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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8128

14 January 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin
Commission on Tuesday to gives its views on six Member States' updated Stability and Convergence Programmes

Brussels, 14/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Commission will be adopting the ECOFIN Council recommendations on the updated Stability and Convergence Programmes presented by six Member States (Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Sweden). The first ECOFIN Council of 2002, to be held next Tuesday (22 January) will pronounce its verdict on these six countries' programmes - their public finances are relatively healthy despite the slowdown in economic...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A few of my ideas on the euro
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ITALY: Silvio Berlusconi restates Italy's position in Europe remains "as sound as ever", while speaking of "new phase" in foreign policy
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN: EU welcomes declaration from Musharraf
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/CONVENTION: Giscard d'Estaing-Berlusconi meeting - Italian government to appoint its representative to the Convention - Spanish Presidency says it would be desirable for IGC to end in June 2004
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/OSCE: Ministerial meeting 29 january in Brussels
(EU) EP/REGULATION: Corbett Report touches raw nerve amongst Radicals
(EU) EU/UKRAINE:
(EU) EU/KOSOVO:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: WTO issues formal ruling on US export subsidy scheme - US must scrap it
(EU) ACP/EU: Union to judge on actual evidence respect of commitments taken by Zimbabwe's authorities to restore democracy and rule of law
(EU) EU/SIERRA LEONE:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission to present new "rail package", on 23 January, proposing liberalisation of national goods transport and postponing liberalisation of international passenger transport
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Commission on Tuesday to gives its views on six Member States' updated Stability and Convergence Programmes
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: European commission must make credit mutuel pay back illegal funding from Livre bleu
(EU) EU/CANADA: Commission believes candadian law provides adequate protection for certain personal data transferred from EU to Canada
(EU) EU/ENFIROMENT/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission welcomes Danish decision to abolish "can-ban"
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives update on implementation of strategy of lisbon
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: EU keeps pressure on Ukrainian government to continue reforms
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Provisional calendar of first negotiations meetings
(EU) EU/REGIONS/SPAIN: Conference in April on consequences of enlargement on cities and regions - No Ministerial meeting to take place on regional policy
(EU) EU/CITIES: 10 Urban programmes approved for Spain
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Rural development aid for Bavaria
(EU) EU/ACP: ACP group opens Permanent Representation Bureau in Geneva on Wednesday, Commissioner Pascal Lamy to be special guest
(EU) EU/SENEGAL: February to see relaunch of negotiations over new Protocol to EU/Senegal Fisheries Agreement
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Hudghton Report calls on Commission to be flexible with regard to restoring cod and hake stocks
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Plenary on Thursday to examine Miguelez Ramos report slamming shortcomings in Green Paper on reform of Common Fisheries Policy
(EU) EP/ROAD HAULAGE: Parliament discusses training for hauliers and employment of third country drivers (Grosch and van Dam reports)
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Criticism against absence of parliamentary control over list of terrorist organisations
(EU) ESC/JANUARY SESSION: New Impetus for plan on plant protein crops in Community, conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals - participation of Philippe Maystadt and Ramon de Miguel
(EU) EU/REGIONS: AER critical of Spanish Presidency's feeble position on regional policies
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 488
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