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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8698

4 May 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/acp
First joint Council between ACP and enlarged EU to look at implementation of ACP/EU partnership and start revision of Cotonou agreement

Brussels, 03/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The implementation of the ACP/EU partnership, the formal opening of negotiations for the revision of the Cotonou agreement, the negotiations of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and the ACP-integrated regional entities and the fight against Aids will be on the menu of the twenty-ninth session of the joint ACP/EU Council of 6 and 7 May in Gaborone (Botswana), an ACP country which is doing well economically, but is ravaged by the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: 6,000 km of new external borders, drugs, corruption: the problems of the EU's enlargement to the East
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: First session of Parliament enlarged from 626 to 788 members
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Giscard d'Estaing suggests Chris Patten as future Commission president, while Verhofstadt says he is available - Pat Cox is to reveal his intentions on Wednesday
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Entry of ten new members celebrated at solemn ceremony in Dublin - satisfaction at this historic landmark guaranteeing a "United, peaceful, democratic and prosperous Europe" - "Enlarged EU will need to change if it's to work at 25"
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Mr Ahern doubts Constitution will contain reference to God or Christianity
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS:
(EU) EU/IRAN: Iran's progress in human rights too slow and not enough, says Commission
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/NETHERLANDS: Mr Bot says Council of Europe Summit should be Summit on EUROPE
(EU) EU/ALBANIA: EU calls for reforms to be speeded up
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRADE: Lamy, Zoellick and Brazilian, Kenyan and South African counterparts meet in London to revitalise Doha
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Reconstruction: Commission releases EUR 160 million
(EU) EU/ACP: First joint Council between ACP and enlarged EU to look at implementation of ACP/EU partnership and start revision of Cotonou agreement
(EU) EU/STATE AID: French proposals for Alstom are "promising"
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission to recover almost EUR 20 million of irregular payments of farming aid, including EUR 50 million to France
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/GMOs: Commission will soon present rules on accidental presence of GMOs in seed
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council adopts regulations on aid reform for Mediterranean production
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: EU increases blue whiting fishing possibilities
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: 70 million EUR for regulation of fishing activities
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: EU/Cape Verde fishing agreement extended to 30 June 2005
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Association of Mediterranean fishing professionals
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission resolves Marathon affair with Gaz de France and Ruhrgas
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Acquisition of Grundig by Beko and Alba is cleared
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears Ford acquisition of Polar Motor
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/TAXATION: Acceding States' exemption to energy directive
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/POVERTY: EAPN insists on social inclusion
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Christians from different churches and movements from throughout Europe meet to celebrate enlargement
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/EMERGENCIES: Association seeking to bring in "112" has filed complaint with Ombudsman, denouncing Commission's lack of action
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: European campaign "Building in Safety" in Dublin with Pat Cox, Bertie Ahern and David Byrne
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/MINORITIES: European manifesto on minority community media presented to Pat Cox
(EU) EP/HEALTH: EU should play major role in decisions on research for neglected diseases, says Dr Yves Champney
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/SPORT:
(EU) EP/TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS:
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUALS:
(EU) UE/COURT OF JUSTICE: Conditions whereby company refusing to allow competing company a licence for using copyright is making abusive use of dominant position
(EU) EU/SYMPOSIA: conferences and seminars for May 2004
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