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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7876

8 January 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 41
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) cement

The French group LAFARGE (building materials) has announced the launch of a friendly bid on the British cement maker BLUE CIRCLE. The Sunday Telegraph is reporting that, after the failure last May of its public takeover bid, LAFARGE is biding GBP 3.1 billion for all BLUE CIRCLE shares. This new proposal is equivalent to 495 pence a share, up from 450 pence proposed last spring. See EI of 5 and 25 May 2000.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Year 2000 will be considered by historians as a good year for Europe - To do this it is enough to put aside the results of institutional reform and recall all the rest
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ESDP/SWEDISH PRESIDENCY: Von Sydow foresees conclusions on
Wednesday on Balkans Syndrome - Crisis management: develop civilian and military aspects on equal footing
(EU) EU/BALKANS SYNDROME: Greek Defence Minister writes to his Swedish counterpart - Prodi places emphasis on EU responsibility in the region
(EU) EU/IRAN: Moratinos visits Teheran, where he discusses regional stability and reconstruction of Southern Lebanon
(EU) EU/GREECE: Prodi stresses that enlargement will take Greece closer to centre of Europe - Settling the Cyprus issue before membership
(EU) EP/TREATY OF NICE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SWEDISH PRESIDENCY: Meeting on Tuesday with European Commission
(EU) EU/MAGHREB: Prodi on an official visit to Maghreb from 11 to 15 January to relaunch the Barcelona process
(EU) EU/SYRIA: Syria wishes to conduct an economic assessment before signing association agreement being negotiated with EU
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Informal meeting of Equal Opportunities and Social Security Ministers from 21-23 January
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission updates 1998 Communication on statute of voice communications on Internet
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/EMU/FINANCIAL MARKETS: Randzio-Plath announces special meeting with Duisenberg on ECB annual report - Procedure provided for by Lamfalussy Committee not compatible with Treaty, she says
(EU) EIB/SYRIA/EGYPT:
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: Account needs taking of agriculture's "difference" in future trade negotiations, says Lamy
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
(EU) EP/SINGLE MARKET (SLIM): Doorn report supports commission's determination to improve simplification of legislation
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Simpson report raises issue of flight time in regulation on harmonisation of civil aviation administrative procedures (JAR OPS-1)
(EU) EURO/BONDS:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Bushill-Matthews says that EP must play more active role in initiative for growth and employment
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Veyrac Report calls for grater protection of world, cultural and natural heritage
(EU) EU/BANGLADESH:
(EU) EU/PHARE/TACIS/COURT OF AUDITORS: Report on award of Phare and Tacis contracts (1996-98) reveals important shortcomings - satisfaction with measures taken since that time
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Commission approves financing of projects in Argentina, Peru and Ecuador, and in Andean Community
(EU) IMF/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/BUILDINGS: Belgian authorities launch audit on Berlaymont site - Meeting with Commissioner Kinnock in late January
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: In 2000, the EU population grew slowly and differently in EU countries, notes Eurostat - EU had 377.6 million inhabitants on 1 January 2001
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Regulation on judicial competence, recognition and enforcement of civil and commercial decisions is adopted
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 6th report on the liberalisation of telecoms invites States to maintain efforts to conserve benefits of growth
(EU) SWEDEN/BUDGET:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisations:
(EU) Cement:
(EU) Cement:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Plastic:
(EU) Medical material:
(EU) Animal health:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Finance:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N° 441
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 08/01/2001: