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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8207

8 May 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 43 / 50
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) tools

The Swedish electrical household group ELECTROLUX is to take control of the world leader in diamond cutting instruments, Belgium's DIAMANT BOART, for SEK 1.7 bn. The seller is the British investment fund CANDOVER. The Belgian group will provide a turnover equivalent to SEK 2.5 bn and 2000 employees. ELECTROLUX has a turnover of 1.3 SEK bn in cutting products and diamond instruments.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The political stir in France may have positive repercussions from a European point of view, in the country itself and in other Member States
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Several representatives of national governments and parliaments call for working groups not to be automatically chaired by Praesidium members
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: EU Special High Representative, Lord Ashdown, discusses his priorities with Javier Solana
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Reactions to the revision of the European list of terrorist organisations
(EU) EU/BALKANS/STABILITY PACT:
(EU) EU/NETHERLANDS: European institutions shocked by Pim Fortuyn's killing
(EU) EP/PES: Special meeting in Seville - European elections, extreme right, globalisation
(EU) EP/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/TURKEY:
(EU) EP/PAKISTAN:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Luxembourg Presidency's priorities
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Unofficial poll suggests 42% of Europeans want Commission to become the government of Europe
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT:
(EU) MIDDLE EAST/UNITED STATES:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Ecofin Council decides to create new high level group on energy tax in order to reach political agreement in June
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Council adopts regulation and directive harmonising VAT on online services
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Savings tax, BEPG and Preliminary Draft Budget for 2003 on the negotiating table
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Political agreement in Council on "conglomerates" directive
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL REGULATION: No political agreement by Ecofin Council due to Italy's continued reserve
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Council adopts new directive on opening up postal services to competition
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Questions on Portugal's budgetary policy and discussion on salary negotiation in Germany
(EU) EU/SOUTH KOREA: Commission feels it would be premature to conclude that Seoul is involved in unfair competition with regard to LNG carriers
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for Shell's acquisition of Enterprise Oil
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission unveils series of decisions
(EU) EU/ETHICS: The European Ethics Group in favour, under certain conditions, of patentability of stem cells and recommends the creation of European register of human stem cell lines - Prodi and Lenoir press conference
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: G10 sends its report to President Prodi
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: President Prodi says that good Community management of EU borders will move in direction of providing genuine protection for citizens
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission partially authorises aid in favour of Ford España
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/EMU: Round table "Confrontations" on where economic Union stands in ongoing reform
(EU) EU/LES DOSSIERS DE L'EUROPE:
(EU) EU/AUSTRALIA: Member States ask Commission to be firm in negotiations over agreement on wine
(EU) EU/ARGENTINA: Some countries call for guarantees before increasing import possibilities for high-quality Argentinean beef
(EU) OECD:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General Tizzano considers highly charged issue of Spanish Basque close to ETA banned from going to French Basque Country
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court follows Court of First Instance in calling the allegations of sexual harassment by Maria Campogrande "no more than friendly remarks"
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