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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8368

23 December 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 45 / 54
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) banking

In Norway, NORSKE BANK has brought up its competitor NORDLANDSBANKEN for 1.05 bn Norwegian crowns (EUR 147 million), or 35 NOK per share.

Contents

: Our offices will be closed from 24 to 27 December inclusive for the Christmas holidays
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)
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Steel:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Telecoms:
(EU) Telecoms:
(EU) Infrastructure:
(EU) Tourism:
(EU) Military equipment:
(EU) Catering:
(EU) Tyres:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 533
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 23/12/2002: