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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8577
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/liberal professions

03/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - The MEP Alexander Radwan (CSU, German) will act as panel moderator for the event organised on 21 November in Brussels on the theme "The future Regulatory Environment in Europe - The new responsibility of liberal professions"¸ by the Hanns Seidel Stiftung, the Bundessteuerberaterkammer (BStBK) and the Bundesverband der Freien Berufe (BFB). Among the main speakers will be Klaus Heilgeist (BStBK), Arno Metzler (BFB), Markus Russ (Fondation Hanns Seidel), and Jonathan Goldsmith, CCBE Secretary General, who represents lawyers at the European level. (Résidence Palace, 155 rue de la Loi, from 1330 to 1730. Tel: +32 (0)2 235 2111).

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Political and legal difficulties handicap definition of 'Defence Europe' but supporting countries will not give up
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER: Europeans see Israel as greatest threat to peace in world - United States is also ill-perceived
(EU) EU/ALGERIA: Amnesty International invites Troika to call for initiatives over missing and mass graves
(EU) EU/IGC/RELIGION: COMECE calls for reference to Christianity in preamble of Constitutional Treaty
(EU) EU/IGC/TAXATION: United Kingdom and Estonia underline opposition to qualified majority voting for taxation
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Implementation of excessive deficit procedure for France, impact of ageing population on public finance and 'Transparency Directive' on agenda of Tuesday Council
(EU) EU/ECB: Jean-Claude Trichet started as new ECB President on Saturday
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission's "regular report" comes as no surprise in noting around forty failings in all acceding countries - Discussion is likely to be more heated on "strategy" paper - Report on Turkey will not give guidelines for opening membership talks (but will mention Cyprus issue)
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Rome Summit to focus on time it takes to implement common economic area and on topical international issues
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Italian "salva-calcio" decree causes Commission distrust
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Sydkraft and Graninge merger is cleared
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commission adopts work programme for 2004 - enlargement, stability and sustainable growth the focus of its concerns
(EU) EU/WTO: Round Table of Industrialists urge for negotiations to resume
(EU) EU/COHESION: Commissioner Barnier considers post-2006 debate is well under way - discussion on very outlying regions
(EU) EU/EP/CONSUMERS: Wuermeling report invites plenary to reject proposal of directive relating to consumer credit so that the European Commission may present a new text
(EU) EU/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Commission position on regulation concerning maritime cabotage
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Entry into force of Directive on privacy and electronic communications
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ DG ENERGY AND TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/LIBERAL PROFESSIONS:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: 2003 Descartes prize awarded on 20 November in Rome
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan to energy sector in Serbia and Montenegro
(EU) EU/CHEMICALS: Debate hots up over draft Reach regulation currently under consideration by Council and Parliament
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 100 million for Sardinia
(EU) EU/SPORT: Viviane Reding calls on European Ministers of Education to invest in sport at school - EUR 12 million allocated to 2004 European Year of Education through Sport
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/TRADE: Conference on the social responsibility of companies (4-5 November)
(EU) EP/FOOD:
(EU) EU/COUR DE JUSTICE: Israeli family trail against European Commission ends short
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/INDUSTRY: Socialist Group seminar on industrial change, with John Monks
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 572
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