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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8385

24 January 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 45 / 49
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) consumer goods

The Anglo-Dutch group RECKITT BENCKISER has sold its razor activities (Schick and Wilkinson Sword: some $650 million turnover in 2002, with a workforce of 400) to ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, America's second largest manufacturer of batteries, for $930 million cash. Exclusive talks were initiated with RECKITT BENCKISER in December, but they led nowhere. See EI of 12 December, p.18.

Contents

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:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Real estate:
(EU) Carpets:
(EU) Paper:
(EU) Pictures:
(EU) Equipment:
(EU) Tourism:
(EU) Retailing:
(EU) Consumer goods:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Finance:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 23/01/2003: