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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7799

15 September 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 55
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/esdp
Meeting of EU Chiefs of Staff on 21 September in Brussels

Brussels, 14/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - Spokesman for the French Defence Minister, Jean-François Bureau, announced that the informal meeting of European Union defence ministers on Friday 22 September will be preceded, on Thursday 21 September, by a meeting in Brussels of the Chiefs of Staff of the fifteen European Union Member States.

The informal defence ministers' meeting will be held on 22 September at Château d'Ecouen, in Val d'Oise near Paris, under the chairmanship of French Defence...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Ministerial IGC session on Monday
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA: Lessons must be drawn from sanctions affair, says Permanent Representative Gregor Woschnagg - Reactions at EP
(EU) EU/ESDP: Meeting of EU Chiefs of Staff on 21 September in Brussels
(EU) EP/OCTOBER SESSION: Ciampi in plenary on 4 October - Broad discussion on enlargement
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA: Observer mission at elections on 10 October
(EU) EU/XENOPHOBIA/DENMARK:
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Greek representative to Vimont Group stresses development of Greek position concerning enhanced cooperation and states Nice Summit should tackle defence policy - In support of political Union of federal kind
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Mr Lund indicates that Sweden is ready to broach reinforced cooperation under a new angle and widen qualified majority voting (but without an automatic link to codecision) - Do we want, for the future, a Europe progressing at different speeds?
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COUNCIL: Programme and agenda for Monday's session
(EU) EU/OIL: Commission/Member States meeting on 29 September to examine competition situation on oil markets
(EU) EMU/ECB: ECB will sell the equivalent of EUR 2.5 billion in currency, but denies this is market intervention
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Americans are in favour of a world competition authority, independent of existing bodies but without supra-national powers
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission challenges several Member States for non-compliance with Community legislation relating to nature protection
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Pursuit of infringement proceedings against Germany and Italy for non-compliance with "Fuel Standards" Directive
(EU) EP/SECOND SEPTEMBER SESSION: Racism, organised crime, arms exports, Afghanistan, development, competition, data protection
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Action on mobility takes shape
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Preparation of Belgian Council Presidency
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission calls on Netherlands for information on possible obstacles to free movement of goods
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Union Fenosa is authorised to take a stake in Cable i televisio de Catalunya (Menta)
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises Ifil to take over Italian tour operator Alpitour
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for joint acquisition of Eutectic by Messer Industries and Carlyle Europe Partners
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission rejects package for acquisition of petrol station by TotalFinaElf
(EU) OMBUDSMAN:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: European parliament starts examination of draft on de-coupling of local loops
(EU) EU/SPORT: Council Presidency predicts rapid agreement on European participation in World Anti-doping Agency
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Reduction in production quotas for sugar approved by Management Committee
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/ITALY:
SUMMER TEXTS ON EUROPE'S FUTURE
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 14/09/2000: