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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7722

22 May 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/bananas

22/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner Pascal Lamy invited the Council to overcome its differences on the new banana import regime, with a move towards the exclusively tariff option if the impossibility of compromise on the quota system should be confirmed. He recalled that the EU is already lagging behind compared to its WTO obligations. EUROPE will come back to this.

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Debate over Europe's future gathers pace - Did Joschka Fischer speak too soon? - Lamberto Dini explicit over goals of IGC, Jacques Delors wants to reassure candidate countries, Jean-Louis Bourlanges wary of long-term prophetic visions
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IGC: Work focuses on adaptation of EP - Moscovici: Rambouillet will be an important date for Europe - Seixas da Costa Report
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Council is in contact with ACPs for finding somewhere other than Fiji for signing Lomé Convention - Uffe Ellemann-Jensen heads mission of electoral observers in Zimbabwe
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Mr. Michel welcomes Fischer's speech and states that the long-term goal is a European constitution
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Intergroup has talks with legal experts of Florence Institute about Treaty reorganisation
(EU) EU/COLLEGE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EP/NPT: Parliament calls for an end to nuclear testing
(EU) EP/CONFLICTS/HUMAN RIGHTS: Resolutions on Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Burma, Guatemala
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CHINA: Council gives political approval to outcome of negotiations on China's admission to WTO
(EU) EU/"GENERAL AFFAIRS" COUNCIL: Patten hopes to have convinced ministers of the need to review management of EU external aid
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission regrets delays in transposition of European directives
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Satisfaction over result of referendum allowing considerable strengthening of relations between both parties - Caution over eventual developments towards accession
(EU) EU/BANANAS:
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Joint Work Programme for 2000, bilateral trade problems and shutdown of Chernobyl to be the focus of Tuesday's Cooperation Council
(EU) EU/BANGALDESH: EU and Bangladesh sign new cooperation framework agreement on Monday
(EU) EU/ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: Financing of new development cooperation projects made conditional upon cessation of hostilities
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Accession by countries of Central and Eastern Europe should not cause tension on labour market of Fifteen, says expert study
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: EUR 250 million granted to vulnerable populations in Iraq
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Council definitively adopts directive on duration of work for sectors previously excluded
(EU) EU/CULTURE: European Commission compensates Damien O'Donnell's film "East is East"
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Construction industry must be part of the new economy, says Liikanen
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Alcatel authorised to acquire Newbridge Networks
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: SanPaolo IMI and Schroders Groups authorised to buy MWCR
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: Parliament calls for more generous policy for debt cancellation of poor countries, but use of funds made available must be monitored
(EU) EP/ZIMBABWE: Cooperation suspended if elections not free, says EP
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Parliament wants more stringent directive to fight against racist discrimination
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: Field of application of "group exemptions" in favour of certain "insurance" agreements should be extended
(EU) EU/SOUTH AFRICA:
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: 13 to 21 May 2000
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WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
EUROPEAN LIBRARY: N° 415
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 22/05/2000: