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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8459

10 May 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
EUR 200 loan for Spain

Luxembourg, 09/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a EUR 200 million framework loan to the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain for financing small and medium-scale infrastructure projects (urban renovation, building social centres, cultural infrastructure and renovating historic monuments) along with health, education and other employment-generating schemes. This is the largest EIB loan ever granted to this Spanish Autonomous Community,...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Convention members make some 1,500 amendments to institutions and foreign and security policy - President Giscard d'Estaing works on preamble to future constitution - VGE-Prodi debate- when and where?
(EU) EU/SCHUMAN DECLARATION: European Institutions and several Member States celebrate 6 May
(EU) EP/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: 162 accession country "observers" to take part in their first plenary session next week - details on their status
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Javier Solana to visit region on 11/16 May
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Solana and Powell highlight the challenges facing the EU and the US in the future
(EU) EU/INDIA/PAKISTAN: EU hails better relations between New Delhi and Islamabad
(EU) EU/MALAYSIA:
(EU) EP/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COLLEGE/POLAND:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Trialogue on legislative package on liberalisation of electricity and gas markets continues
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Council returns to taxation of savings linked by Italy to milk quotas - pension funds directive approved, opinion on Austrian stability programme
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/FSC: EU and Washington attempt to avoid tit-for-tat
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Council to take stock of European industrial policy, ITER thermonuclear reactor and EU arms policy
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU experts jointly to look at negotiation dossiers with Switzerland on Schengen, fraud and taxation
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Commission hopes for progress in June Council on European on-line visa database
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Presidency hoping for agreement in June to sign extradition and judicial cooperation agreements with United States
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission studies possibility of referring VUP/Lagardère dossier back to France
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Presidency has not at this stage managed to have its compromise accepted on reform of statute for EU public service
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Adoption of 2002 report on internal audit service is postponed
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Inter-institutional Monitoring Group on the Lamfalussy Process expresses concern at adoption of legislation before European elections
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Dutch national Kees van Dijkhuizen appointed Chairman of the Financial Services Committee
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 200 loan for Spain
(EU) EP/EPIDEMICS: Parliament likely to focus new foot and mouth measures on emergency vaccinations
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Manders report calls on plenary to vote for realistic environmental liability - Tuesday's debate likely to be tense
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: Greenhouse gas emissions rose in EU in 2000 and 2001 - Margot Wallström calls on Member States to take more stringent measures
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates almost 6 million Euros to victims of conflict in Côte d'Ivoire
(EU) EU/PUBLIC HEALTH: Commission demands effective cancer screening programmes
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: David Byrne opens Euroguichet in Athens to help consumers get the most out of the internal market
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: International conference on early identification of skill needs in EUROPE
(EU) EU/ITALY: Commission initiates infringement procedure against Italy for discriminatory treatment of foreign language assistants at six universities
(EU) EU/EMPLOYERS/RESEARCH: UNICE supports Commission action plan to boost research in EUROPE
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