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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7756

12 July 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 49 / 59
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) media

In France, NRJ GROUP has become a shareholder of RMC - RADIO MONTE CARLO to the amount of 83.33% by buying the stake held by SUD COMMUNICATION. The Principality of Monaco retains the remaining 16.67%.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA: Chancellor Schüssel meets Commission - Three Wisemen should be named on Wednesday
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: French Council Presidency plans to intensify work of Intergovernmental Conference
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: French Presidency informs Council of its intentions regarding work to be carried out with a view to Biarritz and Nice Summits
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Other results of Council on Cyprus and Czech Republic
(EU) EU/IVORY COAST: EU regrets recent acts of violence and insists that elections and referendum should take place as scheduled
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: Council stresses desire for democratic change expressed in Zimbabwe and urges authorities to take their country down the path to recovery
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Opening of the EP meeting with parliaments of Member States and candidate countries on IGC
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: This Wednesday Commission adopts "telecom package" on general framework of information society in Europe
(EU) EU/CHINA: Meeting between Chinese Prime Minister and President of European Commission allowed for a general exchange of views (including on human rights and trafficking in human beings) and to smooth out remain divergences over accession to WTO
(EU) EU/KAZAKHSTAN/KYRGYZSTAN: At end of Cooperation Council, EU congratulates Kazakhstan on its progress and sets out before Kyrgyzstan priorities to respect
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Mrs. de Palacio welcomes inauguration of Maurienne Motorway, co-funded by the EU
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Spain accuses Commission of neglecting Latin America, Commission replies that it respects priorities defined by Council
(EU) EU/GREENLAND: European Commission considers EU-Greenland Fisheries Protocol could be signed by end of month
(EU) EP/VENEZUELA: EP calls for aid of EUR 250 million over five years
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Council entrusts ad hoc group with task of finding solutions to Irela's financial problems
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Pragmatism will be word favoured by Laurent Fabius during his Presidency of Economy/Finance Council on both management of Euro-group as on savings taxation
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Commissioner Bolkestein takes stock of savings tax and regulation of securities markets
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Belgium found guilty of not having system for collection and treatment of waste water in Brussels
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission continues infringement proceedings against Portugal, Austria and Greece for continued non-compliance with the Wild Birds Directive
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Parliament increases Media Plus programme grant and want to be fully associated with it adoption
(EU) EP/EURO: parliament calls for reinforcing of Euro information strategy
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Barnier signs twelve decisions for aid to Portugal under Objective 1 (regions behind in development) of regional policy, for 13.2 billion euro
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/AGRICULTURE: Successful research into high added value protein extracted from Lucerne could enable Union to partially replace soya imports
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: Temporary Parliamentary committee on Echelon affair begins work among polemics
(EU) EU/CONGO: ECHO aid of EUR 20 million to Congo
(EU) EU/LAOS: Patten meets Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and stresses need for his country to sign the Ottawa Convention on mine clearance rapidly
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for joint venture between Planet Internet and Fortis Bank
(EU) OMBUDSMAN: Mr. Söderman calls for concrete measures to put an end to age limits for recruiting civil servants
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Agenda for plenary session
(EU) EU/FAMILIES: COFACE calls on Union to integrate family dimension into all policies - Priorities
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Cement industry welcomes European standard
(EU) EU/WOMEN: New European Network of Young Women launches manifesto for gender equality in 21st century
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Agri-foodstuff:
(EU) Construction materials:
(EU) Fibre optics:
(EU) Fibre optics:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Dredging:
(EU) Textile:
(EU) Computing:
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Advertising:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Media:
(EU) Real estate:
(EU) Engineering:
(EU) Construction:
(EU) Hygiene:
(EU) Hygiene:
(EU) Conditioning:
(EU) Equipment:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Metals:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 11/07/2000: