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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8590

22 November 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 47
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) agro-food

American investment group HICKS, MUSE, TATE & FURST is about to buy the British company WEETABIX LTD (breakfast cereals; turnover of 361.63 million pounds sterling in the financial year to August 2002, with 2,800 employees). It is offering £53.75 per share, or a total of 654 million pounds in cash.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The hypothesis of a two-speed Europe, should the Constitution falter, is being set out - Belgium makes an important step forward
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CANADA: Commission is willing to do everything it can to hold the summit cancelled due to Silvio Berlusconi's timetable problems greatly criticised by MEPs - Summit before 12 December in Europe?
(EU) EP/IGC: Constitution Intergroup insists on "minimal requirements"
(EU) EU/IGC/EPP: Extraordinary EPP summit on 4 December in Paris
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/SECURITY: Conference on concerted approach to terrorist threat
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2004: Council may finally agree to mobilise financial flexibility instrument for aiding Iraq in return for concessions from Parliament on "CFSP" loans and payments
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Little hope for agreement on Tuesday for reduced VAT rates
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission plans recapitalization of Bull
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL/CULTURE: Political agreement expected on three programmes to promote "bodies active at European level" in the fields of youth, education and culture
(EU) EU/SPORT: Eurobarometer survey shows that 46% of European practise sport at least once a week and three quarters of Europeans are worried about doping
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA: Chris Patten meets government and LTTE
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/JHA/ITALY:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/UN: Meeting between Anna Diamantopoulou and Kofi Annan
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Countries of Central European Initiative (CEI) wish to maintain trade links after enlargement
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: First competitions in new Member States
(EU) EU/LEBANON: Meeting on economic dialogue on 24 November
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament takes stance at first reading in support of more radical review of regulation on transfer of waste to prevent tourism of hazardous waste
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Parliament insists on political and cultural dimension of Barcelona Process to be extended to Libya and Mauritania
(EU) EP/BUDGET/IGC: EP warns Ecofin Council it will not allow its budgetary powers to be seized
(EU) EP/NEW NEIGHBOURS: Verheugen stresses that action plans for new neighbours will be "negotiated" documents
(EU) EU/NORTHERN DIMENSION: EU enlargement to accentuate importance of EU Northern Dimension, EP stresses, welcoming second plan of action
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Reactions vary on stem cell vote
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Polymeric light-emitting diodes and a better method for nutation calculation share EUR 1 million Descartes Prize 2003
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Electronic communications market is picking up, says Commission report
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Venice meeting to adopt recommendation for Naples Ministerial
(EU) EU/FISHING: Those in fisheries sector ask for renewal of current fishing possibilities for cod sole and plaice
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commission adopts revised proposal on new status for officials
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Austria's appeal for jcounting transit journeys in Ecopoints is rejected
(EU) EU/REGIONS: general meeting of assembly of european regions in Poland
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Permanent committee in Maastricht
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Defence:
(EU) Aeronautics:
(EU) Leisure:
(EU) Agro-food:
(EU) Pneumatics:
(EU) Automotive:
(EU) Gas:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Ready to wear:
(EU) Insurance:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 21/11/2003: