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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7848
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) household electrical appliances

Italian group MERLONI ELETTRODOMESTICI is to sell its motor division to the CESET company of the American group EMERSON. This division currently produces 1.8 million electric motors annually, mainly for washing machines, for an annual turnover of around EUR 36 million.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BALKANS: 24 November summit in Zagreb will support regional reconciliation, stabilisation and association process and mark future prospect of accession
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Commission proposes that IGC increase powers of its president and insists on collective responsibility
(EU) EU/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Spain in favour of its inclusion in Treaty
(EU) EU/RACISM: Second report from the Vienna Monitoring Centre
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Seixas da Costa challenges arguments of those who say they wish to strengthen Commission by keeping its numbers to a ceiling
(EU) EU/PERU: Solana welcomes latest developments towards resolving crisis
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT: In favour of "parliamentary dialogue"
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: In Jerusalem, Wurtz underpins need to protect populations of Palestinian Territories
(EU) EP/UNITED KINGDOM: Bill Newton-Dunn leaves the Conservatives to join the Liberal Group
(EU) EU/ASEAN:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Pressure on Luxembourg in Sunday's Ecofin Council session devoted to savings taxation - Failing compromise, issue will be referred to Nice
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: EP and Council reach agreement allowing for opening up to competition of rail freight transport on the Trans-European Network in 2003 and on all tracks in 2008
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Monti announces that, from 1 January 2001, aid to renewable energies will cover difference between production cost and price on electricity market
(EU) EU/CULTURE COUNCIL: Agreement among the Fifteen on 400 million euro budget for aid programme to audiovisual sector, Media Plus (2001-2005)
(EU) EU/"MAD COW": The Standing Veterinary Committee decides in favour of extending rapid screening tests of BSE on cattle and ban on use in animal feed of animal carcasses unfit for human consumption
(EU) EU/IGC/ENLARGEMENT: Informal exchange of views on prospects of IGC and state of accession negotiations within European Conference
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commissioner Monti answers critics to his planned reform of competition policy, over ability to "dismember" large groups
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission withdraws its "threat of fines" against Telefonica and Sogecable for abuse of dominant position in the broadcasting of football matches
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises regulation through which high-efficiency combined cycle gas turbine plants in Germany are, for five years exonerated from taxes on mineral oils
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: French company Biret International calls for reparations for prejudice suffered due to embargo on American hormone meat
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission closes several operations
(EU) EU/2001 BUDGET: Divergent position of EP, Council and Commission over aid to Balkans, some problems for financing of "Mad Cow"
(EU) EU/CLIMATIC CHANGE: New scientific report on carbon sinks supports EU position in Hague negotiations
(EU) EU/GERMANY/JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Tokyo considers European requests on access to Japanese market partly excessive partly based on misunderstanding, and points out difficulties of access to EU market
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: EU Ministers launch a "long-term Europe of the childhood"
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: European Commission and European Space Agency organise Netd@ys discussion forum with students and space experts
(EU) EU/ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: Criticisms over draft revision of Brussels Convention
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL TRADE: "Friends of the Earth" still opposed to new WTO round
(EU) EP/MEPS' ASSISTANTS: Assistants continue to claim a statute and to denounce irregular practices - Some MEPs consider reform already in place is sufficient
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Agri-foods:
(EU) Agri-foods:
(EU) Civil engineering:
(EU) Household electrical appliances:
(EU) Aviation:
(EU) Engineering:
(EU) Internet:
(EU) Capital goods:
(EU) Aluminium:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Automobiles:
(EU) Leisure:
(EU) Logistics:
(EU) Logistics:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Oil:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Catering:
(EU) Airlines:
(EU) Capital goods:
(EU) Retailing:
(EU) Retailing:
(EU) Internet:
(EU) Banking:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 23/11/2000: