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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7969

21 May 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/liberalisation of gas market
Conflicts between French and English MEPs - Mrs Boudjenah calls on Commission to withdraw its complaint against France

Strasbourg, 21/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - Last Thursday evening the European Parliament had a short debate on the liberalisation of the gas market in Europe, following a oral questions made by the European Commission Commissioner for Energy and Industry. Commissioner Gunter Verheugen, when recalling that the Commission filed a complaint against France, which has not yet applied the Directive (entry into force in August 1998), felt that the situation is "serious" and "highly regrettable", but...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of debate over future of Europe - For a global alternative project to Market-Europe - Mr Chabert against double usage
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Solana in region again - EU "appalled" at increased violence
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: At CAFECS-European Movement colloquium, Moscovici gives priority to substance rather than institutional issues
(EU) EP/NATO:
(EU) EP/BOSNIA: Following serious incidents in Banja Luka, EP considers freezing aid to Republika Srpska, if it does not take necessary measures
(EU) EP/TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN/AFRICA: EP denounces use by certain multinationals of child labour and calls for labelling of products allowing to identify those that are "obtained while respecting ethics"
(EU) EP/ETHIOPIA: EP calls on EU to support inter-Ethiopian dialogue
(EU) EU/FYROM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: During Agriculture Council, Presidency hopes for a political agreement over reform of sugar and "bovine meat" CMO - Debate over ethical aspects of farming
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Mr Bolkestein presents his taxation reform project to the Commission - prioritising combating fiscal obstacles to the internal market
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Report 2000 on quality of bathing water confirms improvement in coastal waters and fresh water - Proceedings against Spain and France?
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commissioner Monti outlines his vision of competition in new economy
(EU) EU/CHINA: Mr Patten underlines to Beijing need to resolve problem of EU trade deficit
(EU) EU/UN/DEVELOPMENT: Poor results for conference on LDC
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Broad welcome for sustainable development strategy for Gothenburg summit
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL MARKETS: Little progress in negotiations between EP and Commission on regulating financial markets
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Commission approves regional development programme 2000-2006 for West Berlin
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Saferinternet.org: a site to combat illegal or harmful contents
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Commission's annual report 2000 puts spotlight on Italy over recovery of agricultural funds and Greece for failing to notify cases of own resource fraud
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: At the first forum on crime prevention, Mr Vitorino believes that progress on preventing crime will be one of the success stories of the Swedish Presidency
(EU) EP/LIBERALISATION OF GAS MARKET: Conflicts between French and English MEPs - Mrs Boudjenah calls on Commission to withdraw its complaint against France
(EU) EP/REDUNDANCIES/WORKS COUNCILS: Many European parliamentarians call for, once more, for revision of 1994 Directive on European works councils and implementation of Directive on information and consulation of workers
(EU) EU/BUDGET: EP challenges legal base for a draft Directive on recovering customs and agricultural debts
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Parliament amends the Commission's proposal for extending the olive oil aid scheme
(EU) EU/CHINA:
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament tightens certain provisions of proposals on electric and electronic equipment
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/RUSSIA: Joint ETUC-FITUR Statement on occasion of EU/Russia Summit
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(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ESTONIA:
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WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N° 460
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 21/05/2001: