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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7628
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) chemicals

In Belgium, the industrial holding company ACCENTIS has paid an undisclosed amount for the glue manufacturer DEMCOPACK DAVIS (1998 turnover of FF 311 million).

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/PRESIDENCY: Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs means to have IGC make enhanced cooperation more effective - For an open agenda without endangering enlargement prospects
(EU) EU/LIBYA: Commission supports high level EU/Libya meeting - Question to be examined during Barcelona process meeting on 18 January - Acceptance of all Barcelona acquis precondition for full participation by Tripoli in Euro-Mediterranean process (but not for visit by Kadhafi)
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: On Monday, Commission and Presidency expects to discuss Russian proposal to hold conference in Moscow
(EU) EU/SECURITY AND DEFENCE: Solana welcomes Lisbon's commitment
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Kosovar Albanians demonstrators appeal to EU for news of Kosovar Albanians detained in Serbia
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Lord Russell-Johnston welcomes abolition of death penalty in Ukraine
(EU) EU/NORTHEN EUROPE: CERI Conference on EU enlargement to the North
(EU) UN:
(EU) CIS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FORMER USSR: Council adopts new TACIS regulation for 2000-2006 period - Financial allocation, aims, functioning
(EU) EU/LITHUANIA: EU grants with view to facilitating closure of Ignalina nuclear plant
(EU) ACP/EU: Commission proposes starting "consultations" within the Lome Convention on the situation in Ivory Coast
(EU) EU/CHINA: bilateral discussions on specific European demands over the accession of China to WTO will start next week.
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Faced with radically different stances by Member States, Commission hesitates to propose new draft directive on ban on HGVs to travel at weekends
(EU) EU/SPORT: European Commission's "Helsinki report" defines new UNION ATTITUDE towards sport - Protecting social and educational function and recognising its special nature.
(EU) EU/SPORT: The Community support plan on combating doping in sport proposes to act at a Community and International level
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/HEALTH: On Friday, Busquin to present several results of European bio-medical research
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission calls on Italian authorities to verify quality of controls carried out on oil-tanker Erika before it sank, and is examining means to strengthen European legislation
(EU) EU/POPULATION: Fall in natural population growth in 1999 - 376.4 million inhabitants on 1 January 2000
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Applicant countries must begin applying environmental acquis communautaire immediately with view to opening negotiations on this essential chapter
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS: American EU Committee published its new "EU information handbook"
(EU) EU/EGYPT:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Finish firm Fortum may take control of Elektrizitatswerk Wesertal in Lower-Saxony
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: "Reasoned opinion" to Italy as Milan discharges its waste water into a river - Pursuit of procedures against Ireland and Portugal over wild birds
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: French employers plead in favour of attractive, transparent and simple 6th framework-programme
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Mergers-Acquisitions:
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Software:
(EU) Computer technology:
(EU) Airlines:
(EU) Logistics:
(EU) Capital equipment:
(EU) Packaging:
(EU) Chemicals:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 06/01/2000: