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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7902

14 February 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 40
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) food retail

The British COMPASS announced the launch of a friendly public take-over bid on the Swiss company SELECTA, European leader in automatic food dispensers with a turnover of CHF 827 million in 2000. Already a shareholder to the amount of 33.3%, COMPASS is proposing to the shareholders who hold the remaining shares, a price of CHF 540 per share, or a total amount of CHF 901 million.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: If Europe controls its agricultural imports, nothing would any longer justify reluctance and opposition to a further reform of the CAP
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/COMMISSION/POST NICE: In his speech on state of Union in 2001, President Prodi talks of "debate on overhaul, of a constitutional nature" which is already open, and underlines role to be played by parliaments when it is a case of "structuring" this reflection
(EU) EU/NICE TREATY/REGIONAL: Treaty to be accompanied by contradictory declarations on duration of next package of regional policy
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Solana and Patten on visit in Kiev, with EU Troika
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Yasser Arafat calls for increased EU aid
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA/CANDIDATE COUNTRIES: Austria invites neighbours and Poland to form "strategic partnership" after Benelux model
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BSE/THIRD COUNTRIES: SSC concludes presence of BSE in Lithuanian cattle is likely but considers unlikely the contamination of herds in Botswana, Namibia, Nicaragua and Swaziland
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission frees EUR 17.8 million to continue winter assistance in Balkans
(EU) EU/PUBLICATIONS:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL MARKETS: Commission proposes implementing international accountancy standards from 2005 by Union companies listed on the market
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Preparation of Stockholm European Council
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Mr Reynders tones down Commission proposals for strengthening Eurogroup
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission decisions concerning State aid to Netherlands, Germany and Ireland
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Council adopts report of future objectives of EU education and training systems
(EU) EU/SPORT: European Commission and football organisations intend providing political impetus to regulation on transfers
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission sends reasoned opinion to Germany over threat to endangered hamster habitats
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Reasoned opinion sent to United Kingdom for failure to comply with Habitats Directive on otters, great crested newt and bats
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM: On Thursday General Assembly for personnel, with threat to call strike against planned administrative reforms
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Future of regional and environmental policy on agenda of Committee's 37th plenary session, on 14 and 15 February
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Measures envisaged for Corsica are not all compatible with Community law
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE/BSE: Fischler presents EP with seven-point "crisis package"
(EU) EP/PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY/PORTUGAL:
(EU) EU/MERGERS/SOCIAL: EP Committee on Social Affairs calls for review of several directives, but Byrne feels it is necessary to "wait a bit"
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Belgian EU Presidency to focus work on social exclusion and retirement schemes - gloomy evaluation of social Europe
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/SOCIAL ISSUES: European Committee on Social Rights gives bad marks to thirteen out of fifteen countries - only Austria and Iceland pass with distinction for compliance with Social Charter
(EU) EU/WOMEN:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Computing:
(EU) Food retail:
(EU) Hotels:
(EU) Security:
(EU) Cinema:
(EU) Automobile equipment:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Temping:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Food processing:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 13/02/2001: