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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8623

15 January 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 23
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Commission makes progress on France Telecom dossier

Brussels, 14/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - According to the preliminary conclusions reached by the expert taken on by the European Commission to enlighten it on the France Telecom dossier, the French operator did receive State aid, aid that could be demonstrated through the combination of several elements, the French daily, Les Echos, reports. This information was then passed on by other economic sources. The independent firm Nera is said to use a combination of several factors as a basis, which...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A broad range of reactions and surprise at the Commission's decision to bring the stability pact case before the Court of Justice
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/IRISH PRESIDENCY: Ahern promises Parliament it will not miss any opportunity to reactivate the IGC and announces the Spring Council will set a timetable for work on financial perspectives - Prodi calls for work to ensure all agree on Constitution, promising names of ten new Commissioners end February and again insisting on importance of research and human resources for Lisbon process - Pöttering and Cohn-Bendit already campaigning for elections when taking the floor
(EU) EU/TURKEY: In Ankara, Romano Prodi to insist Cyprus problem is resolved
(EU) EU/IGC/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/FYROM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Commission's decision likely to be postponed slightly
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Irish Presidency takes note of Commission's appeal to Court of Justice - Mr Prodi (who discussed it with Mr Raffarin on Wednesday evening) admits decision was "painful" - Harsh criticism of Commission, notably by Mr Delors
(EU) EU/EMU: At same time as deciding to take court action over halt to excessive debt procedure against France and Germany, Commission intends to continue its co-ordinating and follow-up role for economic policies and strengthen economic governance
(EU) EU/OHIM/STRIKE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Work in Galway to focus on "Making Work Pay" - Priorities of European social partners
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission makes progress on France Telecom dossier
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER/FRAUD: European citizens are more concerned about fraud at national level than by fraud at European level
(EU) EU/EP/IRAN: Parliament expresses solidarity with Iranians following Bam earthquake and welcomes Iran's renouncing of nuclear weapons but is unhappy at exclusion of candidates in next elections
(EU) EP/SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST: Parliament seeks to safeguard some public services without giving up broader liberalisation - Philippe Herzog approves this result in concern for compromise, hoping to build, in the future, a legal framework to support public services
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT/JUSTICE: Penalties for maritime pollution are authorised - in support of creating a European coastguard
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Pöttering and Cohn-Bendit think it's unrealistic for enlargement to have 1% GDP ceiling put on resources as requested by six countries (letter written by Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni to the six)
(EU) EU/IRISH PRESIDENCY/PES/EMPLOYMENT: Rasmussen presents Roche with PES strategy document for creating five million jobs
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Decision imminent on Hollywood studios inquiry
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission take action against eight Member States for persistent violation of Community water legislation
(EU) EU/NORTH KOREA/TRADE:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission jointly finances "BONUS" project for support and better coordination of environmental research in Baltic Sea region
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission publishes report 2002 on three pre-accession aid programmes (Phare, Ispa, Sapard)
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