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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7957

4 May 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 39 / 43
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) insurance

The Swiss insurer SWISS RE and the German group GERLING are considering merging their insurance-credit activities or to closely cooperation in this sector, announced the Financial Times Deutschland. The talks cover a merger of the Dutch group NCM (annual turnover of around EUR 400 million), the insurance-credit subsidiary of SWISS RE, and GKS (annual turnover of EUR 615 million), that of GERLING. The two partners are only at the preliminary stage and have not yet reached an agreement over...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of debate in future of Europe - Chancellor who gets himself heard (even if its not all that clear) and a reassuring Germany
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) WEU/ASSEMBLY: At colloquy in Berlin on "revising the European security concept", EU is invited to tackle problem of fighting proliferation - Swedish Presidency and Commission stress importance of conflict prevention and crisis management
(EU) EU/BELGIAN PRESIDENCY: Priorities of future Belgian European Union Presidency
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Mr Patten proposes better use of "human rights clause"
(EU) EU/NAMIBIA: Union is concerned with attacks targeting minorities in Namibia
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/DEATH PENALTY: European Union calls for pardon of Pole condemned in Illinois in 1982
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: French Minister for Foreign Affairs feels EU must play "a true political role" in Middle East
(EU) EU/FYROM:
(EU) EU/DENMARK:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/KOREA: The Troika considers having fulfilled its main objective on occasion of its visit to North Korea
(EU) EU/EP/ECONOMY: Parliament adopts Katiforis report on stability and convergence programmes - Pedro Solbes confirms that United Kingdom will not be balanced in 2002
(EU) EP/EURO: Parliament calls for reinforcing fight against counterfeiting
(EU) EP/CHERNOBYL: EP calls on Commission to launch new studies on epidemiological impact of Chernobyl
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: Parliament approves draft regulation on access to documents
(EU) EP/BUDGET: EP gives green light to adjustment of financial perspectives for Structural Funds
(EU) EP/BSE: Parliament approves Council common position on control and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
(EU) EP/FYROM:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission closes proceedings against Ulster Bank (Ireland) and Bayerische Landesbank (Germany) after they change tariffs for exchanging euro-zone currencies
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises Usinor to take control of Tubisud Italia
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Clearance for Norwegian joint venture in business-to-business electronic commerce for office supplies
(EU) EU/BUDGET: On Wednesday, Commission adopts correcting preliminary draft budget No 3/2001 changing staff numbers in several institutions
(EU) EU/EURO: French bill providing for distribution of notes by counter clerks in no way contradicts ban on circulating notes before 1 January 2002
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Commission adopts two plans for rural development in Portugal and Italy
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: During Economic Forum in Brussels, Solbes insists on strength of European economy
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA: XVth interparliamentary conference calls on 2001 EU/Latin American Summit to launch "strategic association"
(EU) EU/SPORT: Commission launches further call for proposals in field of fight against doping
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: "eSchola: learning together" Internet awareness-raising campaign to be held from 7 to 11 May
(EU) EP/EDUCATION: Mauro Report calls on Member States to provide teachers with a comprehensive digital culture by end-2003
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission launches new series of measures to simplify internal market legislation
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: OECD predicts increase in price and agricultural markets until 2006
(EU) EU/FOOD: European chefs call for inclusion of notion of taste and tradition in Community legislation
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Food processing:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Catering:
(EU) Hotels:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Luxury goods:
(EU) Entertainment:
(EU) Telecommunications:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 03/05/2001: