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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7800

16 September 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 39
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) coatings

The Belgian BEKAERT (turnover of EUR 2.5 billion in 1999) and the German company FNE - FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FÜR NICHTEISENMETALLE FREIBERG GMBH will create a joint venture named FREBEK GMBH. It will be 75% held by BEKAERT, which will furthermore take a stake of 7.5% in its German partner, and 25% by FNE. It will be integrated into BAM - BEKAERT ADVANCED MATERIALS, divisions of BEKAERT active in the high technology coatings and will employ 35 people. Its turnover should reach around EUR 7...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ESDP: Next Friday, at Chateau Ecouen, EU Defence Ministers should approve catalogue of forces enabling to reach, in 2003, "Headline Goal" set in Helsinki
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA: Jacques Chirac insists on vigilance towards FPÖ
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONS: Nick Clegg proposes eliminating EU competence in a series of fields, including employment, health and sport, and to establish "ministers for Europe" permanently in Brussels
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EP/ARMS EXPORTS: Titley Report calls for EU code of conduct to become binding and insists on adoption of list of items to which it must be applied
(EU) UEF/ENLARGEMENT:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Prodi considers as positive the report at end of first year of his Commission presidency
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Balkans and Mediterranean at centre of Council session
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: At Paris Summit, EU acknowledges Ukraine's European nature - Commitments on Chernobyl confirmed - Strengthened economic, legal and commercial support
(EU) EU/BANANAS: European Commission seems favourable to "first come first served" formula and will rule on 4 October
(EU) EU/GREENLAND: New EU-Greenland fisheries agreement concluded on Thursday - EU to pay 42.82 million euro a year until 2006
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Mr Busquin confirms Commission's intention to reform JRC without affecting its status nor its financing
(EU) EP/MINI-SESSION IN BRUSSELS: Declarations on rise in oil prices and terrorism in Spain
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Council President considers European spatial planning policy necessary (though not immediately) - Perplexity over "Structural Funds/Nature 2000" link
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Anything possible in EMI/Time Warner affair
(EU) EU/MOROCCO:
(EU) EU/TAXATION: European Commissioner Fritz Bolkestein places emphasis on need to adapt tax systems to requirements of electronic commerce - Operational proposals
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Erkki Liikanen warns against obstacles to development of information society in Europe
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court specifies conditions for retaining workers' rights in case of transfer to public body from private company
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission pursues infringement proceedings against Several Member States infringing legislation on dangerous substances in water
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Motivated opinion to Austria for bad transposition of Directive on public access to environmental information
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Road unions move away from their bosses - In their view crisis is due to rampant competition in sector
(EU) ECB/CROSS-BORDER PAYMENTS: Central Bank calls on banking sector for series of initiatives to end practice of exchange costs illegally imposed on consumers
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission puts end to anti-trust action against Triumph (motorbikes), which lifts ban on intra-community sales
TIMETABLE
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Coatings:
(EU) Food processing:
(EU) Post:
(EU) Glass:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Communications:
(EU) Household appliances:
(EU) Recruitment:
(EU) Energy:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 15/09/2000: