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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8515

31 July 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 22
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/macedonia
Council formally appoints new commander of Concordia

Brussels, 30/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - As announced in our issue of 26 July (p 3), the Council formally decided on Tuesday, by written procedure, to appoint Portuguese General Luis Nelson Serriera dos Santos to the command on the ground of the EU Concordia military mission in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The Portuguese general will replace, from 1 October, French Major General Pierre Maral (the Commander-in-Chief of the mission will still be German Admiral Rainer Feist,...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Javier Solana and Palestinian Prime Minister examine implementation of "road map" - Mahmoud Abbas visits Italy in August
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Council formally appoints new commander of Concordia
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Appointment of new Head of United Nations mission in Kosovo
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Temporary suspension of Austrian decree to ban heavy duty vehicles from Tyrol
(EU) EU/TRADE: Calming down with regard to agriculture at WTO mini-ministerial in Montreal but most countries in South want more concessions from EU and US
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: GE may be authorised to acquire Instrumentarium
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Conditional clearance for acquisition of BertelsmannSpringer
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears JV between BASF and Glon Sanders in animal feed business
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB Governing Council will decide on Trichet's application in a secret ballot on Thursday
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/OLAF: Eurostat scandal reveals need to improve liaison between Commission and OLAF
(EU) EU/MOROCCO/AGRICULTURE: Negotiations over renewal of farming protocol to be relaunched in September
(EU) EU/PUBLIC SERVICES: Stoffaës report says creation of regulatory authorities would be useful to ensure general interests are respected in transport, energy and telecoms
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Italian Presidency suggests joint organisation of flights for deportation of illegal immigrants
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Judges and Advocate Generals appointed from October 2003 to October 2009
(EU) EU/ALBANIA/CRIME:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Netherlands is first country to submit full list of designated Natura 2000 sites - Commission urges other Member States to follow suit
(EU) EU/COHESION: Guidelines on funding electronic communications from the Structural Funds
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