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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9317

30 November 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 35
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/benelux

29/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Benelux Parliament (which has existed since 1958 and is made up of 21 Belgian parliamentarians, 21 Dutch and 7 from Luxembourg) will have discussions on 1-2 December in The Hague on its future role, in light of the Benelux after 2010 work group report. A press release from the Belgian parliament indicated that “it is the right time to revise the Benelux Treaty of 1958”. The press release also indicated that the current treaty, which is approaching its...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: No negotiation on eight key chapters or closure of any of others as long as Ankara does not meet commitments
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Tampere ministerial conference ends on note of real success for Finnish presidency and concrete resumption of Israel-Palestinian dialogue
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE/IRELAND: Let us keep "balance and substance" of European Constitution, pleads Bertie Ahern
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: In his “A+ plan”, Gerard Onesta proposes keeping substance of current text but splitting it into “constitution” and “treaty” - differentiated ratification procedure (with European referendum) and abandonment of unanimity for future amendments
(EU) EU/TREATY OF ROME: COMECE says Berlin declaration of March 2007 ought to reflect “religious and humanistic motivations of EU citizenship”
(EU) EP/SOCIALIST GROUP:
(EU) EU/BENELUX:
(EU) EU/COLLEGE OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Commission gives conditional green light to second emission quota allocation plans for ten Member States - France withdraws its plan to correct it before assessment
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission proposes abrogation of excessive deficit procedure against France
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/2007 BUDGET: Agreement between institutions on topics causing conflict in the draft budget - way now clear for EP adoption on 14 December
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission scarcely satisfied by measures taken by Spain in proposed acquisition of Endesa by E.ON
(EU) EU/HEALTH/SOCIAL: Health ministers to reach political agreement on public health programme - Discussions on employment law and additional portability of pension rights
(EU) EP/HEALTH: In favour of stepping up fight against hepatitis C
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: EU grants Romania and Bulgaria new transition food safety measures
(EU) EU/EPIZOOTICS:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN GLOBALISATION FUND:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Detailed proposals on new EU-Greenland fisheries agreement
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Council insists on “rapid” implementation of industry's code of conduct on post trading operations
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/CANADA/TRADE: Commission calls for consultations at WTO on Canadian taxes on alcohol
(EU) EU/WTO/ANTIDUMPING: China is top of list for investigations - EU launches 17 investigations against third countries in first half of 2006
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Tony Blair to throw his weight behind relaunch of Round
(EU) EP/CIA: Fava report denounces great reticence shown by most Member States and EU Council concerning transportation and illegal detention of terrorist suspects by CIA
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/INDIA: Memorandum on reinforcing dialogue on employment and social affairs
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/BELGIUM: GUE/NGL delegation visits Volkswagen/Forest
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: EC marking protects products from summary exclusion from tendering procedures
(EU) EU/EUROCHAMBERS/JAPAN/KOREA:
(EU) EU/DRUG USE: EMCDDA publishes Annual Report 2006: price of drugs is down, seizures are up and consumption is stable
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of €125 million for rail modernisation in Loire region
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY:
(EU) EU/EUROCHAMBRES/ECONOMY:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 29/11/2006: