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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8041

6 September 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 42
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) pharmacy

The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals group ASTRAZENECA has acquired the Belgian company BIO-THERABEL from the THERABEL group. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. Most of BIO-THERABEL's activity, employing 32, is essentially focused on sale and information to the medical corps concerning the product "Logastric" (a treatment against gastro-oesophagus reflow and ulcers), which generated a turnover of BF 914 million last year.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: European initiatives and positions that take on board the demands of the anti-globalisation protesters and THAT sometimes go further - the EU, an objective ally of those who want to change the way the world is organised
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Visit by Mr Patten and Mr Solana to Skopje
(EU) EP/ESP: Mr Cook spells out priorities for European socialists
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Mr Solana pushes for Peres-Arafat
(EU) EU/UN/RACISM: EU contribution to final declaration drafting committee
(EU) EP/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS/TURKEY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CHINA: Fourth EU/China Summit in Brussels on Wednesday with Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongij
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY: Informal summit in Berlin - Chancellor Schröder ready to discuss Tobin tax
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT/LANGUAGES:
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Work resumes after the break to prepare for the November 2001 summit
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission inspects European producers of plastic film
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/BIOTECHNOLOGY: Commission invites all interested parties to discuss the future of biotechnology in Europe to develop a Union strategy
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/TECHNOLOGY:
(EU) EP/TERRORISM: EP calls for abolition of extradition for terrorist acts and a European arrest warrant
(EU) EP/ECHELON: Parliament calls for a European surveillance system to be set up
(EU) EP/GOVERNANCE: Lukewarm EP welcome for White Paper - Mr Prodi emphasises role of European Parliament
(EU) EP/G8 SUMMIT: Debate focuses on the violence at Genoa
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Broad welcome for progress in negotiations, fears expressed about some countries
(EU) EP/ENTERPRISE/SOCIAL: European Parliament approves Menrad and Mayer Reports on the European Company and worker consultation
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament approves Commission proposal to abolish 108% clause in ecopoint system, against rapporteur
(EU) EP/ROMANIA:
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: After Spain, several other Member States report contaminated batches of olive residue oil - Information exchange on this subject on 13 September
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Volume of retail trade up in both Eurozone and EU
(EU) EU/EURO: The Bank of England prepares its staff for potentially joining the Eurozone
(EU) CORRECTION:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Publication of a study aiming to extend knowledge about European agricultural service companies
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/GREECE:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Spirits:
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(EU) Information technology:
(EU) Distribution:
(EU) Pharmacy:
(EU) Tourism:
(EU) Finance:
(EU) Luxury goods:
(EU) Construction:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 05/09/2001: