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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7795

9 September 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 39
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) chemicals

The company DB INVESTOR (German group DEUTSCHE BANK) acquired TREVIRA (annual turnover of more than DM 800 million), one of the European leaders in polyester fibres for an undisclosed amount. Until then the company belonged to the Dutch EUROPEAN FIBER INDUSTRIES.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Preparatory group on 11 September
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA: In the report handed to President Chirac, the three Wise Men say that keeping up bilateral sanctions would be counter-productive
(EU) EU/GREECE/FRY:
(EU) CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Adopting of draft Charter could be delayed
(EU) EP/TIMOR:
(EU) EP/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EP/FIJI: EP insists on democratic progress by end-November and considers that a high-level international mediator may have to be appointed
(EU) EP/TURKEY/KURDS: Parliament condemns Turkish bombing of Kurdish villages in Northern Iraq in August
(EU) EP/BURMA: Commission and High CFSP Representative hope to meet Aung San Suu Kyi, says EP
(EU) EP/BURUNDI: EP supports resumption of EU structural aid under certain conditions
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Saturday and Sunday, after exchange of views on Eurogroup, the euro's fall and the oil crisis, EU15 discuss practical and institutional issues and meet "civil society"
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Mr Cem rejects all links between "accession partnership" and Cyprus problem and criticises latest European Parliament stances
(EU) EU/CHINA: Making an initial assessment of the partnership with China, European Commission suggests broadening dialogue to drug trafficking, organised crime, money laundering and illegal immigration
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Americans seem to hesitate before introducing "carrousel" sanctions in banana and hormones affairs - Chirac and Blair make a move
(EU) EP/VOTES: EP approved "water" Directive in third reading
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Parliamentary Budgets Committee frees credits for European Commission delegations in third countries
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: Conference of EP Presidents gives priority to search for compromise with Council in case of "top secret" documents
(EU) EP/CLONING: Parliament remains divided over case of "therapeutic cloning" - Careful attitude by European Commission
(EU) EP/HEALTH: European Parliament defines broad lines of overall strategy to combat AIDS
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL: EP defines broad lines of European television policy, calling for revision of Broadcasting Directive
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Commission gathered the "wood industry" in shadow of Conference on Kyoto protocol and follow-up of its Communication on sector competitiveness
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission continues infringement procedure against Finland for non-respect of "water pollution by nitrate of agricultural origin" Directive
(EU) EU/ROAD TRANSPORT: 20% of vehicles controlled in EU infringe legislation on transport of hazardous goods
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/CONSUMERS: Commission proposes that it be compulsory that eggs indicate how hens were farmed
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission welcomes inventory of high risk sites in mining, extractive and ore-processing industries in Danube region - Useful contribution to upcoming review of Community legislation
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/INDUSTRY: European trade unions call on Commission to propose establishment of European Observatory on Industrial Change and on Parliament to go back on its position
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(EU) Distribution:
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(EU) Hotels:
(EU) Football:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Pharmaceuticals:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Computing:
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 08/09/2000: