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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9141

1 March 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 46 / 49
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) insurance

In Spain, BANCO SANTANDER and BANESTO have decided to merge their insurance companies. SANTANDER holds EUR 2.27 billion under management and BANESTO EUR 2.55 billion.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Energy once more at the heart of European agenda
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Common resolve to improve transit toward Kaliningrad
(EU) EU/MONTENEGRO: Finalisation of modalities for organising referendum expected Wednesday
(EU) EU/BAVARIA: Council of Ministers meets in Brussels
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA:
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Wolfgang Schüssel and Ursula Plassnik meet Tzipi Livni
(EU) EU/SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: Vuk Draskovic hopes his country will finally fully cooperate with international justice
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/LATIN AMERICA: Council affirms its support for enhanced strategic partnership with South America
(EU) EP/PES: Borrell and Schulz to be at meeting of Socialist and Social-Democrat leaders in Prague on 10 March
(EU) EP/SOUTH CAUCASUS: EU hopes to develop neighbourhood policy with South Caucasus, an area of great strategic importance, Elmar Brok says - Marie-Anne Isler Béguin urges for an end to twenty-year long conflict
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: Debate on EU military intervention creteria
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: GUE/NGL calls on Palestinians and Israelis to join together in fight for peace and end to violence
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/BUDGET: European Globalisation Fund provides additional help to those made redundant because of globalisation, but not to companies
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/ENERGY: Commission eager to respond - Giulio Tremoni meets Neelie Kroes and Charlie McCreevy
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/COMPETITION: Arcelor boss sees president Borrell
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: High level group on competitiveness, energy and environment agrees working methods and priorities
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission proposes increased protection of land freight transport
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: NGOs prepared to contribute to “competitiveness, energy and environment” group” but raise criticism of group imbalance
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: IOE calls on Commission to help eastern European laboratories speed up detection procedures - pigeon is still a pest
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TRADE: End of sanctions and counter-sanctions on public contract tenders in telecommunications
(EU) EU/ENERGY/BALTIC STATES: Baltic states back construction of nuclear power plant - joint statement on common energy policy
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Agreement on peaceful uses of nuclear energy
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission makes EUR 12 million available for vulnerable populations in Zimbabwe in 2006
(EU) EU/JHA/WOMEN: European Women's Lobby congratulates Sweden on its initiative to combat sexual exploitation of women during World Cup in Germany - resolution and conference to come at EP
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: New Member States progress on money laundering and confiscation of proceeds of crime - Greece lags behind
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Pharmaceutical firm Artegodan seeks damages for illegal removal of its anti-obesity medicine Tenuate retard
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Navigazione Libera del Golfo attacks Commission for refusing access to documents on exploitation of Naples-Capri line by its rival
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Belgian MP Gerolf Annemans takes action against Belgacom and Telenet before European court of law
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: IASB and FASB launch work programme for convergence of international and American accounting standards
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Conference on territorial dialogue with Günter Verheugen, Danuta Hubner and Michel Delebarre
(EU) EU/ICT: Etno pleased that Commision recognises greater competition on electronic communications market
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Glass:
(EU) Security:
(EU) Audiovisual:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Cement:
(EU) Sport:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 28/02/2006: