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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8368

23 December 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 54
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
EUR 400 loan for flood damage reconstruction in Czech Republic

Luxembourg, 23/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - During a visit to Prague on 20 December, Wolfgang Roth, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg, signed a loan with the Czech Minister of Finance, Mr. Bohuslav Sobotka, for EIB's participation in the financing of repairs of damages caused by the floods of August 2002. The EIB will lend a total of EUR 400 million to cover part of the state budget needs for rebuilding infrastructure damaged by the floods in the Czech Republic....

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/Convention: Giscard d'Estaing comments on the difficulty of the Convention's task of preparing enlargement and presents the work programme for early 2003
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Per Stig Moeller plays down disagreement between Europeans and Americans over publication of the "roadmap"
(EU) EU/NEPAL: EU concerned at deteriorating security situation
(EU) EU/TORTURE: EU welcomes adoption of new Protocol to United Nations anti-torture convention
(EU) EU/COPENHAGEN SUMMIT: EP wants interinstitutional agreement on measures concerning appointment of Commission
(EU) EU/COSAC: Guidelines for better parliamentary scrutiny of governments' Council activities
(EU) EP/IRAQ:
(EU) EP/ZIMBABWE:
(EU) EP/TUNISIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COUNCIL: Greek Presidency calendar for first half of year
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Danish Presidency establishes that a qualified majority supports its latest compromise on ecopoints - Uncertainty over extraordinary Transport Council on 31 December
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: Commission addresses letters of notice to four Member States for concluding agreements allowing US officials to inspect containers in their ports for shipment to the United States
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Series of decisions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission deepens probe into German Toll Collect joint venture between Daimler Chrysler and Deutsche Telekom
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Member States that pay aid to renew fleet will have to cut their fleet by at least 3% a year
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission grants aid of EUR 3 million to drought victims in India
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission adopts five new decisions worth more than EUR 5.6 million
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/ASYLUM: European Council on Refugees criticises political agreement on minimum conditions for asylum-seekers
(EU) EU/VISAS/ECUADOR/SWITZERLAND:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission appeals against ruling by Court of First Instance on Tetra Laval/Sidel case
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission investigates joint-selling of media rights for English Premier League
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: EnBW's purchase of Kraftwerke Laufenburg given go-ahead
(EU) EU/ANIMAL DISEASES: The EU toughens up its rules on individual imports of meats and milk
(EU) EU/BIOTECHNOLOGY: Rap over knuckled for 9 Member States still not applying the directive on biotechnological inventions
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/SEMINARS:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EP/GENDER EQUALITY: Rapporteur Rodi Kratsa calls for more incisive action by the European Commission - Problem of women's presence in the European institutions - Concern over Convention ambitions on equality issues
(EU) EP/OMBUDSMAN/GENDER EQUALITY:
(EU) EP/SPORT: EP endorses common position on European Education through Sport Year 2004
(EU) EP/DRUGS: Initiative by Radicals and 5 other political groups to revise failing "prohibitionist" conventions
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Infringement procedure against Germany over taxation of investment funds
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 400 loan for flood damage reconstruction in Czech Republic
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 300 million loan for CERN
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Ombudsman recognises the Commission's right to refuse access to briefing notes
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Eurobarometer poll says citizens know about their right to complain to the European Ombudsman
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: "Europe and Society" colloquy on European social model (Paris, 16-17 January 2003)
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WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 533
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