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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7839

10 November 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/canada/wto
The WTO's appeal body will make a final decision by January on the ban on asbestos imports

Geneva/Brussels, 09/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Appeal Body will publish its final verdict on the French asbestos embargo by the end of January. The European Union unsuccessfully defended the French move in arbitration and the measure has been back in the spotlight since Canada lodged an appeal on 23 October against the multilateral decision to endorse this trading restriction in the defence of the public interest. Canada felts that the experts had exceeded...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Last meeting of Preparatory Group on 13 November before ministerial meeting on 19 November
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Napolitano shares Commissioner Barnier's concern about Nice perspectives and appeals to Heads of State and Government
(EU) EU/NATO/CFSP: COPSI meets NATO's permanent council
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: conditionally invites Armenia and Azerbaijan to join with a monitoring procedure from now until 17 January 2001
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/FRY: Mr Kostunica speaks to the committee of ministers
(EU) THE FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Council to adopt on Friday a general statement laying the base for new policy - Several other points on agenda
(EU) EU/COURT OF AUDITORS: report on EU budgetary management in 1999 still contains criticisms and court is likely to refuse to give a clean discharge
(EU) EU/EURO: the BCE intervenes on the markets again
(EU) EU/AUTOMOBILES: Commission debates the "distribution" report
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Approving "mobility" package, education ministers facilitate and encourage mobility in the young - a "historic symbol" believe Viviane Reding and Jack Lang
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: In Germany, Monti clarifies his stances on several delicate issues
(EU) EU/BUSINESS: Liikanen and Colasanti address Commission action over competitiveness of European business
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: limited ambitions for the 4th ministerial conference at Marseilles (15 and 16 November) - The political "Charter" is not yet ready - Relaunch of several economic projects?
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: "Dialogue of the deaf" between EU and Mercosur seems over, negotiations on free-trade progress
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Gradual liberalisation of trade in textiles
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Commission formally approves emergency aid package which should start arriving in two weeks from now
(EU) EIB/BOSNIA: First EIB loan under 2000-2007 lending mandate for Central and Eastern Europe
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Negotiations on new Euro-Morocco fisheries cooperation make headway - Next meeting on 21 November
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: wto to announce the deadline for the US to alter its copyright laws
(EU) EU/CANADA/WTO: the WTO's appeal body will make a final decision by January on the ban on asbestos imports
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: MEPs question Prodi and Verheugen on EU institutional reform, timeframes for accession ratification, participation of new Member States in European elections of 2004, budgetary resources, Kurds
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS: In favour of greater efficiency and better readability in Parliament/Council co-decision procedure - Results of a seminar
(EU) TRILATERAL COMMISSION/EUROPE:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: rejection of luxembourg's appeal for "lawyer" directive to be cancelled
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: the labelling of the geographical origin of a brand must not potentially mislead consumers
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: company that used to run the clovis nursery in brussels challenges the award of the contract to another bidder
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: the Commission approves participation of Dana Corp in Getrag Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves joint venture between Babcock Borsig, mg Technologies and SAP
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: three winners of Descartes prize
(EU) EP/FOOD SAFETY: mr pasqua calls for a discussion of a ban on animal meal in next week's plenary session
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