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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8069

13 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ecb

12/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - Responding to questions on Thursday about his Presidency of the ECB, Wim Duisenberg said, "To change the leadership of the ECB in the next 12 months, I think, would be an unwise decision."

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: During informal Defence Council, EU states willingness to fill gap left by US redeployment - Solana urges for strengthened European intelligence
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/FYROM:
(EU) EU/CIVIL PROTECTION: Margot Wallstrom announces action plan in response to possible large-scale terrorist attacks
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Second Europe/Africa ministerial conference backs new vision of global partnership
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/ITALY:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Giscard d'Estaing believes Convention will have great room for manoeuvre - Federal project not yet realistic
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES: Presidents of PES, EPP, ELDR, Greens and EFA write to Verhofstadt, Michel and Prodi
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Friends of Europe want citizens to get involved
(EU) EP/GREENS-EFA GROUP: Daniel Cohn-Bendit to stand for Presidency post
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGOUP: On Monday, finance ministers should show reasonable confidence regarding economic situation in Europe
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: The Fifteen hope to reach agreement on how to conduct negotiations with third countries on tax on savings
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Council expected to give guidelines on European arrest warrant and definition of terrorism and sanctions
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL/JHA: Ministers to adopt ambitious conclusions on combating funding of terrorism
(EU) ECB:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Questions of air safety and situation of European companies to dominate debates at 16 October Transport Council
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Monday's Council to devote most of its work to seeking agreement on tricky issue of postal services liberalisation
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2001: On Monday, Council and Parliament to examine funding of humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, Palestine and Chechnya
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Airline companies call on Commission to extend duration of measures proposed on 10 October
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Tax on eastern cereals possibly axed
(EU) EU/WTO: In run-up to Singapore meeting, addendum to work programme on agriculture sparks criticism
(EU) EP/WTO: Harlem Désir proposes Parliaments call for root-and-branch reform of how World Trade Organisation operates
(EU) EU/ACP: Poul Nielson to visit Caribbean on 14-19 October
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/GMOS:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Not only does it not fully comply with the "Habitats" Directive, Greece is said to be threatening the very survival of sea turtles
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: UNICE sees weaknesses in statute of European Company
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Negotiations of European social partners begin on teleworking
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Conciliation agreement on compound feed for animals
(EU) EP/TRADE MARK LAW: Parliament calls for Commission report on introducing international exhaustion of rights conferred by patent into community legislation
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Lamassoure stresses progress made by Turkey but raises questions concerning the Kurds, Armenia and Cyprus
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 12/10/2001: