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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8080

27 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 38
CALENDAR /

EUROPEAN UNION

 28/10 -  LUXEMBOURG: - Trade Ministers and Commissioner Lamy have informal dinner 
 29/10 -  LUXEMBOURG: - Environment Council 
 -  LUXEMBOURG: - General Affairs Council (also 30/10) 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Joint ACP/EU Parliamentary Assembly: 3rd plenary session (until 1/11) 
 -  LUXEMBOURG: - Signature of Association and Stabilisation Agreement with Croatia 
 30/10 -  LUXEMBOURG: - Research Council 
 -  LUXEMBOURG: - 3rd session of Co-operation Council with Armenia 

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The European Investment Bank (EIB) is increasingly an instrument at the service of Community policies and will play a significant role in tackling the economic slowdown
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Preparation of Doha meeting - MEPs and European parties - EU mission in Central Asia?
(EU) EUFYROM: Solana confident over revision of Constitution
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/RUSSIA/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EP/PALESTINE:
(EU) EU/GUINEA:
(EU) NATO/TERRORISM:
(EU) PES/MUSLIMS:
(EU) EP/COUNCIL: Parliament wants General Affairs Council to meet ideally once a week and to play an effective role
(EU) EP/ITALY:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Ideas of Agora Network on future Convention
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: Colloquium on 7 and 8 November in Lausanne
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES: Colloquium in Eupen on 30 November
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Several additional chapters closed on Friday
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Informal meeting with Monti, Liikanen and Busquin
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Bucharest Conference adopts new projects for EUR 3 billion - Patten insists on regional cooperation
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Mercosur to present, on Monday, its offer for negotiation of free trade agreement
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Political agreement on four issues, conclusions on climate negotiations, political debate on labelling and traceability of GMOs
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/BEEF: Commission criticises Jean Glavany
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Agreement on reducing ozone concentrations
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Preliminary results of EuropeAid activities show progress in implementation of reform in Community's external aid management
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Aceralia, Arbed and Usinor propose to sell off business activities
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for Interbrew's acquisition of Beck's
(EU) EU/DANGEROUS CHEMICALS: Commission restricts creosote applications
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: EP and Council begin difficult discussion on definition of "self-employed" drivers to reach conciliation agreement on working hours of hauliers
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission "recommends" flexibility measures for management of time slots during winter 2002
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Proposals, on Tuesday, on recasting of financial regulation
(EU) EP/INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM: EP stresses role of both IMF and ECB - Robert Goebbels unhappy with vote on Tobin Tax
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Increase in aid for goats and sheep
(EU) EP/WTO:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Greek legislation on storage of petroleum products, posting of workers in Germany, quasi-monopoly of transport of patients in Rheinland-Palatenate
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Two Urban programmes in France
(EU) EP/CYPRUS:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/BUDGET/DEMOCRACY:
CALENDAR
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 26/10/2001: