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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7839

10 November 2000
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) the future of the european union

09/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Belgian Member of Parliament (and former Prime Minister) Mark Eyskens will be speaking at a conference in Brussels on 13 November on "The Future of the European Union: a 'Saturn' model?" (the rings around the planet Saturn have been likened to the concentric circle model of the EU) organised by the Studiegroup voor Europese Politiek-Groupe d'Etudes Politiques Européennes (SEP-GEPE) and Les amis de la TEPSA. (SEP-GEPE, Brussels, Tel: 545 0461, Fax: 511 6770,...

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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
(EU/ EU/JAPAN:
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 09/11/2000: