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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8465

20 May 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
New infringement procedure against Portugal (foreign investments) - Elf Aquitaine: "golden shares" proceedings closed

Brussels, 19/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Commission decided to remind Portugal of its obligation to comply with a Court of Justice ruling of 4 June 2002, which found the procedure for authorising foreign investment in privatised companies to be illegal, whereas the infringement proceedings against France regarding its special shareholding (golden share) in the company Nationale Elf-Aquitaine have been formally closed by the Commission, although Aquitaine had been...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Convention: Mid-June deadline could come as a cut-off point
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Defence Ministers adopt declaration on EU military capabilities and announce that EU can lead all Petersburg tasks - Ten first project groups in place to plug EU gaps in military capabilities
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Council insists on role of arms industry
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Fifteen call for active involvement by both parties for rapid implementation of roadmap for peace
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Council discusses organisation of next IGC, unlikely to start before 20 September
(EU) EU/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Council to invite Central African authorities to consultations under article 96 of Cotonou agreement
(EU) EU/DENMARK/DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/IRAQ/MEDIA: Mrs Nérac asks Council to bring pressure to bear to find her cameraman husband, missing in Iraq
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: "Penelope" draft presented to Press
(EU) EU/SLOVAKIA: Commission welcomes result of accession referendum
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/CIVIL SOCIETY: EP opinion on IGC Convention only if Convention can work until October, Forum says
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: Olivier Duhamel urges for blocking to be avoided
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/ITALY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Special Council could take place before July to try and take take-overs directive out of the woods
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Adoption of paper on "sales promotions" is sent to Italian Presidency
(EU) COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Agreement from Fifteen on updating regulations on measuring instruments, drugprecursors and detergents
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: 3rd Energy Ministers' session
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Council's political agreement on reform of EU officials' Staff Regulations - personnel on strike on Tuesday
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commission is to take measures so that Eurostat directors suspected of fraud may defend themselves
(EU) EU/INFORMAL REGIONAL COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Internet hotel booking joint venture is cleared
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission accepts EQT Partners and Suomen 2G/DNA as buyers, in the context of merger between Telia and Sonera
(EU) EU/KOREA: Towards scientific and technological cooperation agreement
(EU) EU/ROMANIA: Presidency and Commission remain confident about Romania's accession prospects
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: High-level group on CAP reform identifies thematic fields to work on at political and technical level
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID/ANGOLA:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/ECB:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Intense negotiations at agriculture committee on finding CAP compromise
(EU) EU/EPIDEMIC: Extension till end of month for measures against avian flu in three countries affected
(EU) EU/TRADE PROTECTION: Modification of anti-dumping measures in steel sector
(EU) EU/BUDGET: EP adopts budget that takes into account enlargement and rejects extension of sickness benefit to former MEPs
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL: Parliament criticises absence of international protection for artists from audio-visual sector and requests genuine World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) treaty for audio-visual artists
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Special tax regime for headquarters and logistic centres in France is incompatible with State aid rules
(EU) EU/EIB: Overall loan in favour of funding small and medium-sized projects in Latvia
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: CCIA expresses indignation about new practices developed by Microsoft
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Netherlands taken to court for non-implementation of 4th motor insurance directive
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: New infringement procedure against Portugal (foreign investments) - Elf Aquitaine: "golden shares" proceedings closed
(EU) EU/COUNCIL: Formal adoption of regulation extends European social security provisions to third-country nationals
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Eurostat confirms fall in level of inflation in April
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission work programme to reduce disparities between Member States in application of data protection directive
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Adoption of Cannes declaration on cinema by Culture Ministers of enlarged Europe
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 552
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