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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7985

17 June 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 48
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) finance

The Belgian-Dutch group FORTIS will sell off its Australian non-life insurance activity FORTIS AUSTRALIA to the British group CGNU for AUS 330 million. FORTIS AUSTRALIA earned AUS 285 million in premiums in 2000.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GOTHENBURG EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Summit prepares to reaffirm irreversibility of enlargement, in stronger words than Nice (but no doubt without any indication of a date) - Leave time for Irish after their "no" to Treaty of Nice - Report by Javier Solana on Middle East peace process
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF GOTHENBURG: Strong reticence over substantial clarification of enlargement negotiation timetable
(EU) EU/ESTONIA:
(EU) EP/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EU/US/GOTHENBURG SUMMIT: Fontaine suggests joint EU/US mission in Middle East and creation of Council on sustainable development
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Prodi speaks of sound transatlantic partnership
(EU) EPP: EPP insists on early enlargement and ongoing Lisbon process - RPR asks to join party
(EU) PES: PES hopes to respect decision of Irish people but to continue to move forward
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Thursday evening dinner confirmed desire to cooperate on climatic change despite divergences over Kyoto Protocol (high level group established), and need for EU and United States to act in unison for peace in Middle East
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Lamy and Patten give details on new WTO round, trade disputes and fight against AIDS
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Summit expected to set out guidelines and working method to pave way for Union strategy
(EU) EU/CHINA: On visit to Beijing, Commissioner de Palacio to plead in favour of close cooperation in transport and energy sectors
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Monday's Fisheries Council will be mainly dedicated to reform of common fisheries policy and aid for Spanish and Portuguese fishermen
(EU) EU/REGIONAL:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes extending by one year the multi-annual fleet reduction programme and tightening conditions for granting public aid
(EU) EU/SWINE FEVER: Commission provisionally bans exports of pork from Catalonia in Spain
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: GE and Honeywell consider European demands "exorbitant" and are pessimistic as to seeing their plan succeed
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises three concentrations
(EU) EP/BALKANS: MEPs agree on payment of exceptional Community aid to Kosovo
(EU) EP/ENERGY: EP takes stance in favour of keeping nuclear power and speeding up liberalisation of energy markets
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Parliament calls for simplified system for aids to small farmers to be accessible to one farmer in three
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Parliament decides to include nuts in proposal covering statistical studies determining potential production
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament approves Council's common position on the protection of forests against fires and pollution
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament enhances confidentiality of information on accidents and other aerial "events" gathered by EU
(EU) EU/TAX: Eichel pleads in favour of a European tax
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB fears slowdown in growth "more marked and prolonged than expected"
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Union registers current account deficit of 16.7 billion euro in first quarter
(EU) EU/BELGIAN PRESIDENCY: The Federation Belgian Businesses calls on Belgian Presidency of EU to "refocus its priorities"
(EU) EU/BELGIAN PRESIDENCY: Greens call for a renewed approach to asylum and immigration policy
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: PES positive reaction to approval of "worker information-consultation" directive
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: France condemned for having retained the possibility of VAT deduction
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION:
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SUPPLEMENT
"EUROPE"/Documents No. 2241: EU/United States - Gothenburg Statement
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 15/06/2001: