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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8184

4 April 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/bse
France may provide aid to beef farmers

Brussels, 03/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the European Commission authorised France to grant national aid totalling EUR 75.5 million to cattle farmers who have suffered losses because of the BSE crisis, noting the exceptional nature of the crisis in the beef and veal markets. The aid will compensate farmers for losses incurred between November 2000 and December 2001 and covers direct aid to farmers (EUR 1000 to 2000 per farm and no more than EUR 6000 for 'groupements agricoles...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Brief column on the Convention on the Future of Europe - Toulemon project searches for third way for new executive
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Member States try to get Tsahal to withdraw from Palestinian territories - supported by Russia
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST/COMMISSION: Before attending emergency EU Council, Romano Prodi calls for Resolution 1402 to be respected and for new mediation between all interested parties
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Socialists request Association Agreement to be suspended and Israeli Labour Party to leave government
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST/FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: Elmar Brok supports joint Powel, Solana, Ivanov, Annan visit
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST/FORZA ITALIA:
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Wurtz considers EU should demand international force to protect civilian population
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/EPP-ED: Summit of Chairmen of EPP-ED Parliamentary Groups, with Prodi and Ramon de Miguel - Martens and Schäuble present document "A Constitution for a Europe that works" for next EPP Congress in Estoril
(EU) EU/FRANCE: Hubert Hédrine is perplexed about idea of "pioneer group"
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/GREECE:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Giuliano Amato and Jean-Luc Dehaene write open letter to the press
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Dutch army to take control of Amber Fox on 26 June
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: Diez Gonzalez report calls for EU human rights and democracy agency to be set up
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Troika prepares Summit for 28 May
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Around ten Ministerial and civil society meetings prepare for the second EU/Latin American/Caribbean Summit in May
(EU) EU/BSE: France may provide aid to beef farmers
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission says No to Italian olive and olive oil aid scheme
(EU) EU/CHINA:
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission opens inquiry on aid that Portugal plans to grant to Opel factory in Azambuja
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Opening of investigation procedure into proposed aid to BMW for new factory in Leipzig
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Aid approved for Ilka Mafa Kältemaschinenbau
(EU) EU/COMPANIES: Commission gears up to presenting conclusions for small business support services
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial producer prices increase 0.1% in euro-zone in February - stability in the EU
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Five NGOs call for multilateral environmental agreements to not be subordinated to WTO
(EU) EU/LOBBIES: 14th session of EIPAL programme
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Slight rise in economic sentiment indicators
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemployment remains stable in February
(EU) OECD/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/JHA: Coelho report endorses combination of the five justice and police exchange programmes into a single programme
(EU) EP/REGIONS/ENLARGEMENT: Italian MEPs welcome Sommer report's definition of border Regions
(EU) EPP/EUTHANASIA:
(EU) EU/SPANISH PRESIDENCY: Notre Europe study analyses roots of Spain's European policy
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: After lawyers, non-Italian EU architects will now find it easier to work in Italy following Court ruling
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/SAN MARINO:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Conferences in April and May
(EU) EU/ETUC: John Monks to seek to take over from Emiliio Gabaglio
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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