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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8811

21 October 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission fines companies in Spanish raw tobacco market

Brussels, 20/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the European Commission decided to fine five companies active in the Spanish raw tobacco processing market a total of € 20 million for colluding on the prices paid to, and the quantities bought from, the tobacco growers in Spain (four Spanish and one Italian). The concerned processors of raw tobacco are Compañia Española de Tabaco en Rama (Cetarsa), Agroexpansión, World Wide Tobacco España (WWTE), Tabacos Españoles (Taes) and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The Barroso Commission must understand that agriculture is more than just a budgetary issue
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/BARROSO COMMISSION: Socialists call for complete change to Rocco Buttiglione's portfolio and contest candidates Kroes, Fischer-Boel and Udre - Greens/EFA find Rocco Buttilgione "unacceptable" and call for new portfolios for Kroes, Fischer-Boel, Udre, Kovas and Dimas - Statements by Jean-Louis Bourlanges
(EU) EU/IRAQ: New ambassador to EU
(EU) EU/INDONESIA: Troika in Jakarta
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES:
(EU) EU/SYRIA: Association Agreement initialled
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Venice Commission recommends new Human Rights Court in Kosovo
(EU) EP/KOSOVO:
(EU) EU/LIBYA:
(EU) EP/CUBA:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: 2004 Convergence reports: neither Sweden nor new Member States are respecting criteria, but Joaquin Almunia welcomes progress made
(EU) EU/EMU/STATISTICS: Almunia presents three lines of proposals for strengthening European budgetary statistics - Greece does not provide all additional information requested by Eurostat
(EU) EU/TRADE/DEVELOPMENT: According to detailed Commission proposal on future GSP, China will lose tariff preferences for textile exports - "Good news for all", says Lamy
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Commission gives green light to eight national plans to allocate emissions quotas - Eight plans being assessed
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Projects for combating terrorism: protection of infrastructures, access to bank accounts and warning system
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/STATE AIDE: Commission wants aid to German, Greek and Spanish shipyards reimbursed
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission gives Germany three more months to amend its rules on cans
(EU) EP/TRANSPORTS:
(EU) EP/ALDE/STABILITY PACT/GREECE:
(EU) EP/LIBERALISATION OF THE MARKET:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: United Kingdom will have to face Court over severity of its customs policy on private tobacco imports
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission orders Germany to recover more than €3 bln, plus interest, from WestLB and six other public banks
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission acts against abusive market position of Deutsch Post in mail preparation service
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission fines companies in Spanish raw tobacco market
(EU) EU/STATE AID/AGRICULTURE: Authorised aid for Italian SMEs in agriculture in Veneto
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Designated Commissioner Joe Borg committed to fishermen's concerns
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Scientists recommend ban on fishing for cod and hake in south in 2005 - good news for sole
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION:
(EU) EU/UNICE/ECONOMY: Slight recovery in EU but no momentum - Growth of 2.6% expected in 2005 for EU25 - Philippe de Buck calls for new Kok report to be kept alive at least until 2005 spring summit to reactivate Lisbon strategy
(EU) EP/PES/SOCIAL: Andersson and Bullmann want to know whether latest General Motors job cuts are in line with Community rules
(EU) EU/JOB SECURITY: Commission and Parliament support European Week for construction safety
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT/STATE AID: Request from Marta Vincenzi and Antonio Panzeri
(EU) EU/EP/HEALTH: Roadmap for diabetes research
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Extraordinary meeting of Committee Bureau and conference on urban and country areas of Europe, with Commissioner Franz Fischler and Dutch minister Cees Veerman
(EU) EU/EUROCHAMBERS: Vienna Congress to focus on European competitiveness - President Fischer, Chancellor Schüssel plus Commissioners Kallas, Balazs and Hübner to attend
(EU) EU/TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS: Conference in Trier on 21 and 22 October
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents Nr 2383: Trade/Development: First Parliament stance on reform of Generalised System of Preferences proposed by European Commission
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 20/10/2004: