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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9079

1 December 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/olaf

30/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - The new Supervisory Committee for the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) took office on 30 November. The board's task is to reinforce OLAF's independence by regular monitoring of the implementation of the investigative function. The five members are Kálmán Györgyi, Commissioner for the Codification of the new Hungarian Criminal Code at the Ministry of Justice; Luis López-Sanz Aranguez, Public Prosecutor at the Supreme Court of Spain; Swedish national Peter...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Commission proposes granting Ukraine market economy status
(EU) EU/TRANSNISTRIA: Opening of EU border assistance mission in Odessa
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Georgian prime minister Zurab Nogaideli visits Brussels for first time
(EU) EP/PALESTINE: Veronique De Keyser to head EU election monitoring mission
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Four Charlemagne Prize-winners to debate future of Europe
(EU) EU/SOMALIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: More cooperation for fighting counterfeiting worldwide and reducing transatlantic trade barriers
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/IMMIGRATION: Commission to ask Member States to cooperate more closely in coastal patrols and use of satellites
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES:
(EU) EP/TRADE: Mandelson accuses large agricultural exporting countries of jeopardising Doha Round
(EU) EU/WTO: G-20 in Mandelson's line of fire - India gives its stance alongside poorest
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: EP/Council conciliation reaches positive outcome on new directive aimed at strengthened control of mining waste
(EU) EU/TELECOMS COUNCIL: Ministers to adopt conclusions on new regulatory framework for electronic communications and " e2010" initiative - Better management of spectrum
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Debates on liberalisation of internal energy market and climate change/sustainable energy interactions
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: Commission adopts two proposals to modernise Community customs code and computerise systems
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Green Paper on future of European Migration Network
(EU) EU/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY: Competition priorities to focus on Services Directive and 'Flexicurity' for European Social Model
(EU) EU/OECD:
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Renewed support for Better Regulation initiative, which must also be national priority
(EU) EU/COMPANY LAW: Publication of directive on cross-border mergers -McCreevy: European competitiveness will be boosted
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: EUR 290 million in fines for sixteen plastic bag manufacturers
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Last lap before reviewed directive on medical devices is presented
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/REGIONS: Danuta Hubner says innovation and research are crucial for regional development
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Eurozone and EU25 GDP rises 0.6% in third quarter of 2005 - Slight fall in business confidence in November
(EU) EU/OLAF:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission prepares new measures to combat resurgence in AIDS cases
(EU) EP/DISABLED:
(EU) EU/CITIZENS:
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Barcelona Summit mixed success for civil society
(EU) EP/EUROMED/WOMEN: Josep Borrell stresses active role women must play in debate on immigration
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/BARS AND LAW SOCIETIES:
(EU) ACP/EU: Fruitful results of Joint Parliamentary Assembly, which is growing increasingly consensual on political and trade issues of vital importance for future of ACP/EU partnership for development
(EU) EU/TSUNAMI: Reconstruction work in South Asia and South-East should continue and needs to be better targeted, stress European NGOs
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: employers and unions divided over result of committee vote on proposed Services directive
(EU) COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: dismissal of applications for annulment or reduction of fines on members of a cartel in the zinc phosphate market
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 30/11/2005: