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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7833

1 November 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 60
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Commission outlines initiatives to improve safety of mining activities, drawing lessons from recent accidents

Brussels, 31/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has drawn up the priority measures it intends to implement to guarantee the safety of mining activities, to avoid the repeat in the European Union of accidents like the one in April 1998 that polluted the Donana natural park (a mining accident in Aznacollar, Spain) with mud and acid waters and the accident of last January that caused cyanide pollution throughout the Danube region (the mining accident in Baia Mare, Romania, an...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Prodi and Barnier fear a backslide on qualified majority voting in relation to "Biarritz spirit" - Prodi announces proposals on organisation of Commission - Next weekend's conclave to discuss "first package on structural subjects", detailed proposal on "subjects of power" to follow later
(EU) EP/CHINA: Per Gahrton makes proposals to Li Peng on Tibet - Radicals indignant over proposal to make the Dalai Lama a "governor"
(EU) EU/SPAIN/TERRORISM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SPAIN/UNITED KINGDOM: Initiative by Aznar and Blair to relaunch economic reform and market opening (gas, electricity, telecommunications, etc.) in the Union
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Along with three priorities of Rio Summit, Commission defines a number of cooperation objectives with different groups of countries
(EU) EU/SPORT: European Commission receives FIFA/UEFA football player transfer plan, examination begins
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR/CHILE: Commissioner Patten off to Mercosur and Chile to provide new impetus to trade negotiations, which are to resume on 7 November
(EU) IRAQ/OIL/EURO:
(EU) EU/BALKANS: European Commission proposes to extend to Serbia autonomous reduction in import duties
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: New fisheries agreement will be negotiated on a weekly basis - Towards greater cooperation accompanied by limited and provisional fishing rights
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(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY:
(EU) CORRECTION/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/2001 BUDGET: Schreyer says lower agricultural spending foreseen for 2001 could convince the Council to raise the external relations ceiling by lowering the agriculture ceiling
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM: New decision and timetable for decisive phase
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission outlines initiatives to improve safety of mining activities, drawing lessons from recent accidents
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Four ECSC research projects enable to remedy certain environmental problems linked to steel
(EU) EU/STEEL: Irish Steel (Ireland) and Eko Stahl (Germany) undertake planned restructuring, Siderurgia Nacional (Portugal) is behind, case of Voest Alpine Erzberg (Austria) is under investigation
(EU) EU/STATE AID: European Commission opens investigation procedure against fiscal aid systems of three Basque provinces
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: European Commission proposes to reinforce solvency margin requirements for insurance companies
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Ministerial conference on gender equality emphasises necessity of reconciling work and family life and women's participation in decision making
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Tuesday's trade union demonstration aimed at three specific objectives - Negative Unice attitude - Flexibility in Council on social chapter of European company statute?
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission calls on Greece to abolish the duty it levies on the import of pharmaceutical products
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Ms. de Palacio calls on Council not to weaken Commission's draft on control of vessels at risk, following the sinking of the Ievoli Sun
(EU) EP/EMU: For improvements in cross-border payments
(EU) EP/COMPANIES: Parliament insists that the specific needs of very small companies must be taken into account in the spirit of enterprise programme
(EU) EP/ALBANIA: Union action plan lacks balance, says EP
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(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Sugar consuming industries support reform proposed by European Commission
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Nut and oilseed producers fear disappearance of European subsidiary especially for Soya
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Conference on Europe, the regions and maritime safety
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Fertiliser importers oppose anti-dumping measures
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 31/10/2000: