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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8087

9 November 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecb
Due to the fall in inflationary pressures, the ECB drops its leading rates by half a point - Henceforth, the ECB will only take decisions on rates once a month

Brussels, 08/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided on 8 November to cut its leading interest rates by 0.5 percentage points. The ECB's main leading rate, the minimum bid rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem has been reduced from 3.75% to 3.25%, its lowest level since February 2000. This brings the reduction of the ECB's rates to 1.50 percentage points since the beginning of the year. The marginal lending facility and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Europe and the next global trade negotiations: a position open to future sustainable development demands
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SEPARATE SUMMITS: Schuessel approaches Verhofstadt on behalf of eight countries excluded from London Summit and calls for European safety standards for nuclear power plants
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT: Verhofstadt's rounds of the capitals begins in London on 26 November
(EU) EU/IRAN: Solana and Kharrazi discuss Afghanistan transition period
(EU) EU/ITALY: Rocco Buttiglione to reconfirm Italy's commitment to Community method
(EU) EU/LAOS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/TRANSPORT: Commission suggests to Fifteen negotiating transitional periods on road cabotage with most candidate countries
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/SABENA: Anna Diamantopoulou insists on forward-looking management of employment crises at European level and on using Community financial instruments
(EU) EU/ECB: Due to the fall in inflationary pressures, the ECB drops its leading rates by half a point - Henceforth, the ECB will only take decisions on rates once a month
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Council asks Commission to arrange dialogue with Member States over setting timetable for increasing public development aid
(EU) G7/BIOTERRORISM: Health Ministers and Commissioner Byrne launch plan to counter terrorism
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: Council restricts weapons embargo to territory held by Taliban
(EU) EU/CHILDHOOD: Informal meeting of EU Ministers for Children's Affairs
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission announces debate on dairy quotas in 2002
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Arbed, Usinor and Aceralia give details of their commitments
(EU) EU/JHA: Antonio Vitorino presents "mitigated result" of Tampere follow-up - appeal for criminal justice cooperation to be brought under Community sphere of competence
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission authorises marketing of new medicine for treating certain forms of leukaemia
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Commission defines strategy aimed at reducing fraud risk as soon as possible
(EU) EU/POLICE: Cooperation agreement between Europol and Interpol signed
(EU) EU/EUROPOL/ENLARGEMENT: Authorisation to conclude agreements between Europol and four candidate countries
(EU) EU/WTO:
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Italy condemned for having refunded private creditors with government bonds, an illegal practice
(EU) COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Appeal by a homosexual official of the EIB patently inadmissible
(EU) EU/WTO/INFORMATION:
(EU) EP/NOVEMBER SESSION: Commission reports on candidate countries, Court of Auditors' Annual Report, final vote on money laundering, employment in aviation industry, international crime, research area
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN:
(EU) EU/ACP: On eve of WTO meeting in Doha, Parliamentary Assembly calls for more equitable multilateral trading system
(EU) EU/ACP: Parliamentary Assembly takes position on terrorism, food security, AIDS, migrations and the disabled
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Retail sales increase in euro-zone and in Union during August
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Adoption of initiative bolstering local dimension of European Employment Strategy - Anna Diamantopoulou calls on Commission to be more accessible to local actors
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Anna Diamantopoulou criticises Germany for delay in reforming its labour market
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/CHILDHOOD: Strengthening protection of children against sexual exploitation
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 08/11/2001: