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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8269

3 August 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 31
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) banking

Dutch bank RABOBANK has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of VIB (revenue of USD 31.1 million up to the closure of activities on 30 June, with a personnel of 425) CORP, a holding specialised in financial services in California. RABOBANK has proposed selling shares for USD 15.10 dollars each in order to acquire total control of the concern, which is valued at USD 212.5 million.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair answer Guy Verhofstadt
(EU) EP/CYPRUS: Mr Clerides and Mr Denktash invited to the EP's Foreign affairs Committee
(EU) GREECE/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONS: Nick Clegg asks whether elections at the EP can be held at the same time as national elections
(EU) EU/NAGORNO KARABAKH: "Elections" on 11 August are not legitimate, says EU
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS/UNITED KINGDOM: Peter Mandelson considers European democratic legitimacy is embodied in the Council
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Commission affirms its "confidence" in Mercosur by presenting strategies for Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay (EUR 200 million for 2002-2006)
(EU) EU/MEXICO: "Civil society" conference on 26 November in Brussels
(EU) EU/STEEL: Poland, Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria allowed to continue with public aid for restructuring their steel industries
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission will take decision on Sogecable and via digital merger before 19 August
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TRADE: Pascal Lamy welcomes Senate's approval of "Fast Track"
(EU) EU/WTO: Mike Moore says farewell
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/ENLARGEMENT/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/HUNGARY: Agreement on trade liberalisation in agricultural products
(EU) EU/BRAZIL: Brazil not sufficiently equipped to deal with swine diseases and uses veterinary medicines banned in EU
(EU) EP/SEPTEMBER SESSION: Draft budget for 2003 - ASEM meeting - single European sky - situation in Afghanistand -EU/Algeria association agreement - first new version emergency debate
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Better care for diabetics
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Rise in EU retail trade sales in May
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Investments:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU)Metalurgy:
(EU) Services:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Media:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 02/08/2002: