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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8617

7 January 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/enlargement/competition

06/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner for competition, Mario Monti, will be meeting Milan Urban, Czech minister of industry and trade on Wednesday in Brussels.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Constitution approved during year, strengthened cooperation to be part of it and there won't be two separate Europes
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRISH PRESIDENCY/COMMISSION: Bertie Ahern assures Presidency will do all it can to reach agreement at IGC as soon as possible - Romano Prodi considers Irish approach to IGC to combine discretion with determination is the right one - Taoiseach and Commission President answer questions on two-speed EUROPE
(EU) EU/IGC: Chirac-Schröder/Blair meeting before March summit
(EU) EU/EP/IGC:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Nabil Chaat calls for double EU initiative - Meetings in Dublin after Paris, Berlin and London
(EU) EU/ANTISEMITISM: Preparations for February seminar are suspended
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Javier Solana welcomes Mikhaïl Saakachvili's electoral victory
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/EP/TERRORISM: After wave of letter bombs, President Cox announces security will be stepped up, a matter MEPs wish to discuss, as well as the causes of attacks against European institutions
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Commission to come out with proposals on 25 January following Wednesday's orientation debate
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: On Wednesday Commission to adopt Europass, new instrument for assessing qualifications and competencies in enlarged Europe
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/EU/ECONOMY/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Informal Galaway social to focus on ways for making work financially attractive, investing in human resources to respond to Lisbon objectives
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission to investigate six Member States for non respect of legislation on pollution prevention and reduction
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Confirmation of EU court's decision in Bayer company "Adalat" medicines affair
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EP/NUTRITION:
(EU) EU/PAPER INDUSTRY:
(EU) EP/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Pirker report approves Commission communication on illegal immigration but stresses making external borders secure is a matter that is, in principle, national - too soon to create a European border guard corps
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Statewatch notes European arrest warrant is limping along in only eight out of fifteen Member States
(EU) EU/HEALTH: WHO applauds EU Irish Presidency's decision to make heart health a priority
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Ecopoints regulation in force since 1 January
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: GE sells Spacelabs to OSI, as required by Commission
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