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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade

President of Eurochambres, Chirstoph Leitl, wants to see world-wide business network set up

Brussels, 19/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The newly elected President of the European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres), Austrian , Christoph Leitl, indicated in a recent statement to the press that the priorities of his mandate were: access to financial resources for SMEs; Eurochambres involvement in the areas of research and transport in the interest of European companies and the development of an economic dialogue between different areas in the world. Mr Leitl stressed the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short chronicle on the Convention on the Future of Europe - Peter Hain foresees British institutional directions - What Alain Lamassoure has to say
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/EP: Klaus Hänsch warns against presenting minority and majority texts - Result must not be a "Core Europe" and a "Margin Europe"
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Creation of a special fund for operating costs
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Piqué considers EU 15 agreement on police mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina "historic" - maintaining a Yugoslav State
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/IRELAND:
(EU) EP/CZECH REPUBLIC:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Defence Council gives green light for 13 May as date for additional meeting during General Affairs Council
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: Twelve working groups attack defence shortcomings - Need to co-operate on arms issues
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Shimon Peres to meet Spanish Presidency Wednesday and Thursday
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: Decision of immediate sanctions, though regrettable, was unavoidable say Council and Commission
(EU) EU/OLYMPPIC GAMES:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/EP: Ms Buijetenweg asks Ms Palacio to step down from Civil liberties Committee during convention
(EU) EU/TREATY OF NICE/IRELAND: Warning from Chris Patten
(EU)EP/LIBERAL GROUP/HUNGARY:
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS:
(EU) EP/LAOS:
(EU) EU/CHURCH:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BALTIC STATES: EU pleased with unfolding of membership process for Baltic States, but calls for extra effort to increase administrative capacity
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Presidency to hand Member States and candidate States questionnaire on agricultural aspects of enlargement - Fischler opposed to granting of direct aid to bee-keepers
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Council praises Commission's efforts in managing programme "Researcher Training and Mobility"
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission to present proposal on patentability of software on Tuesday
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council definitively adopts directive on working hours of drivers, against Spain, Finland and Greece
(EU) EU/INTERNET: UNICE calls for eEurope programme to be redefined
(EU) EU/COAL:
(EU) EU/STEEL:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Meeting of key players of action plan for mid-term assessment
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Günter Verheugen summons head of Turkish mission with the EU after electronic message from EU representation in Ankara is pirated
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Rise in industrial production in December
(EU) EU/WTO/STEEl: EU welcomes WTO decision on illegality US measures of safeguarding line pipes
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Report on Romano Prodi's visit
(EU) EU/ASIA: Lamy assures Cambodia of EU support for joining WTO
(EU) EU/INDIA/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Round table meeting in Jaipur
(EU) EU/COMPANIES: Erkki Liikanen talks to SMEs about SMall business European Charter
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: approval of LEADER+ Initiative in Saxony
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: Competition rules may contribute to accelerating the liberalisation of gas and electricity markets but cannot resolve everything, says Monti
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Italian barrister fees not contrary to treaty provisions relating to competition
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Dutch legislation prohibiting multi-disciplinary partnerships between members of the Bar and accountants complies with Treaty
(EU) EIB/ITALY: 2001- Increased lending for energy, telecommunications and Small businesses
(EU) EU/TRADE: President of Eurochambres, Chirstoph Leitl, wants to see world-wide business network set up
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS: Awareness-raising campaign on European directive on working time
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Finnish Prime Minister pleads in favour of nuclear power and accuses some Member States of "energy imperialism"
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: According to Laurent Fabius, the brief of the President of the Eurogroup should be extended
(EU) EU/BARCELONA SUMMIT:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
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