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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7878

11 January 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 63
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/bosnia-herzegovina
Staes report largely shares observations by Court of Auditors on control of Community aid

Brussels, 10/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 16 January, the EP will discuss the Bart Staes report (Greens, Belgium) on the third report established by the Court of Auditors for controlling the correct usage and good management of large amounts earmarked by the EU for restoring peace and the rule of law in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In two earlier reports, the Court had noted that several problems relating to the management of this aid were due to the fact that the programmes came under "central"...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: What we can expect from Swedish Council Presidency and what we cannot ask of it
NOTULES: A request to Commissioner Vitorino - Translate Sénèque
TEXT OF THE DAY: Hopes and concerns of Romano Prodi over Swedish Council Presidency
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BALKANS SYNDROME: Discussions in General Affairs Council on 22 January, in European Commission and European Parliament next week
(EU) NATO/BALKANS SYNDROME: NATO Council approves action plan
(EU) EU/IRAN: Speaking to Moratino, Kharazi welcomes any EU initiative for Middle East peace
(EU) EU/NORWAY/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) FRY/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) CYPRUS/GREECE:
(EU) EU/CFSP/ESDP: CAP in favour of "differentiated integration"
(EU) EP/TREATY OF NICE: According to Duff, the decision taken in Nice on the distribution of seats in the EP should be the subject of a complaint to the Court of Justice
(EU) EU/TREATY OF NICE/DENMARK:
(EU) EU/LITHUANIA/TREATY OF NICE:
(EU) EP/SERBIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: President Prodi calls on Morocco to confirm its willingness to reach agreement over new fisheries agreement
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/ENLARGEMENT: On Wednesday next, Commission to adopt communication on Kaliningrad - Visit by Patten and Lindh on 15 February
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Meeting in Washington on Wednesday on dispute in aeronautic sector
(EU) EU/MAGHREB:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Sweden's updated convergence programme (on which the Ecofin Council will give its position on 19 January) meets all the convergence criteria except rate of exchange, notes the Commission
(EU) GERMANY/UNEMPLOYMENT:
(EU) SPAIN:
(EU) EU/ASIA: ASEM meeting of Finance Ministers on 13 and 14 January in Japan
(EU) EU/EP/MAD COW: Dagmar Roth Behrendt believes resignation of Health and Agriculture Ministers in Germany should mark new starting point inspired by lessons learnt from first BSE crisis
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission launches new strategy for eliminating barriers to trade in services in the EU
(EU) EU/RAIL TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/SWEDISH PRESIDENCY/TRADE: Priority to development of future industrial sectors and integration of Russia into world economy (notably WTO)
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: Antonio Vitorino confirms priority of fight against trafficking in human beings (which will be on agenda of JHA informal meeting in February in Stockholm)
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Successful Parliament/Council conciliation over recommendation to Member States on minimum criteria to be met in conducting environmental inspections
(EU) EU/BURMA/TIMOR: Commission approves financing for aid programme to uprooted populations
(EU) EP/BUDGETS: van der Laan report on follow-up to 1997 discharge resolution approves internal reforms undertaken by the Commission
(EU) EP/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Staes report largely shares observations by Court of Auditors on control of Community aid
(EU) EP/REGIONAL/BUDGET: Critical draft resolution, based on four special reports from the Court of Auditors
(EU) EP/EU/BANGLADESH: Van den Bos report in favour of new cooperation agreement should normally be adopted by Parliament
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Commission approves first six projects of Euro-Mediterranean environment programme
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Commission launches 43 projects in framework of European year of languages, which benefit from a subsidy of EUR 1.7 million
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 10/01/2001: