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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7919

9 March 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/chile/mercosur
Parties to exchange texts on standards, rules of origin and competition during 4th negotiating round

Brussels, 08/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The 4th round of negotiations on association agreements and trade liberalisation between the EU and Chile and the EU and Mercosur will be held in Brussels from 12 to 15 March for the EU/Chile agreement and from 19 to 22 March for the EU/Mercosur agreement. No spectacular result is expected to come out of these sessions as neither party will be able to get down to the heart of the matter before July when negotiations on the abolition of trade barriers...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: First ministerial meeting with new Bush administration allows broad exchange of views on international policy, including ESDP, Ukraine and Macedonia
(EU) EU/CANADA: Broad convergence of views during ministerial meeting
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Mr Solana wants good relations with Mr Sharon and Mr Peres
(EU) EU/BALKANS: EU Presidency "understands and supports" decision to remove from his position Croat member of Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT: The governing committee evokes future of Europe
(EU) EU/TAIWAN:
(EU) EP/WEU: Laschet rejects transformation of WEU Assembly into "interim Assembly for Security and Defence"
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COMMISSION: First Walter Hallstein Symposium
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) BALKANS/CHURCHES:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Council formally adopts Accession Partnership
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: Council asserts desire to ratify Kyoto Protocol before June 2002 and invites all parties to guarantee success of international negotiations in Bonn
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Council approves priorities of sixth action programme, but criticises lack of specific objectives and timetable
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Political agreement in Council over "common position" tightening emission ceilings for motorcycles, in two stages
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/ENVIRONMENT: candidate countries present themselves as actors in European policy, even before their accession
(EU) EU/EURO: Creation of interinstitutional steering group against counterfeiting
(EU) EU/EURO: 34 projects selected by Commission for promoting public information on euro
(EU) EU/REGULATIONS: Commission defines principles for simplifying and improving Union's regulatory approach
(EU) EU/CHILE/MERCOSUR: Commission proposes Business Facilitation Initiative to Chile and Mercosur
(EU) EU/CHILE/MERCOSUR: Parties to exchange texts on standards, rules of origin and competition during 4th negotiating round
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission examines possibility of renewing exemption granted to ferry companies P&O and Stena Line
(EU) EU/WTO:
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND:
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: British citizenship and European citizenship, the right of companies to remain silent in Commission investigations, access to European Central Bank documents
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Court press releases
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: European employers propose negotiations with trade unions over telework - Reaction by Emilio Gabaglio
(EU) EP/MARCH SESSION: Post Nice, Stockholm Summit, Lamfalussy report, fight against fraud, asylum and visas, WTO negotiations, sugar CMO - Statute of assistants - Debate over anti-missile defence
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Lamfalussy report: EP Economic and Monetary Committee proposes "call back"
(EU) EU/BSE: Portuguese beef exports subjected to strict rules
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Fischler welcome adoption of FAO action plan to combat illegal fishing
(EU) EU/DATA PROTECTION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Loyola de Palacio proposes Committee should develop opinions upstream of Commission opinions
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial producer prices rise in January in euro-zone - Stability in EU15
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/WOMEN:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission authorises Council to negotiate certain amendments to ESPOO Convention
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