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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8344

21 November 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/spring summit
Six measures President Prodi considers necessary for a successful summit in March 2003 - Warning regarding Community Patent

Brussels, 20/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - In a letter addressed on 19 November to the EU Heads of State and Government, President Romano Prodi explains that "six concrete steps" can help to prepare the March 2003 Summit and make it a success, and also help to strengthen confidence and keep the Lisbon strategy on track. The measures are as follows:

(1) Key decisions must be taken to implement reforms in transport and energy markets: the Member States must ensure that the EP and Council are able...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Parliament approves 1 May as date for accession of first ten candidate countries and 2007 as objective for Bulgaria and Romania - attempt by some Christian Democrats to block candidacy of Turkey fails
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Pöttering wants broad debate on Union and Turkey's borders - Erdogan to address Conference of Presidents on Thursday
(EU) EU/TURKEY/CYPRUS: Erdogan insists on date for beginning negotiations - Annan plan for Cyprus "comes at a bad time"
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: First results of panels on shortfalls in EU military capabilities
(EU) EU/CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Fifteen have almost attained all CRISIS management objectives (judges, police, civil protection experts)
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Mr Söderman requests Convention to correct first-draft of constitutional treaty and pay more attention to citizens
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/COMMISSION PROGRAMME FOR 2003: Romano Prodi pleads in favour of debate on Europe's borders, with a Europe "surrounded by a circle of friends"
(EU) EP/TOBACCO: Parliament refuses to give way to pressure from tobacco industry and approves, with two minor amendments, general advertising ban - Towards definitive adoption by next summer
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Parliament approves Council common position on directive strengthening surveillance of financial conglomerates
(EU) EU/EMU: Procedures on German and French deficits could be examined at ECOFIN Council in January
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: IDA programme will be open to candidate countries
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Lisbon: Commission proposes five criteria for education and training
(EU) EU/SINKING OF PRESTIGE: Commissioner de Palacio calls on Member states to bring forward implementation of Erika packages and calls for modernisation of international maritime law
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Further relaxation of embargo on import of animal products from China
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT: Six measures President Prodi considers necessary for a successful summit in March 2003 - Warning regarding Community Patent
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Fabrizio Barbaso and Dirk Ahner appointed Deputy Directors General in DG Agriculture
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Legrand is opposed to new project with Schneider
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: 18th Commission report on American trade barriers and barriers to investment - steel industry, agriculture, FSC scheme, consumer security
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS COUNCIL: Commission proposes that Council unties development aid, including food aid - Council conclusions on trade and development - other results
(EU) EU/DOCUMENT ACCESS:
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Council invites EU to place its response to humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa in long term approach
(EU) EU/ACP: EUR 223 million programme for Eastern and Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region
(EU) EU/CENTRAL AFRICA: Regional cooperation programme of EUR 55 million
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Council hopes to promote initiative for its new Eastern European neighbours: Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus
(EU) EU/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/SPORT: Voluntary sector in sport, dialogue between sports and politics and world code against drugs at centre of ministerial conference of Aarhus
(EU) EU/CINEMA: First European prize for cinema operators
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