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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8726

16 June 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/esdp

15/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Secretariat General of the Council on 10 June published Official Journal C 153 indicating a vacancy for the post of administrator at Directorate general E "External Relations", directorate 8, in charge of defence issues. Application forms have to be returned by 9 July 2004 at the latest and are available on: (http: //eu.eu.int/concours).

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A few remarks on European elections and their results
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Difficulties in Czech Republic and Poland after European elections - Britain stands firm - Agreement on Friday or never, Franco Frattini says
(EU) EU/COMMISSION PRESIDENCY: Will Chirac and Schröder propose Verhofstadt? Lisbon confirms support for Vitorino - Ahern is not interested
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/ICG: Chirac provides assurances that France and Germany hold same position - regular meetings on industrial policy
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/ELDR: three eu prime ministers at 17 June Summit
(EU) EP/IGC/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Brok and Hänsch, see a few reasons to be cheerful but concerns remain on charter and financial framework
(EU) EU/ESDP: Mission to Georgia in mid-July - Council's ESDP report
(EU) EU/ESDP: European Armament Agency soon to be active
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Results in Denmark, Spain, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary and IRELAND
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS/COMMISSION: Commission calls for action against low turnout, and says Eurosceptics will not distort reality
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS/CONSTITUTION: Appeal by IEM chair José Maria Gil-Robles
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS/ITALY: Romano Prodi appeals to members of Ulivo - Silvio Berlusconi's Mea Culpa
(EU) EU/ELECTIONS/INDUSTRY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Bulgaria finalises membership talks after having had to accept strengthened safeguard clause allowing EU to delay accession until 2008 if serious problems arise - Romania may complete negotiations by end of year
(EU) EU/GMOS: Member States to speak out on Wednesday concerning authorisation to import new Monsanto genetically modified rapeseed
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: Fischler calls on Canada and USA to go as far as EU in getting rid of export subsidies
(EU) EP/USA: On Wednesday EP's legal committee will examine possibility of re-introducing appeals to passenger files
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission to bring France before Court for discrimination against cable networks
(EU) EU/STATE AID: United Kingdom to take Commission to Court over decision on company taxation in Gibraltar
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission questions retrospective reduction of UMTS licences for France Télécom
(EU) EU/WTO:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Differences remain between Member States over IAS 39 allowing derivatives to be evaluated in banks' accounts
(EU) EU/FRAUD: OLAF concludes investigation on Thomson
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission to present communication in next few weeks on conditions for promoting expansion of broadband mobile services
(EU) EU/SCHENGEN:
(EU) EU/ESDP:
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: 110 local authorities take action to renew their commitment to sustainable urban development
(EU) EU/EESC/REGIONAL: Peter Balazs calls for effective cohesion policy at European level to be maintained
(EU) EU/SCIENCE/WOMEN: Eurostat reports more female science and engineering graduates, but employment prospects remain poor
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Third international meeting of cultural professional organisations in Seoul
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
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