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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8740

3 July 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 50 / 55
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) engineering

BARCLAYS PRIVATE EQUITY FINANCE has acquired the industrial engineering group FIVES-LILLE (turnover of 700 million EUR in 2003) from Scandinavian investment fund INDUSTRI KAPITAL, for 300 million EUR.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: EIB hopes to lead by example on transparency
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: European Constitution to be signed in Rome on 20 November
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Commission to unveil four proposals next week to get Turkish Cypriots on board
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Commission provides 4.65 million to reinforce the rule of law in Georgia
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EP/EPP:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: publication by Département fédéral suisse des Affaires étrangères and Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe of brochure outlining lessons of the Swiss direct democracy experience for the EU
(EU) EU/CFSP: First certificates issued by "ACADEMIA DIPLOMATICA EUROPAEA"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/ITALY: last-minute governmental meeting to try to avoid setting off the early warning system
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: the Commission revises its forecasts for the euro zone upwards with growth in 2004 above 1.7%
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production prices rise 0.6% in both Eurozone and EU25
(EU) EU/JHA: Fourniret case provides argument in favour of EU police records
(EU) EU/ROMANIA: Commission welcomes Bucharest's decision to impose visas on citizens of Serbia and Montenegro
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission assesses extent of illegal work in EU - Most-affected sectors: construction, agriculture and cleaning
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS/INFORMATION SOCIETY:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/HEALTH: Commission and WHO step up partnership to improve health in developing countries
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Copa and Cogeca demands increased aid to promote agricultural products
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/ACP:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: communication planned on financing for security measures in civil aviation
(EU) IMO/TRANSPORT: delay in conforming to the new IMO measures on maritime security in force since 1 July
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/CULTURE: cultural tourism is a key element of sustainable development of the European regions, says ENCATL
(EU) EU/RYANAIR: additional time of one month for the Wallonia Region
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/AFRICA/COTTON:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: EFRAG and national experts to give their views of the adoption of IAS 32 and 39
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Lawyers say the Money laundering and funding of terrorism directive is premature and banks say it is unrealistic
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: launch of new mobility centres
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: New European network of excellence studies viral resistance
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: EURAB to closely monitor FP7
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/TRADE: WWF appeals to Court of Justice against Council over lack of transparency - Article 133 Committee challenged
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Belgium sanctioned for forcing school students from other member States wanting to study at French-speaking Belgian universities to sit special exam
(EU) EU/EESC/DUTCH PRESIDENCY: Priorities of European Economic and Social Committee for second half of 2004
(EU) EU/EESC/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/ECSC/TURKEY: according to the committee, Turkey is on the right path for the opening of accession negotiations to the EU
(EU) EU/EIB: loan for the construction of a combined heat and power plant
(EU) EU/COMPETITIONS:
TIMETABLE
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Acquisitions-mergers:
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Gas:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Engineering:
(EU) Engineering:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Property:
(EU) Cinema:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 02/07/2004: