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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8151

15 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mercosur/chile
Patten confirms EU/Chile agreement could be concluded at Madrid Summit in May

Brussels, 14/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten, confirmed on Tuesday that concluding negotiations on association and free trade between the EU and Chile at the EU/Latin America/Caribbean Summit on 17-18 May was an "ambitious but attainable" objective. He pointed out that after the eighth round of negotiations (see EUROPE 2 February page 11 and 26 January page 9) there was still a lot of work that needed doing on wines and spirits, fishing, services,...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: German budget deficit - A controversial compromise that keeps most essential aspects and calls for follow-up
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Monday's general affairs council follows on from informal Caceres meeting
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT: Mr Gil-Robles puts forward proposals on working method
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Colin Powell defends President Bush against European critics
(EU) EP/DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS: Lamassoure proposes ambitious and innovative exercise - Role of regions and national parliaments
(EU) EUGREECE: Athens announces initiatives towards Arab world
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA: Six countries decide to jump the gun on entry into force of European Arrest Warrant
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA: Agreement on Eurodac - France waives reservations
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHS: European Commission satisfied with talks on combating illegal immigration - Work continues on other subjects Thursday evening and Friday
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Tobacco, wine and agricultural chapter of enlargement main topics on agenda of Monday's Council
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Council calls on Barcelona Summit to recognise vital role of education and training
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Laurent Fabius announced counter-proposals to the Commission's Green Paper on reviewing the regulation on controlling mergers and acquisitions
(EU) EU/INSURANCE: Council adopts directives on solvency
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Council adopts Telecoms package
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Progress in setting up internal gas market
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR/CHILE: Patten confirms EU/Chile agreement could be concluded at Madrid Summit in May
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: United States continues to attack Galileo
(EU) EU/VETERINARY ISSUES: Extension of testing of sheep and goats
(EU) EU/ACP: First visit of Mr Nielson to Indian Ocean area
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: EU to amend some anti-dumping measures
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Italy wants Single EU Tax Treaty to be signed
(EU) EU/BARCELONA SUMMIT: Anglo-Italian documents on employment and flexibility - Peter Hain says axis with Rome does not rule out working with other countries
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Agricultural negotiations with Cyprus and Malta
(EU) EU/DANGEROUS CHEMICALS: Council calls for conciliation for proposal on short-chain chlorinated paraffin
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission gives go ahead to Universal Banking Services in UK, including establishment of Post Office Card Account bank
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission agrees to extend exceptions to German Ecotax
(EU) EU/SPACE: Commission requests Council to grant it mandate for negotiating Framework Agreement with European Space Agency
(EU) EU/GERMANY: Commission authorises aid for advertising new quality label for beef in Bavaria
(EU) EU/BIOTECHNOLOGY: Mr Fischler says GMO labelling is worthless without safeguards for conventional and organic farming
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Conferences and other events in February and March
(EU) EU/CROATIA:
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