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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8512

26 July 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 45 / 50
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) banking

HYPOVEREINSBANK (HVB group), the second largest German banking group, has signed a letter of intention with the Dutch company RABOBANK to sell FGH BANK its real-estate subsidiary in the Netherlands to it. This sale is expected to earn almost EUR 415 millions for HVB. FGH BANK's EUR 4.5 bio in real estate loans is added to the portfolio of EUR 9 bio belonging to RABOBANK.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Eurofor to take over command of Concordia from France -EU expected to send police mission to Macedonia
(EU) EU/ASIA: Burma and North Korean nuclear crisis top the bill at ASEM summit
(EU) EU/CFSP:
(EU) EU/KOSOVO:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Half-yearly report comparing car prices shows price differentials are still substantial from one Member State to the next
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Italy suggests ban on access to football matches pronounced in one country should be applied throughout the EU
(EU) EU/EMERGENCY SERVICES: Commission recommends rapid deployment of location enhanced emergency services
(EU) EU/LANGUAGES: Commission adopts action plan 2004-2006 for language learning and promotion of linguistic diversity
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Avalanche of infringement proceedings against Member States for failing to respect "habitats" and "wild brids" directives
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission takes action against 8 Member States for persistent non-compliance with EU waste directive
(EU) EU/DROUGHT: New measure in favour of farmers
(EU) EU/ASEM: Asians and Europeans express concern for the time negotiations are taking on liberalisation of global trade
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/PATENTS:
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: European Commission adopts package of measures aimed to improve goods inspections at external borders to combat terrorist threat
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Romania does not want to see Hungary interfere in its membership talks
(EU) EU/EIB/ITALY:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Investigation into German toll compensation for lorries due to come into force on 31 August - French lorry drivers' reaction
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission gives go-ahead to aid for Otto Versand
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Restructuring of British Energy under the spotlight
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission changes decision on aid for Graphischer Maschinenbau
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) ACP/EU: EUR 50 million trade assistance to ACPs Programme Trade in trade related assistance and back up for WTO negotiations
(EU) EU/TRADE: Final preparations before Cancun
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: EU puts some order into its ban on growth hormones to better defend itself at WTO
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS: Demonstration in Rome on 4 October for genuine social Europe
(EU) EU/EESC/WTO: EESC calls for gradual liberalisation of services and opening up of agriculture markets
(EU) EU/EMPLOYERS/WTO: UNICE urges Adolfo Urso to ensure close cooperation between Member States, Commission and Parliament in order to defend the EU's interests in Cancun
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Roger Briesch calls for greater recognition of European Economic and Social Committee
(EU) EU/PUBLIC OPINION: Eurobarometer reveals wide gaps between current and future Member States and over the role of the United States in the world
(EU) OECD/MARITIME SECURITY: Cost of strengthening maritime safety is much less than that of potential terrorist threat
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Call for applications for group of experts for dealing with accidents in transport sector
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Publication of "legislative package" on liberalisation of the internal energy market in Official Journal
(EU) EU/CALENDAR main european activities 28 July - 4 august 2003:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Optics:
(EU) Pharmaceuticals:
(EU) Nuclear:
(EU) Environment:
(EU) Metals:
(EU) Environment:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Real estate:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Communication:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 25/07/2003: