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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8553

1 October 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 43
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) steel

The Swiss DUFERCO and RUD and the Industrial Union of Donbass, the largest steel company in the Ukraine, have created a joint-venture that has cost EUR 140 million, active in steel.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: New generation of Europeans and Parma College
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EP/IGC: Ciampi addresses European Parliament and says he wants "constituent spirit to mark out work of IGC" - constitutional treaty is "good answer at right moment
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES: Status formally adopted
(EU) EU/IGC/POLAND: Warsaw insists on keeping Nice Treaty for votes in Council - One Commissioner per country, no legislative Council, no qualified majority on reinforced co-operation
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EP/IGC: Michel Barnier refutes critism from MEPs - votes from Commissioners, more supple revision procedure, simultatneous ratification
(EU) EU/COUNCIL:
(EU) EP/TORTURE: Commission reaffirms it will not abolish all rehabilitation centre financing overnight
(EU) EU/IGC:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Commission debate on post-2006 financial framework
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Last minute agreement within conciliation committee on port services
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Conditional green light to Alcan Pechiney merger
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Fines on TACA maritime companies cancelled; confirmation of Michelin and Sogecable decisions
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Spain and Greece oppose planned reform for Mediterranean produce - Denmark and Sweden call for end to aid to tobacco producers
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Agreement on renewing agricultural protocol
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission proposes including aid to hops producers in single payment regime
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: 5.8 million EUR to raise awareness of European products in third countries
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/JHA: Council on 2 and 3 October is not expected to adopt a text but to reach political agreement - Council to be held in Brussels
(EU) EU/COHESION/BUDGET: Committee of Regions concerned at risk of renationalisation of regional policy
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro zone getting back on line with growth
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission to pronounce itself on inquiry into German bottle and can deposit system
(EU) EU/ACP: ACP States and EU to conclude first phase of trade negotiations in Brussels on Thursday prior to negotiations on economic partnership agreements
(EU) EU/WTO: EU still wants to believe in multilateral context for trade negotiations
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: EUR 17 million for cardiovascular diseases
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: EU research reveals higher risks than previously thought of indoor air pollution
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/INSURANCE:
(EU) EU/EESC/TRADE UNIONS: Continuation of cooperation between Committee and trade unions at heart of meeting between Mr Briesch and Mr Monks
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS/GMO: Introduction in legislation on tolerance level for unforeseen presence of GMO in seeds threatens free choice of consumers, states BEUC
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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(EU) Airlines:
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(EU) Equipment:
(EU) Oil:
(EU) Steel:
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(EU) Insurance:
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SUPPLEMENT
“EUROPE”/Documents No. 2323: Draft Constitutional Treaty: Parliament insists on keeping to balance defined by the European Convention
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 30/09/2003: