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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7826

21 October 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 45
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) consumer goods

The Franco-Spanish cigarette manufacturer ALTADIS will sell its "match" activities (turnover of FF 80 million in 1999) to SOFAS - SOCIETE DE FABRICATION d'ALUMETTES DE SÛRETE (annual turnover of around FF 20 million), subsidiary of the diversified Tunisian group.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CHINA: Summit on 23 October will concentrate on search for new paths for cooperation, notably in field of fight against illegal immigration and economic reforms in China
(EU) EU/ASIA: Developing relations between two Koreas the focus of first debates of ASEM Summit - Divergence between Fifteen on opening of diplomatic relations with North Korea
(EU) EU/COLLOQUIUM:
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM/DDENMARK: Christoffersen says that Denmark is prepared to extend qualified majority voting to 35 new articles and announces a paper by the Danish Parliament on "post-Nice"
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM/THE NETHERLANDS: The Hague can extend qualified majority voting to 42 new articles, says Bot, placing emphasis on combating drift towards intergovernmental
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM/IRELAND: Dorr underpins essential role of Commission for "small" countries
(EU) EP/ SEATS IN PARLIAMENT:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Meeting with Prodi and Verheugen on 8 November
(EU) EP/SERBIA: President Kostunica in plenary in November
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Work of intergovernmental conference resumes Monday: qualified majority, enhanced cooperation and Article 7
(EU) UN/TRANSNATIONAL RADICAL PARTY:
(EU) TURKEY/UNITED STATES:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: On Monday, Ministers discuss reform in fruit and vegetable and rice and sugar sectors - Discussion on WTO negotiations and enlargement
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Preparing the "Accession Partnership" - Yilmaz criticizes German Christian-Democrats
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/CANADA:
(EU) EP/ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS: Appeal against Council over access to Esdp documents to be lodged before the Court of Justice on Monday - Fontaine: these rules must be decided upon with Parliament participation
(EU) EP/OCTOBER SESSION: Commission Communication on financial assistance to Kosovo - Chair of Esdp Council to meet MEPs on Tuesday
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Van Lancker Report calls on Commission to complement EU Social Agenda with several additional objectives and rights
(EU) EP/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Committee on industry approves, depending on amendments, regulation on unbundling of local loop
(EU) EU/BOOK PRICES:
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Commission proposes to exclude from food chain all condemned animal material, and to consolidate and merger into a single regulation the present legislation on animal feed
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: On Monday Agriculture Council must adopt guidelines on protection of name of origin for wines
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Italian decision to suspend marketing of four types of genetically modified maize remains in force, while awaiting "EU strategy"
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: National regulation on date of first registration for vehicles imported from another Member State may be unlawful if too strict or out of proportion
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Action by Germany refusing to recover State aid from Systeem Microelectonic Innovation
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Rulings of the week - Price of cigarettes in Greece, imports of Russian honey, etc.
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Industrial forum on enlargement (Paris, 26 October)
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission organises public hearing on environmental problems linked to PVC (Brussels, 23 October)
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Commission approves finance plan for projects in Sweden under Objective 2
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Rangoni-Machiavelli opposes inflexible ceiling for number of Committee members - In support of resuming functions of ECSC Consultative Committee
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Temporary Committee on Human Genetics
TIMETABLE
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Electricity:
(EU) Electricity:
(EU) Brewing:
(EU) Consumer goods:
(EU) Finance:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Credit rating agencies:
(EU) Computing:
(EU) Advertising:
(EU) Technology:
(EU) Internet:
VALEUR DE L'EURO EN DIFFERENTES DEVISES 20/10/2000: