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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8385

24 January 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 49
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/competition
Monti defends his reforms before MEPs largely pleased

Brussels, 23/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - Competition Commissioner Mario Monti explained to the EP Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market what reforms were being made in that sector. "No year has been so intense" for this policy, he said, giving an account of the year 2002. Thus, on 11 December, after consultation lasting several months, the Commission adopted its reform proposals for the Merger Regulation, proposals that should be endorsed by the Council in the autumn. Mario Monti...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: four comments on developments in convention's work which seem to me to justify a certain optimism
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/WEU: WEU Assembly will continue to provide the Convention with proposals for enhancing the role of national parliaments in the EU
(EU) EU/ELYSEE TREATY: Message from Javier Solana
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE:
(EU) EP/NETHERLANDS/LIBERALS:
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EP/IRAN: Kamal Kharrazi's balancing act before Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee - For Chris Patten, "Iranians must not be isolated"
(EU) EP/IRAQ: MEPs not unanimous on sending delegation to Iraq
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Committee of the Regions hopes that 7 February plenary will grant regions more rights
(EU) EP/INSTITUTIONS/REGIONS: Assembly of the Regions of Europe regrets that EP has not called for direct access of regions to Court of Justice
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/TURKMENISTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL: Public debate on reform of agricultural policy and food safety on agenda of Monday and Tuesday's Council
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/CUSTOMS: Commission calls for mutually acceptable agreement to be negotiated on container security
(EU) EU/ARGENTINA: Carlos Ruckauf criticises European and American farm subsidies
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Publication on 30 January of new report on future of cohesion policy - a small number of regions would reintegrate field of Objective 1 - informal Council on 16 May
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Mario Monti expresses concern about impact of State guarantees on shipbuilding
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: ECB's veiled criticism of France and Germany
(EU) EU/COMPANIES: Commission urges focus on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in elaborating policy and decision-making
(EU) EU/COMPANIES: Commission Green Paper to boost entrepreneurship in Europe
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Increase number of women in research
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: Monti defends his reforms before MEPs largely pleased
(EU) EU/BRAZIL: Pascal Lamy to meet Brazilian minister of trade
(EU) EU/WTO: ACP tuna dispute submitted to WTO led mediation
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Network of companies in ten countries
(EU) EU/HAITI:
(EU) EU/INFLATION:
(EU) EP/EURATOM CONVENTION: Greens for abolition of Euratom treaty
(EU) EP/TAKEOVERS: Rapporteur Lehne welcomes proposals of two experts on problem of Golden shares
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL: Priorities of Greek Presidency
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Viviane Reding wants creation of university Airbus consortium
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Aid to coal industry
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises EUR 50 million rescue aid for MobilCom but plans in-depth probe into additional aid of EUR 112 million
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/POLICE: Greek Presidency and Commission programmes - Agreement with United States to be signed this term
(EU) EU/CRIMINAL JUSTICE/CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
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