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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8709

19 May 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 33
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/gulf cooperation council
14th Joint Cooperation Council ends with promise to conclude free trade agreement negotiations before end of year

Brussels, 18/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Joint EU-GCC Cooperation Council (GCC) met on 17 May in Brussels. Representing the Europeans: Brian Cowen, acting president of the Council of the EU and Javier Solana, High Representative for CFSP and European Commissioners Chris Patten and Pascal Lamy; from the Gulf delegations, which was led by the Kuwaiti foreign affairs minister, Mohamed Salem Al-Sabah, acting president of the GCC and Secretary General of this organisation, Abdurrahman Hamad...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Overall positive result of Lamy-Fischler initiative should not detract from conflict in next WTO round
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSITUTION: In belief that time is not right to present comprehensive package to IGC, Irish presidency decides to continue ministerial exchange of views next Monday (24) May - moves for reduced Commission after 2014
(EU) EU/CYPRUS/TURKEY: Commission announces end June proposal on direct trade links between northern Cyprus and EU
(EU) EU/TURKEY: EU insists on implementation of reforms throughout Turkey - Commission will not present its report before October
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Council adopts 2004 assessment on progress since last year in SAP implementation
(EU) MIDDLE EAST: Solana thinks Israel is going against spirit and letter of road map - Arab League wants to re-launch peace process
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: European Union adds 10 Italian groups to list of terrorist organisations
(EU) EU/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL: 14th Joint Cooperation Council ends with promise to conclude free trade agreement negotiations before end of year
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Dominique Strauss-Kahn presents results of work by round table on Europe of tomorrow - building political Europe to save European model undermined from within, threatened from without
(EU) EU/AZERBAIJAN: If asked, Commission is prepared to help with solution in Nagornyi-Karabak, says Mr Prodi
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Amnesty International criticises violations of human rights
(EU) EU/SLOVAKIA/ROMA:
(EU) EU/IGC/FEDERALISTS:
(EU) EU/IGC/UNIONS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Council adopts political agreement on "computer-implemented patents" at qualified majority
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Agreement on Community patent indefinitely postponed
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: No agreement on sales
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL/CONSUMERS: Political agreement on unfair trade practices directive
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Formal adoption of regulation allowing more effective fight against cross-border violations of consumer rights in internal market
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL/CHEMICALS: Council asks UK to back up its suggestion of reducing industry's registration obligations in REACH Regulation
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission to adopt communication on renewable energy proportions in EU
(EU) EU/AUSTRALIA:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: Only 12 Member States have presented Commission with their national plans for allocating greenhouse gas emission quotas - infringement procedure against former Member States lagging behind
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: First EU Summit of 25 with Russia in Moscow on Friday - Russia's accession to WTO at centre of talks
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro zone inflation rises to 2% in April
(EU) EU/WTO: Market access at heart of talks on agricultural chapter of Doha Agenda to resume on 2 June in Geneva
(EU) EU/WTO: Negotiation is prepared on new banana import regime
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission to launch second phase of social partner consultation on Wednesday on review of "working hour" directive - Trade unions are opposed to individual "opt-out"
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Six cities from new Member and candidate States to benefit from Commission's CIVITAS project for clean transport
(EU) ECONOMY: Industrial production down by 0.2% in March
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/CITIZENS:
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