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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8549

25 September 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/patents
Parliament limits scope of computer-assisted inventions that could be patented

Brussels, 24/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Parliament approved at first reading the draft directive on the "patentability of computer-aided inventions", voting 364 votes in favour, 152 against and 33 abstentions. It refused to purely and simply reject the highly controversial draft text, as requested by the Greens Group, the United Left, the Union for a Europe of Nations and Europe of Democracies and Diversities.

While around one hundred demonstrators marched in front...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Some economic effects of Franco-German entente - Initiative for growth and industrial policy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/IGC: Parliament calls on IGC to respect Convention's draft constitutional treaty - No to the mention of Christianity
(EU) EP/IRAQ: MEPs request "gradual transfer" of authroity to Iraqi people under UN control
(EU) EP/DEATH PENALTY: Launch of campaign against death penalty
(EU) EP/ITALIAN PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EP/IGC:
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Decision to send police mission is taken on Monday
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Javier Solana expresses concern about reform process
(EU) EU/ARMENIA: EU welcomes abolition of death penalty
(EU) EP/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/IRAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/VISAS: Commission adopts proposals on including biometric identifiers in visas and residence permits for third-country nationals
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: High Commissioner for Refugees criticises family reunification directive adopted by Council earlier this week
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/FOOD: Council formally adopts directive making ingredients compulsory
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Eur 10 million to Dutch farmers who were victims of bird flu
(EU) EU/FISHING: Commission welcomes “adoption” by North-west Atlantic Fisheries Organisation to rebuild halibut stocks in North-west Atlantic
(EU) EP/HQ: European Parliament could by HQ in Strasbourg for EUR 445.6 million - Noelle Lenoir Welcomes victory of "European Strasbourg clause"
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: First meeting of the group on security research to be held on 6 and 7 October
(EU) EP/PATENTS: Parliament limits scope of computer-assisted inventions that could be patented
(EU) EP/ASYLUM: Parliament rejects Austrian list of safe countries
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION: EP's support for Germany's initiative to organise assistance between Member States for air expulsions
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: French MEPs criticise Commission and France for management of Alstom affair
(EU) ACP/EU: Launch ceremony for negotiating economic partnership agreements between EU and two regional groupings from Africa on 4-6 October
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Discussions again at senior civil servant level on civil rights and "neighbourhood" policy
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: EUR 50 million for country security
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commissioner Lamy in Prague and Budapest to speak of future of trade policy in enlarged EU
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Wallonia and certain Länder of eastern Germany meet to put the case for Objective 1b for their regions
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission calls on Council to ratify protocol for Community accession to Eurocontrol
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Council's debate and conclusions on implementation of internal market, competitiveness, patents, company law and pharmaceuticals
(EU) EU/UZBEKISTAN: Towards nuclear agreement with Uzbekistan
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTH: Commission adopts updated European list of occupational diseases given progress in science and technology
(EU) EU/CHILDHOOD: Informal meeting of Europe Childhood Ministers (Lucca, 25-26 September)
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Intergroup "Audiovisuals and intellectual property policy" supports international cultural diversity instrument
(EU) EU/COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Airlines propose data transfer system on transatlantic passengers
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: President Bush's decision on import surtaxes on steel unlikely before November
(EU) EU/FINANCE:
(EU) EP/STRASBOURG: Suppression of special train linking Brussels to Strasbourg continues to cause indignation among MEPs
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission to examine alliance between Swiss International Air Lines and British Airways
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission confirms investigation on Finmeccanica
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE:
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