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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8339

14 November 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/second november session
Enlargement, European Commission legislative programme - EIB ANNUAL report -competition policy - fisheries policy -tobacco advertising - war on crime - free press

Brussels, 13/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - Next week's plenary session in Strasbourg will have an extremely wide-ranging agenda, beginning with the debate on enlargement, together with the participation of parliamentarians from candidate countries (see EUROPE 6 November, p.5) and with the presentation of the European Commission's legislative programme (see EUROPE/Documents N.2297/2298, 8 November). The detailed agenda is as follows but could be subject further amendments.

Monday 18 November (17...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of the Convention - substantial turnabout (and very instructive) in favour of strengthening economic chapter of EMU
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/CONVENTION: Commission postpones to 5 December adoption of its institutional document, to be presented same day to Parliament and Convention
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Benaissa in Brussels to meet Solana and Patten
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/REGIONS: Napolitano Report proposes strengthening role of Committee of the Regions without providing it with institutional status - In favour of a Convention debate on local and regional authorities
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/RELIGION: ENAR concerned
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission proposes readjusted roadmaps, as well as increased pre-accession aid for Bulgaria and Romania
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission pessimistic about growth prospects in Europe and undertakes to act in order to remedy slide in public finances
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/ECONOMY: Prospects for accession for a large number of candidates in 2004 should contribute to improving economic results
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Commission proposes € 728 million for German, Austrian, Czech and French regions hit by flooding
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Florence 14-15 November conference of the presidents of the regions with legislative powers - AER conference on cohesion in Hungary
(EU) EU/PATENT: Commission against decentralised jurisdiction of patent
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Investigation procedure against five regional banks in Germany
(EU) EU/SHIPBUILDING: Second Empire situation, mainly in Europe, notes Commission
(EU) EU/WTO: Mini-ministerial meeting in Sydney to give political impetus to Doha agenda
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises licenses for patents of third generation mobile services
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/SOUTHERN AFRICA: EU and SADC decide to strengthen their political dialogue but fail to agree on crisis in Zimbabwe
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: Agreement with United States and Canada on establishing cereal import quotas
(EU) EU/MOROCCO/AGRICULTURE: Provisional EU/Morocco agreement on tomato imports
(EU) EU/FRAUD: two former members of court of auditors suspected of fraud and illegal handling of public property
(EU) COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Controversial strike at Committee of the Regions
(EU) EU/EMU:
(EU) EP/SECOND NOVEMBER SESSION: Enlargement, European Commission legislative programme - EIB ANNUAL report -competition policy - fisheries policy -tobacco advertising - war on crime - free press
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Parliament calls on Church of England to review dismissal of Reverend Owen
(EU) EP/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EP/ISRAEL/RADICAL PARTY:
(EU) EU/AERONAUTICS: European advisory group presents strategic research agenda for sector - Fewer accidents and shorter delays - Combating air piracy
(EU) EU/COURt DE JUSTICE: composition of court chambers - final year before big changes
(EU) EU/COURT DE JUSTICE: European judges rule that registered trade mark holders have exclusive rights to their products
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/IMMIGRATION:
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