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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8058

28 September 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 40
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) insurance

Russia's financial company AFK SISTEMA and Germany's ALLIANZ have signed an agreement for ALLIANZ to take a 45% stake in ROSNO, one of Russia's biggest insurance companies. AFK SISTEMA will keep a 47% stake in ROSNO.

Contents

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: