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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7826

21 October 2000
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (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"

Brussels, 20/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - Continuing its hearings this week (just after the Biarritz Summit) of members of the Preparatory Group of the Intergovernmental Conference on the EU's institutional reform, the European Parliament's Committee on Constitutional Affairs, under the direction of its Deputy-Chair, Johannes Voggenhuber, heard Danish Permanent Representative, Poul Skytte Christofferson, who mainly confirmed his country's openness, in the IGC, regarding extending qualified...

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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
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VALEUR DE L'EURO EN DIFFERENTES DEVISES 20/10/2000: