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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8100

28 November 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 48
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) real estate

Operator BT - BRITISH TELECOM has announced the sale of its real estate portfolio for the sum of £2.38 billion to TELEREAL, a joint company held equally by TRILLIUM, a LAND SECURITIES subsidiary and the largest British real estate company quoted on the stock market, and by PEARS. The transaction amounts to a total of £2.38 billion. With this move, BT thus hopes to reduce its indebtedness of £16.5 billion.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A brief chronicle of the debate on the future of Europe - Updated and more balanced draft "Laeken Declaration" may be beefed up again after Guy Verhofstadt's European tour
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT/TURKEY: Verhofstadt in Ankara
(EU) EP/TURKEY/CYPRUS: Duff suggests EU military presence for contributing to security of Cyprus - Turkish business and industry underline effort made
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/PES: Statement by Party of European Socialists
(EU) EU/CAMBODIA: EU to observe local elections
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: EPC and IEA on EU and globalisation
(EU) EU/NICE TREATY/SPAIN:
(EU) EU/MONTENEGRO:
(EU) EU/SOUTH-EAST EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/PATENT: Council unable to reach agreement over Community patent - Mr Bolkestein bitterly disappointed, two weeks before Laeken Summit
(EU) EU/PAYMENTS/INTERNAL MARKET COUNCIL: Council introduces major changes on cross-border investments compared to text adopted by Parliament - Political agreement is expected on insurance brokers
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET COUNCIL: Council adopted conclusions welcoming Commission's intention to present a Community framework for State aid to general interest services
(EU) EU/FISHERIES COUNCIL: Political agreement on conversion of fleets and EU/Mauritania fisheries protocol - blocking on MAGP IV
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Environment ministers of candidate countries, the Commission and Council Presidency review progress made in transposing EU body of law
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: Commission to adopt proposal Wednesday on aircraft noise to replace "hushkit" regulation
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Descartes Prize is awarded to research project concerning the treatment of AIDS and to another project in the fine chemistry sector
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/EIB/CZECH REPUBLIC:
(EU) EU/EIB/GREECE:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: European mobilisation against flu
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Trakatellis report proposes for Parliament to re-establish amount of credits allocated to action programme for public health
(EU) EP/CLONING: reactions before vote, Thursday, on Fiori report
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2002: At Budget Committee, European Commission launches idea of creating "crisis flexibility instrument"
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Positive result following conciliation
(EU) EDUCATION/YOUTH COUNCIL: Learning languages and linguistic diversity, life long training, specific needs of youths at center of Thursday's works
(EU) NOMINATIONS:
(EU) EU/SLOVENIA/AGRICULTURE: Slovenia is third candidate country to benefit from SAPARD aid
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Industry concerned about proposals soon to be adopted by Commission on restoring cod and hake stocks
(EU) EU/SOCIAL INCLUSION:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: European cable sector warns against imposition of single open interoperable standard
(EU) EU/STEEL: Anti-dumping complaint by Eurofer against certain imports of hot rolled coil
(EU) EP/ENTERPRISES:
(EU) EU/HANIDCAPPED:
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Plenary session agenda - participation of President Prodi and Annemie Neyts
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/FAMILY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: ECSC Consultative Committee's opinion of aid for coal industry
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Eurozone external trade surplus in September - Deficit for EU15
(EU) COMMUNITY LAW:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Real estate:
(EU) Logistics:
(EU) Distribution:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Agri-foods:
(EU) Chemicals:
SUPPLEMENT
"EUROPE"/Documents No. 2262: European Defence: outcome of 19 November conference in Brussels on improving European military capabilities
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 27/11/2001: