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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8985

7 July 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 41 / 49
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) privatisation

- Spain: The city of Madrid is selling off 20% of the public company MADRID CALLE 30, which runs the Madrid ring road, the M30. The EUR 4 bn investment includes the current upgrade. In the next phase, scheduled for 2008, Madrid will privatise a further 31%. ACS and FERROVIAL, Spanish construction giants, will lodge a joint bid through a 50/50 joint venture; as will FCC and IBERPISTAS (of the ABERTIS group), through a joint venture (80% FCC and 20% IBERPISTAS). ACCIONA and SACYR are also...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/IRAQ: Past differences must be forgotten and we must look to future, EP states, calling for more multilateral and more democratic crisis management - “Foreign troops must be replaced by UN peacekeeping force”
(EU) EP/COUNCIL: Chris Davies calls on UK Presidency to lift secrecy surrounding decision-making at meetings of Council of EU
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: Jens Peter Bonde wants to make Constitution more readable
(EU) EU/CHINA: Ms Ferrero-Waldner welcomes increased contact between Beijing and Taipeh, to take form of “direct dialogue”
(EU) EU/TIBET: Union supports continuation of dialogue with China
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR:
(EU) EP/BALKANS: Ten years after Srebrenica, Greens Group calls for elements of Dayton Agreements to be reviewed
(EU) EP/OBSERVERS:
(EU) EP/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS:
(EU) EP/COMPOSITION:
(EU) EP/IMMUNITIES: Marchiani's immunity confirmed
(EU) EP/IMMUNITIES: immunity confirméd for Bossi in civil court, lifted by criminal court
(EU) EP/IMMUNITies: Mote's immunity lifted
(EU) EU/OSCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENERGy: Commission brings five Member States before Court of Justice for failing to transpose directives on internal gas and electricity markets into national legislation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Infringement proceedings launched against six Member States to failing to respect air passenger protection legislation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission sends final notice before taking Cyprus to court over aviation safety
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: Commission to seek clarification of US no-fly list following incident involving KLM plane in April
(EU) EP/PATENTS: MEPs reject Council's common position on directive on patentability of computer-developed inventions
(EU) EU/EP/AFRICA: EP welcomes British Presidency's focus on development in Africa - More aid and fair trade both urgently needed
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Stavros Dimas wants Parliament to support draft Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution
(EU) EP/MARITIME AGREEMENT/CHINA:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/COHESION POLICY: Danuta Hubner launches public consultation on EU's strategy for 2007-2013 - Vladimir Spidla wants active inclusion policy
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2006: Council puts finishing touches to its work ahead of first reading of draft budget 2006
(EU) EU/SPORT: London pips Paris to post for Olympic Games 2012
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission's investigation into imports of frozen strawberries from China and Morocco
(EU) EU/BUDGET: “Notre Europe” study proves that notion of net contributions to spending is conceptually, economically and politically false
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to Continental for acquisition of Xtra
(EU) EU/EIB: Grant of 25 million euro loan in Slovenia to finance investments by local authorities
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Yes to purchase of Pirelli activities by Goldman Sachs
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises Belgian aid scheme for combined transport
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises Dutch aid scheme aiming to make inland waterway vessels more environmentally-friendly
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: 20 years of Charter of Local Self-Government
(EU) EU/MEDIA: Cineuropa.org, reference site for European cinema, diversifies to better promote cultural diversity
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Several seminars in Avignon
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) IT:
(EU) Optics:
(EU) Temporary work:
(EU) Breweries:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents N° 2418: Draft framework for Turkish accession negotiations
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 06/07/2005: