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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8660

6 March 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin council
Preparing for the European Council, reduced VAT, and Eugenio Solans' replacement at ECB

Brussels, 05/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Union Member States' finance ministers will be meeting in Brussels on Tuesday to adopt their contributions to the 25/26 March European Council and discuss progress in negotiations with dependencies and third countries over savings tax. Germany is expected to confirm that it supports France in its call for reduced VAT on eating out (see below). The Council will adopt opinions on the Stability Programmes of four Member States (Germany, Spain,...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/BELGIUM: Guy Verhofstadt heads VLD list
(EU) EU/IGC: Schröder and Prodi confident agreement will be reached under Irish Presidency
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Council of Europe welcomes progress made by Turkey
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/VENEZUELA: EU calls upon parties involved in organisation of referendum to negotiate and speaks out against violence
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Mr Solana welcomes beginning of direct dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and insists Vienna promises are kept
(EU) EU/SERBIA:
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA:
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION/SPINELLI PROJECT: Seminar organised by MEPs Napolitano, Watson and Frassoni shows how topical 1984 Spinelli project still is - call for next parliament to take over constituent process
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TEXTILES: First meeting of "textiles and clothing" group to improve competitiveness of Europe in sector - Commissioners Lamy, Liikanen and Busquin confident in future
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Hungary will also restrict access of EU workers to its labour market - Measures to prevent abuse of social security system in Ireland - Work permit necessary in Sweden
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/ENLARGEMENT: Commission outlines specific rules to set banana import quotas for ten new member states
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Preparing for the European Council, reduced VAT, and Eugenio Solans' replacement at ECB
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Germany expected to state at 9 March Ecofin Council that it favours a reduction in VAT on eating out in France - First debate on subsidiarity for reduced VAT
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Progress in savings tax negotiations with Switzerland and the associated territories
(EU) EU/PATENT: Competitiveness Council to consider legal status of translations of future Community patent
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT/SOCIAL: Latest results of Council
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: Mid-term review of eEurope 2005, e-communication in the EU, combatting spam and GISS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Presidency will attempt to forge agreement over draft Eurovignette directive at Tuesday's Transport Council
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission will no longer examine State aid of less than EUR 100,000 in transport sector
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Aid in favour of combined transport in Italy
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: European regions want public subsidies to be authorised for developing regional airports
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/COLLEGE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION/EUROBAROMETER: 56% of Europeans consider immigration necessary for economy - 80% in favour of strengthened external border controls - strong support for common policy - publication on Monday
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: France implements European arrest warrant
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Mediterranean economies are doing better but more progress needed, notes a European Commission internal report
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB to lend 250 million EUR to support private sector in Turkey
(EU) EU/IMF: EMU negotiator Köhler, Presidency candidate in Germany, to be replaced at head of International Monetary Fund
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: Mr Supachai hopes for amicable solutions on FSCs and French foie gras
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE:
(EU) EP/MARCH SESSION: Intellectual property, trans-European transport networks, education, Israel, Guantanamo prisoners, Iraq and Haiti
(EU) Main European activities from 8 to 12 March 2004:
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