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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7822

16 October 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 43
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) chemicals

The Swiss group GURIT-HEBERLEIN intends to sell off, for CHF 677 million, its 50% stake in ESSEX, a joint venture specialised in composite materials and adhesives for automobiles, to its partner DOW CHEMICAL. This activity represents 58.4% of it global turnover (turnover of some CHF 696 million in 1999).

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Biarritz summit did what it could on major international dossier such as Middle East and Oil - and it is precisely to "do more" that Union must imperatively succeed in its institutional reform
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BIARRITZ SUMMIT: Back from Biarritz, Kostunica confirms he wishes to organise referendum on maintaining federation between Serbia and Montenegro
(EU) EU/YEMEN: EU deplores attack against British Embassy in Sana'a
(EU) EP/BIARRITZ SUMMIT: Fontaine urges Fifteen not to give up inclusion of Charter in Treaty
(EU) EP/SAKHAROV PRIZE: Four candidates chosen for Sakharov Prize are the "Basta Ya!" movement, Ms Acheng Atyam, Mr Barbitsky and Ms Sangdrol
(EU) BELARUS: EU-OSCE-Council of Europe Troika regret will for democratic change had not been taken into account
(EU) EU/KOREA: Solana welcomes awarding of Nobel Prize to Kim Dae Jung
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: Ministers prepare on Tuesday morning joint session with Ecofin Council on fight against financial crime, and tackle civil protection sector
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Eurogroup met Monday evening
(EU) EU/CZECH REPUBLIC: Schuessel draws Biarritz Summit's attention to refusal of Czech authorities to discuss nuclear safety of Temelin
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: President Chirac raises problem of European authority before Summit
(EU) EU/MADAGASCAR: Signing of financing agreement
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Very heavy Ministerial session with numerous dossiers on agenda: information-consultation, fight against discrimination, poverty and social exclusion, social agenda, structural indicators
(EU) EU/SLOVENIA: Slovenia is now applying Union rules concerning animal welfare during transport
(EU) EU/REGIONAL:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Mr Glavany favours several reforms and initiatives to remedy confidence crisis on fisheries sector
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises merger between Vivendi, Canal+ and Seagram, with conditions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission considers authorising certain provisions for Visa payment card system and challenges others
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead for General Mills' acquisition of Pillsbury
(EU) EU/WOMEN: According to Anna Diamantopulou, 80% of poor population of EU is made up of women
(EU) EU/INDONESIA:
(EU) EU/COAL: ECSC Consultative Committee seminar on future of coal
(EU) EU/ACP: Parliamentary Assembly takes stance on situation in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Haiti
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint Assembly insists on more effective measures to combat AIDS - Initial measures by pharmaceutical industries
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Commission dismisses four local agents implicated in the affair of the false invoices at its representation in Stockholm
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: European Commission welcomes work achieved by international standards bodies
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Seven-year programme in field of education, training and employment in Germany, with Community support totalling EUR 4.756 billion
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission approves Employment and Human Resources Development Programme for Ireland for 2000-2006 and allocates EUR 900 million
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
(EU) EU/COLLOQUIUM: Programmes for European seminars and other events in October
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: from 9 October to 15 October 2000
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Oil:
(EU) Steel:
(EU) Distribution:
(EU) Distribution:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Electronic equipment:
(EU) Temping:
(EU) Processed food:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENTS
European Library: N° 431
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 16/10/2000: