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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8665

13 March 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/enlargement
EP approves reports by Brok, Nicholson and van Orden with large majorities

Strasbourg, 12/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - The three reports on enlargement, widely debated on 10 March in plenary (see EUROPE of 11 March, pp.6/7) were, as we said earlier, approved on Thursday by the EP with a very large majority: 382 for, 17 against and 14 abstentions for the Brok report on the ten acceding countries; 374 to 10 wih 29 abstentions for the Nicholson report on Romania; and a massive (but not nominal) vote in favour of the Van Orden report on Bulgaria.

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Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The need to fight counterfitting and piracy far outweighs protection of European iindustry - A plague to be wiped out
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Council report critical of delays and lack of coordination in EU's fight against terrorism - Security services assess security situation in EU institutions
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/IGC: Call for Constitution to be adopted before 1 May
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Bertie Ahern calls for flexibility
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Accession request to be lodged on 22 March
(EU) EU/NATO: The council of NATO and COPS put finishing touches to details of takeover of operations in Bosnia - clear chain of command required - war prisoners - afghanistan and combatting WMD
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Council adopts contribution to Spring Summit but again fails on Community patent
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: New technological platform on steel
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: New genetic applications and access to healthcare
(EU) EU/IRISH PRESIDENCY/SPRING SUMMIT:
(EU) EU/CENTRAL ASIA: Mr Patten's visit to boost EU's visibility and discuss terrorism, drugs, reforms, regional co-operation and democracy
(EU) EU/TRADE: In Hong Kong, Pascal Lamy sees "major chance" to make progress this year on Doha Agenda, calling for progress before end of August
(EU) EU/AVIAN INFLUENZA: Commission decrees emergency ban on live poultry, poultry meat and eggs from Canada until 6 April
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Fishing effort limited in western waters
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/MEDICATION:
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: Commission welcomes agrement against unfair competition from subsidised third country airlines
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: France and Spain want to establish first Sea Highway in the Atlantic by 2006
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Turning Miller report into campaign manifesto, EP adopts contradictory positions on liberalisation, but says "no" to opening up water market
(EU) EP/TAXATION: EP votes for VAT on postal services
(EU) EP/SOCIAL SECURITY: EP wants to guarantee legal security of regulations in force in a way that is better for rights of workers and their families
(EU) EP/REGULATION:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Mr Dimas takes over from Ms Diamantopoulou
(EU) EP/DATA PROTECTION: Parliament unhappy with outcome of negotiations with the United States
(EU) EP/BIOTERRORISM: Parliament urges Council to assess bioterrorisom risks
(EU) EP/AVIATION/THIRD COUNTRIES:
(EU) EP/TRANS-EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORKS:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: EP approves reports by Brok, Nicholson and van Orden with large majorities
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT/AGRICULTURE: Parliament approves proposal transposing results of CAP reform into Act of Accession
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: French legislation taxing unrealised increases in value simply because the taxpayer has moved to another Member State infringes the freedom of establisment
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: First Advocate General Tizzano delivers his opinion that the French law banning televised advertising of alcoholic beverages is justified
(EU) EU/EESC: Dick Roche wants better communication with citizens
(EU) EU/EESC/ENLARGEMENT: President Briesch visits Lithuania and Latvia
(EU) EU/AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO THE EU:
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