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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8095

21 November 2001
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/defence
Candidate countries, Norway and Iceland also to contribute police forces - No solution to Turkish problem

Brussels, 20/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The two conferences held on Monday in Brussels on the EU's military and police capabilities deployable in the event of conflict were followed up, on Tuesday, by meetings with the candidate countries and European non-EU NATO-member countries (see yesterday's EUROPE, pp.4 and 5). The candidate countries, Iceland and Norway announced that they were for now willing to contribute with 762 police officers in international EU operations beginning in 2003. They...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: EU ensures - but few understand - that next world trade negotiation round will mark end of unbridled globalisation and form basis of global governance
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Candidate countries, Norway and Iceland also to contribute police forces - No solution to Turkish problem
(EU) EP/GREENS GROUP: Cohn-Bendit to succeed Lannoye
(EU) EU/WEAPONS STRIKING INDISCRIMINATELY:
(EU) EU/MEXICO:
(EU) EU/BALKANS: EU calls for closer coordination between EU policy and Stability Pact
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU welcomes US getting involved again in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
(EU) EU/AFRICA: On eve of tour by European Troika to Africa, General Affairs Council reaffirms its support for peace process
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: EU notes Israel's technical proposals for settling the problem of rules of origin, but Commission prepares customs measures to protect EU financial interests
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Franz Fischler makes pretty optimistic assessment of beef market
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Following Mr Védrine's remarks, Commission and Belgian EU Presidency repeat their attachment to "objective and factual differentiation" between candidate countries
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Clearance for ENEL's takeover of Viesgo
(EU) EU/LEBANON: Association Agreement to be signed in ten days' time
(EU) EU/INDIA/PAKISTAN: Friday - Opening of second EU/India summit against highly charged political background - Visit to Pakistan
(EU) EU/MONEY LAUNDERING:
(EU) EU/OCT: Council reaches political agreement over new association regime for Overseas Countries and Territories
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Aid for China, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/IRAN: Commission puts forward mandate for negotiating Trade and Co-operation Agreement
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Consent of trademark proprietor to market within EEA goods placed on market outside the EEA must be expressed unequivocally, whether expressly or implied
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/USA: Monday - US Under-Secretary of State, Grant Aldonas, defends Washington's line on "FSC"
(EU) EU/BIOTERRORISM: Commission and Member States enhance cooperation to optimise response capability of civil protection and transmissible disease monitoring networks
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EU/LISBON PROCESS: Prodi insists over need for agreement over Community patent, public procurement, financial services, and a strong political message on telecommunications package
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for acquisition of Mannesmann Sachs by ZF Friedrichshafen
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: EP Calls for a handicapped Directive
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: EP calls concerning new European labour markets in view of Barcelona summit
(EU) EP/LEGAL: Commission is invited to draft action plan to approximate Member States' civil and commercial law
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Publishing:
(EU) Brewing:
(EU) Construction:
(EU) Metals:
(EU) Electricity:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Oil:
(EU) Multimedia:
(EU) Consulting:
(EU) Toys:
SUPPLEMENT
"EUROPE"/Documents No. 2260/2261: WTO: Conclusions of Ministerial Conference in Doha
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 20/11/2001: