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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8583

13 November 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Spain and UK asked for more information on travellers' rights to bring home alcohol and tobacco

Brussels, 12/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has sent formal requests for information to the United Kingdom and Spain, which both limit the quantities of alcohol and tobacco travellers can bring back home with them. The Commission recognises the need to fight against excise duty fraud, but feels measures taken by both States are disproportionate.

In the case of Spain, the Commission has received complaints from travellers: the Spanish authorities had seized cigarettes...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Two significant changes in "defence" plank of the Constitution
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IGC: Frattini announces Presidency will present initial draft constitution to Naples conclave - Prodi seeks conclusion to IGC before end of year - bilateral meetings between Berlusconi and counterparts
(EU) EU/NATO: First joint crisis management exercise
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/EP: Prodi does not publish political "manifesto" but a "document on the future of Europe", according to a spokesperson who assures the president will remain till the end of his term of office - EP expected to give explanation
(EU) EPP/ED: Summit of presidents from parliamentary groups
(EU) EU/ISRAEL:
(EU) EU/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/ITALIAN PRESIDENCY/USA:
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS/WOMEN: EP requesting political parties in elections in June 2004 to submit lists with at least 30% women candidates
(EU) WEU/ASSEMBLY: Juncker submits Luxembourg's position on security and defence aspects of draft constitution, Roche presents Irish presidency's programme, debate with Solana on strategic concept
(EU) EP/ITALY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission adopts final report on growth initiative - Action plan comprises 56 priority projects
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Infringement proceedings against Spain and UK
(EU) EU/DROUGHT: Commission proposes lower set-aside
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Still no agreement on ecopoints
(EU) EP/EUROSTAT/FRAUD: MEPs to hear Mr Prodi on 18 November
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: European Commission adopts action plan to implement European space policy
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: European agency for cooperation in management of EU's external borders should be operational in 2005, European Commission says
(EU) EU/ITALY: After opening of Commission inquiries, Italy prepared to change "Salva Calcio" decree in favour of football clubs
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Spain and UK asked for more information on travellers' rights to bring home alcohol and tobacco
(EU) EU/WTO/STEEL: Contradictory rumours about Washington's reaction after Geneva disapproval of US surcharges on steel imports
(EU) EU/WTO: WTO is encouraged by EU's resolve to return to negotiating table and to show proof of flexibility, Keith Rockwell says - Additional session of EU Trade Ministers
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Timetable to end negotiations in October 2004
(EU) EU/MEXICO: Both sides happy three years after association and free-trade agreement enters into force, but EU worried as "human rights" project cancelled
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Border management and trade relations central to "Wider Europe" conference - Commission not anticipating compensation for impact of enlargement on trade, says Chris Patten
(EU) EU/EEA/ENLARGEMENT: Agreement on extending EEA to ten acceding countries is signed and should be ratified by 28 countries before 1 May 2004
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Eurostat publishes its new statistical yearbook on candidate countries, now covering a great variety of data
(EU) EP/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Parliament's policies on including women in new information technology
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Parliament adopts the "subsidies" package on education and training, youth and culture
(EU) EP/DISABLED: Pat Cox, Anna Diamantopoulou and Roberto Maroni at disabled persons' "European Parliament"
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: European social forum and inter-parliamentary forum 2003
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/EDUCATION: Intercultural education at the centre of the Conference of Ministers of Education in Athens
(EU) EU/TEACHING:
(EU) EU/INSURANCE:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT:
SUPPLEMENT
“EUROPE”/Documents No. 2333: EU/Africa: political dialogue at Ministerial level EU-ECOWAS 15 October 2003 in Accra
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