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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8338

13 November 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission in favour of reworked De Beers sales system

Brussels, 12/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is contemplating giving its clearance to the new distribution system of the South African company, De Beers, the number one company worldwide for raw diamonds, given that De Beers has agreed to make certain adjustments to its "Supplier of Choice" project. Last year, when De Beers was asking for an exemption for agreements concluded between its commercial branch, the Diamond Trading Company (DTC), and buyers of raw diamonds (a...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: merger controls don't just need improving, they also need political, industrial and social guidelines
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: EPP component presents Convention with new draft Constitution - "We do not want a two-headed executive", says Wilfried Martens, who is to defend the draft before Heads of Government - Elmar Brok insists on distinction between "legislative" and "executive" Council
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Spain calls for visas to be reintroduced for Ecuador - No other requests
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Criticism of Giscard d'Estaing's remarks
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Commission hopes that proposal for peace plan will enable Cyprus to reunite before joining - Hopes of Joint Parliamentary Committee
(EU) EP/RUSSIA: Greens and Radicals call on EU to use its influence to promote political solution for Chechnya
(EU) EU/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/COMPLEMENTARY COMPETENCIES: Mitigated reactions to Henning Christophersen report, who defends himself of wanting to systematically repatriate current competencies exercised by EU
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Agreement over Kaliningrad - Chechen issue avoided - Progress in energy co-operation between EU and Russia
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission to table on 2% growth in 2003 and confirm opening of procedures on German and French public deficits
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Commission proposes EUR 750 million to help regions affected by bad weather this summer, including France
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: According to Commission, Greece is nowhere near achieving Lisbon objectives and German, Italian, Spanish and French markets are too slow in reforming
(EU) EU/WTO: Ministerial meeting Thursday and Friday in Sydney
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Deficit in transposing European directives remains at 2.1%, ten years after creation of single market, according to Commission's latest scoreboard
(EU) EP/PES:
(EU) CULTURE COUNCIL: Towards in-depth review of television without frontiers directive?
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission in favour of reworked De Beers sales system
(EU) EU/STATE AID/COMPETITION: Commission continues examination of aid to British Energy and postpones its decision on Telepiu
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Mr Fischler considers drastic measures to prevent next year's cod fishing ban
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/AGRICULTURE: Mr Fischler calls on agriculture ministers from candidate countries to be realistic - limits to EU flexibility
(EU) EU/TRADE/BRAZIL:
(EU) EP/LIBERALS/GREECE:
(EU) EP/COHESION: Improving cohesion policy - New cohesion policy should mainly take permanent geographical disadvantages into account
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament supports increased ferry safety
(EU) EP/MEDIA: Green initiative for freedom of the press
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT/HEALTH: Feachem takes stock of how World Fund for fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria works
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Workshop organised by Trakatellis stresses need for Centre for Communicable Diseases
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 527
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