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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8432

29 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/information society

28/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission and the future Italian Presidency are to organise, on 7 and 8 July at the Villa Erba (Lake Como), the second ministerial conference on on-line administration (e-government). The conference will host an exhibition on the latest applications by the administrations of Member States and candidate countries. The most remarkable examples of good practice will be rewarded by eEurope prizes for innovation in on-line administration.

Contents

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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