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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8831

20 November 2004
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/acp
Joint Parliamentary Assembly narrowly averts problematic presence of Zimbabweans hit by EU sanctions

Brussels, 19/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - The possibility that the presence of uninvited Zimbabwean representatives could disturb the work of the ACP/EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), which opens in The Hague on Monday (see EUROPE of 10 November, p.11) has been averted. The Zimbabwean parliamentarian Kumbirai Kangai- who is on the list of Zimbabweans hit by EU sanctions and who was on the point of obtaining a visa from the Dutch Presidency- will not be taking part in the Assembly. This...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Barroso Commission to take up office on 22 November for five-years ending 31 October 2009
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Monday and Tuesday's Council focuses on defence, development and international policy issues
(EU) EU/AFRICA/GREAT LAKES: At Dar-Es-Salam conference, Bernard Bot sends message of EU encouragement and support for stabilisation in region
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: France, United Kingdom, Spain and Italy are to announce their intention to provide EU with battle groups from 2005
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint Parliamentary Assembly narrowly averts problematic presence of Zimbabweans hit by EU sanctions
(EU) EU/JORDAN: King Abdallah II visits Council, Commission and Parliament
(EU) EU/COLLEGE OF EUROPE: President Barroso opens academic year
(EU) EP/SIERRA LEONE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Political agreement for facilitating admission of researchers into European Union from 2008
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Agreement on 2005-2012 strategy against drugs
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Still no agreement on maritime pollution
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Conclusions on integration - Agreement on asylum procedures - Conclusions on police task-force
(EU) EU/ASYLUM: Slight increase in asylum applications, but still below last year's level
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Sugar, rural development, animal transportation and agricultural research on agenda of Monday's meeting - "Fisheries" subjects, including aid regime post 2007, to be examined next day
(EU) EU/ECB:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: Commission defends protection of geographical descriptions and declares itself ready to increase protection of imported products
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Seminar on commerce and agriculture, 23 November
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: 95% of IAS 39 International Accounting Standard adopted
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Civilian activities of Spanish shipyards should be privatised, according to COmmission
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/LISBON STRATEGY: Parliament establishes committee of 33 members to ensure parliamentary monitoring of strategy and coordinate work of Parliamentary committees
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Philippe Busquin heads STOA
(EU) EP/ITALY/MEP TRAVEL:
(EU) ECB/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Unice President Jürgen Strube submits employers' expectations to Competitiveness Council President Jan Brinkhorst
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/TRAINING: Meeting of 32 European Education Ministers from 13 to 16 December in Maastricht
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: MAssive yes to European Constitution - Open letter to EU political chiefs supporting ratification
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/YOUTH: Committee demands recognition of training acquired by young people through voluntary work - Jacques Delors appeals for spirit of citizenship
(EU) EU/PATENTS:
(EU) EU/REGIONS/URBAN POLICY: in its “Vienna Declaration”, Eurocities lays out proposals to improve European governance
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: EU and its member states are distant reality for Latin Americans, says Latinbarómetro survey
(EU) EU/TECHNOLOGY/CONSUMERS/DISABLED: First Design for All and Assistive Technology prize
(EU) EU/MONEY LAUNDERING:
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY/PAPER:
(EU) EU/IEE/CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE:
TIMETABLE
(EU) Main European activities from 22 to 29 NOVEMBER 2004:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 19/11/2004: