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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7845

20 November 2000
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/defence
European Union defence and foreign ministers believe the EU should be able to carry out Petersberg tasks "by 2003" - the catalogue of forces points to a 100,000-strong "reservoir" - the EU summit in Nice is due to approve the overall shape of a system for assessing member states undertakings

Brussels, 20/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The meeting of General Affairs Ministers, extended to include EU Defence Ministers, was staged on Monday afternoon in the wake of a conference convened on committing military capabilities. During their encounter the officials adopted a declaration on the commitment of military capabilities (we are publishing the full version of the document), which stresses that the process, « carried out without any unnecessary duplication, does not imply the creation...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: European Union defence and foreign ministers believe the EU should be able to carry out Petersberg tasks "by 2003" - the catalogue of forces points to a 100,000-strong "reservoir" - the EU summit in Nice is due to approve the overall shape of a system for assessing member states undertakings
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: During the conference on committing military capabilities, EU defence ministers announce their contributions to "headline goal" - Solana points to shortage of strategic and tactical capabilities
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REForM: STILL A LOT OF GROUND TO BE COVERED, says the French presidency in the wake of Sunday's CONCLAVE
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Ms Fontaine recommends compromises for extending qualified majority voting in due course
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: In the wake of the Marseilles conference , some Arab countries challenge "Presidency's conclusions" and express disappointment
(EU) EU/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Prodi TAKES PART IN PPI CONFERENCE
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Support to Commission's strategy for cautious enlargement to Turkey - Other deliberations
(EU) EU/INFLATION: Inflation rate down, Eurostat announces
(EU) EU/OIL: Riyadh Agreement to strengthen cooperation between producer and consumer countries, but no decision on prices or on increased production
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: Agreement in sight on budget of 400 million over five years for audiovisual aid programme "Media Plus"
(EU) EP/MEDITERRANEAN: Imbeni calls for European Parliament participation in defining MEDA 2 allocation and new Barcelona Process objectives
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Business circles of both parties call for "de-escalation" in trade disputes
(EU) EU/ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS: Towards a system allowing for automatic classification of documents to be ruled out?
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: On Wednesday, the Commission to present a revised "social package" for road transport
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Aid to private storage of beef approved
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Hedgerows and other traditional landscape features may be considered part of agriculture area eligible for farm aid
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Reticence over ban of all bone meal, progress in enlarged testing programme on BSE
(EU) EU/FISHERIES COUNCIL: Result of debates on controlling fishing activity, regional organisations, negotiations with Morocco and fuel prices
(EU) EU/TAX: European Commission proposes new VAT invoicing rules, notably electronic, to lighten burden on companies
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: International Conference on Climate Change enters decisive stage at ministerial level
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: belgium wrong to compel importers of nutriment-containing foods to features labelling specific to the belgian market
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE OF FIRST INSTANCE: Council amends court procedural rules so as to improve legal activities
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light to danish aid to train ships crews
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN POLICY: aid to Uganda to help eradicate "ebola" and Malaria
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Before Monday and Tuesday's ministerial sessions, negotiations continued last week at deputy level
(EU) EU/HUNGARY: 60 million euro EIB loan for a subsidiary of Sanyo for the manufacture of batteries for mobile phones
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Industry and social partners in shipbuilding call for extension of State aid scheme for their sector
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Awarding of prizes for most innovative regions
(EU) EU/NICE SUMMIT: Initiatives of the Federalists and European Movement
(EU) EUMYTH OF EUROPE:
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: from 13 to 19 November 2000
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