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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8015

27 July 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/business
Liberal Group presents its vision of European policy for SMEs

Brussels, 26/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The ELDR Group has drawn up a brochure to present the position adopted by the working party chaired by Denmark's Karin Riis-Jorgensen on small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). Here is a short overview of the paper entitled "A Dynamic and Enterprising Europe":

  • Administration: procedures linked the foundation and running of a company are too costly and complex, says the paper, that observes that on-line formulae, assistance and consultation on the...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BURMA: Mr Michel calls for additional effort from Burma
(EU) EU/FYROM: European Union firmly condemns violation of cease fire in Macedonia
(EU) EU/GIBRALTAR: Spain and United Kingdom relaunch dialogue over Gibraltar
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Prodi invites civil society to take part in new consultation on White Paper on Governance
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: White Paper on governance leads to globally positive reactions
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: EU confirms support for code of conduct over ballistic missiles
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY/ENVIRONMENT: With its proposals on labelling and traceability of foodstuffs containing GMOs, Commission hopes to obtain lifting of moratorium on GMOs in the Union before 2003
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Disagreement over products from territories becomes embittered
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Lamy stresses progress in partnership with South America
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/ASIA: Commission allocates 3.2 million euro in aid to disaster prevention in South Asia
(EU) EU/STRUCTURAL FUNDS: Further structural aid for Italy and Germany
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Stoiber (Bavaria) criticises Commission and German Government over aid to border areas
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: Commission calls on France to refrain from imposing customs controls on light aircraft on intra-Community flights
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission calls on France to revise its penalties for non-declaration of payments
(EU) EP/COMMISSION/REFORM: Mrs Fontaine answers Mr van Hulten over comments by EP bureau concerning reform of career structure
(EU) EP/WOMEN: Valenciano Martinez-Orozco Report calls for specific legislation to eradicate practices of genital mutilation
(EU) EP/JUSTICE: In favour of European mandate for search and arrest
(EU) EU/EUROPOL:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission decides not to reduce ecopoints due to doubts over validity of Austrian statistics
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission allocates 7.5 million euro of PACT programme to 17 inter-modal transport promotion projects
(EU) EU/OPEC: Commission reaction to decision of oil cartel to cut in production
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears joint takeover of Fokker Space by Saab Ericsson Space and Stork
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: De Beers gives positive response to Commission fears
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission presents new State aid system for coal
(EU) EU/STATE AID: France must recover aid paid out under "Loi Pons" for cruise ship in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission opens inquiry into restructuring and privatisation of mixed shipyard KSG in the Netherlands
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises Spanish aid to shipping company Trasmediterranea
(EU) EU/STATE AID/AGRICULTURE: Commission investigates into Italian State aid aimed at compensating differences between fuel prices
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises aid in favour of Glunz AG
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises rescue aid of around EUR 2 billion in favour of Bankgesellschaft Berlin
(EU) EU/EURO: Use of Euro rises, but remains generally low
(EU) EU/EURO: ECB indicates that position of Eurosystem currencies rose by 0.7 billion Euro during previous week
(EU) EU/EURO: M3 Monetary mass in Euro zone rose 6.1% in June
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Surplus of more than EUR 2.5 billion in balance of EU computer and information services in 1999
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: FFPI welcomes Commission decision on Deutsche Post
(EU) EP/BUSINESS: Liberal Group presents its vision of European policy for SMEs
(EU) EU/WORLD BANK/WTO:
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 25/07/2001: