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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7942

9 April 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 39 / 47
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) packaging

The Australian company AMCOR will take over the packaging branch of the Danish food group DANISCO and that of the company AKERLUND & RAUSING (of the Finnish group AHLSTROM). AMCOR FLEXIBLE EUROPE, the name of the new entity resulting from this 3-way merger, will generate consolidated sales of EUR 1.12 billion, which will make it the biggest in the sector. AMCOR will own 67% of the capital, while DANISCO will hold 25% and AHLSTROM, 8%.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Brief account of the debate on the future of europe - Johannes Rau, Joschka Fischer, Alain Juppe and Jean-Louis Bianco - France and Germany work on a joint project
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ESDP: Council confirms nomination of General
(EU) EU/SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: Council welcomes arrest of Milosevic and progress in Southern Serbia
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/FINLAND/ITALY: Mr Lipponen pushes for a Convention, Mr Amato for a restrained group of European figures
(EU) EU/FRY: EU supports efforts by Mr Haekkerup, notably over issue of political prisoners and missing persons
(EU) EP/GUE/NGL/MACEDONIA: EU must work for an intensification of dialogue with Albanian parties, said Mr Wurtz
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Towards suspension of Ukraine?
(EU) EU/GERMANY/ITALY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Member States want the environment to be one of the priorities for future EU/United States summits
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Stability and association agreements singed with Skopje - only party absent was the opposition Albanian party
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Conclusions on the Middle East, Burma and Colombia
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Council approves Directive on intellectual property rights in the information society
(EU) EU/CLIMATIC CHANGE: In joint declaration, President Prodi and Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson feel that United States should negotiate details of implementation of Kyoto Protocol rather than renounce it
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Agriculture Ministers sketch outline of new CAP
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears Dow Chemical purchase of Enichem's polyurethanes business
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: the Commission clears Flextronics takeover of Ericsson's mobile operations
(EU) EU/CENTRAL BANK: Pressure on Wim Duisenberg has risen a notch on eve of important ECB meeting
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: ECHO Director raises EU humanitarian aid with delegation of Commander Massoud
(EU) UE/MEDITERRANEAN: New, more realistic initiatives in judicial and cultural co-operation - Preparations stepped up for the first meeting of Trade Ministers
(EU) EU/CROATIA:
(EU) EU/ARMS TRADE:
(EU) EU/COMPOUND FEED: EP maintains its request for a full statement, even if the Commission does not agree
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT POLICY: European Parliament's requirements for the conference on developing countries in Brussels in May 2001 - Mr Lamy: we can address the conference with a clean conscience
(EU) EP/FISHING: EP stigmatises dangers of sea fisherman profession
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission sends motivated opinion to Austria for failing to apply Directive on sewage sludge
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Budgetary Committee supports new adaptation table for financial prospects by European Commission
(EU) EU/CONFERENCE:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Commissioner Pedro Solbes calls on local communities to take a more voluntarist approach to preparing for the introduction of the Euro - results of the 38rd meeting of the Committee
(EU) EU/CYBERCRIME/UNICE: European business leaders see the Commission's proposals as creating uncertainty for industry
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/SPORTS: towards a financial contribution from the European Union to the World Antidoping Agency
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: GNP in Euro-zone and EU15 up 0.7% in fourth quarter of 2000
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial producer prices rose in Euro-zone and EU15 in February
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: European Union unemployment stable in February
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Catering:
(EU) Agri-foodstuffs:
(EU) Supermarkets:
(EU) Packaging:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Electricity:
(EU) Electricity:
(EU) Steel:
(EU) Advertising:
(EU) Banks:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 454
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 09/04/2001: