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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8318

14 October 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/"competitiveness" council
Informal Council of Nyborg devotes day's work to complex issue of simplifying regulation

Nyborg, 14/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The first informal "Competitiveness" Council, in Nyborg, devoted its work on Saturday to the recurrent theme of simplifying Community legislation. It was a first meeting that Erkki Liikanen did not hesitate to describe as a "fanfare" start. Bendt Bensen, Danish Economy Minister who was in the chair of the Council, also said he was pleased with the quality of discussions. The Presidency's suggestions were welcomed by all Member States and only two...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The EU's enlargement seems to be more linked to practical considerations than to the historical significance of Europe's reunification - Need for a synthesis between the two aspects
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/Brussels SUMMIT: verbal report by President Giscard d'Estaing on European council on 24 October - presentation of draft on architecture of new constitutional treaty
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/LUXEMBOURG: Visit of Mr Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to Grand Duchy
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/FRANCE: Wide-reaching success of debate between civil society and French convention members, organised by European movement
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN:
(EU) EU/SERBIA:
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY: Meeting with Chirac/Schröder before summit
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY: Appeal for Belgian universal Jurisdiction law and setting up of similar instruments in other union sember states
(EU) EU/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/USA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Most Member States prefer centralised procedure for authorising genetically modified foodstuffs - Positions differ over thresholds and labelling of GMOs
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Member States remain divided over question of funding measures to combat salmonella infection
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD: Lithuania recalls its official position on transit to and from Kaliningrad
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/INTERNATIONAL: Carla del Ponte reiterates her appeal to France and United Kingdom to judge Rwandan criminals
(EU) EU/JUSTICE COUNCIL: Political agreement on child pornography and legal aid - no agreement on drugs or financial penalties
(EU) EU/IRELAND/NICE TREATY TRADE UNIONS:
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Plan for return of Afghan refugees - public debate on procedure for granting refugee status - discussions on ten other issues
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Patten visits Egypt and Jordan
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT/FRANCE/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/"COMPETITIVENESS" COUNCIL: Informal Council of Nyborg devotes day's work to complex issue of simplifying regulation
(EU) EU/VETERINARY POLICY:
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: According to Switzerland, attempts to put pressure on savings tax are counter-productive and unfair - account of negotiations under way
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: EDF could be penalised for having unduly received financial advantages linked to its public enterprise status
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Italy ready to help Fiat within European rules
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises four deals
(EU) EU/FINANCiAL SERVICES: Consultation on extension of "Lamfalussy method" to banking and insurance sectors
(EU) EU/UNIONS: John Monks official candidate to succeed Emilio Gabaglio
(EU) EU/UNIONS:
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2003: EP, at first reading, is to call for use of the flexibility instrument for external actions and show itself to be uncompromising on administrative expenditure, external policy and common security
(EU) EU/FRAUD: EP welcomes Commission anti-fraud measures and again requests creation of European prosecutor
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: EP calls on Commission to take measures to improve assessment quality and transparency in services
(EU) EP/BALKANS: Support for additional macro-financial aid to Yugoslavia and Bosnia-HERZEGOVINA
(EU) EP/SMB: Parliament request legal status for European charter on small businesses
(EU) EP/ACP: Ms Kinnock calls on Belgian, Italian and Dutch parliaments to speed up ratification of Cotonou agreement
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD: Special meting on Kaliningrad
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Jean-Claude Juncker to attend conference on future of European social security systems in Europe
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 523
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