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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8497

4 July 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) court of justice
Commission criticises Spain, especially Navarra, of playing with words when authorising the term "bio" when selling dairy products that were not produced organically

Luxembourg, 03/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has taken action against Spain for having authorised the term "bio in sales of its dairy products which were not organic.

It considers that the autonomous province of Navarra used a regulation that was even more explicit, which allowed it to do what the Commission considered as a breach of European law.

The 1991 Regulation No.2092 banning the use of words that suggest organically produced in all official EU languages, when...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: What can be expected from the Convention's extra work - Amendments accepted by Praesidium and pending issues
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ITALIAN PRESIDENCY: Chancellor Schröder awaits apology from Silvio Berlusconi for his remarks about Martin Schulz - Commission refrains from comment but concedes matter is serious
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/CONSTITUTION: Romano Prodi anticipates heated debate before IGC - In its opinion on convening IGC, Commission to insist on quasi-abandonment of unanimity
(EU) EU/FRANCE: Michel Rocard, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Pierre Moscovici found political think tank "A gauche, en Europe"
(EU) EP/EPP: EPP leaders celebrate their Group's fiftieth anniversary
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Representatives of Dehap Party visit the European Parliament
(EU) EU/TURKEY/CONSTITUTION: Turkish participants in Hearing from Europe initiative stress magnitude of public debate over Europe in their country
(EU) EU/ICTFY: Council extends list of persons banned from entering EU
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Second meeting of the EU's Kosovo SAp Tracking Mechanism
(EU) EU/STUDENTS: meeting of European student Convention in Rome
(EU) EU/DRC: Union welcomes formation of transitional government
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Friday and Saturday's informal transport Council to focus on developing trans-European transport networks
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Informal meeting between Parliament and Council on Monday ahead of conciliation on port services
(EU) EU/IRAQ: A further 37 million EUR in humanitarian aid
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament opposes Council on legislative package on Single European Sky
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: European Parliament rejects Council common position on ecopoints system - towards conciliation
(EU) EP/PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: EP reinforces "environmental" and pro-disabled provisions of "public procurement" directives, but rejects amendments on employment law at second reading
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2004: Council and Parliament differ on transparency on CFSP and on budget's form - MEPs want budget for 25 Members in December
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(EU) EP/ECB: EP satisfied overall with ECB policy in 2002 - Mr Duisenberg sends Paris, Berlin and Rome their structural reforms
(EU) EU/EP/CLIMATE CHANGE:
(EU) EP/HEADQUARTERS: New improvised debate on Strasbourg's airline desert
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Vote for strengthening road passenger safety
(EU) EP/COMMISSION:
(EU) EP/UKRAINE:
(EU) EU/LIBYA: Request for mandate for fisheries agreement
(EU) EUMAGHREB/MOROCCO: Mr Vitorino sees Moroccan Minister of the Interior in appeal for "shared responsibility and solidarity" in fight against illegal immigration
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Third plenary meeting of Wise Men in dialogue on peoples and cultures
(EU) EU/VAT/SME: UEAPME unhappy with Commission's report on reduced vat levels (high labour intensive services)
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: May industrial producer prices down in euro-zone and EU15
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Decision on UU/Lagardère out in December
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/EPIDEMIC:
(EU) EU/FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE: Commission adopts measures to mitigate risk of disease spreading from Libya via animal transport vehicles
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Complementary retirement insurance for capitalisation in all Member States must be subject to income tax
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Commission criticises Spain, especially Navarra, of playing with words when authorising the term "bio" when selling dairy products that were not produced organically
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