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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7833

1 November 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social affairs
Ministerial conference on gender equality emphasises necessity of reconciling work and family life and women's participation in decision making

Brussels, 31/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - At the initiative of the French Presidency of the Union, the European Ministers in charge of equal opportunities for men and women met for a conference on Friday 27 October in Paris. The meeting was chaired by Nicole Péry, State Secretary for Women's Rights and Vocational Training. Participating were: Anna Diamantopoulou, European Commissioner for Equal Opportunity; Odile Quintin, European Commission Director General at DG V (Employment); Michel...

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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
(EU) EU/SENEGAL:
(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
(EU) EP/STATUS OF EU ISLANDS:
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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
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 31/10/2000: