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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8576

31 October 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 45
TIMETABLE / (eu) banking

British bank, BARCLAYS, is going to be buying up the brokerage firm GERRARD (£ 12.5 bn in externally managed portfolios) to the South African financial services group OLD MUTUAL for £ 210 million. BARCLAYS will merge this activity with the PRIVATE CLIENTS division specialised in wealth management to become the number one in this speciality with a total externally managed portfolios of £21.4 bn.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
: Our offices will be closed on Friday 31 October for the All Saints Day holiday. The next EUROPE bulletin, number 8577, will be published on Tuesday 4 November 2003.
(EU) EU/IGC: BERLUSCONI/BLAIR MEETING/SCHRÖDER IN BRATISLAVA
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP: Eleven measures adopted by French government (part of them national and some of them likely to become Community)
(EU) EU/CHINA: During Beijing summit, EU and China commit to deepening relations
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Commission fails to define clear guidelines for next financial framework during Wednesday's seminar - Favourable tendency to raise ceiling of financial perspectives above 1%
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Economy and Finance Ministers narrowly avoid confrontation over French deficit
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICE: Disagreement over publication of 'three-monthly reports' by companies, in context of 'Transparency' Directive
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL/ECB:
(EU) EP/INDUSTRY/TEXTILES:
(EU) EU/JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Council on 6 November - difficult debate on asylum procedures - proposal for setting up two centres for maritime borders - cooperation on expulsions
(EU) EU/EUROPOL: Agreements signed with Latvia and Lithuania
(EU) EU/REFUGEES: Conference in Brussels on European Refugee Fund
(EU) EU/ASIA:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Member States' first cautious debate on various options for reforming EU sugar policy
(EU) EU/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Commission adopts new guidelines on aid to maritime sector
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Trialogue on ecopoints this Monday
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: New investigation into Microsoft
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission investigates Mastercard rates
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Bulgaria and Romania make progress in accession talks - Calls for Commission to use "clear language" on end of negotiations in 2004
(EU) EU/ESTONIA: Yes to future regional geographical map
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Member States agree to speed up transfer of promised 170 million from EDF to Global Health Fund
(EU) EU/SCIENCE:
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Commission proposes to allocate 250 million euros to support facility for African union's peacekeeping forces, funded by 9th federation
(EU) EU/ANIMAL WELFARE: Commission advocates EU's support of Council of Europe's revised Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport
(EU) EU/SPORT: Viviane Reding hopes European Year of Education through Sport will anchor sport in Constitutional Treaty
(EU) EU/COMMUNITY LAW: Commission takes stock of updating and simplification of acquis
(EU) EP/SECOND NOVEMBER SESSION: Enlargement, IGC, consumer credit, social agenda, women and European elections, mini-Brussels session - speech by Lithuanian president
(EU) EU/EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: Commission has approved european action plan for disabled
(EU) UE/SOCIAL: Commission options for simplification and improvement of gender equality legislation
(EU) ep/ENERGy/FRANCE: french parliament against eu proposals on security of energy supply
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY:
TIMETABLE
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(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Tobacco:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Equipment goods:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Tourism:
(EU) Media:
(EU) Steel:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents N° 2332: European council on 16-17 October: position of
the european Parliament
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 30/10/2003: