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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8058

28 September 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Pascal Lamy in Kenya to rally ACP support around those in favour of launching a new round of WTO negotiations

Brussels, 27/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - Should developing countries rally around the position of the European Union, there would be some one hundred of the 142 countries members of the WTO in favour of the launch of a new multilateral trade negotiating round in November in Doha. It is armed with this arithmetical reasoning that Pascal Lamy, European Commissioner responsible for trade, will, in Kenya from 30 September to 2 October, meet ministers of the ACP countries on the occasion of the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Guy Verhofstadt's open letter and European Commission/Economic and Social Committee Protocol add new dimension to debate on role of civil society and NGOs
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Mr Berlusconi's stupid statements about supremacy of Western civilisation disturb Troika's diplomatic mission (in Cairo on Thursday)
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Javier Solana welcomes continuation of Israeli/Palestinian dialogue
(EU) NATO/EU/FYROM: Nato launches Amber Fox mission
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Spain and Greece want to resume Mediterranean Dialogue - A priority for future Spanish Presidency
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Duff confirms his commitment to European Constitution on eve of "historic turning point" of Laeken
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/GOVERNANCE:
(EU) EP/EPP-ED GROUP: EPP-ED Group hopes Euro-Mediterranean parliamentary forum will soon be convened
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/CONSUMERS: Council agrees in principle on food supplements and remote sales of financial services
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: EU feels it has prepared citizens well for introduction of euro, but will continue its efforts
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Few decisions but guidelines for next Councils
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Political agreement on major outlines on creation of Eurojust
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: No progress made at JHA Council on family reunification
(EU) EU/JHA: Council calls on Member States to step up search for missing and sexually exploited children
(EU) EU/TRADE: Pascal Lamy in Kenya to rally ACP support around those in favour of launching a new round of WTO negotiations
(EU) EU/TRADE: WTO publishes two texts in view of ministerial meeting in Doha
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: Commission adopts communication on future of cinema and audiovisual industry in Europe
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB decides to keep key rates unchanged
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: IMF tables on growth of 1.8% in the euro-zone, in 2001
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Court of Auditors identifies new cases of fraud involving products attracting export refunds
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Jean Glavany to ask Commission for authorisation to distil 4-5 million hectolitres of wine in order to ease the market
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commissions clears proposed restructuring of Coca-Cola Nestlé Refreshment Company (iced tea and coffee)
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: Launch of widescale consultation exercise on EU's medicines policy
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: First meeting of top-level body set up to provide the Commission with advice on the Union's research policy
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/STRUCTURAL FUNDS: EUR 30 million in "Urban II" Community funds for urban development in the Netherlands
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Euro Info Centres launch campaign to assist SMEs wishing to adopt e-commerce
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Investment:
(EU) Imaging:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Telematics:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Luxury goods:
(EU) Catering:
(EU) Agri-food:
(EU) Information technology:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 27/09/2001: