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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7954

28 April 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 43 / 45
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) oil

Anglo-Dutch company ROYAL DUTCH SHELL has announced its plan to step up its hostile bid on the US company for the exploration and production of natural gas, BARRETT, to $60 per share up from $55 proposed earlier. See EI of 14 March.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: EU regrets fall of Yuschenko government and expresses concern about future of reform - Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly renounces sanctions on Ukraine
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST/PRESS: Commission revolts against allegations that it took part in anti-Jewish hate campaign
(EU) EU/OSCE/BELARUS:
(EU) EU/GOVERNANCE: Kaufmann, Lund and Vignon stress difficulty of exercise
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: EU welcomes release of 145 Kosovar Albanians
(EU) EU/VATICAN:
(EU) EP/ISRAEL:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SINGLE MARKET/CONSUMERS: Consumer forum prepares its contribution to informal Council - Pagrotsky Trade Minister, denounces price differentials - Lejon Chair of Consumer Council in favour of minimum common legislative framework
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Second exploratory meeting on cooperation for combating fraud
(EU) EU/MOROCCO:
(EU) EU/OIL:
(EU) EU/SHIPBUILDING: Commission may give its stance next Wednesday on opening WTO procedure against South Korean shipyards and restoring aid to European shipyards
(EU) EU/KOREA: Persson, Solana and Patten hope to give fresh impetus to reconciliation process
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for takeover of sole control Erdolchemie by BP
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Next week, Commission will propose negotiation on transitional periods of 7 and 5 years respectively for acquisition of agricultural land and secondary residencies
(EU) EU/EASTERN EUROPE: Humanitarian aid in favour of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/BULGARIA:
(EU) EU/CHILDHOOD/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/AGRICULTURE: Agricultural prices fell in candidate countries in 1999, even more so than in EU countries
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adopts common characteristics for trans-European network for high-speed trains
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/EURO: Didier Reynders says no notes will be distributed before 1 January 2002
(EU) EU/ECB: IMF rebukes ECB for its monetary inflexibility - "Inflation is not a problem", says Mussa
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: Commission invites European companies to innovate more
(EU) EU/AEROSPACE: Defence, Galileo, 6th Framework Programme and Air Safety Authority are European priorities of EADS group as it establishes office in Brussels
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: 15 years after Chernobyl, Greens in Parliament consider that Commission has not learnt lessons of the nuclear disaster, and denounce its intention of funding nuclear programmes in Russia
(EU) EP/FIRST MAY SESSION: Poul Nielson should deliver a communication in plenary on partnership with UN regarding development
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Cocobu refuses change to legal basis of draft directive on the recovery of customs and agricultural credits
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Menrad pleads in favour of more worker consultation - For Gabaglio, worker consultation must be permanent element of social relations in business - Employees against review, at this stage, of Works' Councils
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Equal programme for Austria
(EU) EU/SINGLE MARKET/SOCIAL:
TIMETABLE
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Equipment:
(EU) Packaging:
(EU) Cement:
(EU) Oil:
(EU) Agri-food:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 27/04/2001: