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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8237

21 June 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 41 / 46
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) information technology

The French IT company GFI is to take over the shares and liquid assets of THALES IS, the IT section of THALES. The move will give rise to a new leader in Europe with a turnover of nearly EUR 1.1 billion (EUR 607 million for GFI and 485 million for THALEs IS).

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short chronicle on the Convention - Members thereof must turn to Prodi's "without altering the treaties" initiative, as it is the indispensable complement to the Commission's "project for the Union"
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF SEVILLE: On eve of Summit, United Kingdom, Spain and France put up common front - Neither Commission nor Luxembourg appreciate idea of penalising countries whose co-operation in combating illegal immigration may be deemed inadequate
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Miranda asks Pat Cox to protest against proposal of penalising developing countries
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Next Convention meeting to be exclusively devoted to listening to civil society
(EU) EP/TERRORISM: Mr Patten tries to soothe MEPs' worries about freeze on assets and impact on civil liberties
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Mr Patten asks for Tacis Project Leader kidnapped on Tuesday to be freed
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Adoption of negotiating mandate for Stability and Association Agreement with Albania pushed back till after summer
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Sükrü Sina Gürel hopes Seville Summit will not adopt discriminatory attitude towards Turkey and regrets lack of progress on EU/NATO agreement
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Euro-Mediterranean Forum focuses work on immigration and appeals for strengthening of Barcelona Process
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: finance Ministers close to compromise on main economic policy guidelines
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission won't allow France reduce VAT in hotel and catering
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission examines ten "Golden Share" cases
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Commission weakens its proposal on minimum norms for granting refugee status
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Europol denies imminent nuclear terrorist attack in Europe, announced by Reuters
(EU) EP/PALESTINE: After Patten's hearing, EP Committee on Foreign Affairs agrees to release EUR 18.7 million for the Palestinian Authority
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates 22 million euro to Afghanistan to facilitate return of refugees and displaced persons
(EU) EU/ACP: ACP Trade and Finance Ministers prepare summit of ACP Heads of State and trade negotiations with Union
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Meeting with representatives of indigenous peoples better to take account of their interests in co-operation policy
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Food safety, veterinary policy, ethyl alcohol, feta and mid-term CAP review on agenda of the meeting on 27 June
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EP/ENVIROnMENT/HEALTH: Mr Byrne and Ms Wallström debate with Commission's 2003 work programme Parliamentary Committee
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission requests Germany to end national aid for grain brandy producers
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: USA AGAIN LAUNCHES CRITICISMS IN GMO CASE
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of US advertising agency Bcom3 by Publicis of France
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to Vendex acquisition of Brico Belgium
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to SABIC acquisition of DSMS Petrochemicals
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves loan guarantee for Fairchild Dornier
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Netherlands to recover aid to maritime transport
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Aid authorised for two Basque energy projects
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Approval to aid in favour of Zellstoff Stendal in paper sector
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: EUR 55 million in Italian national aid is cleared
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Players in cohesion policy urged to debate future urban challenges -City of Graz is on its second urban project
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Germany should have gone about it in a different way for the European Commission to accept its map of regions benefiting from Community aid
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Ruling in case concerning State aid granted to Spanish firm Santana Motor
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Agrifoods:
(EU) Electricity:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Paper:
(EU) Information technology:
(EU) Electronics:
(EU) Equipment:
(EU) Aeronautics:
(EU) Banks:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 20/06/2002: