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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8067

11 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 42
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/ecsc

10/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Istituto Luigi Surzo is organising a round table in Rome on 19 October devoted to Piero Malvestiti, who was President of the High Authority of the ECSC, under the title "Piero Malvestiti, Patriot, Statesman, European". (Tel.: 06 684 0421. E-mail: storia@sturzo.it).

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: EU and Russia abandon fiction (membership, free-trade area) for realistic goals, and co-operation takes on new momentum
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Will Valery Giscard d'Estaing be Chair of future Convention?
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Union and Heads of African states promoters of the new African initiative lay down foundations of permanent institutionalised dialogue and pilot projects to present to next G8
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/ITALY: Berlusconi hopes that next IGC will be over by end-2003, under Italian Presidency, and denies having spoken of "superiority" of Western civilisation over Islam
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Commission invites academics
(EU) EU/AFRICA: GAC reiterates EU support for Lusaka and Arusha peace processes - Ministerial meeting with Zimbabwe
(EU) EU/BANGLADESH: EU welcomes unfolding of elections
(EU) EUCOLOMBIA: EU condemns murder of Ms. Araujo Noguera
(EU) EP/FRANCE-GERMANY:
(EU) EU/ECSC:
(EU) EP/GHENT SUMMIT: Messrs Brok and Leinen feel future Convention should put forward more than "options" and complete its work by end of 2003
(EU) EP/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS: COSAC wants Convention to "present coherent draft proposal"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commissioner de Palacio confirms that rules of competition will be applied flexibly to cover direct consequences on airline companies of attacks of 11 September - New safety rules
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adopts first proposals for "single European sky"
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission gives stance on Sabena funding on Wednesday
(EU) EU/FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE: Payment of EUR 400 million is cleared
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: DaimlerChrysler is fined EUR 72 million
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission refuses Schneider/Legrand merger
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission orders Germany to recover EUR 13.6 million state aid from ZEMAG GmbH
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Anna Diamantopoulou says social exclusion is a human, economic and governance problem for EU
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Discussions at Special Agriculture Committee on ethyl alcohol come up against problem of German and Italian national aid
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: October Fisheries Council is cancelled to allow continued examination at technical level of possible extension for MAGP IV
(EU) EU/VETERINARY POLICY: Lifting of measures imposed on Uruguay and relaxing of restrictions on Spain
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Content of IIth EU/Latin America/Caribbean Summit becomes clearer
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TERRORISM: United States expected to conclude agreement with Europol in several weeks
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EP/OTC: Parliament calls for specific development funds by 2007, distinct from EDF - Commissioner Nielson perplexed
(EU) EP/CONSUMERS: Yes to proposals on mortgages
(EU) EP/TERRORISM/AVIATION:
(EU) EP/TELEVISION WITHOUT BORDERS: EP says application of directive is satisfactory but must soon be reviewed to take recent developments into account
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Yes to common position on vehicles with more than eight seats
(EU) EP/TURKESTAN:
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: Parliament again calls for codecision; while welcoming a series of Commission initiatives, it feels the Commission has been assigned "excessive" competencies in terms of reform proposal
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: EP supports Commission's approach to services
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Parliament calls for truly integrated online financial services market
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: Parliament confirms its commitment to better access to medicines in developing countries
(EU) EU/COURT OF AUDITORS: Jan Karlsson to present MEPs with Annual Report 2000 at November plenary - Special chapter on enlargement
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISES: "Top Class Business Support Services Forum"
(EU) EU/URBAN POLICY: Wide majority at informal Council for increase in credits for urban development
(EU) COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: British American Tobacco gets access to EU documents
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 10/10/2001: