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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7974

31 May 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 38
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) packaging

The Swedish TETRA-LAVAL succeeded in its takeover for the French SIDEL, in which it now holds 91.17% of the capital. The final results should be known on 5 June. If it buys 95%, TRETRA-LAVAL could begin an obligatory takeover withdrawal. See EI on 29 March.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of debate over future of Europe - from Lionel Jospin to Romano Prodi
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) NATO/EU: First ministerial NAC-GAC fails to reach agreement on Turkish issue
(EU) EU/INDONESIA: EU remains attentive to political evolution in Indonesia
(EU) WEU ASSEMBLY: Russian Foreign Minister invited to June session in Paris
(EU) EU/ESDP: WEU Studies Institute publishes "founding texts"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TOBACCO: Commission proposes new Directive to ban tobacco advertising
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission adopted draft decisions on specific programmes in 6th FRDP with details expected by Parliament and Council on priorities and new instruments
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: After failure of conciliation over takeover Directive, last chance meeting is scheduled for 5 June
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL MARKETS: Commission proposes two directives to integrate European financial markets - Postponement of decisions on committees proposed by Lamfalussy report
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission imposed fine on German Volkswagen group for having imposed retail prices on German market
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Matsushita authorised to take sole control of two battery companies
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Industri Kapital may take control of Thor
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Development Council examines effectiveness of development aid policy and conflict prevention
(EU) EU/JHA/POLAND:
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: the Ministers for Trade resolved to institutionalise the framework of their meeting and expressed their wish to "revitalise trade"
(EU) EU/2001 BUDGET: On Wednesday, Michaele Schreyer presented the «colossal» surplus from the 2000 budget, of which the United Kingdom is to receive the lion's share.
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: the spokesperson for the Commission will announce a communication on the information policy of the Commission by the end of June
(EU) EP/ECHELON: the draft report on Echelon confirms the existence of the system but emphasises its limits
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: MEP's want the simplified system of granting subsidies to small farmers to cover as many farmers as possible
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: the Mayer report asks that the system of subsidies for the production of hops should be extended by five years.
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Laborious talks on distance selling of financial services an obstacle to political agreement in Council
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission finalises assessment criteria on state intervention to promote capital investment
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: the European Environment Agency exemplifies the recurrent challenges facing Europe
(EU) PE/LIBERTE DE LA PRESSE:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Telecommunications cost analysis reveals generalised fall in world prices, except United States
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Agenda of May plenary session
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Education levels of EU population constantly rising, though one in five youths finishes school after completing lower secondary education
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 30/05/2001: