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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8359
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) banks

Dutch company, ABN AMRO, has acquired 4.98% of the capital in BCP - BANCO COMERCIAL PORTUGUES for EUR 310 million. ABN AMRO controls around 116 million BCP shares.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COPENHAGEN SUMMIT: Danish Presidency hopes that Fifteen will be able to approve, Thursday already, final financial offers to the ten candidate countries, in view of concluding negotiations Friday afternoon - Other topics on the agenda
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Net budgetary surpluses for ten candidates in 2004-2006, Presidency offers
(EU) EU/COPENHAGEN SUMMIT/COMMISSION: Mr Prodi exhorts Member States and candidate countries to show courage and meet deadline for enlargement - Turkey will be treated like other "prestige" candidate countries: flexibility and swiftness for helping Spain
(EU) EU/TURKEY/UNITED STATES: Bush reaffirms his support for Turkey's membership of EU
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/EPP: Pöttering urges for membership by Poland
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/RADICAL PARTY: 311 parliamentarians from Balkans and Caucasus call for candidate status for their countries
(EU) EP/SAKHAROV PRIZE: Baron calls on Turkey to authorise Leyla Zana to take part in ceremony on 17 December, and on Aznar in Cuba to authorise the dissident, Oswaldo Payà, to go to Strasbourg
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/ITALY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Wednesday evening Presidency tries to get Luxembourg and Austria to agree on tax on savings
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER: Growing support for Commission and European Constitution - slight decline in support for euro
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission takes several decisions
(EU) EU/EIB:
(EU) EU/EUROPOL:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Olympic Airways must refund EUR 194 - formal investigation proceedings on advantages enjoyed by airlines - refusal of part of State Aid to France following 11 September attacks
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission adopts merger regulation reform
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes reduction of up to 79% in TACs of cod -60% reductions for whiting, 49% for haddock and 50% for sole
(EU) EU/GRICULTURE: Proposals on opening import quotas on cereals
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission pays out 2 million euro to Nicaragua, Paraguay and Cuba
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/CENTRAL EUROPE:
(EU) EU/TAX/OVERSEAS TERRITORIES:
(EU) EU/IRAN: Negotiations are launched with view to cooperation agreements on Thursday
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD: Negotiations on financing measures to facilitate transit
(EU) EU/WTO/ACCESSION: Pascal Lamy welcomes WTO decision, mainly regarding Armenia's accession
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Public consultation on open platforms in digital television and third generation mobile communications
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission recommends quality criteria applicable to Health Websites
(EU) EU/INSURANCES:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: Commission report
(EU) EP/SINKING OF PRESTIGE: Demonstration of solidarity with Galicia
(EU) EP/HEALTH/TOBACCO: Divergences on court ruling
(EU) EP/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: Publication of 2001 annual report by Vienna Monitoring Centre
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Myrsini Zorba wants children to be given legal status in Treaty
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Parliament welcomes improvements in presentation of legislative programme, despite some criticism
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION: EP supports greater protection of victims of trade in human beings if they cooperate with relevant authorities
(EU) EP/ANIMAL WELFARE: EP calls for more protection of animals used for experimental purposes
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: In support of measures to step up security in air transport field
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Whitegoods:
(EU) Information technology:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Steel:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Consumer durables:
(EU) Cars:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Privatisation:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 11/12/2002: