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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7755

10 July 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 40
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) agri-food

The Dutch firm WESSANEN is to take over 51% of the capital of the French firm DISTRIBORG (FF 1.54 bn consolidated turnover in 1999), European leader in the distribution of biological products and diet foods. The price per share has been set at 77 euro, valuing the distributor at 115.5 million euro.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Positions taken by EU in agricultural negotiations under way within WTO confirm once and for all that Europe has a humanist and ecological (and no longer just commercial) conception of the place and significance agriculture holds for a civilisation
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: General Affairs Council decides to rekindle cooperation (while reiterating its stance over Chechnya)
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Other Council results
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: First IGC ministerial meeting under French Presidency - organisation of work
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA:
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Several Member States would like discussion on relevance of sanctions on Serbia and some would like the summit with the countries of the Western Balkans to be brought forward
(EU) EP/FEIRA SUMMIT: EP concerned at institutional complexity of Esdp
(EU) EP/ZIMBABWE: EP underpins Mugabe's responsibility - Warning on aid under Lome Convention
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/KAZAKHSTAN/KYRGYZSTAN: Meeting of Cooperation Councils
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commissioner Lamy initials first mutual recognition agreements for manufactured goods with candidate countries (Hungary, Czech Republic, Latvia)
(EU) EU/BANANAS: Member States refuse to act under threat of immediate tariff solution brandished by European Commission to settle dispute while authorising the Commission to explore new quota solution
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Success of informal Council, in Paris, on European social agenda - "Courteous" welcome to Austrian Delegation from President Martine Aubry
(EU) EP/TAXATION: Idea of Tobin tax spreading through MEPs - In autumn new debate in plenary
(EU) FINANCE/G7: G7 countries seem decided to act firmly against tax havens and money laundering - Threats of measures against territories identified by GAFI
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council and EP approve agreement regarding directive on reducing waste pollution at sea
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Mr. Fischler favours reduction in deep water fishing
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Commission will adopt "Objective 2" list for Italy, Communication on innovative actions for management and controls of Structural funds.
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Priorities of "Objective 1" aid in Ireland
(EU) EU/BUDGETS: European Commission to decide on Wednesday to standardise contracts for reducing late payments
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Project financed by the EU allows brain tumours to be operated on without opening the skull
(EU) EP/PETITION: Value of Committee on Petitions
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament approves Danish initiative to fight against environmentally detrimental infringements
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: GDP of EU and Euro area increased 2.3% in 1999
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN: EUR 8.78 million grant to ECHO Fight to ensure air support for several African regions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises acquisition of Baan (software) by Invensys
(EU) EU/ACP: Reporters sans frontiere calls on French Council Presidency for initiatives in favour of freedom of the press in ACP countries
(EU) EU/CPMR: European regions want to participate in debate on governance in Europe - Message from Romano Prodi
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: from 3 to 9 June 2000
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatization:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Stock exchange:
(EU) Retailing:
(EU) Agri-food:
(EU) Internet:
(EU) Agri-food:
(EU) Steel:
(EU) Electro-technical:
(EU) Logistics:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N° 422
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 10/07/2000: