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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7921

12 March 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 50
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) privatisation

- Netherlands: The Dutch State has announced it intends to make a sales offer addressed exclusively to European institutional investors for 35 million ordinary shares that it holds in TNT POST GROEP, representing around 7.3% of the capital. This operation will reduce the share of the State in the Dutch post office to 36% and should allow it to bring EUR 800 million into the coffers to help it pay its debt. The period of subscription will extend from Monday 12 March to Thursday 15 March,...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: New, essential orientation for agricultural policies and serious world food strategy receive significant endorsement from scientific and academic world
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Accession negotiations should end in 2002, asserts Mr Papandreou
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: EU call against destruction of statues
(EU) EU/COLUMBIA: Mr Solana in favour of "irreversible" peace process
(EU) EU/FYROM:
(EU) EP/KOSOVO:
(EU) UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/CFSP: Confirmation of EU commitment to non-proliferation and disarmament
(EU) EU/GUATEMALA/BELIZE: EU encourages negotiations process
(EU) EU/OSCE/CHECHNYA: Return of Assistance Group
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Eurogroup "armed" to resist slowdown in USA and Japan - structural reform of Eurogroup
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Committee procedure hampers adoption of Lamfalussy Report - Extraordinary Ecofin Council in Stockholm
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/GALILEO: Prodi sketches out his concern on this project to Persson
(EU) EU/STOCKHOLM SUMMIT:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Open debate on Stockholm Summit highlights differences on timetable for liberalising energy market
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/CONSUMERS: laborious debates by Council over Community patent
(EU) EU/ACP: Next week, second session of joint parliamentary assembly in Libreville with a view to new form of committee work
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/STOCKHOLM SUMMIT: Four reports to assess Lisbon follow-up on table of Heads of Government - New objectives
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission refers Luxembourg to Court of Justice for not complying with "right of way"
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Opening of United Kingdom-France interconnector, at time of acceleration of liberalisation of electricity market
(EU) EU/REGIONAL:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: European Commission to propose speeding up liberalisation of gas and electricity markets
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Yes to Gargill/Banks joint venture
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: European Consumer Day on 15 March
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Towards opening of "Culture 2000" to CEECs
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Following his meeting with Mr Zoellick, Mr Lamy indicates that Commission will slightly delay entry into force of "banana" system and recognises that steel is a potentially difficult issue
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Special Agriculture Committee shows divisions over planned reform of CMO for bovine meat, before Council meeting on Monday
(EU) EP/ASYLUM/IMMIGRATION: Nassauer, Frahm and Deprez reports call on plenary to reject French, Finnish and Portuguese initiatives
(EU) EP/HOME AFFAIRS: Wiebenga report calls for rapid measures in case of massive influx of refugees
(EU) EU/SLOVAKIA: JPC calls for measures taken in favour of Roma to be actually implemented by regional and local authorities
EU) EU/POLAND/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/ISRAEL:
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: Commission must soon adopt proposal to revise European pharmaceutical legislation
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: For precautionary measures against transmission of human form of BSE through blood transfusions
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Committee calls on Stockholm Summit to take further step towards generally raising the level of knowledge
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Gas:
(EU) Equipment:
(EU) Mechanical engineering:
(EU) Rail:
(EU) Maritime:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Banks:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 450
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 12/03/2001: