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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7921

12 March 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 43 / 50
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) equipment

The British mechanical engineering group SMITHS has acquired the US firm BARRINGER TECHNOLOGIES (turnover $28 million in 2000), specialised in security equipment (explosives and drugs detectors in particular), for the cash amount of $87.6 million.

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: