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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8152

16 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/medicine

15/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The network European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) which brings together 80 NGOs and non-profit making associations in the health sector, is against the European Commission's proposal aimed at authorising, in the framework of a review of pharmaceutical legislation, the controlled publication to the greater public of information on medicines. This proposal, which takes the form of a five-year experiment and only relates to three pathologies (see EUROPE of 19 July,...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Parliament's decision giving the go-ahead to the European Company and the integrated financial market are signs of strength and self-confidence
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Aznar to attend official inauguration on 28 February
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Financing of enlargement, Middle East, Balkans and Zimbabwe high on Monday's agenda
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: Towards implementation of targeted sanctions on Mugabe regime - Decision at Monday's General Affairs Council
(EU) EU/ISLAM: Istanbul Forum to have follow-up: EU/OIC Troika in Doha this year -Intervention by Josep Piqué
(EU) EP/GIBRALTAR: Mr Caruana welcomes prospect of participating in European elections
(EU) EP/EGYPT/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EP/ASIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA: Guidelines on strengthening Europol - Criticisms of how it operates
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA: Green light for adoption of broad action plan to combat illegal immigration
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Broad agreement on mandate for negotiations with United States - Visiting rights and harmonising sentencing - Controversy over arrest warrant
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: 2001 Inventory of terrorism in European Union
(EU) EU/ACP/FIJI:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Margot Wallström criticises new US plan to authorise significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Chris Patten responds to Colin Powell
(EU) EU/INDIA: New stage in political dialogue with India
(EU) EU/UN/CHILDREN:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Signing of new EU/Sao Tomé protocol with possibilities of crab fishing
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: European airline companies and airports sign "undertakings" on respect of passenger rights - AEA calls on Commission to review proposals on compensation in case of overbooking
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Masterfoods may purchase Royal Canin, subject to conditions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises DANISH CROWn and STEFF-HOULBERG merger after clearing markets outside Denmark
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: ECB confident about growth and cool about inflation
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission welcomes France's contribution to merger regulation discussions
(EU) EU/YOUTH: Council commits itself to clear co-operation mechanism with young people, including youngsters from candidate countries
(EU) EU/COSMETICS: Council adopts common position on general ban on cosmetics testing on animals
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: 94 ISPA projects - problem of absorption capacity of candidate countries
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission proposes upping aid to agricultural products in Aegean
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Commission clears new series of cross-border co-operation programmes
(EU) EP/MOBILITY: MEPs pleased with Action Plan
(EU) EP/MEDICINES: Clinical trials on effect of drugs on children
(EU) EP/STATE AID:
(EU) EP/FAMILY:
(EU) EU/COMITOLOGY:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Bulmahn and Schwartzenberg announce enhanced Franco-German co-operation
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/MEDICINE:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Progress on access to gas network
(EU) OECD/RUSSIA/ENERGY:
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