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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7647
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) plastics

The investors PAILBO (group BP PARIBAS), ASTORG II (group SUEZ) and CINVEN have taken over from the group LAZARD the French leader in plastic and PVC piping and connections, FARNS BONHOMME (199 turnover of FF 2.3 bn).

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EP/AUSTRIA: Council Presidency will ensure working of Community machine is not affected by events in Austria - Explanation of "Fourteen"'s attitude
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS: Most national MPs support one Commissioner per Member State - Danish opposition to use of qualified majority as the general rule
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: France should be deprived of next EU Council Presidency, states Bushill-Matthews
(EU) CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Body to be called "Convention" - timetable and working method
(EU) EU/CFSP: Solana explains Fifteen's political will to Americans regarding security and defence
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission launches new phase of information campaign on the euro, focusing on SMEs in 2000 and the general public in 2001
(EU) EU/HEALTH/CONSUMERS: Commission approves its interpretation of the precautionary principle and guidelines for its application
(EU) EU/KOREA: Commission proposes EU's continued participation in nuclear re-conversion programme in North Korea (Kedo)
(EU) EU/INDONESIA:
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Commission believes no new country (after Macedonia) meets conditions for negotiating new agreement, but stresses progress in Croatia and suggests measures for Montenegro and Albania
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Pascal Lamy to try to bring Euro-American positions closer together regarding agenda for new round of WTO negotiations, in Washington on 17/18 February
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Anti-dumping duty on Japanese pocket lighters abolished
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: New heads of "professional" Japanese television cameras excluded from antidumping duties
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Boris Trajkovski, new President of FYROM, makes his first visit to Brussels
(EU) CYPRUS: Indirect talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots continue in Geneva
(EU) ACP/EU: ACP states propose Fiji as host country for signature of new agreement - Cuba officially requests adherence
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: International Automobile Federation attacks substance and form of Commission's objections concerning organisation and broadcasting of Formula One races
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves financial compensation for construction of Leuna refinery, on condition funds remain blocked pending conclusions of other Elf/Leuna affairs
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission decisions
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Council President takes stance on rice, bananas, hormones, meat and Moroccan tomatoes, etc., and comes down in favour of EP/Council co-decision in agriculture
(EU) EP/JUSTICE: Di Pietro report approves convention on mutual judicial assistance by the Fifteen, but deletes a controversial article
(EU) EU/SINGLE MARKET: Early intervention mechanism for cases of obstacles to free movement of goods is working satisfactorily
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EIB/FRANCE: 300 million euro loan for Air France for purchase of Airbuses
(EU) EU/ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: Commission proposes creation of "dot eu" on Internet
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Social partners in construction sector set out conditions for granting an "EC Service Provision Card" to third country nationals
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Glass:
(EU) Aluminium:
(EU) Equipment:
(EU) Plastics:
(EU) Materials:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Luxury items:
(EU) Audiovisual:
(EU) Communications:
(EU) Software:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Enterprises:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Construction:
(EU) Cars:
(EU) Table arts:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Gas:
(EU) Textiles:
(EU) Paper:
(EU) Audiovisual sector:
(EU) Information technology:
(EU) Internet:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 02/02/2000: