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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8258

19 July 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Informal Environment ministers' meeting in Sondenborg on World Summit on sustainable development

Brussels, 18/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The informal EU Environment Ministers Council to be held on 19-21 July in Sondenborg in Denmark will be discussing the next World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (26 August - 4 September), as well as internal Community strategy on the subject. E15 Ministers, the Environment Commissioner, Margot Wallström and Environment Ministers from candidate countries, and associated countries (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway), will...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Fischler's sector-specific measures deal with some faults and distortions in the current agricultural markets
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU condemns Tel Aviv suicide bombings
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: ICG urges US to lead contact group
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Bülent Ecevit says Turkey will surprise the EU
(EU) EP/RUSSIA:
(EU) EP/CHINA: Parliament delegation goes to China
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Duff proposes election of Commission President by a congress, bringing European Parliament and national parliaments together
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: AEGEE welcomes conclusions of Youth Convention but deplores place taken by "politicised" young people
(EU) EU/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: For a Europe of education and culture
(EU) EU/EPP-ED: Meeting between EPP-ED and orthodox churches to look at impact of 11 September
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Informal Environment ministers' meeting in Sondenborg on World Summit on sustainable development
(EU) EU/USA/STEEL:
(EU) ACP: Third ACP Summit determined to adopt to globalisation while preserving unity and solidarity in ACP group, including in its trade negotiations with EU
(EU) EU/FISHERIES/BUDGET 2003: Creation of new budgetary line for demolition of ships already announced in the context of fisheries reform
(EU) EU/JHA: Council adopts 2003 budgets for Europol and Police College
(EU) EU/EUROJUST: Appointment of president and vice-presidents
(EU) EU/FOOD: European Commission proposes labelling rules for caffeine and quinine
(EU) EU/FOOD: Commission proposes safety assessment and authorisation of smoke flavourings
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: EU Standing Committee recommends tracing and destroying products contaminated by MPA hormone
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Economic and Political Committee report confirm that pension reform should be combined with raising retirement age and adjusting life insurance benefits
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Simpson report recommends minimum norms for flying and rest periods of pilots and aircrew
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: MEPs call for more stringent rules for third country aircraft using Community airports
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Subsidies for construction of service areas in Tenerife are not State aid
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission authorises Italian State to scrap all single hull oil tankers in servie longer than 20 years
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Formal investigation procedure against Holland
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission authorises aid for British coal industry
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission elaborates best practice guidelines for divestiture commitments in merger cases
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Reasoned opinion to Belgium for failing to recover "Maribel" aid
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves privatisation and restructuring plan for Société Française de Production
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Infringement proceedings against United Kingdom for failure to implement Court ruling on road tolls
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Summary of Member States' current positions on aspects of mid-term review of CAP
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: EU supports research for cleaner, more effective industrial processes
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) ESC/GENERAL INTEREST SERVICES: Committee asks for competition rules to be excluded from all non-profit making activities
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: European Environment Bureau presents 10 important points for Danish Presidency's success
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
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