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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7773

5 August 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) acp

04/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - A mistake having slipped into our article on the composition of the new ACP Committee of Ambassadors (EUROPE of 2 August, p.9), please read: the country representing West Africa is Benin and not Ghana.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EP/POLITICAL GROUPS: Corbett report proposes that Parliament guarantees genuine equality between all MEPs but rejects idea of mixed groups
(EU) EU/KASHMIR: EU condemns massacres of early-August
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ACP/CUBA: Cuba declares itself ready to sign Cotonou Agreement and enter into dialogue with EU as long as there are no preconditions other than accepting contents of agreement
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Microsoft confirms having received Commission's letter of complaint but remains confident
(EU) EU/ECB: European central Bank underlines in report need to have trustworthy statistics
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: EUR 5.5 million for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: European public network operators denounce "Hollings draft"
(EU) EU/ITALY: EUR 570 million loan to Wind Telecomunicazioni
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL TRADE: Lamy to go to Argentina and Chile in September, having visited Jakarta and Singapore
(EU) ACP:
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: Commission should not rule before end of September on draft Directive on Slots, so as to take into account numerous comments from airports and airlines
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM:
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: Parliament working document underlines that access to documents must got together with right to information - EP hearing in autumn
(EU) EU/REGIONS: AER organises, in Vilnius a "summer university" on role of regions in Europe
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: ECHO grants EUR 1.55 million to Venezuela
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission allows OMV and Rheinbraun to take control of COKOWI
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves takeover of Australian mining group North by Rio Tinto
(EU) EU/REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT: Regional unemployment rates in the EU between 2.1% and 28.7%, according to Eurostat
(EU) EU/COAL: Drop in production in EU in 1999
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 04/08/2000: