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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ep/environment

Garcia-Orcoyen Tormo Report seeks broader integrated products policy than the one in Commission's Green Paper

Strasbourg, 15/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament will be discussing Cristina Garcia-Orcoyen Tormo's (Popular Party, Spain) report on the Commission's Green Paper on an Integrated Products Policy (IPP) that calls on the European Parliament to commit itself to next week's project elaborating a new approach that aims to systematically improve the environmental performance of products and services during their life-cycle, as well as boosting the availability and consumption of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: With one exception, everybody is calling for tightening of economic wing of EMU but this raises institutional problems
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY: Pat Cox elected President of European Parliament in third round
(EU) EU/FONTAINE PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS:
(EU) EU/ESDP: Spain hopes to institutionalise Councils of Defence Ministers, launch debate on including terrorism among aims of ESDP, and move towards creation of Rapid Reaction Force
(EU) EP/SOCIALIST GROUP:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing says desire for progress dominates in EU ahead of launch of Convention
(EU) EU/COLOMBIA: EU welcomes new negotiations with FARC
(EU) EU/FRY/MONTENEGRO:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: According to Commission, stability programmes of Austria, Finland and the Benelux countries, as well as Sweden's convergence programme, meet requirements of Stability and Growth Pact
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Commission report on impact of economic recession on employment after attacks on 11 September
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: with European Council in Barcelona up and coming, Commission identifies weak points in implementation of Lisbon Strategy
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Union continues to give preference to compensation rather than sanction US tax incentives to exports
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Crédit Mutuel is to pay EUR 3000 back to French State
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead to joint venture between E.ON and Verbund
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission adopts final and partially negative decision against Klausner Nordic Timber
(EU) EU/EURO: Less than five days after introduction of Euro notes and coins, national currencies account for only 8% of transactions
(EU) EP/COMMITTEES: Change of committee Presidents - Civil Liberties, Legal Affairs, Culture, Social, Agriculture and Transport
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONEMENT: Myller reports asks plenary to strengthen sixth Community action programme in second reading by introducing clearer objectives and tighter time-tables
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Garcia-Orcoyen Tormo Report seeks broader integrated products policy than the one in Commission's Green Paper
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: Jens-Peter Bonde and Statewatch's Tony Bunyan voie displeasure - Denunciation of veto opposed by third countries
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/SPANISH PRESIDENCY/JHA: Presidency works towards common immigration and asylum policy
(EU) EU SPANISH PRESIDENCY/SOCIAL: Updating European Social Model - a key priority of Barcelona Summit
(EU) EU/SPANISH PRESIDENCY/EDUCATION: Modernising education systems - among Presidency's priorities
(EU) EU/SPANISH PRESIDENCY/CULTURE: Presidency to work towards implementing digital television broadcasting
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/YOUTH:
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