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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8703

11 May 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin
Italian deficit, BEPG and negotiation with Switzerland on agenda of meeting of Finance Ministers

Brussels, 10/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Ecofin Council to meet on Tuesday in Brussels under the chairmanship of Irish Minister Charlie McCreevy will be the first to officially bring together the 25 Finance Ministers of the enlarged Europe. The impact of 1 May will already be felt on two questions: - uncertainty of the result of the vote by 25 on Italian deficit (see other article) and the delays entailed for translation of the "transparency" directive into 20 languages. The Council...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The new competition policy to change the controls on and assessments of mergers from the bottom up
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Mr Verheugen welcomes new constitutional reforms, an "extra step" towards Copenhagen criteria
(EU) EU/CHECHNYA: Grozny attack condemned
(EU) EU/EP/CENTRE:
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/RWANDA/CONGO: Presidency statement on events of recent days on border between Congo and Rwanda
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: EU concerned at situation in Adjara
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRADE/WTO: Lamy and Fischler write to their WTO counterparts - EU prepared to go the extra mile in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations
(EU) EU/TRADE/WTO: French agriculture minister says Commission has gone too far in making export subsidy concessions
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: "25" await instructions from Giulio Tremonti before warning Italy about its budgetary deficit
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Italian deficit, BEPG and negotiation with Switzerland on agenda of meeting of Finance Ministers
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/COHESION POLICY: Cohesion Forum opens - Michel Barnier underlines industrial concern given tax and social dumping - General support for 3rd Economic and Social Cohesion Report
(EU) ACP/EU: ACP countries concerned about Enlargement and incorporation of EDF into EU budget
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Denmark, Finland, Austria, Sweden called on to amend their investment agreements with third countries
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission launches consultation on application of e-money directive to mobile phones
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Commissioner Vitorino and Counter-Terrorism Coordinator De Vries are in United States this week for high level meetings
(EU) EU/PUBLIC SERVICES: Wednesday's White Paper will not unveil new legislation on services of general interest
(EU) EU/ENERGY: commission expected to publish a Communication on renewable energy
(EU) EU/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Conference on marine science in Galway
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: New European reference materials
(EU) EU/OECD/HEALTH: Meeting of OECD health ministers on improving healthcare systems
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/EQUALITY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Eurocommerce want Visa and MasterCard to make their services more attractive to retailers
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 100 million loand for Financing SMEs in Poland
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan to help improve transport and electricity distribution in Estonia
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/SOLIDARITY FUND: Commission and France sign agreement on payment of emergency aid following December 2003 flooding
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION/ASylum: Odysseus' activities
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Massive conference on sport
(EU) EU/TRAINING:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
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