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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8314

9 October 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 46 / 48
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) agri-chemicals

German BAYER is to sell insecticides and pesticides (turnover EUR 88 million in 2001) to Israeli MAKHTESHIM-AGAN for the sum of EUR 155 million.

 

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A Short Account of the Convention: The President stresses the role of Heads of State and Government and the result of the "subsidiarity" group
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INDIA: Political dialogue, international situation, trade at 10 October summit
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT/BENES DECREES: Bernd Posselt announces battle over Frowein legal opinion
(EU) EP/MOROCCO: Positive assessment of Moroccan elections
(EU) EU/SLOVAKIA:
(EU) EU/PES: Socialist summit Wednesday at Downing street
(EU) EP/PES/CONVENTION: Jo Leinen wants PES to revise its policy document
(EU) EP/CHARTER OF RIGHTS: Constitutional affairs committee requests non-amended charter in future treaty
(EU) EP/PAKISTAN:
(EP) EP/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/IRELAND: David Byrne and his former colleagues plead in favour of ratification of Nice Treaty
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Concern of donors at humanitarian rights situation
(EU) EU/BELIZE/GUATEMALA: EU praises work of OAS and facilitators
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Ministers undertake to reduce structural deficit from 2003, except France which wants to go at its own rate - question of the date for return to balance in public accounts remains open
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/ENLARGEMENT: Finance Ministers do not move forward in debate on enlargement financing - Danish Presidency considers its compromise is still valid
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria regard as "counterproductive" sanctions against Switzerland to speed-up conclusion of agreement with the country on the tax on savings
(EU) EU/ECOFIN:
(EU) EP/STABILITY PACT:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL: Commission to present new communication for European employment strategy in January 2003 - consensus on better co-ordination of economic and employment policies - towards a common position on temping in December?
(EU) EU/SOCIAL COUNCIL: Need to integrate mainstreaming into fight against poverty and social exclusion and to elaborate, with the help of the Commission, a guide of good practices for forthcoming national action plans in this field
(EU) EP/DISASTERS: Yes to the rapid creation of a Solidarity Fund
(EU) EP/TOBACCO:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission again assures that its accounting system is reliable but Ms Andreasen sticks to her accusations
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission grants exemption to internet radio-distribution sector
(EU) EP/ECB: MEPs question Wim Duisenberg about Stability Pact, interest rates and risk of deflation - divergence over what monetary policy can and cannot do
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Conciliation fails over cosmetic products directive
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Three decisions on GMOs released into the environment
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Greens/EFA call on Commission not to announce lifting of moratorium on GMOs
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Private channels M6 Antenna 3 and Portuguese channel, SIC, complain that Commission is committing blatant error of assessment in authorising system of European Union radio and television licences
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Community's accession protocol signature to Eurocontrol
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Mr Caudron new rapporteur on clinical tests into pvds
(EU) EP/ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS: Constitutional affairs committee approves agreement between parliament and council on access to sensitive documents
(EU) EP/OMBUDSMAN: Mr Söderman requests halt in use of data protection to compromise transparency in public activities
(EU) EU/UNIONS:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Cable:
(EU) Information technology:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Steel:
(EU) Metallurgy:
(EU) Automobile equipment:
(EU) Distribution:
(EU) Distribution:
(EU) Construction:
(EU) Agri-chemicals:
SUPPLEMENT
"EUROPE/Documents" No. 2283: European Convention: President Valery Giscard d'Estaing addresses students of College of Europe
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 08/10/2002: