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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8070

15 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 43
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) audiovisual

In France, the production firm EUROMEDIA, associated with BOLLORE INVESTISSEMENTS, is to take over the State-owned company SFP - SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE PRODUCTION for a total of FF 30 million.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short chronicle of the debate on the future of Europe - everything (or almost) of what we know about the "Convention"
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Delors, Dehaene, Davignon and Santer present "A Wake-Up Call for Europe" - Yes to "temporary" solutions leaving the initiative to "those wanting to go faster and further"
(EU) EU/FRY: EU welcomes progress in introducing democracy
(EU) EU/CFSP: Mr Brok says CFSP must cover the fight against terrorism
(EU) EU/NOBEL PEACE PRIZE: Europe congratulates Kofi Annan on Peace Prize
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Agreement among the Fifteen on pursuing opening postal services to competition - Decision on total opening postponed to 2009
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adopts proposal to review Regulation 3820 on driving hours
(EU) EP/SHIPBUILDING:
(EU) EU/WTO: Progress in Singapore towards launch of new round - November's ministerial meeting may be held in Singapore instead of Doha
(EU) EU/CEEC/CIS: Court of Auditors criticises lack of coordination between TACIS CBC, PHARE and INTERREG programmes
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2001: Council and Parliament agree to mobilise EUR 40 million for Afghanistan, Chechnya and Palestine
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Loyola de Palacio asks united States for details of US airline price cuts
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Clearance for Time's takeover of British publisher IPC
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission sends statement of objections to Deutsche Bahn for abuse of dominant position
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: First World Forum on Competition
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Mario Monti calls on pharmaceutical companies to respect EU competition rules - Christa Randzio-Plath calls for more transparent policy
(EU) EU/SPORT:
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates EUR 6.85 million in humanitarian aid for victims of Chechnya conflict
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission gives EUR 500,000 in immediate humanitarian aid following hurricane in Belize
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM: Most staff and administration representatives come out in favour of innovative career structure
(EU) EU/GCC: Finance ministers propose bringing Customs Union forward to 2003 - Contacts in view of negotiations with EU before year-end
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: European Immigration Conference should emerge with new paths for a new common immigration policy
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Ministerial Conference in Brussels marks real start to Cairo Process, says Nielson
(EU) EU/ALGERIA: 15th session of negotiations on association agreement - Algerian employers show reticence
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Ghilardotti Report rejects Council proposal of granting transitional periods to Member State not having a general system of worker information and consultation
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: European social partners in textile and clothing industry call on members of WTO to reduce customs tariffs to 15%
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Agenda of October plenary session - Pascal Lamy and Margot Wallström to attend
(EU) EU/REGIONS:
(EU) COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/ROMANIA:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
DUE TO THE ABUNDANCE OF NEWS,: THIS SECTION DID NOT APPEAR LAST WEEK. TODAY, WE ARE PRESENTING A SELECTION OF THE MOST INTERESTING TRANSACTIONS OVER THAT PERIOD.
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Wood:
(EU) Airlines:
(EU) Airlines:
(EU) Oil:
(EU) Materials:
(EU) Audiovisual:
(EU) Telecommunications:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N° 477
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 15/10/2001: