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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7698
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) restaurants

RAIL GOURMET (SUISSE SAIRELATIONS group) and PASSAGGIO HOLDING have concluded a joint venture agreement in the rail catering sector.

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/AUSTRIA: Presidents of political groups would like solution (which for Mr. Wurtz could only be FPO's leaving the government) to the current crisis - Mr. Klestil emphasises difficulty of separating bilateral sanctions from Community life
(EU) EP/BALKANS: EU to take on 85% of the cost of cleaning the Danube, announces Patten
(EU) EU/JORDAN: President Prodi meets Jordanian sovereign - Hoping for increased EU role in peace process - Enforcement of association agreement will rekindle cooperation
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: EP calls for IGC to result in ambitious reform and to make qualified majority the rule - Ceiling for number of Commissioners is abolished - Ceiling for MEPs maintained
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Parliamentary Intergroup "SOS Democracy" opposed to constitutionalisation of treaty and "federalist tendencies"
(EU) GREECE/FYROM:
(EU) EU/D.R. CONGO: EU reiterates its backing for international efforts to ensure peace, recalling that it is up to the parties to implement the Lusaka Agreement
(EU) EU/KOREA: EU welcomes summit between the two Koreas and backs Kim Dae-Jung's proposal for peace and reunification
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN: EU concerned at certain aspects of trial of Nawaz Sharif and will monitor appeal filed by former Prime Minister
(EU) EP/RUSSIA: Parliamentarians meet
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Positive Council outcome on "consumer litigation", 'time-sharing" and "package holidays" and on electronic commerce
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Council cautious over European initiatives on consumer over-indebtedness - Yes to improving statistical data
(EU) EU/TEXTILES: Round table (with Lamy) on third market access for European textiles
(EU) EU/ECHELON AFFAIR: Parliament will form a temporary committee (and not an investigation committee)
(EU) EP/BUDGETS: Postponement of discharge for 1998 Parliament and Commission budget (but EP distances itself from the virulent "explanatory Stanuer statement"
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Anna Diamantopoulou and Ferro Rodrigues formally launch Equal initiative to fight against all discrimination on labour market
(EU) EU/SPORT: Fifa and UEFA delegation set out to MEPs problem of football in formulating suggestions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: European Commission could remove from Telefonica Media and Sogecable right to immunity from fines for broadcast rights to Liga and Copa del Rey de football in Spain
(EU) EFTA/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission approves part of French aid to pork sector
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Partial approval of Irish measures in favour of SMEs
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Italy will have to recover 50 million euro granted to "Centrale del Latte" of Rome, whereas other measures are not considered as aid
(EU) EU/STATE AID: EU Banking Federation renews its complaint over aid to "Livret Bleu" from "Credit Mutuel" in France
(EU) EU/MEDIATOR: Mr. Söderman spoke with President Prodi of transparency problem
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Annual NGO conference on future of EU development cooperation is followed by 26th General Assembly (14-15 April)
(EU) EU/KOREA/JAPAN: EU sends vaccines to Japan and South Korea to fight against outbreak of foot and mouth disease
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Council asks Commission to find a solution to avoid closure of Irela while awaiting audit report in financial management
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: European Commission adopts on Friday Community framework for "objective 1" aid to Mezzogiorno (Italy)
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SUPPLEMENT
"EUROPE"/Documents No 2186/2187: New guidelines and new dimension for relations between the EU and Africa according to the texts approved by the first Euro-African summit in Cairo early-April (II)
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 13/04/2000: