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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8113

15 December 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/animal feed

14/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - Adopting the report by Marit Paulsen (ELDR, Sweden) on the common position on the directive on undesirable substances in animal feed, the European Parliament retabled the amendment adopted in first reading on making it necessary to inform the relevant authorities of the exporting third countries when products are sent back as "clearly inappropriate".

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LAEKEN EUROPEAN COUNCIL: EU ready to send multinational force of all Member States to Afghanistan - Javier Solana in Washington to check potential for common Middle East initiative - CFSP: EU will be operational on 1 January 2002 even if Greek/Turkish issue has not been settled
(EU) EP/LAEKEN SUMMIT: Mrs Fontaine explains what Parliament expects from future Convention - Calls in favour of Romania and Bulgaria
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER: 67% of Europeans in favour of a Constitution
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT: Liberals call for a Constitution, a real common foreign policy and a European legal area
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT: PES calls for Laeken Declaration to begin rapprochement between EU and its citizens
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT: Heads of EPP parties welcome declaration for strong Europe
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT: First Summit of Greens
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT/ECONOMY: Contributions by Economy Ministers
(EU) EU/GERMANY: Agreement between Eichel and Monti on approval of German Ecotax until 2012
(EU) EU/EURO: Last Flash Barometer shows need to continue public information after 1 January 2002
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT/PATENT:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Ecofin Council confirms Feira timetable for adoption of fiscal package
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Compromise over VAT on electronic commerce
(EU) OECD/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/Afghanistan: Commission releases EUR 4.9 million in initial rapid aid for the political, economic and social reconstruction of Afghanistan
(EU) EU/BIOTERRORISM/LAEKEN SUMMIT: First meeting of expert bioterrorism group
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT/TURKEY: Tüsiad calls on European Council to immediately launch accession negotiations process
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT/BAVARIA:
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID:
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: Declaration by Council and Commission on implementation of regulation on public access to documents
(EU) EP/BUDGET/PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS:
(EU) EP/ANIMAL FEED:
(EU) EP/WTO: Overall positive assessment by MEPs regarding Doha conference, but Greens remain very critical
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Parliament again demands more funds for health
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT: 80 high-profile people meeting within the association "Confrontations" call for an in-depth reform of the European Union, setting out from clarification of choices of society
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT:
(EU) EU/LAEKEN SUMMIT/CIVIL SOCIETY: letter asks Guy Verhofstadt for regular consultation with the Convention
(EU) EU/SOCIAL SUMMIT: Social partners, observers to the Convention
(EU) EU/GOVERNANCE: Commission withdraws 108 proposals regarded as outdated
(EU) EU/MARITIME SAFETY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission to authorise agreement between Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Partial tax relief on energy granted to Dutch greenhouse horticultural sector approved
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Partial authorisation of French aid scheme to fisheries sector
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Commission approves 4 Leader+ programmes in Germany
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Euregio Meuse-Rhine initiative
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Aid for cross border cooperation in South-West
(EU) TIMETABLE: main activities of the European Union from 17 to 20 December 2001
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 14/12/2001: