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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7873

4 January 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social

03/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the Commission is to adopt its communication on "implementing innovative actions under Article 6 of the regulation relating to the European Social Funds for the planning period 2000-2006". The Communication describes how the Commission intends using the possibility offered by innovative actions under that Article, taking account of comments and suggestions from the ESF Committee and the European Parliament, and the principles on which management of...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Letter to our readers: for once, let's talk about ourselves
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ARMS EXPORTS: second report on the code of conduct has greatre number of notified refusals
(EU) EU/TURKEY: most Turks oppose joining the EU on the conditions that have been set
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Mr Ajello special representative for the Great african Lakes - Extension of Mr Hombach's mandate in the Balkans
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/RUSSIA/CHECHNIA:
(EU) EU/SWEDEN: In a report for Notre Europe, Olof Petersson analyses Sweden's "ambivalent" attitude to the EU and regrets the "Swedish silence" on institutional issues
(EU) EU/EURO-MEDITERRANEAN PROCESS:
(EU) FRY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COUNCIL: Timetable of formal and informal Council sessions during the Swedish Presidency - Meeting with European Commission on 9 January in Stockholm
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Timetable for 2001 - Swedish Presidency's programme at first January session in Strasbourg - Six sessions in Brussels
(EU) EU/EURO/GREECE: Effective 1 January 2001, Greece is part of the euro area - Final interest rate cut in Athens
(EU) EMU/ECB: Meeting of Board of Governors on 4 January - Meetings in Dublin in March and Vienna in October
(EU) EMU/EURO: An ECB site and information campaigns will acquaint the public with the characteristics of euro notes and coins
(EU) OECD/COMMONWEALTH/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission releases unisource from its regular reporting obligations
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Unemployment rate down to 8.1% in November 2000 in EU, Euro-Zone unemployment unchanged at 8.8%
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Greece raised concerns of the timing and not the substance of the approval of a Meda grant to Turkey
(EU) EU/MAD COW: Rapid screening tests for BSE begin in Member States with variable degrees of difficulties
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Introduction of definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain electronic scales
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Review of anti-dumping measures for fax machines from several Asian countries
(EU) EU/GULF:
(EU) EU/TUNISIA:
(EU) EU/THAILAND:
(EU) UN/REFUGEES:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Programme of conferences and other European events being held in January
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: New 2001 series of the insight Europe Programmes
(EU) EU/JOURNALISTS: Journalists' study programmes on European Affairs for 2001-2002
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: 27 December 2000 to 2 January 2001
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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(EU) Agri-foodstuffs:
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 03/01/2001: