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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/trade

Commissioners Mandelson and Fischer Boel assess outcome of Mombasa meeting as positive

Brussels, 04/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - The “ministerial mini-meeting” in which around thirty trade ministers from all over the world took part to try to progress with the WTO multilateral negotiations in the Doha round took place on Friday in Mombasa, Kenya (see EUROPE of 4 March, p.11). Several hours before the end of the meeting, European Commissioners Peter Mandelson (trade) and Mariann Fischer Boel (agriculture) stated in a joint statement that among the participants in the meeting...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Commemoration of attacks of 11 March 2004
(EU) EU/ASIA: Benita Ferrero-Waldner attends meeting of EU/ASEAN foreign ministers and visits Indonesia
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Extraordinary meeting of Conference of Presidents
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/IRAQ/MEDIA: Political groups call for release of hostages
(EU) EP/CROATIA: Berndt Posselt criticises attempts to delay negotiations
(EU) EU/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS: Margot Wallström to attend conference of presidents of national parliaments in Budapest in May
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Terry Davis welcomes Supreme Court's decision as allowing United States to rejoin the civilised fold
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: competitiveness Council of 7 March makes contribution to spring summit - Decision on patents for software ? - Debate on services directive - Exchange of views with Commissioners Verheugen and Mendelson
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises purchase of de Chips by Orkla under certain conditions
(EU) EU/PATENTS: Josep Borrell says Parliament must draw conclusions from Commission's attitude
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/SERVICES: Commission hopes to iron out differences of opinion within College
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/FRAUD: Commissioner Kallas's initiative
(EU) EU/SOCIAL COUNCIL: Ministers reaffirm importance of social parts of Lisbon strategy and hope to reach agreement on opt-outs at 3 June Council
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/LISBON STRATEGY: Conference on cohesion and Lisbon strategy
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Television channel ARD feels Commission has confirmed missions and funding of public broadcasters in Germany
(EU) EU/MEXICO: Conclusion of first round of negotiations to extend bilateral agreement to services and investments
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: EU welcomes Paris declaration on aid effectiveness and commits to stepping up pace of harmonising aid procedures and coordination
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: Commissioners Mandelson and Fischer Boel assess outcome of Mombasa meeting as positive
(EU) EU/EUROMED/EIB: Meeting of FEMIP experts committee
(EU) EU/WTO/COTTON:
(EU) EP/MARCH SESSION: Joint resolution on Lisbon Strategy - Resolutions on Lebanon - Debates on Tibet, Belarus, Cambodia and Saudi Arabia
(EU) EP/WOMEN: Events in Strasbourg to mark International Women's Day, 8 March
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Wine industry wants to make use of emergency distillation
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: 66% of Europeans welcome changes in CAP
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Brainstorming about veal
(EU) EU/RENEWABLE ENERGY: EREC and EUREC want 7th research programme to earmark EUR 250 million a year to research into renewable energy
(EU) EU/ARMAMENT: European Defence Agency wants to promote voluntary intergovernmental system for defence procurement
(EU) EU/CROATIA:
(EU) EU/REGIONS/WOMEN: Men far outnumber women in local assemblies, apart from in Sweden and Latvia
(EU) EP/YOUTH/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: MEPs look at teenagers and daily social exclusion
(EU) EU/YOUTH: Youth Forum prepares for European Short Film Festival
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION:
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