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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7748

30 June 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 39
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) media

The KIRCH group, associated itself with the German publishing group AXEL SPRINGER to create PROSIEBENSAT-1 MEDIA AG, a new leader in private television with a market capitalisation of DM 11 billion and gathering the companies PROSIEBEN and SAT-1. This new group, 88.52% held by KIRCH and 11.48% by AXEL SPRINGER, will have an annual turnover of DM 2.5 billion.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA: Fourteen keep sanctions up but three independent personalities are to examine the political situation in Austria
(EU) EU/BELARUS: EU deplores sentences on Statkevitch and Shchukin, which could mean elections cannot be properly organised in Belarus
(EU) FRENCH PRESIDENCY: Mr. Védrine insists on new possibilities of developing strengthened co-operation - Work of General Affairs Council must be improved
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA: Mrs. Ferrero-Waldner opposes "Franco-German core" - Mr. Martens announces that EPP congress in Berlin will deepen issue of finality of European integration
(EU) INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: UEF calls for constitutional process to be launched by European Council in Nice
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Parliamentary Assembly approves Armenian and Azerbaijan applications for membership
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Assembly keeps pressure up on Russia for political settlement to Chechen conflict
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Commission against racism publishes five reports on situation in France, Greece, Norway, Poland and Slovakia
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/HEALTH COUNCIL: Political agreement by majority on directive which fuses into a single text and strengthens provisions on manufacture, sale and presentation of tobacco products
(EU) EU/ENERGY: the 5th energy charter conference notes that negotiations on the transit protocol will not be completed before june 2001 - russia has still not ratified
(EU) EU/INDIA: First summit launches ambitious and concrete programme for cooperation and joint initiatives
(EU) EU/COLOMBIA: Javier Solana on official visit to Colombia to assess possibility of EU taking part in financing of Colombian peace plan - Divergences between EU 15?
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: EUR 35 million freed for reconstruction - Visit by Mr. Patten on ground
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/PRESIDENCY/AGRICULTURE: Mr Glavany feels the EU should take the initiative on "WTO issues" - The Informal Biarritz Council will discuss the European food model" - amendments to some market organisations
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Agreements with nine applicant countries on partial liberalisation of agricultural trade are ready and will take effect as soon as the Council gives its stance, with retroactive effect on 1 July
(EU) EU/STATE AID: the European Commission approves a tax reduction scheme to promote investment in madeira
(EU) EU/STATE AID: the European Commission launches investigation into a suspiciously large financial and tax aid scheme for the free zone of Madeira
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: the list of Italian regions eligible under objective 2 should be adopted on 12 july
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: the Commission clears Carlyle Europe Partners stake in Gruppo Riello
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: the Commission clears sale of Viag's glass packaging and tubing unit
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: the Commission clears solvay's joint venture with plastic omnium (automobile fuel delivery systems)
(eu) EU/COMPETITION: the Commission clears purchase by Schroders of Liberty International Pensions
(EU) EP/FRAUD: Secretary General of EDD group calls on Court of Auditors to check groups accounts
(EU) EP/BUDGETS: The Budgetary Control Committee invites plenary to grant discharge, next week, for 1998 Commission, EDF and Parliament budgets
(EU) EU/ANTI-FRAUD: Commission approves communication on overall strategic approach - Ms Schreyer in favour of creating European Prosecutor
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: CEPS report on environment in candidate countries - Transitional periods will be necessary for them to apply Community norms and standards, considers Verheugen
(EU) EU/ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: Private organisations present their self-regulation system for safeguarding consumer confidence in the internet
(EU) EU/TAXATION: The ETUC says the council must decide on qualified majority voting
(EU) EU/TOBACCO: SETCA considers the new "tobacco" Directive threatens 9000 jobs and several European production sites
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Internet:
(EU) Media:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Processed foods:
(EU) Hygiene:
(EU) Watch making:
(EU) Packaging:
(EU) Car equipment:
(EU) Council:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 29/06/2000: