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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8559

9 October 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin council
Presidency calls informal meeting at end of month to celebrate progress from witness to head of ECB

Brussels, 08/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Italian Presidency has decided to hold an extraordinary informal meeting of Economy and Finance Ministers of the Member States to celebrate the retirement of outgoing European Central Bank (ECB) Chairman Wim Duisenberg, and to welcome his successor, Jean-Claude Trichet. The meeting will take place on 30 October, possibly in Venice, but is still to be confirmed by the Presidency. Mr Trichet, currently Governor of the Banque de France, will be...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DRC: Javier Solana condemns massacres in Ituri
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs calls upon Israel and Palestinian Authority to act to end violence
(EU) EU/OSCE/CHECHNYA:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Ukraine has to continue reforms for EU rapprochement
(EU) EP/SOCIALIST GROUP: Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Socialist Parliamentary Group states it is proud of its past and confident in its future
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Commission thinks France has not rectified public deficit slippage
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Presidency calls informal meeting at end of month to celebrate progress from witness to head of ECB
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Adoption of directive imposing VAT payment in State of supply for gas and electricity
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Formal adoption of regulation and directive to improve co-operation against tax fraud
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Music industry petitions for reduction of VAT on recorded music
(EU) EU/ACP: Commission confident that Parliament, Council and ACP countries support incorporating EDF into budget
(EU) EP/INSURANCE: Rothley report proposes EP to increase the amount of compensation and get rid of cover for pedestians and cyclists
(EU) EU/CINEMA: On occasion of Cinedays 2003, Viviane Reding appeals for European cinema to be brought to the notice of young Europeans
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Combating failure in school, a priority for European Ministers of Education
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission wants to prepare Europe to live without textile quotas
(EU) EU/WTO: SPG drugs could be condemned at Geneva
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Progress in negotiation on Russia's accession to WTO
(EU) UE/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EP/SCHENGEN: MEPs express concern over Schengen database - monitoring authority assures system is working well
(EU) EU/JHA: Mr Ivanov visit to discuss EU-Russian co-operation on police and borders
(EU) EU/EUROPOL: Europol to launch negotiations on co-operation agreements with Malta, Lithuania and Latvia
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Inquiry into Alstom extended
(EU) EU/BUDGET/COHESION:
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: Commissioner Monti recalls Commission's aims on reform of merger regulation, liberal professions and aid to services of general interest
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Environment Committee rapporteur critical of proposed nuclear safety directives
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Power cuts in Europe apparently due to transmission problems between national networks, says CEER
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Jean Mischo pleads in favour of Advocates General
(EU) EP/WOMEN/IRAQ: Anna Karamanou asks Commissioner Patten to take account of role of women in rebuilding IRAQ
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/SME: Conclusions of conference on "Futurisme II" project
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/EDUCATION: De Sarnez report suggests EUR 230 million budget for Community programme Erasmus Mundus (2004-2008)
(EU) EU/EESC/GROWTH: According to Briesch, Europe needs a 'New Deal'
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EESC/COHEsion: Committee outlines active support policy for competitiveness of regions
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Meeting in Rome begins to strengthen links in enterpise policy with and between Mediterranean countries
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) UE/CORRIGENDUM:
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