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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8914

23 March 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmo
Barroso Commission ready to follow in footsteps of predecessor to deal with outstanding authorisation requests for GMOs under rules in force

Brussels, 22/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Barroso Commission is aware of the concerns about genetically modified organisms- especially when it comes to growing them- with consumers and various political decision-makers at national or regional level, but it is not going to change its approach to GMOs. The first exploratory debate of the College on this highly sensitive issue (yesterday's EUROPE, p.13) has convinced the Commission of the quality of the new regulatory framework in force in the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CHINA: London doesn't wants Europeans to make decision until 2006 on lifting arms embargo on China - ALDE and CDU want arms embargo to remain
(EU) EU/ARAB LEAGUE/ALGERIA: At opening of Algiers summit, Javier Solana underlines need for bilateral Euro-Algerian and Euro-Maghreb relations
(EU) EU/UN: Kofi Annan wants to consolidate multilateralism
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: In May, Commission might make positive recommendation on SAA negotiations, depending on certain conditions
(EU) EU/IVORY COAST: Louis Michel calls for Linas-Marcourssis agreements to be implemented - full support for mediation by president Mbeki
(EU) EU/KIRGHIZSTAN: EU appeal to non-violence and reforms
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/STABILITY PACT: Benelux countries determined to “correct” public presentation of Stability Pact agreement, Zalm says - Rasmussen expects agreement between Heads of State and Government (and also conclusions on services)
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/STABILITY PACT: Trade unions' enthusiastic “yes” to making Pact more flexible but employers are more circumspect
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/SERVICES: Juncker and Barroso agree to make changes to Services Directive in context of codecision procedure - Juncker and Monks say there is no link between Bolkestein Directive and European Constitution
(EU) EU/TRIPARTITE SOCIAL SUMMIT/SPRING SUMMIT: Broad agreement on recentring Lisbon Strategy and its “approval” at national level
(EU) EU/EP/SPRING SUMMIT: President Borrell hopes agreement will be reached on financial perspectives in June and wants environmental targets to be set - commitment to reach solution on Services Directive - Yes to Stability Pact bearing economic developments in mind
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/PES: Persson, Socrates and Rasmussen in favour of “five-year action programme” for “developing Europe”
(EU) EU/EIB/SPRING SUMMIT: Philippe Maystadt presents Bank's contribution - Member States must take ownership of Lisbon Strategy - Governments must see past re-election to convince citizens that reforms are needed
(EU) EP/STABILITY PACT/SPRING SUMMIT: Socialists and Greens pleased with finance ministers' results - ALDE Group shows more mitigated satisfaction
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT/ECB/SPRING SUMMIT: Resigned after Pact agreement, ECB expresses concern about impact changes will have on EU public financing
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT: Mario Monti supports “Lisbon scoreboard”
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS/SPRING SUMMIT: ETNO says IST helps growth and jobs
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Public consultation results favour compensation and delivery-regulation directive
(EU) EU/EMU/GREECE: Commission receives Greece's stability programme and additional measures to correct excessive deficit in 2006
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Five former Commissioners in running for posts of European TEN coordinators
(EU) EU/GMO: Barroso Commission ready to follow in footsteps of predecessor to deal with outstanding authorisation requests for GMOs under rules in force
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Still no date for ministerial meeting
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Detailed inquiry into Bavarian aid of EUR 70 million to ethylene pipeline
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Infringement procedures relating to tax legislation in Greece and United Kingdom
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Italy and Luxembourg are referred to Court for failure to fully implement public lending right
(EU) STATE AID: Portugal and Spain called on to fully implement directive on financial transparency
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission sends Sweden reasoned opinion to end broadcasting services monopoly
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for UTS and Kidde merger
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/AUTOMOTIVE: Formal request for information sent to Czech Republic on obstacles to registration of imported second-hand cars
(EU) EU/ENERGY: European Pump Industry launches voluntary labelling system for better energy efficiency
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Minister Güldal Aksit hopes Turkey will participate in Daphne programme - police repression on 6 March in Ankara is condemned - honour crimes, forced marriages and violence are still frequent in many regions of Turkey
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Court of Auditor's critical report on EU forestry measures
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court rules only those interested, and not Spain, may challenge linguistic regime used by Eurojust in calls for applications
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