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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8020

3 August 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Commission requests United Kingdom and Austria to implement directive on hazardous waste correctly

Brussels, 02/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the European Commission decided to send a formal request to the United Kingdom and Austria requesting them to correctly transpose into national law all the provisions of the directive on hazardous waste.

The Commission considers that the United Kingdom has failed to correctly transpose into its national legislation various articles of this directive. It considers, for example, that it has failed to correctly transpose the definition of...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Faced with the upsurge in violence, the EU calls on parties for "concrete and immediate gestures" to respond to the expectations of the international community
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Italian Radicals rekindle idea of Israel's joining the EU
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Agreement on use of Albanian - Much remains to be settled
(EU) EU/GEORGIA/CHECHNYA:
(EU) EU/NEPAL: EU hopes that Nepal will return to calm
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: the "dilemmas created by the EU's approach" towards the Cypriot question, according to professor Kabaalioglu
(EU) COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/DECLARATION OF LAEKEN:
(EU) EP/TUNISIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FRAUD/TOBACCO: Member States prepare to make new complaint against American cigarette manufacturers
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Japan decides to "surtax" prices for import of European pork
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN:
(EU) EU/JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY/ENVIRONMENT: Commission invites interested parties to comment on-line on a plan to improve legislation on detergents
(EU) EU/STRUCTURAL FUNDS: Leader + programme for the Netherlands
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB keeps leading rate at 4.5%
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises global network for authentication of electronic signature and other e-commerce transactions
(EU) EU/UNEMPLOYMENT: Unemployment rate remains stable in June
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/BORDERS:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Eight member states challenged for non-compliance with consumer information on polluting emissions and fuel consumption by new cars
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission closes the proceeding opened against Greece regarding an uncontrolled dump located in Crete
(EU) EU/TRANSPORTS:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission requests United Kingdom and Austria to implement directive on hazardous waste correctly
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Almost 15 million euro in Community aid for honey production in 2002
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Copa/Cogeca call for fish farming to be subject of in-depth reflection
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Although level of State aid remains high, Commission's ninth report shows move in right direction
(EU) EU/URBAN POLICY: Council response to Court of Auditors and backing confirmed for Urban II
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: a research project supported by the Commission has enabled the full sequencing of a nitrogen fixative bacterium
(EU) EU/LANGUAGES: Anna Maria Campogrande proposes a "code of good practice" to cope with the dominance of English
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 02/08/2001: