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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8332

1 November 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin council
Presidency will spare no effort to conclude political agreements on energy taxation and prospectuses - negotiations with Switzerland, Portuguese deficit and debate with candidate countries

Brussels, 31/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Ecofin Council is to meet on Tuesday in Brussels under the chairmanship of Thor Pedersen in order to seek to reach political agreements on the "prospectuses" directive and the provisions defining a common framework for the taxation of energy products. The Council will also assess the state of progress of negotiations with Switzerland in the field of savings tax (with a view to a clearer cut decision in December), and should confirm the procedure for...

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