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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7868
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) computing

The American company SEQUENCE (computer assisted design software for the electronics industry) acquired, for an undisclosed sum, SAPPHIRE DESIGN AUTOMATION.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Nice Treaty was assessed too often, even by the Institutions, in a national perspective - Dangers do not lie so much in text as in method followed to achieve it
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TREATY OF NICE: Preliminary Commission judgement on Treaty of Nice highlights both progress and shortcomings - Invitation to be vigilant and imaginative in order to defend Community method
(EU) EU/TREATY OF NICE: Minority blocking in Council (and the holding of European Councils in Brussels) complicate finalisation of Treaty text
(EU) EU/PERU: Commission releases 1.7 million euro for observation of Peruvian elections on 8 April
(EU) EU/RELIGIONS: EU citizens are tolerant, poll notes
(EU) EU/BURMA: EU's readiness to send Troika in January
(EU) EU/IVORY COAST: EU draws conclusions from anomalies in 10 December elections
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA: EU urges parties to negotiate durable peace taking account of Tamil aspirations, while respecting territorial integrity
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/"EUROPEAN SOCIETY": Special Employment Council finalises political agreement on statute of European company - Favourable reaction from Commission
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: First results of Wednesday Council
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Results of last "Agriculture" Council for year 2000 on eggs, pigmeat, sugar, vines and olive oil
(EU) EU/CANADA: Ottawa Summit launches several new initiatives
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Council report gives wealth of positive results
(EU) EU/CHAD: Friends of the Earth call on EIB not to finance pipeline between Chad and Cameroon
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: EIB grants EUR 30 million loan for mine on Atlas
(EU) EU/BANANAS: Agriculture Ministers have approved new CMO for bananas with "first come, first served" system, which should resolve dispute in WTO, and with a tariff preference of EUR 300 per tonne for ACP countries
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: European Commission feels that German proposal for "flexible" transition periods for free movement of people represents a "useful contribution" to preparation of EU position
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: European Commission launches consultations on future legislation on financial conglomerates
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Busquin sees in vote in British Parliament on research into stem cells an example of different European cultures and values
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Olaf receives report from relevant Spanish bodies on fraud in aid of flax
(EU) EU/FRAUD: OLAF gives details in butter fraud case
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises Vodafone and British Telecom to take control of Spanish mobile phone operator, Airtel
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Preferential interconnection charges for Belgian press must be reviewed
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 20/12/2000: