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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8353

4 December 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/regions/information society

03/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The delegate for the Basque region to Brussels is organising a conference on 4 December on "The role of regions in the information society". The conference will be held at the Windsor Hotel at 18.30 hrs. (Tel.: 02.258.45.32).

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/WEU Martins da Cruz -: the EU should not take collective defence policy upon itself - Mr Bühler disappointed by the "defence" group's report at the Convention
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/FRANCE: de Villepin calls on EU to "illustrate new borders" - turkey in "first circle" - A president of the European Council with a mandate extended by six months (without excluding a single Commission/Council presidency
(EU) EU/DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/TURKEY/USA:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT: Jose Maria Gil-Robles re-elected president - rejection of longstanding president of European Council
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONS: Bourlanges report on hierarchy of standards
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/COMECE: Reference to God in Constitution
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Eurogroup counting on 2.7% growth in 2004 -some ministers expect fall in ECB interest rates on Thursday
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: no agreement on "tax package" - another Council meeting will need to be arranged over next few days
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Council definitively adopts framework-directive on market abuse
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: adoption of communication on "Prestige" oil tanker
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Commission hopes to benefit from 2003 cooperation review with third countries to devote more funds to combating immigration to detriment of other projects
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: 17 cooperation pilot projects for controlling EU external borders
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Sangatte camp to close on 30 December - United Kingdom will be taking on nearly 1200 asylum seekers from the centre
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Cyprus closes accession negotiations, accepting Danish presidency offer - For Poland, financial questions will not be settled before Copenhagen
(EU) EU/REGIONS/INFORMATION SOCIETY:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL COUNCIL: CONTINUITY and reimbursement for health is currently guaranteed for those moving to EU - end of discrimination between European citizens and third country nationals
(EU) EU/ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS:
(EU) EU/HEALTH COUNCIL/CONSUMERS: Political agreement on tobacco advertising ban and complementary recommendation on preventing smoking - other results
(EU) EP/OFFICIALS' STATUTE: Cox confirms agreement may be reached
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Schneider renounces plan to merger with Legrand
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission makes formal demand for France, Spain and Italy to respond to requests for information
(EU) EP/ECB: Duisenberg opens way to possible cut in interest rates
(EU) EU/ECB: Duisenberg does not wish to prolong his mandate
(EU) EP/GMO: Political agreement on labelling GMOs is a "poor compromise" for Auroi
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: eEurope, network security, commercial exploitation of public sector documents, ICT and e-commerce on agenda of Thursday's meeting
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission adopts new rules for State Aid in fight against epizootic diseases
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: FNUAP report on world population for 2002 to be submitted to EP on 3 December
(EU) EU/LDC/MEDICINES: Generic medicine industry calls on EU to take action
(EU) EP/SOUTH EAST EUROPE: Busek presents 2003 objectives of Stability Pact - Progress in 2002 in economic matters and fight against organised crime
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/GREECE:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N. 2302-2303: EU Enlargement: Brok resolution is approved by European Parliament on 20 November 2002
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