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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8837

30 November 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
European intellectual property summit

Brussels, 29/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - Premier Cercle, together with the Wall Street Journal and Intellectual Asset Management, is organising the first European intellectual property summit in Brussels on 2 and 3 December. Various workshops will look at topical aspects of intellectual property: Madrid Protocol versus Community trade mark; patentability of software, trade methods and geographical indications. (Info: Francesca Doria, Premier Cercle, Tel. +32 2/213 14 42, http:...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Call for alternative formula to Turkish accession gets louder
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: EU and NATO appeal for unity of country to be maintained
(EU) EU/ROMANIA: Commission declines to comment on possible electoral irregularities
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE: appeal from European socialists for "yes" vote from PS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN DEMOCRAT PARTY: Constitutive congress 9 December
(EU) EU/IRAN: IAEA agreement on Iran's nuclear programme expected Monday evening
(EU) EU/UN/UEF:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Member States do not consider Commission's proposal for directive on electricity supply security necessary in present form - Informal discussion on rise in oil prices - European Troika supports dialogue with Middle East countries? - Discussion on electricity cuts
(EU) EU/GMO: Member States again decide on proposal authorising EU to import genetically modified maize MON 863 - Council to speak
(EU) EP/ENERGY/ELECTRICITY:
(EU) EU/SUDAN: More humanitarian aid - Commissioner Michel in Darfur
(EU) EU/USA/TRADE: Washington says it wants to comply with WTO rules in "Byrd Amendment" case
(EU) EP/WTO/TRADE:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: The Hague meeting good occasion for consulting all protagonists in Middle East conflict and defining European support for Palestinian elections
(EU) EU/EUROMED: EUR 5 millions for training and job creation in Mediterranean
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Go-ahead on Wednesday for payment of EUR 225 million in “Sapard” aid to Romania and Bulgaria
(EU) EU/GMO: Member State experts do not take position on Commission's proposals to lift national restrictions on sales of certain GMOs - Council to decide
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/OECD/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ROMANIA:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Agreement between EU and Norway on fishing possibilities 2005 for jointly managed North Sea stocks
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes up to 80% reductions in fishing possibilities for deep water varieties for 2005 and 2006
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: New fishing agreement signed with Comoros Islands
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: European intellectual property summit
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/INSURANCE: OECD says that better complaint-handling would increase customer satisfaction
(EU) EU/EIB: 16 million EUR loan for public infrastructure in Romania
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/REGIONS:
(EU) EU/REACH/CONSUMERS:
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/NORTH AMERICA: Commission selects 19 projects in partnership with the United States and Canada
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: Two pilot projects launched
(EU) EP/COMMISSION/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/PERSONNEL:
(EU) EP/YOUTH/CULTURE: Exchange of views on "youth in action" programme (2007-13) and dialogue with cultural organisations ECF and EFAH
(EU) EU/MINORITIES:
(EU) EP/CIVIL SOCIETY/CONSTITUTION: Organised civil society, local and regional authorities and European social partners for "yes" vote to European Constitution
(EU) EP/REGIONAL: Danuta Hübner says it is essential to rally regions to Lisbon Strategy - Cohesion Fund, Financial Perspectives
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Appeal lodged by Euro-Armenia association against European institutions is clearly unsubstantiated
(EU) EU COURT OF JUSTICE: Court to give its decision on 14 December on treating non-re-useable mineral water bottles
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Riccardo Illy, president of regions of Europe assembly
(EU) EU/LAWYERS/CONSTITUTION:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 621
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