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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8230
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/sessions

11/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - There must no longer be sittings in Strasbourg because of the cost, problems of democratic control and also of health (traces of legionella, legionnaires' disease, in the building: see yesterday's EUROPE, p.9), said Lousewies van der Laan, Kathalijne Buitenweg, Michiel van Hulten and Pia-Noora Kauppi, members of the "Campaign for Reform of the European Parliament". They explained the request made by 100 MEPs, rejected by plenary on Monday, to postpone votes of the session in progress, recalling that they are in favour of bringing sittings in Strasbourg in 2003 to an end on Thursday evening, without sittings on Friday.

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Two bad examples and one encouraging move in field of agricultural trade with third countries
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT: Federal Council in favour of a Union where decisions are taken through a double majority and where States not wanting to be associated in a "new political decision" need not participate "for a period yet to be determined"
(EU) EU/JORDAN:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/BAVARIA:
(EU) EP/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/G8: Piqué in Vancouver - Possible "Quartet" meeting
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Javier Solana welcomes appointment of Commission responsible for drafting the Constitutional Charter for future State of Serbia and Montenegro
(EU) EU/EQUATORIAL GUINEA: EU concerned at deterioration in situation
(EU) EU/PANEUROPA-UNION/CONVENTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Candidates manage to tidy up negotiating table, patiently awaiting EU15 position on agriculture (including direct aid)
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Germany's report on the nitrofen affair satisfies Standing Food Chain Committee
(EU) EU/FISHERIES COUNCIL: Six countries form bloc against reform proposals
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission fines eight Austrian banks belonging to "Lombard Club"
(EU) EU/USA/STEEL: European sanctions will be automatic if WTO condemns USA measures
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Mr Fischler considers maintaining certain British dispensations on free access to resources until 2003
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Launch of first social partners' consultation phase on transferability of company pension rights
(EU) EP/JUSTICE/INTERNAL MARKET: Proposal of framework decision on prosecution of public procurement fraud is rejected
(EU) EP/MAGHREB: EP in favour of EU/Maghreb Joint Assembly - appeal for stronger regional cooperation
(EU) EP/SOCIAL:
(EU) EP/COSMETICS: Parliament continues to oppose testing of cosmetic products on animals
(EU) EP/RESEARCH:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/SESSIONS:
(EU) EU/JORDAN: First EU-Jordan Association Council - EU satisfied with changes within Palestinian Authority
(EU) EU/CHILE: Association and Free Trade Agreement initialled
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/CONVENTION:
(EU) EMU/UINITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Details of common position adopted Friday by Council on energy efficiency of buildings
(EU) EU/MARITIME TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Reactions to Green Paper on consumer protection are in favour of a framework-directive on fair trading practices - Commission would like to go further in depth on the issue
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUTICE: Kolpak case, in which a handball player disputes regulation of German federation limiting the number of foreign players, to be heard on 20 June
(EU) EU/CITIZENSHIP: ECAS proposes new EU Treaty Article on information for European citizens
(EU) EU/YOUTH: Commission selects 178 projects for encouraging inter-cultural dialogue and active citizenship
(EU) EU/AUDIO-VISUAL: Study on development of new advertising techniques and their regulatory implications
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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(EU) Industrial maintenance:
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