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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7934

29 March 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/budget
Thursday's budgetary trilogue to examine adjustment of financial perspectives and draft supplementary budget for ESDP

Brussels, 28/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - A meeting between the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council is to be held on Thursday in order to examine possible solutions for allowing the Parliament to take a decision, before 1 May, on the adjustment of financial perspectives regarding the "under implementation" in 2000 of over EUR 14 billion in appropriations allocated to the Structural Funds. This deadline is set by the inter-institutional agreement of 1999.

During this "trilogue",...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/MACEDONIA: Solana and Macedonian ambassador underpin role of future agreement with EU - Impact of unresolved problem of Kosovo for region as a whole - Macedonian Albanians not "just any minority", but Skopje refuses to give way to pressure
(EU) EU/ESDP: According to Andre Dumoulin of CRISP, Belgian Presidency could open way to definition of "common strategic concept" for Europe
(EU) EP/RIGHT: DS seminar on language of the Right in Europe
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: European Court of Human Rights reaffirms inviolability of right to life
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS: Commission has first exchange of views in context of preparations for White Paper on "governance"
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Membership negotiations continue on Thursday and Friday
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Thursday's budgetary trilogue to examine adjustment of financial perspectives and draft supplementary budget for ESDP
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Commission adopts eLearning Action Plan - first eLearning summit on private/public partnerships in Brussels on 10 and 11 May
(EU) EU/EURO:
(EU) EU/WTO: Informal Geneva meeting confirms there is favourable feeling towards launching a new round - Access to markets and anti-dumping among main concerns
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission and industrialists launch joint appeal for a ban on counterfeiting
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission sends France a reasoned opinion calling on it to abolish the mandatory non-claims bonus system in car insurance
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission opens in-depth investigation into acquisition of Pantochim and Eurodiol by BASF
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission take several positive decisions
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission adopts several decisions
(EU) EU/FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE: Standing Veterinary Committee extends until 6 April precautionary measures imposed in Netherlands and until 12 April those imposed on France - Discussions over United Kingdom request concerning targeted vaccination of bovines
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission defines action plans so that Union sector based policies contribute towards maintaining biodiversity
(EU) EU/LEBANON: 6th round of negotiations in view of Association Agreement
(EU) EP/APRIL SESSION: Budgetary guidelines for 2002 and discharge - Stockholm Summit (and Galileo) - Public access to document - Freedoms and security area - Plant proteins
(EU) EP/STOCKHOLM SUMMIT: Mr Pottering displeased, Mr Goebbels satisfied
(EU) EP/EURO: Mrs Sartori proposes to all citizens to donate their first Euro in favour of children of the world
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Freddy Blak report recommends Parliament grant discharge for 1999 budget and validate account clearance
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Budgetary Control Committee reproaches Commission for refusing it access to confidential documents
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Public broadcasters want to be at heart of eEurope programme and are concerned with consequences of unbridled liberalisation of their sector
(EU) EU/RAIL TRANSPORT: ETF European trade union call on European bodies to set up rail safety system in Europe
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Agenda of March plenary session
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production down in January
(EU) EP/EPP/ED:
(EU) EP/MALTA:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission finances up to EUR 41.58 million for programme to combat inequalities on labour market in Belgium
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: SMEs call for reforms to be speeded up
(EU) EU/BUSINESS/CYPRUS:
(EU) EMU/GREECE:
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 28/03/2001: