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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7899

9 February 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 53 / 56
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) retailing

Sweden's IKEA (mount-it-yourself furniture and decorating) is considering opening between 60 and 70 new shops that could help it double its turnover in the next five years. For the year ending August 2000, IKEA had a turnover of 9.5 bn euro.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Some thoughts on the future of the Cohesion Policy and the future of the Structural Funds - Outcome of post-Nice will be defining
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SECURITY: Speaking at the meeting in New York on peace-building, Solana places emphasis on cooperation with UN
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Troika confirms EU expectations of new Yugoslav leaders
(EU) EU/ALBANIA: Solana visits
(EU) EU/FORMER USSR:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT: Speaking before Basque Country European Movement, Virgilio Dastoli calls for European Constitution
(EU) EP/POST-NICE:
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/FRY:
(EU) NICE SUMMIT/SPAIN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: In order to make their work more effective, Ministers will concentrate their works on true priorities: asylum-immigration, temporary protection and fight against organised crime
(EU) EU/BUDGET/BSE: Fifteen to accept draft supplementary amending budget on Monday, for BSE crisis
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/WTO:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission defines strategy for integrated product policy to encourage production and consumer demand for green products
(EU) EMU/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/MAD COW: The Veterinary Committee approves measures regarding removal of vertebral column and ban on mechanically recovered meat - To decide later on what to do with animal fats
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Go-ahead from Scientific Committee on Plants to new variety of genetically modified oilseed rape
(EU) EU/EIB: Philippe Maystadt puts knowledge and innovation Europe in sights of EIB activities - Significant reforms by Bank during 2000
(EU) EP/MEDITERRANEAN: On opening of second session of Euro-Mediterranean parliamentary forum, emphasis placed on Middle East
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB grants new loan to Syria
(EU) EU/TURKEY/INDUSTRY:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Next week Commission should present Directive on allocation of port services markets
(EU) EU/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Commission proposes Directive on simplification of reporting formalities in ports
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: In trade disputes with Europeans Zoellick favours path of resolution
(EU) EU/BANANAS: In Geneva, all banana supplier countries dispute EU's new import regime
(EU) EP/MERCOSUR/CHILE: Marset Campos and Salafranca reports call for negotiation briefs to be changed to allow future free trade agreements to be concluded before end of new WTO round
(EU) EU/WTO:
(EU) EP/FEBRUARY SESSION: Mr Prodi presents Commission programme - Preparation for Stockholm Summit, follow-up to Nice - Turkish accession to EU - EIB report, in presence of Mr Maystadt
(EU) EP/FRY: Visit by EP delegation headed by Doris Pack, to assess assistance needs
(EU) EP/EUROJUST:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Controls for "over fishing" in France, Convention on Danube and quarrels of opticians and ophthalmologists in Belgium
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: An employer must inform employee of his obligation to carry out overtime
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Mergers-acquisitions:
(EU) Spirits:
(EU) Agri-foods:
(EU) Agri-foods:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Advertising:
(EU) Luxury goods:
(EU) Aeronautics equipment:
(EU) Luxury:
(EU) Stock market:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Leisure:
(EU) Audiovisual:
(EU) Tobacco:
(EU) Agri-food:
(EU) Retailing:
(EU) Retailing:
(EU) Airlines:
(EU) Airlines:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 08/02/2001: