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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8782

10 September 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 45
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

09/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has given the green light to Whitehall 2001 Britannia's take-over bid of the British hotel group Queens Moat Houses, a company controlled by US investment company Goldman Sachs. This operation was examined according to simplified procedure.

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Debate on reorientation of stability pact is launched - wisdom of Joaquin Almunia and feistiness of Pervenche Berès, as well as Trichet, Juncker, Zalm and Monks etc
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Commission thinks about timetable to open negotiations - Plans to penalise adultery come at wrong moment
(EU) EU/TURKEY/SURVEY: Turks support accession, but not strong role for EU - Diversity and scepticism on Turkish candidacy amongst Europeans
(EU) EP/TURKEY/CDU-CSU: Mr Nassauer and Mr Ferber feel Commission should take political, financial and institutional consequences of accession into account - Warnings issued by Ms Sommer and Mr Langen
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Dutch Presidency warns against recourse to UN Security Council
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Three-quarters of Europeans disapprove foreign policy of Bush Administration - Other "transatlantic trends"
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Geneva Initiative (meeting in Brussels) calls for return to Roadmap and Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: EU takes first step in Althea military planning - Force Generation Conference on 14 September
(EU) EU/GREAT LAKES: Aldo Ajello calls for quality enhancement of European MONUC component
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/INDONESIA:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission survey shows nine firms out of ten take taxation into account before deciding to set up business in another Member State
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Gerrit Zalm says British insistence over rebate is not sustainable
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission grants EUR 76 million for nature conservation
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission approves financing of 109 innovative environmental projects for 2004
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission grants 8 million EUR to environmental projects in third countries
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission confirms that it wants to set up specific research programme on security from 2007
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Most Member States support partial adoption of IAS 39 accounting standards while awaiting solution that banks find more favourable
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro-zone GDP up by 0.5%, EU25 GDP up by 0.6%
(EU) EU/EMU:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TRADE/AGRICULTURE: Australia and Brazil welcome WTO's ruling against European sugar subsidies
(EU) EU/PACIFIC: Commissioners Lamy and Nielson go to Fiji for opening of trade negotiations between the EU and the Pacific Region of ACP group on 10 September
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: European Parliament to approve tuna fish protocols on 16 September
(EU) EU/GMO: Greenpeace pleased Commission has not set tolerance level for seeds accidentally contaminated by GMOs
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Suggestions for more balanced make-up of Commissioners' cabinets
(EU) EU/BULGARIA: Bulgaria wants to take part in European Drugs Observatory
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: New Eurydice publication on educational integration of immigrant children in European schools
(EU) EU/OECD/EDUCATION: OECD launches annual statistics study next Tuesday
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Dutch presidency of EU inaugurates its "Image of Europe" exhibition in Brussels
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/EMPLOYERS: UNICE asks EU to focus on competitiveness
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Germany condemned for waste disposal contracts signed in breach of Community law
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF REGIONS/SEPTEMBER PLENARY: Employment, crime prevention, transparency of financial relations between Member States and public enterprise, internal market services at focus of work - Josep Borrell and Jan Figel take part
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
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