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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8516

1 August 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/enlargement/ratifications

31/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - Malta lodged its ratification document in Rome on Tuesday for the European Union Enlargement Treaty, approved by the Maltese parliament last week (see EUROPE of 16 July, p.13). Greek Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos signed the ratification document on Monday.

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/Gibraltar: Commission to study British law contested by Madrid on voting rights of Gibraltarians in European elections
(EU) EU/SPAIN/POLAND:
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU and US to develop common position on agriculture for WTO mini-ministerial in Cancun
(EU) EU/CANADA/AGRICULTURE: Agreement on trade in wines and spirits
(EU) EU/ASIA/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) ACP/EU: ACP trade ministers fine-tune their negotiating strategy for the Cancun Summit and prepare for October's regional trade negotiations with the EU
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: EUR 79.5 million for third reconstruction programme
(EU) EU/ECB: No objections from Governing Council to Trichet's appointment
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears Procter & Gamble's acquisition of Wella subject to conditions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of OMG's metals division by Umicore
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead for merger of nine VW/Audi distribution centres
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/GLOBAL WARMING:
(EU) EU/GALILEO: Commission proposal for structures to monitor management of European satellite radionavigation programme
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission suspects AstraZeneca of abusing patents system
(EU) EU/GMOS: Group of NGOs criticises coexistence guidelines and urges Member States to pass strict legislation to ensure truly organic food can survive
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Cash family benefits accounted for over 5% of total social security benefits in the EU in 2000
(EU) EU/TRADE/CHINA: China no danger to EU, insists Pascal Lamy
(EU) EU/MACAO: Commission pleased with changes
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: EUR 3.9 million aid for Tuvalu
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/RATIFICATIONS:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 31/07/2003: