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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7711

6 May 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/internal market
Parliament calls for strengthened sanctions and attribution to Europol of powers to fight counterfeiting and piracy - Hypothesis of EU internal border controls rejected

Brussels, 05/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - With the almost unanimous adoption (504 in favour, none against, 7 abstentions), of the Jannelly Fourtou report (UDF) on the Commission Green Paper on the fight against counterfeiting and piracy in the internal market, the European Parliament called on the Commission to adopt a global and coordinated approach comprising a preventive aspect and a law enforcement aspect and characterised by "firmness and uniformity". An overwhelming majority (46 for, 447...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FEIRA SUMMIT/AUSTRIA: Guterres says that there will be no rounds of the capitals before the summit
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Belgium proposes a mechanism to trigger in case of "democratic alert" in a Member State
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Mr. Prodi meets Chancellor Schröder and Mr. Fabius
(EU) EU/FRENCH PRESIDENCY: President Chirac undertakes to ensure that "European economic policy" benefits from Euro
(EU) WEU/INSTITUT D'ETUDES DE SECURITE: Seminar on 18 May in Paris
(EU) EU/PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Guterres asserts that strengthened co-operation will be inevitable in an enlarged EU and that Lisbon Summit has not marked the strengthening of intergovernmental
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EP/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/EQUATORIAL GUINEA: EU concerned at impartiality of local elections
(EU) CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Convention does not manage to resolve all editorial problems relating to social rights and horizontal clauses
(EU) EP/TUNISIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Statement by the Euro Group on the state of the single currency? Negative position on revision of multiannual financial perspectives to finance Balkans aid - Other items on the agenda
(EU) EMU/ECB: Wim Duisenberg gives assurance euro destined to be strong currency
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Galileo operational before 2008 - Russian support of European request for frequency attribution
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY: Employment Council contribution to drafting of broad guidelines of economic policies at centre on Monday's ministerial session
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: "Macro-economic dialogue" (with participation of ECB and social partners) will, on Monday, centre on present economic situation in EU
(EU) EU/BALKANS: With some modifications, EP approves regulation intended to provide Community legal basis for EU funding of entities responsible for implementing peace agreement
(EU) EU/CONSUMPTION: Launch of European Network for Out-of-Court Settlement of Consumer Disputes
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Parliament calls for strengthened sanctions and attribution to Europol of powers to fight counterfeiting and piracy - Hypothesis of EU internal border controls rejected
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission little affected by "I love you" virus
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Parliament calls for Community contribution to funding of school milk to be equal to 75% of indicative price of milk
(EU) EU/ECUADOR: Seeking new solutions to settle dispute over bananas
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Domestic violence causes more deaths than disease or road accidents and costs the State more, says Anna Diamantopoulou
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: New French Research Minister Schwartzenberg announces initiatives of upcoming French Council Presidency
(EU) EU/CAMBODIA:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/BEER:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: First report by European Environment Agency on environmental signals revealing worrying trends - Growing pollution by transports and agricultural pesticides, increase in energy consumption
(EU) EU/MOZAMBIQUE: At International Donors' Conference in Rome, Commission announces another EUR 67.5 million will go to reconstruction aid
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Vice-President Kinnock responds to Members' questions on appointments of senior officials in Commission services
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