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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8908

15 March 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/agriculture
Support for ambitious drive on “organic” farming and greater vigilance about genetically modified organisms

Strasbourg, 14/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the own initiative report by Marie-Hélène Aubert (French, Greens) last Thursday, the European Parliament is calling for an ambitious strategy for organic farming products and greater vigilance about the risk of organic farming getting contaminated by genetically modified bodies (GMOs).

The EP has therefore agreed to the text adopted at committee stage (EUROPE 5 February p 12). It regrets that in its action plan of June 2004, the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Outline of revision and relaunch for Lisbon strategy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Wednesday's Council discusses Croatia, financial perspectives, Iran and Middle East - new GSP is adopted
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Washington officially relaxes position on nuclear dispute and supports European diplomacy - EU3 adopts firmer position and threatens to hand matter over to UN Security Council
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Incident between European Parliament delegation and host country as Euro-Mediterranean Assembly opens
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Madrid conference calls for cooperation
(EU) EP/CHINA/TAIWAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/TRADE: Agreement with Russia on phytosanitary certificates for vegetable products
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Political agreement on fisheries control agency
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission wants mandates for negotiating aviation agreements with China and Russia - Barrot optimistic about aviation negotiations with Washington starting up again
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: what future for IATA tariff conferences?
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: 17 March will see signing of memorandum of understanding to assist inter-operability of European railways
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Green paper on divorce: are rules on legal conflicts and conflicts of competency needed?
(EU) EU/SERVICES: President Barosso says amended draft directive will “largely” be based on principle of origin but with “adequate guarantees”
(EU) EU/ENERGY: On Wednesday Commission is to send reasoned opinion to ten Member States that have not yet transposed legislation on liberalisation of gas and electricity markets
(EU) EU/SOCIAL DIALOGUE: Barroso and Spidla meet European social partners
(EU) EU/AFRICA: José Manuel Barroso welcomes publication of report by Commission for Africa as important contribution to forthcoming G8 and UN Summit in September
(EU) EP/ECB: Jean-Claude Trichet says they now need convincing conclusion to discussion on stability pact which improves its preventive arm without weakening its corrective arm - if bank was convinced of need to increase interest rates it would not hesitate to do so
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT: Verhofstadt trusts European Council will create one or several high level groups to examine weak points of European economy - Against exclusion of some Stability Pact expenditure
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Inigo Mendez de Vigo, President of European Fourth World Committee
(EU) EP/ETHICS: parliament confirms its opposition to trade in stem cells and body organs
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Support for ambitious drive on “organic” farming and greater vigilance about genetically modified organisms
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2006: Concerns about EU enlargement posts
(EU) EP/LISBON STRATEGY: Juncker and Barosso at meeting on parliamentary dimension to strategy
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2005:
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: Eurochambres speaks out for European competitiveness - Europe is 20 years behind US- Eurochambres calls on political decision-makers to take urgent action
(EU) EP/WTO:
(EU) EU/UNIONS/CHEMICALS: ETUC underlines social, environmental and economic dimensions of REACH legislation
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/WATER:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: EUROFI looks at challenges of integrating financial services and proposes 26th regime for European financial products in retail banking
(EU) INTERNAL MARKET/SERVICES: ISUPE wants European charter for services of general interest drafted
(EU) OECD/TAXATION:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 633
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