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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8413

5 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Large disparities in hourly labour costs

Brussels, 04/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to a Eurostat report covering 2000 published on Monday, average hourly labour costs (in industry and services) were lowest in Portugal (8.13 euro), Greece (10.40), Spain (14.22) and Ireland (17.34), whereas the highest were noted in Sweden (28.56), Denmark (27.10) and Germany (26.54). In the six other Member States for which figures were available, hourly costs were close to the EU average of 22.70 euro. Among the candidate countries (with the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: "Presidential Thinking" on work of Convention
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Commissioner Verheugen ups pressure on Turkey to resolve Cyprus issue
(EU) EU/BURUNDI: Commission grants financial aid to African Union observation mission
(EU) EU/KAZAKHSTAN:
(EP) EP/IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EU/IRAQ/GULF: EU and GCC stress "war is not inevitable" - Cooperation in combating terrorism
(EU) EU/FYROM: State of progress of future EU mission in FYROM - Javier Solana and Presidency's mandate for negotiating with Macedonian government on agreement to authorise EU takeover from NATO
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/EPP: Martens and Brok draw lessons from Iraqi
crisis for CFSP
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/euratom: Mr Bruton wants to introduce provisions on nuclear energy to constitutional treaty
(EU) EP/Greece: Mr Papayannakis criticises refusal of Greek defence minister to grant authorisation of entry to Greece for someone pending military service to a Commission petition meeting in Athens
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Annual political strategy for 2004 presented
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemployment in EU up slightly in January- 14.7% in future Member States
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Council is opposed to all further GMO approval until regulations on traceability and labelling of food and feed are in force
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Council supports refocusing bathing water quality on bather health criteria but opinions differ regarding profitability of measures proposed
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council could approve Italian aid to co-operatives despite criticism from Commission and four delegations
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Mr Monti and Mr Clement meet to discuss state guarantees for German shipyards
(EU) EU/FIJI: 420,000 euro for cyclone Ami victims
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/USA: No postponement of USA access to air passenger data despite criticism - hearing on 25 March at EP
(EU) EU/TAKE-OVERS: Commissioner Bolkestein confirms that he won't oppose solution including "multiple voting rights" in take-over directive
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission may open procedure relating to Volkswagen on Wednesday
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Meeting of Group of Equal Opportunities Ministers
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/SPRING SUMMIT: ETUC Executive Committee to take stock of application of Lisbon strategy with Simitis, Guterres and Diamantapoulou
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS/ITALIAN PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EU/COMMERCIAL DEFENCE: Commission still hopes to reach agreement with Canada on Wines and Spirits dossier
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Mr Lamy attempts to ease trade tensions with Washington.
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Meetings of Moroccan Minister Oualalou with Solbes and Maystad focus on financial support - "Record" results in use of Community aid
(EU) EU/WTO: WTO give go-ahead to national measures against "war diamonds"
(EU) EASTERN EUROPE/EBRD/OSCE:
(EU) EU/PATENT/LANGUAGE REGIME/CORRECTION:
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES/TRANSPORT: Mrs Paciotti asks for report on entry into force of American AccEs to airline company databases
(EU) EP/PATENT: German MEPs' negative reaction to Council compromise
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Agricultural prices fall 5.3% in third quarter of 2002
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Large disparities in hourly labour costs
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