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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8188

10 April 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin
Informal Oviedo Council to be devoted to Christian Noyer's succession at ECB, lessons to be drawn from Enron affair, excise on diesel fuel and EU representation at G7 and IMF

Brussels, 09/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - The EU Economy and Finance Ministers are to meet on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 April in Oviedo for an informal Ecofin Council, under the chairmanship of Spanish Minister Rodrigo Rato. The fifteen EU Finance Ministers, the president of the European Central Bank, Wim Duisenberg, and Commissioner Pedro Solbes will meet at 16h30 in the "enlarged Eurogroup". They will assess the economic situation and prepare the speech to be delivered by the Council...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short chronicle on the Convention on the future of Europe - three preliminary questions that Members must answer
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: EP today to ask EU to use all available means, including freezing the Association Agreement, to end violence - Javier Solana calls for peaceful coexisence of two States - Chris Patten slams Israel for wanting anarchy
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: Trillo outlines Presidency's priorities to EP - Crisis prevention and management - War on terrorism and human rights - Role of the Commission
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU Council to examine Joschka Fischer's peace plan on 15 April
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Daniel Cohn-Bendit wants to freeze Association Agreement to punish Israel for refusing to act as an Associate - PES group split
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST/DS:
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) ARMAMENTS/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: Reinhard Rack happy with solution to language problem
(EU) EP/PLACE OF WORK: Any change would require change in Treaty, says Jean-Louis Bourlanges
(EU) EP/HUNGARY: Greens and Liberals welcome election results
(EU) EP/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/NEPAL:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/EUROPEAN COMMISSION: John Temple Lang and Eamonn Gallagher oppose idea of having fewer Commissioners than Member States and call on Convention to rapidly address the issue
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Informal Oviedo Council to be devoted to Christian Noyer's succession at ECB, lessons to be drawn from Enron affair, excise on diesel fuel and EU representation at G7 and IMF
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission defines broad lines of EU's position in negotiations on "institutions" chapter
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: according to European Commission EUR 124 million linked to Taliban and Al-Qaida frozen for year by E15 - visit of US Secretary of State to Treasury
(EU) EU/ENERGY: oil supply experts committee on Thursday
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission approves "intelligent energy for Europe" programme
(EU) EU/ACP: Lamy and Nielson stress "development" dimension in future economic partnership agreements
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Commission proposes opening talks on Schengen, asylum, services and media
(EU) EU/STATE AID/CULTURE: Commission authorises Spanish aid regime for film industry
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission takes several decisions
(EU) EU/STEEL/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission closes Check Point investigation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission proposes European Community accession to ICAO and IMO
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: strategy for enabling translation and interpreting services meet challenges of enlargement
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: 7th Association Agreement negotiating meeting focuses on facilitating trade, failing progress on tariff issues since crisis in Argentina
(EU) EU/COURT OF AUDITORS/EDUCATION/YOUTH: Court suggests setting up EU agency to manage Socrates and Youth programmes
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EP/TERRORISM/AFGHANISTAN: Parliament to take stance on Thursday on amending regulation on sanctions
(EU) EP/JHA: Adoption of five reports on judicial and police cooperation
(EU) EP/ASYLUM: EP calls for uniform rules for determining Member State responsibility for asylum requests
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: UNICE fears future legislation on "cookies" may be detrimental to Internet development
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/AEROSPACE:
(EU) EU/BIOTECHNOLOGY/SME:
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