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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7844

20 November 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/korea
Procedure suspended over pharmaceutical products

Brussels, 17/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has suspended the procedure aimed at checking for the existence of obstacles to trade in pharmaceutical products in Korea. It now has at least six months to see whether the changes made by the Korean authorities to the legislation in question are adequate.

The Community's industry lodged its complaint in June 1999. At that time, the Commission notes in the decision published in the Official Journal No. L/281, "the Korean...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MINISTERIAL PROGRAMME: Several meetings on Sunday and Monday (IGC, Council, Defence, Enlargement)
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Sunday Ministerial conclave discusses Commission, weighting of votes in Council and qualified majority voting
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Lipponen defines ambitions for Nice and sketches out ambitions for after Nice
(EU) EU/NATO:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Monday's Conference for commitment of military capabilities will finalise catalogue of requirements for future Rapid Reaction Force - Offers for more than 100,000 troops
(EU) EU/DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Ankara rejects claims by Parliament regarding Kurdish issue, genocide of Armenians and occupation of Cyprus
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN: European Troika in Pakistan on 20 and 21 November for "ad hoc political dialogue"
(EU) EU/ASEAN:
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: 4TH Ministerial Conference is finished with undertaking to open in-depth dialogue at all levels in order to "rethink Barcelona process" - EU is for a Palestinian State preferably establish through negotiation
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: The Balkans, enlargement negotiations and Turkey at centre of Monday's Council session
(EU) EU/"MAD COW": Byrne tackles agriculture ministers over implementation of Community rules in their countries
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: European Commission calls on WTO for authorisation to introduce trade sanctions exceeding $4 billion in FSC affair - Beginning of long procedure
(EU) EU/WTO: Proposal of new round of multilateral trade talks seems to be gaining ground
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: ICAO rejects motion of admissibility by EU against US complaint field on aircraft fitted with hushkits
(EU) EU/CHILE: Negotiations over the association agreement progress
(EU) EU/KOREA: Procedure suspended over pharmaceutical products
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: On Monday Agriculture Council will open with discussion on BSE followed by a public debate on food safety - Position for WTO agricultural negotiations, decision on fruits and vegetables
(EU) EU/FISHERIES COUNCIL: Fisheries Ministers put aside POP - Reflection on new framework mechanism for fishing effort
(EU) EU/ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS: Parliament amends in-depth Commission proposal considering it too restrictive, but postpones vote in order to start negotiations with it
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2001: Divergence remains between Parliament and Council mainly over external aid
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission opens in-depth inquiry into two ventures between UK, Dutch and Singapore post offices
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court amends certain Court of First Instance rulings concerning fines against "cardboard cartel"
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Car hire with driver company again challenges legality of deal concluded in Strasbourg for transport of MEPs
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM: Markets below 500,000 euro henceforth to be awarded without prior opinion of Advisor Committee (CCAM)
(EU) EU/YOUTH: European ministers responsible for childhood to meet on Monday to adopt joint action plan for the rights of children
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA:
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