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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7855

4 December 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 42 / 47
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) banks

According to The Financial Times, the BANK OF SCOTLAND is negotiating for the acquisition of ICC BANK, a national Irish bank, for the sum of around £170 million, in order to strengthen its presence in Ireland.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Last ministerial conclave did not broach issue of weighting of votes in Council - Hardening of positions over ceiling for Commission
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM/EP: Before ministers, Fontaine places emphasis on Charter of Rights, qualified majority voting, co-decision
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Council approves report on Esdp for Summit
(EU) EU/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Duff and Voggenhuber want Charter to be binding
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF NICE: EPC wants ambitious Treaty
(EU) EU/TURKEY/PKK:
(EU) EU/SWEDEN/NEUTRALITY:
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EU/CONFLICT PREVENTION: High Representative and Commission make concrete proposals, placing emphasis on good combination of civilian and military instruments
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Fifteen reach agreement on pre-accession strategy for Turkey - "Partnership for Accession" is approved in principle
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Fifteen agree on conclusions (more ambitious than initially expected for negotiation timetable) to be forwarded to Nice Summit - Enthusiasm from Commissioner Verheugen
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Council invited to answer three fundamental question raised by "Monti reform" plan
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/STATUTE OF MEPS:
(EU) EU/ENERGY/INDUSTRY: Tuesday Council should reach "conclusions" on naval construction, oil stocks, encouragement towards renewable energy - Policy debates notably on competition policy
(EU) EU/ENERGY: This Tuesday Council should reach political agreement on Directive aimed at promoting electricity produced by renewable energy
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/KOREA/SHIPBUILDING: European Commission opens formal procedure against Korean subsidies to shipbuilding industry
(EU) EU/CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: Commission proposes to Council to sign Interbus agreement (bus and coach transportation of passengers)
(EU) EU/ROAD TRANSPORT: Member States reach agreement over distribution of trucks transiting Switzerland in 2001
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/MAD COW: Council approvers temporary ban on all animal meals in animal feed, except in fish meal
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Consumers' Council defines general mission and role of future European Food Authority
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission launches consultation process for defining air transport quality indicators
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Fischler hopes Morocco will show proof of greater flexibility during forthcoming talks on future fisheries partnership
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: European Commission's arguments and intentions in dispute over US steel restrictions
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: For better cooperation between European Commission and national Parliaments of candidate countries
(EU) EU/EAST TIMOR: Third Donor Conference, hosted by Commission on Tuesday and Wednesday, to prepare access to independence
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission decides aid in favour of Ferries Golfo de Vizcaya is illegal
(EU) COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Eurocoton loses case against Council in anti-dumping duty affair on unbleached cotton
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Belgium found guilty in aid to press affair (nonetheless being settled)
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Italy found guilty for failing to transpose telecommunications directive
(EU) EU/CITIZENS: Launch of Solidarity Fund for free movement of people
(EU) EP/DISCRIMINATION: Tokia Saïfi denounces ineffectiveness of Community financing to fight against discrimination of ethnic minorities within EU
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: from 27 November to 3 December 2000
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Equipment:
(EU) Equipment:
(EU) Paper:
(EU) Information technology:
(EU) Real estate:
(EU) Robotics:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Rail:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENTS
European Library: N° 438
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 04/12/2000: