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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7625

3 January 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) news of the week
From 30 December 1999 to 2 January 2000

Brief items for which space was lacking in earlier editions

*** EU: Finnish Presidency: Closing the Finnish Presidency in Virmajaervi (the first place the European Union entered the year 2000) on 31 December, Finnish Prime minister Paavo Lipponen said that "democracy, the rule of law, the respect of human rights, a viable market economy and a society without fractures" were the principles that had to continue to guide the European Union in the new millennium. Finland's greatest success is...

Contents

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
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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(EU) Electronics:
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(EU) Automotive equipment:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPEAN LIBRARY: N° 395
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 03/01/2000: