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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7869

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/NICE TREATY: Contradictions over weighting of votes in Council delay completion of final text
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: French Presidency insists on fight against violence and welcomes signing by FRY of statute of International Tribunal
(EU) EU/MEXICO: EU welcomes initiatives towards a negotiated solution in Chiapas and says it is ready to intensify its efforts in the region
(EU) EU/DENMARK: Petersen leaves, so as "not to manage Danish exemptions"
(EU) EU/CANADA: Positions very close on missile defence
(EU) TURKEY: Initial reactions following the assault on Turkish prisons
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/MARITIME SAFETY: EU 15 agreement on measures to check risk ships, setting procedures for elimination of single hull tankers - Accelerated enforcement
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council endorses agreement with Parliament on rail liberalisation - Formal adoption end January
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Ministers to continue difficult negotiation on working hours of hauliers on Thursday evening
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Friday's Council to focus on continued liberalisation of postal services - Discussions on several directives concerning regulatory framework, eContent programme, etc.
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY: State aid to environment will benefit from largely favourable Commission approach, subject to certain conditions - Encouragement for renewable energies
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission clears Irish aid scheme for research and innovation
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Council Presidency notes qualified majority in favour of directive on "worker information-consultation in national companies" - Trade unions and civil society impatient
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: European Commission refers price freeze on car insurance in Italy to Court of Justice
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN:
(EU) EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK:
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Agriculture Ministers have insisted on scientific assessment role of future Authority, but remedies will have to remain with Commission and Member States
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: "Conclusions" on creation of European Aviation Safety Authority define breakdown of legislative roles for developing future European standards
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission approves sharing of flights between Linate and Malpensa airports as long as Italy implements its recent commitments within two weeks
(EU) EIB/ITALY: EUR 350 million loan for urban renewal in Milan
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission report highlights inconsistency and shortcomings of "ecopoint" system for truck transit through Austria
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: SAir group, REWE and Oppenheim are authorised to jointly take-over LTU (aviation)
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light from Commission to acquisition by Peugeot of Sommer Allibert (automobile equipment)
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises creation of joint venture between Corus and Cogifer
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to joint venture between Repsol and Borealis
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clarifies its attitude towards corrective measures when a merger of companies includes inconveniences
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission proposes a two-year extension of olive oil scheme with tightened quality measures
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: European Commission Communication on employment extends and widens Maastricht Treaty "convergence criteria"
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/NGO: Details of controversy between Commissioner Nielson and development NGO liaison Committee
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises series of regional State aids in favour of large and medium sized enterprises in certain Flemish regions
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: COPA and COGECA call for reflection to reach "global vision of agriculture" - plant protein paradox
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Philip Morris attacks European Commission decision to take cigarette smuggling before an American court
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 21/12/2000:

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