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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7862

13 December 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 51
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) pharmaceuticals

Britain's SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS is to take over the Canadian firm BIOHEM PHARMA through a transaction valuing the firm at $4 bn. The merger of the two companies will give rise to the creation of "one of the world's foremost pharmaceutical groups" with an annual turnover of $587 million (based on 1999) and a stock market capitalisation of $8.5 bn. The operation will take the form of a share swap, each BIOCHEM share valued at $37.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: As expected, the outcome of the Nice Summit is nothing to write home about, but Community activity is not paralysed, nor is enlargement in any way blocked - Some useful lessons
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF NICE: MEPs criticise lack of ambition in new Treaty - result is balanced, with no winners or losers, says President Chirac, stressing enlargement is "central issue of Europe" - A first step "shorter" than hoped, says Romano Prodi, criticising those who see Europe as a "bargaining room"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Failure of new negotiating session on fishing
(EU) EU/BALKANS/YUGOSLAVIA: EU wants to help Serbia not only for humanitarian reasons, but also to support political change
(EU) ACP: ACP States carefully examin details of regional agreements with EU
(EU) EU/ASEAN: Dialogue relaunched and Asian countries accept principal of new WTO negotiation round
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2001: Plenary debate confirms Parliament's position for accepting compromise reached in November with Council
(EU) EP/MEDICINES: Parliament strengthens Council's common position on clinical testing of medicine for human use, with Commission support - Towards an agreement of Health Council on Thursday?
(EU) EP/SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST: Socialist Group hopes to redirect European policy considering Commission drafts are along excessively liberal lines
(EU) EP/SUMMER TIME:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: European Commission launches its plan for reviewing and rendering multiannual the TACs regime, by initiating wide-ranging consultations with authorities and circles concerned
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission to devote EUR 750 million over five years to rail freight bottlenecks
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: "single sky" report, presented to the Commission on Wednesday, recommends joint management of European air space and creation of a "2nd pillar" structure for civilian and military coordination
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Three Member States condemned for non-transposition of European directives into national law
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INTANCE: Marco Pannella considers that appearing before an Italian court justifies his non-attendance of an EP session
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Consultation on financial issues
(EU) EU/BOLIVIA: Commission signs EUR 30 million financing agreement for health programme
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission proposes creation of register for use of "eu" domain name
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Operational programme for Saxony
(EU) EU/POLAND: Lech Walesa visits European Economic and Social Committee to commemorate 20th anniversary of Solidarnosc (Brussels, 14 December)
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Marie-Thérèse Hermange Report insists on key role of parents in education of disabled and on combating prejudice and ignorance
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: The blind say they are excluded by the draft directive on copyright
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 11/12/2000: