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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/enterprises

06/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Volkswagen AG group are organising a colloquy on 20 September on the theme Enterprise Culture - a Challenge for Globalisation. The exchange of views will cover: 1) the contribution to be made by worker representatives to the international success of a company, with Klaus Volkert, President of the Volkswagen AG world board; 2) how enterprise will be able to ensure full competitiveness in the future, with Dieter Vogel, Chair of the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The last weeks of the Prodi Commission will not be a peaceful "end of reign" - Difficult decisions, a weighty inheritance for the Barroso COmmission
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Italy wants to strengthen anti-terroist policy
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Europeans wish to help reconstruction in Iraq but consider security is insufficient for presence on ground
(EU) EU/Middle East: Bot considers Israel ready to accept greater EU role in Middle East
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Twenty-Five remain concerned about situation in Darfur
(EU) EU/BURMA: Europe accepts Myanmar's participation at next ASEM Summit but foresees more severe sanctions unless Burmese junta meets three conditions
(EU) EU/BALKANS: EU hopes to find technical solutions with Serbia and Montenegro without questioning Union between these two States
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Last reform package should be adopted on 14 september but it contains law penalising adultery
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Fischler expects referendum in several countries on possible Turkish access to EU
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EU/DUTCH PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Commissioner Verheugen's very positive remarks on his last visit to Turkey before report of 6 October
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Group of political personalities consider that no obstacle is insurmoutable for Turkey's EU accession towards 2015 - immediate opening of negotiations as soon as political criteria (on which the group will not give an opinion) are fulfilled
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EU to appeal WTO decision against EU sugar subsidies, says Mr Fischler
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Quality of trade agreement more important than October deadline, says Mr Fischler
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Philippe Busquin visits Libya
(EU) EU/GMO: Commission to adopt proposal on tolerance ceilings for accidental presence of GMOs in seeds
(EU) EU/GMO: Commission to present its formal proposal to Council on Wednesday on authorising marketing of GT 73
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission publishes details on eight people and dogs that came into contact with rabid dog in France
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Enquiry on Abbey National buy out by Santander continues
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: First phase of market tests to assess Coca Cola's proposals to change its commercial practices
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission and Germany hostile to French Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's idea of linking tax and structural aid
(EU) EP/STABILITY PACT: Most MEPs support Commission proposals - Mr Juncker says these will not weaken Pact
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Presidency programme in transport sector is highly ambitious, EP transport committee says
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Study calls for greater investment in combined transport sector
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: Economic and Social Committee hearing on improving Lisbon strategy
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Open day on practices and reforms of regional policy, with Peter Straub and Jacques Barrot
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Jacques Barrot attends Conference of Presidents of extremely remote areas
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/DISABILITY: Final "Included in Society" conference
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/EQUALITY:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: First arrivals at renovated Berlaymont on 20 September
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Volume of retail trade up by 1.1% in euro-zone and in EU25 up by 2.6%
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Regional Baltic Sea organisation no longer needs to exist - toward bilateral EU/Russia agreement?
(EU) IMO/TRANSPORT: Implementation of new IMO safety measures makes progress but delays continue in Africa and Eastern EUROPE
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISES:
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Government of Gibraltar challenges Commission decision stating corporate tax reform is incompatible with common market
(EU) OECD/ENERGY: Given oil price instability, OECD recommends strategy aimed at biomass
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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