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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8654

27 February 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mediterranean
Agadir Agreement is signed in Chris Patten's presence

Rabat, 26/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Foreign Ministers of four Arab Mediterranean rim countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan) associated to the EU signed an agreement in Rabat on 25 February aimed at establishing a free trade area between them. Lebanon officially announced that it will be joining this group of countries as soon as it has ratified its agreement with the EU.

The signing of the agreement is a "major step" in the integration process in the Mediterranean and a "leap...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CROATIA: President Mesic reaffirms Croatia's resolve to join "coming Europe"
(EU) EP/MACEDONIA: Parliament pays tribute to Boris Trajkovski
(EU) EP/SOUTHERN CAUCASUS: EP says region should be included in EU neighbourhood policy - Parliament restates its stance of 18 June 1987 on political solution to Armenian issue
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: For more coherence and resolve in EU/Russia dialogue
(EU) EP/IRAN: Shirin Ebadi criticises elections in Iran and calls on EU to adopt firm policy to defend human rights in her country
(EU) EU/CFSP: Solana outlines EU's security strategy to Helsinki
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/UNITED KINGDOM: Study by Anand Menon for Notre Europe looks into British U-turn between start and end of Convention
(EU) EU/COTE D'IVOIRE: Commissioner Nielson encourages Prime Minister Seydou Diarra to keep up good work in peace process to allow funds from 9th EDF to be made available
(EU) EU/SUDAN: EU calls for access to humanitarian aid to be guaranteed
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: EU and USA reach agreement on co-existence of GPS and Galileo satellite systems
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL: Report on Education and Training 2010 to be forwarded to Spring Summit - toward political agreement on Europass in May
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: New Commissions study demonstrates that fear of massive influx of workers from new Member States is "unfounded"
(EU) EU/USA/TRANSPORT: De Palacio wants cabotage included in aviation agreement with USA - Commisioner supports European airlines
(EU) EU/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Warning to 12 Member States for failing to transpose a key maritime safety directive
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/AIR TRANSPORT: Commission gets new powers to apply antitrust rules to air transport between EU and third countries
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: GUE/NGL group supports fight of Aventis workers against Sanofi's hostile takeover bid - Fears of delocalisation
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Parliament expresses concern about growing gap between Broad Economic Policy Guidelines and Lisbon goals
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament wishes to be involved in Quick Start projects
(EU) EP/TAXATION: MEPs confirm opposition to VAT on public postal services
(EU) EP/LIBERAL GROUP:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: European ministerial conference in Budapest
(EU) EU/TRADE: Cairns group invites United States, EU and Japan to help set date to remove subsidies to agricultural exports
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: Commission hopes to promote cooperative societies in EU
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Agadir Agreement is signed in Chris Patten's presence
(EU) EU/TRADE/DEVELOPMENT: Council establishes EU priorities for next UNCTAD (Sao Paolo, 13-19 June)
(EU) EU/TRADE: Moves to extend suspension of anti-dumping duty on malleable fittings from Argentina
(EU) EU/MEXICO:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: European conference on access to Information Society for deaf and hard of hearing people
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Adoption of regulation establishing European agency for security of networks and information
(EU) EU/USA:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) ACP/EU: Council gives Commission mandate to negotiate with ACP States on mid-term review of Cotonou Agreement
(EU) EU/AUSTRALIA: Canberra calls on EU to stop subsidising pork meat
(EU) ENLARGEMENT: Hearing on 3 March with Prodi, Bayrou, Passy, Kallas and Yavlinski
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
SUPPLEMENT
“EUROPE”/Documents No. 2361/2362: European Elections/PES: Spinelli Group presents programme - euro zone is Union's new driving force
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