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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8481

13 June 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 46 / 49
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) telecommunications

British telephone shopping chain CARPHONE WAREHOUSE (turnover £ 1.034 bn at the end of the tax year in March 2003) has bought out HUTCHISON TELECOMMUNICATIONS (turnover EUR 327 million in 2002), the German distribution subsidiary of ORANGE (FRANCE TELECOM group), for £ 32.4 million.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Some proof of EUROPE's economic progress
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: National and European parliamentarians submit series of amendments to praesidium - 18 countries refuse automatic passage to qualified majority in 2009
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT: According to MEI, Constitution should enter into force even without ratification by some Member States
(EU) EU/CFSP: launch of Artemis operation in Democratic Republic of Congo
(EU) EP/COSAC/WEU: Dinos Vrettos suggests permanent link between COSAC and WEU Assembly
(EU) EP/ITALIAN PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EP/ALGERIA:
(EU) EP/NIGERIA:
(EU) EP/CHECHNYA:
(EU) EP/AFGHANISTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Next Presidency compromise on CAP reform should be based on Franco-German suggestions leading to agreement
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Council political agreement on new measures to combat foot and mouth disease
(EU) EU/TRADE/AGRICULTURE: Lamy hails launch of ORIGIN
(EU) EU/FISH: Council notes that more work is needed before agreement can be reached on Irish Box issue
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/ECB: Duisenberg assures there is no risk of inflation - ECB to be included among Union "institutions" and to be "external voice" of euro zone - Too soon to speculate on new cut in interest rates
(EU) EU/EMU: ECB sharply cuts growth forecasts
(EU) EU/COMPANY LAW: Directive simplifying company reporting rules is adopted
(EU) EU/GALILEO: Appointment of Galileo Executive Director
(EU) EU/ITALIAN PRESIDENCY: Giulio Tremonti assures Italian Presidency's Action Plan for promoting investment in transport will not make deficit worse
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Partial Yes to aid for Volkswagen
(EU) EU/WTO/SHIPYARDS: South Korea is soon expected to file complaint against European sectoral aid
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission launches strategy to reduce diseases linked to environmental factors - priority on child health
(EU) EU/FOOD: Commission authorises market approval for two new food ingredients under Novel Food Regulation
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Go-ahead for two British aid schemes to reduce cod and salmon fishing
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE: Anti-dumping/anti-subsidy procedure closed for Norwegian, Chilean and Faroe Island farmed Atlantic salmon
(EU) EP/WOMEN: Parliament calls on Convention to provide legal basis for sport in future EU treaty including equal access for men and women to practicising sport
(EU) EP/MEDICAL MECHANISMS: For a new classification
(EU) EP/SOCIAL:
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliament encourages third country nationals to come to EU after their studies, vocational training or voluntary service
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EP/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EP/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/CULTURE:
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Tighter limits on shipping fuel sulphur content
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Greek student wins annulment of EU court ruling which failed to recognise his right to gain access to European Central Bank documents
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 500 million loan to modernise Spain's rail infrastructure
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Investment:
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Agro-foods:
(EU) Packing:
(EU) Distribution:
(EU) Distribution:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Tobacco:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 121/06/2003: