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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8154

20 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 43 / 48
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade unions
Awareness-raising campaign on European directive on working time

Brussels, 19/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) has launched a major awareness-raising campaign on the EU working time directive so as to strengthen the text and ensure its complete implementation. Under the slogan: "Treat Healthcare Staff with a Strong Working Time Directive", this campaign, which has received total support by Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou, the Deputy General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Jean...

Contents

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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