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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8785

15 September 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 42 / 44
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) insurance

British AVIVA has sold its non-life insurance business in Asia to the second largest Japanese firm, MITSUI SUMITOMO, for the sum of £249 million.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Improved prospects for the Union's economic governance
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/PRESIDENT: Parliament to become concourse of democratic debate on European Constitution, Josep Borrell hopes - Battle against terrorism is not conventional kind of war, Parliament President says - EP (visited by Prime Minister Erdogan on 23 September) will adopt report on Turkey's request for accession by 17 December Summit
(EU) EP/TERRORISM/BESLAN SCHOOL TRAGEDY:
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION: Daniel Cohn-Bendit lashes out against Laurent Fabius
(EU) EP/CHECHNYA/OSSETIA: Europe must try to convince Moscow to put an end to this "colonial war", Daniel Cohn-Bendit says
(EU) EP/ALDE/TURKEY:
(EU) EP/ALDE/TERRORISM/RUSSIA:
(EU) EP/TIMETABLE:
(EU) EP/GREENS/IRELAND:
(EU) EU/EP/BELARUS: MEPs speak out against Mr Loukachenko's regime - EP resolution on Belarus to be adopted on Thursday
(EU) EU/BELARUS: EU issues warning about 17 October elections and referendum on constitutional changes
(EU) EU/IRAQ: EU fact-finding mission to Iraq to prepare concrete aid proposals for civilian crisis management in good time for 5 November European Council
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/GREAT LAKES: Foreign Ministers welcome Kofi Annan's recommendation for strengthening MONUC - Support for Javier Solana's options on increased EU support
(EU) EU/FYROM: EU insists on decentralisation in Macedonia
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission adopts proposal to liberalise car spare parts market
(EU) EU/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Commission's second attempt to present proposal opening port services up to competition
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Turkey to give up plans to criminalise adultery
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission launches stakeholder consultation on post-2012 climate change policy
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission earmarks EUR 1.5 million for victims of Hurricane Ivan in Grenada
(EU) EU/SOUTH AFRICA: Formal adoption of regulation amending development cooperation with South Africa
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Paris, Berlin and Madrid note complexity of negotiations on forthcoming financial perspectives
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUALS: Eurocinema and FERA concerned about Media programme
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Lively debate expected next week over review of working time directive
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves acquisition of Shell's Portuguese activities by Repsol
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of Polish slaughterhouse Soko³ów by Danish Crown and HK Ruokatalo
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/EPP-ED: Ten EPP working groups discuss ideas for the world in 2020 - new concept of environmentalism discarding old green/socialist terminology
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Rules for rounding up telephone bills to nearest eurocent
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Meeting of minds between Chirac, Schroder and Zapatero at Madrid mini-summit
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB provides loan to fund fledgling enterprises in France
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Defence:
(EU) Advertising:
(EU) Media:
(EU) Aquaculture:
(EU) Catering:
(EU) Agri-food sector:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Internet:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 14/09/2004: