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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8161

1 March 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/convention/information

28/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - Information about progress at the Convention will mainly be found on four websites: the Convention website (official documents) http: //european-convention.eu.int; the Futurum debate portal http: //europa.eu.int/futurum; the Forum site http: //europea.eu.int/futurum/forum_convention/intex_en.htm; and the European Parliament's site http: //www.europarl.eu.int/europe2004/.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION ON FUTURE OF EUROPE: Aznar believes success of Convention will be important for future of decision-making process - Giscard d'Estaing wants to speak of "constitutional treaty", today - Cox says Convention must open permanent dialogue with peoples - Prodi says constitution marking the birth of Political Europe is needed
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Members given draft Rules of Procedure prepared by Praesidium - Six Plenaries scheduled before summer break
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Appeal by Quart Monde Committee
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/GERMANY: Erwin Teufel insists on subsidiarity
(EU) EP/CONVENTION:
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Parliament calls for action against Hadep to cease
(EU) EP/INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL Tribunal: Parliament calls on EU to seek to convince United States to change its position
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY: Opposing the lifting of Pasqua and Marchiani's immunity
(EU) EP/BARCELONA SUMMIT: Socialist group wants to interview Tony Blair
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Francis Wurtz wants Yasser Arafat to be invited and EP delegation sent to Middle East
(EU) EP/COLOMBIA: Lipietz to go to Colombia following kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Saudi proposals at centre of Javier Solana's rounds of Middle East and EU/GCC ministerial meeting
(EU) EU/GERMANY/UNITED KINGDOM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Consensual debate on international cooperation against organised crime - Portugal hopes reoffenders of serious crime will be taken into consideration at European level
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Fifteen hope to adopt negotiating brief on 25 April for judicial cooperation agreement with United States
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Provisional agreement on freeze of assets and proof
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Adoption of plan against illegal immigration - Other results of Council: Eurojust, Europol, Eurodac
(EU) EU/EURO: Euro only currency with legal tender in euro zone
(EU) EU/GCC: Resumption of formal negotiations in Brussels in March
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council clears French and Italian aid in wine sector and takes risk of being hauled before Court of Justice
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Rodrigues and Quintin present report on future of industrial relations
(EU) EP/BARCELONA SUMMIT: Prodi recalls that, from 2003, candidate countries to be included in Lisbon Structural Indicators - Rato places emphasis on liberalisation of energy and transport
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/BUDDGET: Plenary follows Committee on Budgets
(EU) EU/HEALTH/MEDICINES: Commission unveils its ideas for a regulation to improve administration of medicines to children
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: European research discovers new diagnostic technique for various viral diseases
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Commission launches recruitment procedure for Executive Director of European Food Safety Authority
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/INFORMATION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Gibraltar/Commission proceedings over corporate tax system, described as "urgent" by European judges, begins on 5 March
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Inflation goes from 2 to 2.7% in one month in euro zone
(EU) EU/EURO: Colloquy on 4 March on single currency and integrated capital market
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light for repayable advance to SNECMA
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises aid for cableway installations in Italy and Austria
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission launches investigations of Belgian co-ordination centres and Trieste insurance centre
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Aid for Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) is authorised
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