerns aside, saying that national bank supervisors can agree in advance how to wind up cross-border banks.
Mr Neil will tell commission officials that minimum pricing can save lives.
European Commission officials said its investigators made the "unannounced inspections" on Tuesday amid concerns that "the companies may have colluded in reporting distorted prices".
Commission officials insist that Mr Barroso is aware of this and will not abandon what he views as a key part of his legacy.
The few officials at the Commission who would speak to me about the whistleblower office said they too were in the dark as to its status.
Focusing on consumers in the future was the main theme of Da Silva's keynote speech to the 200-strong audience of academics, industry experts and commission officials.
Environment minister Alex Attwood spoke of the importance of the meeting the following day between representatives of the environment and agriculture departments and European Commission officials.
Pakistani Election Commission officials could not be reached for comment to explain why Musharraf is being allowed to run in one constituency after being rejected in others.
Pay-for-delay deals increased from 28 to 40 in just the last two fiscal years and the deals in fiscal 2012 covered 31 brand-name pharmaceuticals, Federal Trade Commission officials said.
Concerns that state money would enable BNP Paribas to finance its proposed acquisition of the Belgian bits of Fortis gave commission officials pause when they first reviewed France's bail-out scheme.
The committee would be able to register an initiative on the Commission website, before collecting signatures from EU citizens - provided it passes an initial admissability check by Commission officials.
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, took direct aim Tuesday at Securities and Exchange Commission officials who had been in charge of an investigation into allegations of insider trading by Pequot Capital Management .
Commission officials say they are responding to the challenges.
Securities and Exchange Commission officials are looking into trading activity that took place in response to the AP tweet, according to a spokesman, who said the agency routinely looks into irregular market action.
Privately, several senior commission officials also have reservations.
However, electoral commission officials told reporters later in the day that the gap between the two men had narrowed to between 50, 000 and 60, 000 votes with around 20 out of 210 constituencies still to declare.
Commission officials have said they expect the industry to develop technology that will streamline the process of obtaining parental consent and have promised to work with the private sector to make sure those tools comply with Coppa.
European Commission officials have been trying to scare the Bush administration off the idea of taking the EU moratorium to the WTO, saying that it might backfire and trigger a boycott of American foods by European consumers.
Previously, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had set a deadline of October 2005 for compliance, but US and European Commission officials have met to discuss accepting a secure digital photograph in lieu of the biometric passport requirements.
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Commission officials are not impressed.
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First, they hear from the Association of British Insurers, Aon Benfield and Marsh Limited about flood funding, and then from European Commission officials including Bernard Van Goethem, Director for Veterinary and International Affairs, DG Health and Consumer, about vaccination of badgers and cattle against bovine TB.
Members of the commission and university officials were more than pleased to point out the similarities between the two rhetorical contests, saying the commission's 13 years of existence, and its fourth presidential election cycle, were testimony to its effectiveness as an educational organization.
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Officials from the European Commission raided the Frankfurt cargo office of Japan Airlines, Asia's largest airline, on Wednesday.
Officials from the Equality Commission also gave evidence on the draft disability strategy.
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