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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8100

28 November 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 45 / 48
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) agri-foods

German SUEDZUCKER, the leading European sugar group, has acquired the Belgian company REMY INDUSTRIES (turnover EUR 40 million in 2000 with 105 employees), specialised in the production of starch and rice flour, for an undisclosed amount. The operation was carried out through ORAFTI, the Belgian subsidiary of SUEDZUCKER.

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: