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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8267

1 August 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 34
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) railways

The capital-investment group, VESTAR CAPITAL PARTNERS has bought up the Swedish railway materials group SAB WABCO (turnover of EUR 300 millions and present in 15 countries) for EUR 230 million.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FRANCO-GERMAN SUMMIT: Supporting rapid strengthening of means available to ESDP and EU's satellite reconnaissance ability - Working groups to speak with one voice in Copenhagen (on Convention, ESDP, CAP and Enlargement
(EU) EU/EGYPT: Concern about verdicts against Ibn Khaldoun Centre and League of Women Voters
(EU) EU/ASEAN: Mr Solana welcomes Regional Forum initiative on security
(EU) EU/BALKANS: EU worried about possible strengthening of control on media and electoral process in Montenegro
(EU) EP/ARMED FORCES:
(EU) EU/GULF:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Lisbon objectives will not be reached unless radical changes are made to the services market, notes the Commission
(EU) EU/BUDGET/JUSTICE: Convention on protection of community financial interests will enter into force on 17 October
(EU) EU/EURO: Europol says there are fewer forged euro notes than counterfeit notes in national currencies
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: EUR 9.5 million in additional humanitarian aid
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission awaits formal notification from Belgian authorities for understanding national decision to ban free sale of fluorine
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Fifteen to postpone funding of stem cell research
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission prosecutes all Member States for failing to transpose directive on ecological elimination of end-of-life vehicles
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Adoption of two Interreg programmes for cooperation with Albania
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Adoption of Interreg programme for the Caribbean
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/YOUTH:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Barnier on visit in Slovakia
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission entrusts management of Sapard aid to Romania which could therefore receive first payment for 2000
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission inquiry into "cybersquatting"
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Denmark blocks its poultry exports because of "Newcastle" disease
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: COPA and COGECA say final US proposals on trade constitutes "unprecedented HYPOCRISY"
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/AGRICULTURE: Council approves new liberalisation agreements of agricultural products from Lithuania and Latvia
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/KALINGRAD: Situation between EU and Russia still blocked on issue of transit between Kaliningrad and Russia - European contribution to Economic development of Russian enclave
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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(EU) Banking:
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(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Railways:
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 31/07/2002: