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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7807
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) energy

CDF - CHARBONNAGES DE FRANCE is to sell CDF ENERGIE (turnover FF 528 million in 1999 with around 2 million tonnes of coal marketed per year), its coal business, to TOTALFINAELF. The move will amount to around FF 35 million.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FRY: Presidency calls for rapid lifting of sanctions
(EU) CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: The three components of the Convention reach broad consensus on reviewed draft text
(EU) COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: According to the Committee, the Charter of Fundamental Rights should give regions more weight
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS: Before The European Policy Centre, Peter Sutherland expresses concern at growing trend towards intergovernmental
(EU) EP/UNITED LEFT:
(EU) EU/BIARRITZ SUMMIT/BENELUX:
(EU) EU/BIARRTIZ SUMMIT/PES/EPP:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Council failure over allocation to Media Plus programme - Concern expressed by several Member States regarding State aid - European Commission to issue communication on cinema in near future
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/CONSUMERS: On Thursday Council will discuss various delicate dossiers: toy safety, data protection, Community patent, PVC, food hygiene
(EU) JUSTICE-HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Home Affairs Ministers to discuss European Fund for Refugees and the list (still controversial in part) of countries whose nationals may enter the Union without visas
(EU) EU/OIL: European commission prepares a global document aimed at Biarritz Summit EU oil reserves exceed required level
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Brussels conference on Social Agenda underlined increasingly important role of civil society and NGOs - Programme with a timetable - Quality dimension
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: 25,000 tonnes of cereals to Kenya - Nielson pays on-site visit (and to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti)
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2001: Budgets committee to propose use of flexibility instrument to go beyond ceiling of external policy spending - Freeze contingent on Commission reform funds?
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Past, current and future Council presidencies want to succeed in plan for European Area of Research - Develop researcher mobility, invest in infrastructures
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Parliament calls on Member States to reduce taxes and charges on labour to fight against undeclared work
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Polemic over directive on safety during scaffolding work - British Conservatives and other EPP MEPs say Parliament should not deal with this
(EU) DATA PROTECTION: Parliament calls on EU to move towards single European supervisory authority
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Community research project for developing super-economical car
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: New criticisms of Council decision to restrict access to "defence" documents - Clarification over possibility of an appeal by Parliament against Council
(EU) EU/TRANSPARENCY/ESDP:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: On Wednesday, Commission approves proposal to review base regulation
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM: Reservations of several Member States over certain aspects of European Commission plans
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: BEUC recommends to Council very strict ban on phthalates in toys, the rapid adoption of new food hygiene rules and a Euro without costs for consumers
(EU) EU/HEALTH: On the occasion of World Heart Day, David Byrne recalls importance of moderate and daily physical exercise to combat heart diseases
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/HEALTH: International Round Table on combating communicable diseases in developing countries
TEXTS OF THE WEEK
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Optics:
(EU) Electronics:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Air:
(EU) Wine products:
(EU) Agri-food industry:
(EU) Internet:
(EU) Equipment:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 26/09/2000: