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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7625

3 January 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social
Initiatives aiming to eliminate the discriminations of the elderly and disabled by employment market

Brussels, 03/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - Sally Greengross Secretary-General of Eurolink Age (European network related to elderly people and issues related to ageing) announced that they will organise, in 2000, a huge consultation on the subject of age based discrimination in the employment sector. The results of the consultation will then be used to elaborate a "European voluntary code of practice for the employment of the elderly", itself based on an agreement between the employers, the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Solana and Prodi ready to reinforce cooperation with Moscow -Prodi pleads for an end to hostilities in Chechnya
(EU) EU/IVORY COAST: EU is counting on the reestablishment of a democratic regime
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Council adoptS joint action for assisting non-proliferation and disarmament in Russia
(EU) UN:
(EU) FRY/MONTENEGRO:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ACTIVITIES: / programmes, directives and other European decisions which have entered into force early this year
(EU) EU/TRANSPORTS: Commission is considering proposing that responsibility for shipping catastrophes falls on the owners of the cargo, in accordance with the "polluter pays"-Principle, says F. Lamoureux
(EU) EU/BRITISH BEEF: The European Commission introduced this Tuesday an appeal against France for maintaining its embargo - the appeal by France against the Commission have already been instituted
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Partnerships for Accession (1999 version) definitively approved for the ten candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe - Pre-accession aid dependent on respect of short-term priorities (to meet in 2000)
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Bell ruling strengthens protection of workers in case of employer insolvency
(EU) EU/EURO: According to the EP Research Directorate, the European Central Bank, should pay greater attention to the management of exchange rates - suggestions and possibilities
(EU) EP/EMU: ECB, Mr. Monti and the President of the Ecofin Council
(EU) EU/EURO:
(EU) EU/EURO: Vice-President of ECB underlines, a year after its birth, the unquestionable success of the Euro - For a strong Euro, but without a an exchange objective at a given time
(EU) EU/EURO: Suggestions from Mr. De Silguy to reinforce and develop the role and credibility of the Euro on Financial markets
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: According to annual reports on atmospheric pollution by ozone in the summers of 1998 and 1999, the level of exposure in the population and ecosystem's is not improving.
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Initiatives aiming to eliminate the discriminations of the elderly and disabled by employment market
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Prodi addresses rallying greetings to European Commission officials
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Priorities of Agency for Safety and Health at Work for year 2000
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Latest report by group's President, Mr. Paye, brings forward twenty "salient" points on European Competitiveness, for a "harmonised philosophy" for taxation.
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: from 30 December 1999 to 2 January 2000
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPEAN LIBRARY: N° 395
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 03/01/2000: