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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7992

25 June 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 43 / 48
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) luxury

The Italian fashion house PRADA has exercised its purchasing option for the capital of DE RIGO, thereby taking a 51% stake in the Venetian glasses manufacturer. PRADA is, moreover, interested in buying the Italian spots shoes and clothes manufacturer SUPERGA and the fashion house GENNY-BYBLOS.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of debate over future of Europe - Lamy plan aiming for form vanguard of Europe on a Franco-German enhanced Union between two forgot Community method
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/VIOLENCE: Extraordinary JHA Council on 13 July
(EU) EU/BALKANS: General Affairs Council decides to appoint Léotard as EU Representative in Macedonia - Badinter in Skopje to provide aid of a constitutional kind
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Middle East - Conclusions on China - Meeting with Mary Robinson
(EU) EU/TURKEY: EU concerned at dissolution of Virtue Party
(EU) GREECE/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: "Salamanca Declaration" sets out demands of regional and local authorities in new EU institutional reform process
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY: EPP blocks Duff report proposing two solutions for amending review procedure for requests to lift parliamentary immunity
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/TREATY OF NICE: Mr Prodi insists on ratification
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Mr Lamassoure for "right to secession"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EMU: According to Commission report on public finances in 2001, four countries have not take advantage of growth to reduce their deficits
(EU) EU/CLIMATIC CHANGE: Informal ministerial consultations have begun in The Hague to prepare Bonn conference (COP6) - EU 15 Coordination meeting on Tuesday
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Denmark will not limit access to its labour market
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: New US legislation on FSC is akin to illegal subsidy, according to interim conclusions reached by WTO panel
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Following Association Council, Joint Parliamentary Committee to look at pre-accession strategy
(EU) EU/CHILE/MERCOSUR: EU/Mercosur and EU/Chile cooperation councils will discuss, on Tuesday in Luxembourg, trade negotiations and preparation of EU/Latin America summit
(EU) EU/EGYPT: Singing in Luxembourg of new Association Agreement
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Presentation of Commission proposals relating to labelling and traceability of GMOs postponed to 13 July
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission aid to victims of earthquake in Peru expected on Tuesday
(EU) EU/DRUGS:
(EU) EP/TRADE UNIONS:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: Council to try to reach agreement on three texts of "telecommunications package" (universal service, data protection, radio spectrum)
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on Poland, Russia and China
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Tuesday's Research Council to hold first policy debate on proposal for 6th Framework Programme
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission hopes to strengthen international dimension of European research
(EU) EU/GLOBALISATION:
(EU) EP/EURO: Maaten Report calls for amendment to date of company January account reports and an early issue of banknotes in euro
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: A Swiss company not authorized to recover its credit from Djibouti on EDF funds
(EU) COURT OF 1ST INSTANCE: Hearing in Rothley case probably postponed until 10 July
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Second phase of investigation concerning planned acquisition of Lenzing by CVC
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER: According to investigation in May 2001, information on Euro starts to bear its fruits
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatization:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Brewing:
(EU) Materials:
(EU) Internet:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Real estate:
(EU) Luxury:
(EU) Oil:
(EU) Energy:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N° 465
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 25/06/2001: