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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7689

1 April 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 40
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EUROPEAN UNION

 02/04 -  CAIRO: Preparation of the Africa-Europe Summit - Extraordinary meeting of the General Affairs Council - Preparatory meeting with African foreign ministers. 
 03/04  CAIRO: - EU-Africa Summit (and 4/04). 
 -  BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Development and cooperation (and 4); constitutional affairs (and 4); fisheries (and 4); foreign affairs, human rights, joint security and defence policy (and 4); environment, public health and consumer policy (and 4); economic...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) AFRICA/EU: Final preparations in Cairo for first "summit" to be attended by several heads of state and government - Africans hope for "Marshall Plan" for their continent
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Court of auditors Report spares no political group
(EU) EU/CUBA: Cuba said to be prepared to speak on all subjects, during Troika's mission end-April
(EU) EU/TURKEY: EU demarche regarding the list of "personae non gratae" - The issue to be raised at 10 April Council
(EU) EU/TURKEY: EU calls for release of Mr. Birdal and reminds Ankara of the Copenhagen criteria
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS/NGO:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: EU hopes that Moscow will put an end to breaches of Partnership Agreement
(EU) EU/SENEGAL: EU welcomes unfolding of presidential elections
(EU) EU/TURKMENISTAN: EU calls for foreign observers to be allowed to follow the Nurmamedov case
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Council gives very positive welcome to European Commission paper on environmental responsibility and precautionary principle
(EU) EU/CHINA/WTO: Following partial deadlock of Beijing, hope for a forthcoming agreement is reaffirmed on both sides - Issues still under discussion
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: US 1916 anti-dumping law declared unlawful by WTO panel
(EU) EU/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Council welcomes, in principal, Commission Communication against "oil slicks", but several Ministers oppose anticipated limitation of single hulled tankers
(EU) EU/STATE AID/BANKS: Mr. Monti will invite Commission to entrust Court of Justice with case of state aid to Westdeutsche Landesbank
(EU) EU/EURO: ECB Council of Governors gathered outside Frankfurt for first time - Mr. Diusenberg welcomes conclusions from Lisbon on structural reforms
(EU) EU/TAXATION: On Monday British will explain to partners new information system on euro-bonds, which could change development of European negotiations on savings taxation
(EU) EP/CLONING: Parliament calls on all EU institutions to oppose patent opening path to human embryo cloning
(EU) EP/ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION: Rather critical of action plans for countries of origin or transit, the EP places emphasis on refugee protection and would like an "Immigration Monitoring Centre"
(EU) EP/ELECTRICITY:
(EU) EP/BUDGETS: Committee on Budgetary Control takes stance in favour of discharge for execution of Parliament budget 1998, but Rapporteur Kahn draws attention to several tricky problems
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Mr. Byrne presented his new proposals on General Product Safety
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Further authorisation for French system of support to live shows and theatre
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General Alber proposes France should be found guilty of public procurement irregularities of FF. 1.4 billion
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY:
(EU) EU/ROMANO PRODI CORRESPONDENCE:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/TOBACCO: Economic and Social Committee puts forward series of preventative measures (without bringing support for producers into question) - Increase taxes, ban the sale of cigarettes through vending machines
(EU) EP/RAILWAY CONNECTIONS:
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