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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8487

21 June 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/thessaloniki summit
West Balkans countries to ratify European Charter for Small Enterprises this weekend

Brussels, 20/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - The countries of the western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Serbia and Montenegro) are to ratify the European Charter of Small Enterprises this Saturday at the EU/Western Balkans summit in Thessaloniki. Following recommendations by the European Commission in its second annual report on the stabilisation and association process for south-east Europe and its recent communication on the western Balkans and European integration, the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF THESSALONIKI: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing presents 25 with constitutional treaty and asks them to "not put the solidity of edifice in danger" - draft constitution will be good starting point for IGC affirms European council, which will authorise Convention to contine its work
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION/ASYLUM: Thessaloniki Summit defines minimum agreement on creation of safe havens for refugees proposed by British, and on cost sharing
(EU) EU/ECB: Ecofin Council in charge of Mr Trichet's appointment
(EU) EU/CFSP/ESDP: European Council instructs Javier Solana to consolidate European security strategy - First mostly positive reactions by Member States to High Representative's document
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Council awaits proposals on EU's contribution to rebuilding Iraq
(EU) EU/PROLIFERATION: Council questions Iran and North Korea on their nuclear activity
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: No alternative to the Road Map, Council repeats
(EU) EU/ARAB WORLD: Council envisages sending EU Special Representative to region
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Conclusions on USA, Euromed, "new neighbours" of EU, East Timor
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Appeal to Turkish Cypriots to support Koffi Annan's efforts
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Council reaffirms support for efforts made by Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Annotated Thessaloniki agenda will be a sound base for bringing Balkans closer to the EU
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF THESSALONIKI: Cox seeks to gain support of Heads of State and Government on difficult issue of MEPs' statute - constitutional treaty to make elections in June 2004 the first truly European elections
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/LUXEMBOURG:
(EU) EU/EPP: EPP summit calls on IGC to conclude work by end of year in Rome - Forum of South East Europe to meet in the autumn
(EU) EP/LIGHT WEAPONS: Parliament calls on EU to work toward adoption of binding instruments on the marking/tracing and brokering of light weapons
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Negotiations on CAP reform, complicated by opening of European Council on Thursday evening, to continue next Wednesday
(EU) EU/THESSALONIKI SUMMIT: West Balkans countries to ratify European Charter for Small Enterprises this weekend
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/CYPRUS/TURKEY: Denktash accepts Commission's special financial aid, but refuses commercial facilitation
(EU) EU/ASYLUM:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Deutsche Post's sole control of Securicor distribution activities cleared
(EU) EU/GMO/WTO: United States to ask WTO for panel - separate Canadian consultations next week
(EU) EU/CAMBODIA:
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Commission recommends more active EU participation in dialogue on reform of State owned enterprises in developing countries
(EU) ACP/EU: Commission defines its cooperation strategy with Sierra Leone - EUR 220 million over 5 years
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission report highlights steady progress and structural weaknesses in Portuguese agriculture
(EU) EU/BSE: Commission approves two new BSE tests
(EU) EU/EIB: Loans to Region of Skåne to help improve railways and healthcare
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan to Caisse Fédérale du Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe for SME financing
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan for Helsinki Education
(EU) EU/MDEICINES: Industry gives mixed welcome to tests approved by Council to revise pharmaceutical legislation
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Anna Diamantopoulou campaigns against discrimination
(EU) EU/DRUGS: Convention offers Lisbon monitoring centre opportunity to strengthen co-ordination mechanisms for drugs at European level
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