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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8432

29 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport council
Political agreement on opening international rail freight up to competition on 1 January 2006 - opposition from France, Belgium and Luxembourg

Brussels, 28/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - Friday's Transport Council reached a political agreement after qualified majority vote on a common position relating to the second rail package. Belgium, France and Luxembourg voted against the common position which decides to open international rail freight up to competition on 1 January 2006. The liberalisation of passenger transport on 1 January 2008, proposed in first reading by the European Parliament, was not approved by Council. However, the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Criticism and unwarranted mistrust on European position on services regime in new WTO round of talks - Questions of substance
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: According to Mr Verheugen, new members will support "Community method" to push forward European integration and bring "added value", particularly to CFSP
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Presidium prepares draft articles for 3-4 April plenary
(EU) EU/ITALIAN PRESIDENCY: Romano Prodi in Rome Friday
(EU) EU/FYROM: First EU military operation, "Concordia" starts 31 March
(EU) EU/MEXICO: EU and Mexico reaffirm commitment to fighting terrorism while respecting international law
(EU) EP/EPP/ED:
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Commissioner Patten launches his idea of initiative for "social cohesion"
(EU) EU/CHILE: EU and Chile to cooperate at UN Security Council, say participants at first Association Council
(EU) EU/TUNISIA:
(EU) EU/UN/IRAQ:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Presidency decides to move informal Ecofin meeting from Crete to Athens
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA: Mitigated welcome to British proposal for extreme hardening of asylum policy - questions on legality and feasibility
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA: Confirmation of divergences of principle on cost sharing for immigration and border control policy
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA: Ministers want aid first for neighbouring countries of Iraq before welcoming refugees
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: French reticence over judicial cooperation agreements with United States the subject of a meeting between the Presidency and United States
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Commission gives kick-off Wednesday for excessive deficit procedure against France
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Agreement on abolition of the guarantee by CDC to its subsidiary CDC IXIS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Political agreement on opening international rail freight up to competition on 1 January 2006 - opposition from France, Belgium and Luxembourg
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Council confirms political agreement on ecopoints, despite opposition from Austria, Italy, Belgium and Netherlands
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Five delegations hope to strengthen protection of "particularly vulnerable" maritime areas
(EU) EU/BUSINESS/WOMEN:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Political agreement on air safety - negotiating brief with China on Galileo
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: Next Monday, negotiating committee on agriculture is to note lack of compromise
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA/TERRORISM/IRAQ:
(EU) EP/SPRING UMMIT: Parliament requests Commission for more detailed road map next October on making Lisbon concrete - for an intelligent interpretation of Stability Pact - reservations about employment task force
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Parliament approves clinical trials programme for developing countries
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES/DATA PROTECTION: striking a balance between protection and security in the post-11 september epoch
(EU) EP/ETHICS:
(EU) EU/SINGLE MARKET: time-consuming red tape still hindering corporate development, accordking to kangaroo group
(EU) EP/NARCOTICS: Marco Cappato urges a retread of un conventions
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: According to Eurobarometer study, environment remains major worry for European citizens
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/COMPANIES: 2003 European prizes for excellence presented by Anna Diamantopoulou
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