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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8176

21 March 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
Switzerland says it will only enter negotiations over savings tax as part of broader discussions

Brussels, 20/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - In a letter received by the European Commission on Tuesday, the Swiss Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kaspar Villiger said that Switzerland was prepared to enter negotiations with the EU about savings taxation but only as part of broader talks covering all agreements that have not yet been formalised with the EU. The General Affairs Council is due to decide on the negotiating mandates for these other issues by mid-April - pensions, services, the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: Elmar Brok announces Christian Democrat seminar before the summer and welcomes solidarity between MPs and MEPs on the Convention - Andrew Duff proposes amendments to rules of procedure
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS: Javier Solana highlights EU commitment to defend human rights by contributing to conflict prevention
(EU) EU/COMOROS: EU insists electoral deadline be respected
(EU) EU/CULTURE/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/PALESTINE:
(EU) EU/GERMANY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU arms itself with provisional steel market safeguard measures
(EU) EU/FRAUD/TOBACCO: EU continues legal action against Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Switzerland says it will only enter negotiations over savings tax as part of broader discussions
(EU) EU/BSE: Letter of formal notice sent to France for non-compliance concerning British beef
(EU) EP/BARCELONA SUMMIT: Broadly positive assessment by EP, but also criticism, particularly from the Left - Satisfaction with prospects of better interinstitutional cooperation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: At Transport Council on 26 March, Presidency hopes agreements will be reached on Galileo, the hushkit affair and war risk insurance for airlines
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Publication of administrative code of good conduct
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN/TRADE: Rodrigo Rato welcomes outcome of Toledo ministerial meeting
(EU) EU/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Commission takes action against Greece for its interpretation of cabotage regulation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/COMPETITION: Reasoned opinion to Germany for inadequate transposition of directive on ground handling services in airports
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission rejects complaint over plans to build a second passenger terminal at Dublin Airport
(EU) EU/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL: Negotiations resume with view to free trade agreement
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Conditional green light for EnBW, EDP and Cajastur joint control of Hidrocantábrico
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission adopts Draft Directive on equal rights and conditions for temporary workers
(EU) EU/BARCELONA SUMMIT: Mixed reactions of Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou and social partners to Summit results
(EU) EU/AUDIO-VISUAL:
(EU) EU/INFORMAL AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: In Murcia, Presidency will launch debate on future of rural development policy
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Proportion of young people in agriculture remains stable
(EU) EU/VETERINARY POLICY: Further research into presence of antibiotic residue in imports from Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: EU suspends sale of sweet products containing konjac
(EU) EU/FRAUD:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: First meeting of GMES steering committee - Philippe Busquin sets out next stages for successful Community action plan
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Next European Health Forum Gastein to be held from 25 to 28 September in Bad Hofgastein
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Court confirms existence of cartel in European district heating market - Fines reduced
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Greece found guilty of failing to fulfil EU obligations concerning indirect taxes on raising of capital
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General Léger sees subsidies to public passenger transport undertakings as state aid that must be notified to Commission
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: Parliament takes stance in favour of consolidating concept of decentralised cooperation
(EU) EP/BARCELONA SUMMIT:
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(EU) EP/HUNTING:
(EU) BUDGET/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Statistics on trade relations between EU and 12 southern Mediterranean partner countries
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