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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8211
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) petrochemicals services

Italy's oilfield equipment specialist SAIPEM (part of ENI group) has signed an exclusive agreement with France's BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION to buy up 51% of its subsidiary BOUYGUES OFFSHORE. At EUR 60 a share, SAIPEM's bid will be followed by a public offering for the remaining 49% of BOUYGUES OFFSHORE, valuing the company at EUR 1.02 bn and leading to the formation of a new heavyweight in the petrochemicals services sector with an annual turnover of EUR 3 bn.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Council decision authorising tax relief to hauliers of three Member States raises considerable polemic and fears for legal certainty in the Union - Facts of the matter and over-dramatisation - A few modest suggestions
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MEXICO: President of Mexico Vicente Fox says EU-Mexican relations could reach level of EU-US relations in a decade
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/CFSP:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Candidate countries for accession, Iceland and Norway want to take part in EU defence missions
(EU) EUCONVENTION/PORTUGAL: Ernani Lopes represents government
(EU) EP/SESSION:
(EU) EP/SESSION:
(EU) EP/EPP-ED:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/BELGIUM: Proposals from Belgian Socialists - Disappearance of pillars - recognition of regions with legislative powers - Economic and social government, European social contract - Involvement of civil society in JHA talks - relieving Commission of certain tasks, implicate in others
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission calls on Member States to consolidate budgetary stability, warning them of the problem of population ageing
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/EXTERNAL AID: Progress in ongoing reform - Council to continue its work to render demands for increased effectiveness concrete
(EU) WTO: Ministerial meeting in Mexico in September 2003 - In Geneva, Australia raises problem of "Farm Bill"
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/STEEL: Notification of European lists of American products liable to sanctions
(EU) EU/VIETNAM: Commission adopts cooperation framework with Hanoi
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Commission earmarks EUR 2.6 million for supporting price initiatives in Horn of Africa
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Joint specifications for blood testing equipment
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: "eEurope - SME GoDigital" Conference
(EU) EU/MEXICO: Joint Council decides to scrap automotive and pharmaceutical trade tariffs on 20 May
(EU) EP/ECB: Parliament approves appointment of Lucas Papademos - Randzio-Plath again insists on transparency
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Parliament to adopt final version of 6th Framework Programme for Research on Wednesday
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2003: Members of Budget Committee criticise use of flexibility instrument and low increase in payment appropriations
(EU) EP/EPP-ED: In Lapland, Group's Bureau discusses EU's Nordic dimension
(EU) EP/STUDENTS: Hunger strike against on-line elections by European Council of Students
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: EU to support co-operation between Greece and Cyprus and Greece and FYROM
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Aid for Dutch and Belgian border regions
(EU) EU/REGIONS/GOVERNANCE: Common Declaration by ten regional governments
(EU) EU/COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/SHIPYARDS: Shipbuilders react to inquiry on South Korean practices
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission report on liberalisation of maritime cabotage notes almost all cabotage services are liberalised
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Environment:
(EU) Agrifood:
(EU) Petrochemicals services:
(EU) IT:
(EU) Broadcasting:
(EU) Consulting:
(EU) Legal affairs:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) BTP:
(EU) Security:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 14/05/2002: