News and Events

05 Oct 2004 Further message from Daniel Soderman to Prof. Anton Eliassen re. ECOMET- PRIMET meeting on 3 Nov. 2004
05 Oct 2004 Further message from Prof. Anton Eliassen re. ECOMET- PRIMET meeting on 3 Nov. 2004
05 Oct 2004 Response by Daniel Soderman, PRIMET Secretary General to meeting invitation
30 Sep 2004 Invitation by Prof. Anton Eliassen for discussions in Oslo on 3 November 2004 between ECOMET and PRIMET
29 Sep 2004 ARGOSS of The Netherlands, MOPI (Meteo Operations Italia srl) of Italy and Weather Services International of the Weather Channel Companies, Birmingham (UK) join PRIMET, bringing the total corporate membership to 32 members in 14 countries.
14 Sep 2004 Aura Centrum sp. z o. o. of Poznan (Poland) joins PRIMET, bringing the total membership to 29 members in 14 countries.
12 May 2004 PRIMET message on a possible 2nd ECOMET/PRIMET meeting in early autumn 2004 to Prof. Anton Eliassen, President of the General Assembly of ECOMET
12 May 2004 PRIMET letter re. ECMWF data access and associated revenues to Prof. Anton Eliassen, Chairman of the ECMWF Council
24 Mar 2004 PRIMET letter on ECMWF archive data - access and pricing sent to Prof. Anton Eliassen, ECMWF Council Chairman.
3-4 June 2004 60th ECMWF Council meeting
23 Apr 2004 Meeting in Luxembourg of the EC Public Sector Information Group, with presentations during the afternoon session on re-use of meteorological information.by Peter Weiss (NOAA), Harry Otten (Meteo Consult), Rene Hoenson (ECOMET) and Daniel Soderman (PRIMET).
23 Apr 2004 Summary Report on the PSI Group meeting in Luxembourg 23.04.2004
19 Apr 2004 Letter from Anne-Margrete Wachtmeister of the European Commission Competition Directorate-General on the entry into force of EC Regulation 1/2003 whereby Comfort Letters are phased out
14 Apr 2004 By arrangement with "Verband Deutscher Wetterdienstleister (VDW)" in Germany, 12 new members joined PRIMET bringing the total number of members to 28.
10 Mar 2004 PRIMET letter on ECMWF data access sent to Prof. Anton Eliassen, ECMWF Council Chairman.
10 Mar 2004 Overview of NWP data used operationally by PRIMET members.
1-2 Oct 2004 PRIMET Annual General Meeting 2004 in Berlin, with Dennis Schulze of MC-Wetter as local coordinator.
27 Feb 2004 The Finnish Competition Authority advises that its awaited decision on the pricing of weather services will be finalised by 31 May 2004.
23 Feb 2004 BAMS-document by Saarikivi, Soderman and Newman again accessible - see documents/1 April 2000
20 Feb 2004 Message from Rudiger Dohms of the EC Competition Directorate re. Comfort Letter on ECOMET
13 Nov 2003 translation of Statement dated 20.12.2001 by the Finnish Competition Authority on a Ministerial Report Considering the Separation of the Commercial Activities of the Finnish Meteorological Institute
12 Nov 2003 PRIMET comments regarding the charging aspect of the EU Directive on re-use and commercial exploitation of public sector documents and the EU Directive on access to environmental information
31 Oct 2003 Meeting in Oslo at the Department on Education and training to discuss Statskonsult report on Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
27 Oct 2003 Meeting in Oslo between PRIMET delegation and Prof. Anton Eliassen, President of the ECOMET General Assembly.
15 Sept 2003 AEDUE Annual General Meeting in Rome, with new corporate members Weather2 (Serbia/Montenegro) and ilMeteo (Italy) represented
03 July 2003 ECOMET General Assembly delays acceptance of Croatian Met until new law approved
03 July 2003 Statskonsult publishes report on Norwegian Met - see section Documents (incl. AEDUE comments)
30 June 2003 UK Met Office informs ECOMET of its intention to withdraw
9-10 May 2003 AEDUE Spring Meeting, Bergen, Norway.
11-12 Nov 2002 AEDUE Annual General Meeting, Opatija, Croatia.
26-27 April 2002 AEDUE Spring Meeting. The AEDUE Spring Meeting 2002 will be held at Hotel Roma in Firenze (Florence) 26-27 April 2002. The meeting is expected to concentrate on the emerging crisis within the European meteorological market place, with special reference to recent substantial increases in the ECOMET-prices and other data acquisition problems.
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22 March 2002 Meeting with ECOMET Council President: On 22 March 2002 the AEDUE Secretary General met in Norrkoping (Sweden) with Hans Sandebring, President of the ECOMET Council and Director-General of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) with a view to initiating discussions on improving the relations between the ECOMET community and the Europeaan private sector in meteorology. As a result of these discussions and at the specific request of Mr. Sandebring, a letter was submitted to ECOMET by the AEDUE Secretary-General with suggestions on how to start the dialogue
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