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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8175
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/information society

19/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commissioner, Erkki Liikanen, will address the Graduation Ceremony at the European Centre for International Research and Strategy on 20 March at 19h. He will be talking about the information society.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Is the "Community method" in danger? Encouraging signs alongside matters for concern - From Dehaene to Straw, Chirac to Schröder
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: At its 21/22 March plenary, Convention to hold first general debate and discuss working methods and candidate country demands - Prodi to meet Giscard d'Estaing
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/CATALONIA:
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS: Javier Solana in Geneva
(EU) EU/NATO/GREECE: Meeting with Spanish Presidency on 22 March
(EU) EU/ACP: Belgium contributes to training of ACP parliamentarians
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EP/PORTUGAL:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BSE: Commmission may decide on Wednesday to send France warning about failure to respect Court ruling on British beef
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: EU Agriculture Ministers reach compromise on extending tobacco aid for three years
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council adopts conclusions on current and future veterinary and phytosanitary agreements - Agreements with Chile, the United States, New Zealand and Russia
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/ENLARGEMENT: Commissioners Verheugen, Fischler and Byrne address ministers - Netherlands highly critical of direct aid approach
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Candidate country agriculture ministers stress entitlement to 100% direct aid
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/TRADE: Pascal Lamy announces that EU will rapidly take safeguard measures against US action on steel - Strengthening of relations with Latin America
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Positive EuroMed trade conference results
(EU) EU/SPORTS: Wednesday's meeting of sports ministers and federations focuses on doping
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Solvay obtains extension for acquisition of Ausimont (Montedison group) - Monti speaks of possibility of reopening Montedison file
(EU) EU/INSURANCE: Council's common position on insurance brokers
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission presents Fifteen with study confirming validity of its strategy on agricultural direct aid
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Eight companies create "Galileo services" for satellite navigation services co-operation - Companies stress Galileo is not more accurate than GPS but is always available
(EU) EU/CONFERENCE/POST COMMUNIST EUROPE:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY:
(EU) EP/REFORM: Parliament requests European Union to be given right of legal entity by way of single and coherent European Treaty
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EP/REFUGEES:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Closure of Commission enquiry on border restrictions at Gibraltar-Spanish border
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Conference on company taxation on 29/30 April
(EU) EU/TOBACCO: EU isolated at preparatory meeting for WHO anti-smoking convention
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Hemp farming in Netherlands must meet strict criteria to ensure it is not turned into cannabis
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Provisions of Italian highway code that discriminate on grounds of nationality declared unlawful
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Commission suggests strengthening industrial co-operation in preparation of Euro-Mediterranean free-trade zone
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Mediterranean conference on intercultural dialogue with Romano Prodi, Viviane Reding, Pat Cox and Jacques Delors
(EU) EU/GEORGIA:
(EU) ESC/MARCH SESSION: European statutes for SMEs, simplification of internal market, future of CAP, rights for immigrants - Loyola de Palacio and Pedro Solbes Mira to attend
(EU) EU/EIB: Loans for extending German Boehringer Ingelheim bio-technical complex in Biberach
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Metallurgy:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Electricity:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Retail:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Agrifood:
(EU) Tourism:
(EU) Luxury goods:
(EU) Electronics:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 19/03/2002: