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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8043

8 September 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 41
TIMETABLE / (eu) main european activities from
8 to 17 September 2001

EUROPEAN UNION

 8/09 -  GENVAL: - Informal "Gymnich"-type General Affairs Council (and 9/09). 
 10/09 -  HANOI: - ASEM: Ministers of the Economy (to 12/09). 
 -  BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Legal Affairs and Internal Market (and 11); Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (to 12): public hearing "US Missile Defence Initiative - the European response"; Budgetary Control (and 11); Regional Policy; Transport and Tourism (to 12); Women's...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: During their "Gymnich-type" meeting, Foreign Ministers will also discuss Cyprus, Turkey's role in ESDP, Cuba and globalisation
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Donor meeting on 10 October as long as reform process continues
(EU) MIDDLE EAST: Javier Solana hoping for Peres/Arafat meeting
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: Parliament demands measures against Mugabe Regime
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Ms Fontaine at the Skopje Parliament
(EU) EP/SAKAROV PRIZE 2001: PALESTINIAN, ISRAELI AND TUNISIAN CANDIDATES
(EU) EP/BELARUS:
(EU) EU/THE FUTURE OF EUROPE: Mr Barnier uses Bundesrat Conference to state that institutional debate is not enough - Laeken marks new stage in the "project and the method"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRADE/WTO: Informal Ministerial Conference in Bruge confirms mandat for Lamy but France wants possibility of alternative strategy
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: At Yalta Summit, EU will ask Ukraine to prove its "European choice"
(EU) EU/BUDGET/AGRICULTURE: Commission calmly contemplates spreading out cost of BSE and foot and mouth over 2001 and 2002 budgets
(EU) EMU/ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE:
(EU) EU/BSE: Commission authorises German aid measures for farmers in Baden-Württemberg
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: "Blue March" for a new water policy in Europe alleges that the Spanish hydroelectric programme infringes EU legislation and calls on EU to refuse to co-fund it
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/CHINA: Ms de Palacio and Mr Huang give fresh impetus to negotiations in maritime sector
(EU) EU/ASIA: Commissioner Lamy at third meeting of ASEM economy ministers
(EU) WTO/AGRICULTURE: Cairns Group calls for an end to agricultural discrimination
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: Parliament approves the Commission proposal on reform of competition rules with some amendments
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Parliament in support of free blood donations
(EU) EP/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: MEPs refer report on protection of data in the electronic communications sector back to Committee
(EU) EP/2002 BUDGET: Some MEPs disappointed at outcome of Council's first reading of draft budget in July
(EU) EP/JUSTICE: Cederschiöld Report on Cybercrime adopted
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Agenda of September Plenary Session - Romano Prodi and Göke Frerichs sign new ESC/Committee cooperation and partnership protocol
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Eurostat indicates 0.4% fall in production in Eurozone and fall of 0.3% throughout European Union
(EU) EU/UN/RACISM/ETUC: Emilio Gabaglio's appeal to the EU
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission refers oil products activities of BP/E.ON venture to Bundeskartellamt
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Conference on lifelong learning
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/FRANCE: French Socialist Party Bureau adopts ambitious programme for Europe, proposing European loan for infrastructures and macro-economic role for ECB
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS: Euro-demonstration in Liège in September
TIMETABLE
(EU) Main European activities from: 8 to 17 September 2001
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 07/09/2001: