In accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, in order to save regional fruit production, Italy has decided to continue what was done in 2008 and 2009 and to set up an aid scheme to compensate fruit producers for the costs of eradicating outbreaks.

Many national legal systems do not currently confer the powers necessary for authorities to wind down financial institutions in an orderly manner while preserving those services essential for financial stability while minimising taxpayers’ exposure to losses from solvency support.

Tourism must be given a higher profile at regional level by strengthening and promoting, as a European tourist product, cultural itineraries, contemporary culture, protected natural sites, promoting and protecting traditional buildings and traditional businesses, health and well-being (including spa tourism), educational, wine and food, historical or religious tourism, agri-tourism, or tourism capitalising on the maritime heritage, while promoting and conserving cultural and gastronomic traditions (traditional restaurants and businesses with a direct link to local history), and the sub-aquatic heritage.

- stimulating the development of policies for preserving digital culture and heritage, as well as their accessibility, through

RECALLING that the Council Resolution of 21 January 2002 on culture and the knowledge society(3) called on the Commission and the Member States to, inter alia "to assist in the digitisation of cultural content and in the interoperability of the related systems with a view to preserving, protecting and raising awareness of the European cultural heritage and European cultural diversity",

The initial objective for liquid biofuels in the White Paper was 18 Mtoe, (including liquid biofuels from non-energy crops such as wood residues, used vegetable oils and biogas used as motor fuels).