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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7662
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) chemicals

ALPHACAN (FF 800 million turnover in 1999), subsidiary of ELF ATOCHEM (French group TOTALFINA) is to sell its polyethylene canalization for optical fibers activity to the group NOVOPLASTIC (FF 154 million turnover in 1999).

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: Blair and Prodi stress "crucial" importance of Lisbon Summit for Europe's future
(EU) EU/CHINA: "Dialogue" session on human rights on Friday in Lisbon will be test before Eu determines its position for March meeting of UN Commission for Human Rights
(EU) EU/WEU/NATO: Solana and Robertson satisfied with CRISEX 2000
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: call for recognition of rights of third country nationals
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Fontaine calls for release of three Kurdish mayors
(EU) EP/ISRAEL: Fontaine calls for peace process to resume and stresses the Union's vigilance in the face of anti-Semitism
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/RACISM: Prodi meets European Jewish Congress
(EU) EU/BASQUE COMMUNITY: Commission and Parliament condemn latest terrorist attack
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/2001 BUDGET: Plan for Balkans and rural development are Commission's priorities - Agricultural spending will remain below authorised ceiling, but without affecting farmers' income
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission adopts a surprise-free farm price package for 2000/2001
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Work on corporate income tax continues but still hangs upon the outcome of the debate on savings - Mario Monti threatens to intervene on fiscal state aids
(EU) EU/CENTRAL AMERICA: EU confirms its backing for regional integration and democratisation process in Central America, at XVIth San Jose meeting
(EU) EU/CHINA/WTO: Beijing talks continue on Thursday
(EU) EU/RACISM: Conference on fight against racism at European level
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commissioner Mario Monti welcomes announced disappearance of German-Austrian system of fixed book prices, replaced by national systems
(EU) EP/PRIVACY: Echelon case creates a stir at the hearing, plenary debate on 30 March
(EU) EP/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Bowman report proposes that the plenary amend the Council's common position on the proposal for a directive on preventing the emptying of tanks at sea (relating to fee system)
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission position confirmed at public hearings on its proposal for unbundling of local loop
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: French fishermen's appeal against European regulation banning driftnets for tuna fishing is inadmissible
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Vodafone/Mannesmann operation must be notified again with additional information requested by Commission
(EU) EU/LISBON SUMMIT: The three-stage plan proposed by Spain provides for total liberalisation of electricity, oil, gas and telecommunications markets and reduction in State aid by 2004
(EU) EU/FINANCE: Austria to abolish anonymous savings accounts
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: Young European and Japanese farmers opposed to WTO policy on liberalisation of agricultural trade
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Importers of fertilisers opposed to anti-dumping duties on urea ammonium nitrate
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: COPA and COGECA call on Council and Parliament to reject Commission guidelines for financing aid to Balkans
(EU) EU/FEDERALISM/GERMANY: In "Notre Europe" study, Jutta Hergenhan stresses complexity entailed by Länder's participation in European policy - Doubts on timeliness of catalogue of respective competences
(EU) TRADE UNIONS/WTO: Without social norms, a new round of multilateral international talks cannot be envisaged, states ETUC
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 23/02/2000: