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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8553

1 October 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 43
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) media

Tarak Ben Ammar and the French television channel TF1 have joined together to buy out the two Italian Hertzian channels EUROPA TV and PRIMA TV, which up to now have been owned by business tycoon Rupert Murdoch. According to the agreement, TF1 will take over 49% of EUROPA TV, whereas Tarak Ben Ammar will hold 51% of the channel's capital. PRIMA TV will be 100% owned by the company HOLLAND COORDINATOR AND SERVICES, belonging to Mr Ammar. The overall cost for the two channels will be EUR 110...

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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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: