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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8717
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eurogroup

Commission plays down economic impact of rise in oil prices

Luxembourg, 02/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - Economy and Finance Ministers of the euro zone sought, on Tuesday evening in Luxembourg, to assess the impact that the continuing sharp rise in oil prices would have on their economies. This was before trying to reach an agreement among the 25 within the Ecofin Council on a declaration to be sent to the petroleum producing countries and on the need for coordinated action at European level to answer the problem of the rising price of "black gold" (see...

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