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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7849

25 November 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
France condemned for non-application of directive on control of gas and particle emissions of certain engines

Luxembourg, 24/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The third Chamber of the European Court of Justice has condemned France for not having transposed within the time allowed the European directive of 16 December 1997 on measures to combat the emissions of gas and particles from non-road mobile motor engines. This condemnation comes at a time when France has just referred to plans for the transposition of the directive currently being adopted, and the existence of a ministerial decision allowing for the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BALKANS: At Zagreb Summit, Prodi (who then moved on to Belgrade) urged countries of the region to seize "the best chance in a generation" - addresses by Solana and Patten - In 2001, Croatia to request EU membership
(EU) EU/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/NORTH KOREA: European Troika will outline, Saturday in Pyongyang, new guidelines for EU action for North Korea
(EU) EU/HORN OF AFRICA: EU welcomes establishment of UN mission
(EU) EU/CAMBODIA:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE/TURKEY: Lord Robertson tries to reassure Turks
(EU) EU/RACISM: 1999 Report highlights racists acts throughout Europe, says Monitoring Centre's Chairman
(EU) EP/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS:
(EU) EP/EMERGENCIES: Burma, Ivory Coast, Vietnam and Parlacent
(EU) EU/GREENS: Congress of European Greens in Stockholm
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Monday's Council will mainly discuss financial services, economy of candidate countries and majority vote
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2001: Complete agreement between Parliament and Council - Aid to Balkans EUR 839 million including 240 million for Serbia - Flexibility instrument used for financing aid to Serbia
(EU) EU/CULTURE COUNCIL: Resolutions on aid to cinema and fixed price for books confirm the tendency towards defending specific nature of culture
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Greece asserts it is not in hurry to sign EU/Turkey partnership agreement and insists on reference to Cyprus
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/IGC/ENLARGEMENT: Countries candidates for membership want stronger and more integrated Union - Verheugen floats idea of ten accessions between 2003 and 2005
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY: "Employment package", social agenda and worker information-consultation will be focus of Council session next week
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/ENLARGEMENT: All accession candidate countries post positive growth, but unemployment will only fall in 2002 - Three weak points
(EU) EU/HUNGARY: Reaction of Mr Fischler to Hungarian decision to block corn exports
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: British Steel's appeal against the European Court of First Instance on aid to restructuring of State-owned companies rejected
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Appeal by four German and Dutch steel companies on aid to restructuring of State-owned steel companies rejected
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Migrant architects may perform all their professional activities in a host Member State
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: France condemned for non-application of directive on control of gas and particle emissions of certain engines
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: France condemned for non-transposition of "television signals transmission" directive
(EU) EP/EURO: Duisenberg confirms ECB will publish macro-economic forecasts, but stresses limits, and gives his assurance that inflation will be controlled
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Remarks by Romano Prodi on rebuilding confidence in beef and over transparency of European decisions
(EU) EU/BANANAS: Most traders reject "first come, first served" system
(EU) EU/SERVICES: Conference on liberalisation of services at global level
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SUPPLEMENT
"EUROPE"/Document N° 2220: Results of Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Marseilles (English version)
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 24/11/2000: