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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8309

2 October 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries

01/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission is to adopt the proposals that are to be forwarded to the Council regarding the conclusions of two new fisheries protocols between the European Community and Senegal, on one hand, and between the Community and Angola, on the other. Negotiations with these countries had been settled in June (see EUROPE of 27 June 2002, p.7) and July (see EUROPE of 6 July 2002, p.14) respectively.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: New distribution system entering into force will not upset car markets - An excessive debate, a few errors of appreciation
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Voggenhuber says Convention cannot go without debate on social dimension of tomorrow's Europe
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Per Stig Moeller places emphasis on role of Security Council in Iraqi dossier
(EU) EP/INDIA/EP:
(EU) EU/DEATH PENALTY: EU demands end to stoning
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: Human rights organisations denounce EU stance - Reactions by parliamentarians
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Visit by a delegation of the GUE/NGL Group
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/CONVENTION: Gabaglio backs motion calling for debate on social Europe
(EU) EP/OMBUDSMAN: Markiegi's candidature receives support of Spanish from all political groups
(EU) EP/ZIMBABWE: Van Orden and Tannock support "Save Zimbabwe" campaign, to be presented on Wednesday to Development Committee
(EU) EP/SAKHAROV PRIZE: Foreign Affairs Committee selects candidatures of one Tunisian, one Egyptian, one Cuban and one Zimbabwean
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST/ISRAEL: Ambassador Kney-Tal is quite optimistic for the medium and long term but very pessimistic about the short term, underlining the role the EU may play in Palestine nation building
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Mark Eyskens stresses challenges facing the EU in current international context
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Negotiations on technical chapters almost concluded
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Fifteen approve broad lines of Commission's proposal on Kaliningrad
(EU) EU/TAKE OVER BIDS: Commissioner Bolkestein hopes proposal on TAKE-OVERS will be adopted at Wednesday's college despite reservations by German Commissioners and Pascal Lamy
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Marco Polo programme and trans-European transport networks are likely to be the subject of a policy agreement on 3 October
(EU) EU/EMU:
(EU) EU/KOREA/SHIPBUILDING:
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS/FLOODS: Fifteen are close to agreement on Solidarity Fund - Discussions on scope
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: EU threatens to block negotiations with Switzerland if discussions on savings tax do not move forward
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Council conclusions on regulatory simplification encourages Commission to systematically analyse impact of legislation before it is proposed
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Lobbying by GPlus over shipyards could cause further polemic within the Commission
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Protests against amount of aid and maximum land surfaces proposed by Commission in shell-fruit sector
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Court of Auditors doubts effectiveness of extensification of aid system in beef sector
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/AGRICULTURE: OECD says many candidate countries have not returned to production levels of 1990
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Mr Monti calls on counterparts to show independence from political world - discussion between EU and US anti-trust authorities
(EU) EP/COMMISSION/FRAUD: Before speaking about gaps in Commission accounting system, Ms Andreasen should provide fresh evidence in writing
(EU) EP/ACP: Parliament calls for problems of ACP countries to be taken into account in negotiating economic partnership agreements
(EU) EP/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: According to EP, parliaments must be more involved
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EP/MEDIA:
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Colloquium on culture in future architecture of Europe
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Study on bodies specialised in equality
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Colloquium of Present European Realities
(EU) EU/EMU: Mr Raffarin says France will stick to Stability Pact
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Eurostat confirms relative debt trends as well as Euro-zone and EU deficit in 2001
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/G7/IMF:
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