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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8259

20 July 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 47
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EUROPEAN UNION

 22/07 -  BRUSSELS: - General Affairs Council 
 -  ROME: - Franz Fischler's tour of capitals for mid-term review of the CAP and CFP reform 
 23/07 -  RIO OF JANEIRO: - Ministerial meeting EU/Mercosur Summit 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Co-operation Council with Kazakhstan 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Co-operation Council with Kirghizstan 
 -  BRUSSELS: - EP: Foreign Affairs committee: special meeting 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Symposium "History and future of the EU" organised by the ETUC 
 23/07...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: First General AFFAIRS council under Danish Presidency on Monday will examine steel, Zimbabwe, Middle East, Johannesburg and Seville follow-up
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Council on Monday will approve changes to Council formations decided in Seville - List of Council meetings over next six months that are open to the public
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Praesidium chooses chairpersons of four new working groups - Ana Palacio remains Praesidium member
(EU) EU/HAITI: EU still awaits rekindling of democratic process
(EU) EU/TUNISIA: ASF deplores condemnation without trial of Ettounsi, the creator of the political and satirical internet site "TuneZine"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/USA/STEEL: Commission recommends Council postpones its decision on possible sanctions to end of month
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Next week Frits Bolkestein will propose that the Commission harmonises the excise tax on diesel to EUR 3.5
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Council adopts draft budget 2003 reflecting national economic constraints - New posts requested by Commission are refused
(EU) ACP SUMMIT: Nadi declaration will guide ACP Group for defence of development aims in multilateral trade relations and negotiations with the Union
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Agreement to sign agreement with Hong Kong on readmitting immigrants
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Towards an EU repatriation policy - International organisations stress repatriation must be voluntary
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission proposes "Forest Focus", a new programme for the protection of Europe's forests
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission takes measures against several Member States for failure to comply with "Impact" Directive
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Privatisation of Bankgesellschaft Berlin could change assessment of aid granted to the bank
(EU) EU/FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE: Dutch agriculture minister appeals for EMERGENCY vaccinations
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Mr Fischler wants to convince British farmers of setting ceiling for aid and insists to Denmark on need for competitive farm sector
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Opening of crisis wine distillation for portugal
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Romano Prodi sets up high level study group
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Lucas Papademos says dollar/euro exchange rate better reflects the economic fundamentals of eurozone
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Alexander Radwan says draft Randzio-Plath report puts Stability Pact in danger
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission proposes ban on antifouling compounds on hulls of ships
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Transport Committee votes in favour of European Single Sky
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Reasoned opinion sent to Belgium over medical analysis laboratories
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Commissioners Patten and Lamy to participate in Tuesday's "ministerial meeting" in Rio for re-launching free-trade negotiations - dialogue of the deaf between the two parties and information "black out"
(EU) EU/FRAUD/TOBACCO: Commission appeals against US justice's contraband cigarettes ruling
(EU) EU/FOOD: Commission proposes reduction in Acceptable Daily Intake of sweetener cyclamate in food
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Marine algae in the fight against global warming?
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Andalucia Regional Government is first European public body to take cigarette manufacturers to court
(EU) EU/ERITREA:
(EU) EU/REGIONS:
(EU) OMBUDSMAN/COMMISSION: Mr Söderman calls for greater access to trans-Atlantic business dialogue documents
(EU) OMBUDSMAN/COMMISSION: Mr Söderman satisfied with Commission procedures for authorising Russian imports of reindeer meat
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