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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8794

28 September 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mercosur
Mercosur presents new offer of liberalisation

Brussels, 27/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) presented, on Saturday, a new offer of liberalisation in the context of the EU/Mercosur free trade and association agreement negotiations. The offer covers 90% of trade compared to 88% in the previous offer, a press release from the Brazilian Ministry which holds Mercosur presidency states. It mainly covers public procurement, financial services and telecommunications.

"The Commission has received the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Laurent Fabius's "No" gives the proponents of the Constitution the opportunity to explain and sell the reasons to say "Yes"
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Turkish authorities are confident after adoption of new penal code - Barroso says a country which accepts criteria must be able to join the EU - Yes to negotiations if they are open, Schüssel says - Sarzkozy considers referendum in France is inevitable
(EU) EP/TURKEY/GREENS: October meeting in Istanbul with Joschka Fischer, Abdullah Gül and Leyla Zana
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
(EU) EU/TURKEY/HUMAN RIGHTS: Amnesty International notes significant progress but refuses to give opinion on "political" opening of negotiations
(EU) EPE/SAKHAROV PRIZE: eleven candidates for Sakharov prize 2004
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Quartet invites Israelis and Palestinians to co-ordinate their withdrawal from Gaza Strip and parts of West Bank
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/DEMOCRACY: Conference on EU assistance to elections in world
(EU) EU/CPMR/CONSTITUTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENERGY/TRANSPORT/MASHREK: Loyola de Palacio lays foundation for strengthening Euro-Mediterranean cooperation
(EU) EU/GALILEO: Galileo Euro-Med Cooperation Office is opened
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Mercosur presents new offer of liberalisation
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Competitive Council to give itself two months to find solution to ITER case
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Competitive Council examines future research policy and agrees to Commission approach on nano-technology
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/IMMIGRATION: Amnesty Internatinoal criticises EU's track record and lists demands for future
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/BARROSO COMMISSION/ENVIRONMENT: Stavros Dimas's priorities conditioned by achievement of sustainable development
(EU) EU/BARROSO COMMISSION: Declarations of interest of Commissioners-designate may be consulted on Internet
(EU) EU/BARROSO COMMISSION/COMPETITION: According to Declaration of Interest, Neelie Kroes has no more shares and holds no office in any company - Green MEP Paul van Buitenen speaks of possible past misdemeanour
(EU) EU/BARROSO COMMISSION/BUDGET: Kallas hopes to improve EU budgetary management and control as well as way OLAF works
(EU) EP/INFORMATION SOCIETY/AUDIO-VISUAL: Vivian Reding's priorities - reducing gap between old and new Member States, getting citizens used to TIC, making the European audio-visual sector more competitive
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Regulatory approval to the acquisition by the Swedish telecommunications company TeliaSonera of Orange' Danish mobile telephony business
(EU) EU/AUDIO-VISUAL: European audio-visual observatory examines cinematographic heritage protection in Europe
(EU) EU/SPORT: EYES compensates "Vuelta Junior" victor
(EU) EU/ROMANIA: Details of transition periods negotiated by Romania in its accession negotiations (regional, services, environment)
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: Eurochambres rules out postponement of Lisbon Strategy
(EU) EU/CPMR: Claudio Martini is re-elected President of Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions - Final Declaration insists on principle of territorial cohesion - Xavier Gizard says no to à-la-carte Europe - Bert de Vries and Peter Straub insist on territorial cohesion
(EU) EU/CPMR/SEA EUROPE: Norwegian Minister Erna Solberg points out Norway hopes to contribute to new European Sea Policy - Jean-Yves Le Drian, President of Brittany's Regional Council, believes EU is ahead of Member States on maritime safety
(EU) EU/FISHERIES/SPAIN:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES/PORTUGAL:
(EU) EU/CPMR/ENERGY: Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions speaks out for development of renewable energy
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: France condemned for spending too little on treating urban waste water on its territory
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE/RIGHT OF REPLY:
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