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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8929

16 April 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Green Paper on “financial services” action plan on 3 May

Brussels, 15/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Commission is likely to present its Green Paper on what comes after the “Financial Services Action Plan” (FSAP) on 3 May. This document will outline priorities for financial services in the period 2005-2009. Charlie McCreevy, Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, has already announced that he had taken note of the appeal of the financial market in favour of a regulatory break. The Commission will focus its in three particular...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few observations On the Chinese textiles affair and on EU-China economic relations in general
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Juncker and Bush discuss embargo on arms to China
(EU) EU/CHINA/GYMNICH: Work on lifting embargo continues
(EU) EU/SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: Visit by Olli Rehn on 18 and 19 April
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/SOCIAL PARTNERS: Support of Philippe de Buck and John Monks
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/CFSP/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EP/BALKANS: Parliament wants review of Dayton Agreement - New appeal to countries in region to cooperate properly with ICTY
(EU) EP/IRAN:
(EU) EP/DENMARK:
(EU) EP/CFSP: Parliament approves security strategy and recalls its opposition to lifting embargo on arms to China
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Difficult negotiations on readmission agreement with Russia
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Council favorable to cooperation with Libya on illegal immigration
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/UNITED STATES: Protest follows ban on lighters on aircraft
(EU) EU/ARREST WARRANT/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/EUROPOL:
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Work to focus on draft 7th framework programme for research and latest Commission proposals to support revival of Lisbon strategy
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE: Member States stick to positions on own resources and remain divided on budget for European Development Fund
(EU) EU/G7:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/GMO: EU to force Americans to certify all maize gluten exports from next week - Measure appropriate in view of EU, disproportionate in that of US
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Green Paper on “financial services” action plan on 3 May
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2006: Parliament wants matter of level of payment appropriations to be priority of budgetary procedure
(EU) EP/TIMETABLE: Parliament adopts timetable for 2006
(EU) EU/ACP: Sudan, Great Lakes, budgetisation of EDF and millennium objectives on menu for parliamentary assembly in Bamako
(EU) EP/SERVICES:
(EU) EU/SERVICES:
(EU) EP/PATENTS:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/COHESION: Innovation, transport networks, human resources, environmental protection and administrative capacity to be five priority themes of strategic guidelines for cohesion, says Danuta Hübner
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/INDUSTRIAL POLICY: Messrs Herzog and Monti exchange arguments for competitive European industrial policy
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Eurostat confirms forecasts for fourth quarter of 2004 - 0.2% growth in euro zone and 0.3% in EU 25
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Reasoned opinions to ten Member States for breaching Community rules on electronic communications
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Infringement proceedings against Ireland and Germany
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of 220 million EUR for Stockholm ring-road
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