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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8335

7 November 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states
Lamy meets Zoellick and Annan

Brussels, 06/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - Before going to Chicago to take part in the annual Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD: see below) conference, European Commissioner Pascal Lamy is to meet his American counterpart, Robert Zoellick, on Wednesday in New York. After a turbulent year on the trade front, the list of latent or open disputes the two officials are to discuss is a long one: FSC, steel, farm subsidies, GMO, etc. In addition to this, there is the report on negotiations on the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
Short account of the Convention - Jacques Delors' suggestions for economic aspects of EMU and creati:
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EPP/CONVENTION: EPP component prepares new text aimed at fleshing up bare bones presented by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/COMMISSION: Meeting of College with Valéry Giscard d'Estaing mainly allows discussion on way Commission works
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Working group on "complementary competencies" suggests having an area in which EU intervenes, but does not legislate, in support of national policies - in favour of maintaining flexibility provided under Article 308 and introducing open method of coordination
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Brok Report for accession by ten new members by 1 March 2004 at latest, against date for opening negotiations with Turkey - compromise on Benes decrees
(EU) EP/CHECHNYA:
(EU) EU/TURKEY/GREECE:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/TRADE UNIONS: In its contribution to the Convention, ETUC demands a social Union with an economic governance - Emilio Gabaglio stresses need for a Stabilisation Pact of economic policies that would complement the Stability Pact
(EU) EU/TOGO: EU concerns following elections
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EP ENERGY: European Commission adopts packet of proposals on nuclear safety - European Parliament (excluding Greens) gives positive welcome to Loyola de Palacio proposals
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Unfruitful discussion in Council on tax on energy - other decisions
(EU) EU/DISASTERS:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission responsive to Jacque Chirac's letter on crisis in sector - Council discussion on 5 December
(EU) EU/EURATOM: Commission wants to increase euratom loans ceiling to eur 2 billion for reasons of nuclear safety
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Brian Gray named Assistant Director General of DG Budget
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Having consulted Member States, Commission downwardly reviews number of jobs to be affected by sector's reform
(EU) EU/SOUTHERN AFRICA: Fifth EU/SADC ministerial conference to examine follow-up of report on strengthening reciprocal co-operation
(EU) STATE AID: Commission adopts new regulation for aid in favour of job creation
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Clearance for ABB SF acquisition by General Electric
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: According to a report expected to be approved Thursday by the Commission, EUR 213 million was spent between 2000-2002 to soften social impact of restructuring coal and steel industries
(EU) EP/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/SCIENCE/DISABLED:
(EU) EU/SME:
(EU) EU/TEXTILES/BRAZIL: Agreement on liberalisation of textile trade
(EU) EU/WTO: Union proposals with view to liberalisation for all non-agricultural products
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Lamy meets Zoellick and Annan
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TABD: Lamy and Liikanen at Chicago Conference
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Donors for Kosovo to stick to their pledges - 450 million euro will still be necessary for 2003-2005
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2001: President of Court of Auditors attacks low use of payment appropriations
(EU) EP/PROSPECTUS: We shall have a directive beginning-2003, says Huhne
(EU) EP/COMPANY GOVERNANCE: Lehne welcomes Winter Report
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro-zone unemployment stable in August compared to September but year on rise
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Echo grants humanitarian aid worth EUR 3.7 million to most needy in three Asian countries
(EU) EP/AIR TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN/ENLARGEMENT:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2296: European charter of Fundamental Rights: European Parliament calls for it to be written into the Treaty
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