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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8414

6 March 2003
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Croatia, a natural accession despite some obvious problems
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Convention examines articles on competencies - consensus on need to avoid redundancy - debate on origin of competencies and pre-eminence of European law
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Elmar Brok wants Convention to finish in time for IGC to conclude at the end of the year
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: European Parliament delegation calls for appointment of Special Envoy in Abkhazia to settle the conflict - Troika to visit Georgia on 13/14 March
(EU) EU/NATO: Meeting between Javier Solana and NATO SACEUR - Signing of agreement on security of information between EU and NATO is postponed
(EU) WEU/EU/ESDP: Assembly President proposes to attach WEU Treaty, with its Article 5 and commitment on collective defence, to the new EU Treaty, as a protocol to which member States may sign up if they so wish
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/BUDGET: By starting working on post-2006 Financial Perspectives Prodi wants to ensure smooth transition to next Commission
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission warns nine of the ten candidate countries about delays in preparing for accession
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adopts proposal of directive imposing sanctions for serious maritime pollution
(EU) EU/MARITIME SECURITY: Commission adopts report on measures taken after Prestige oil tanker disaster and calls for negotiating brief
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission addresses GM crop co-existence
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Council divided about possibility of compelling companies to have contractual guarantees for financial insurance in future environmental liability system
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Towards a strategy for preserving the marine environment
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Political agreement on "Forest Focus" regulation - EUR 0.5 million annually for preventing forest fires
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Possible preparatory meeting for donors' conference on 21 March
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: EUR 50 million for vocational training in Morocco
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/ECB:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission puts decision on Volkswagen off by two weeks to analyse "complex legal issues"
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission pursues inquiry on aid to CWP
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/AGRICULTURE: Lamy answers criticism against him by French Agriculture Minister
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Council calls on Commission to elaborate action plan for promoting entrepreneurship
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Philippe Busquin presents Green Paper on European space policy at "Competitiveness" Council and examines ITER project
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB loans of eur 6 billion to Italy in 2002 - Philippe Maystadt signs two new loan agreements
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commission adopts seventh annual report on equal opportunities
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Conference on accommodation in Europe
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Fall in retail sales in eurozone and EU15 in December 2002
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General Geelhoed believes a Member State may refuse to allow the foreign spouse of an EU national from entering its territory for 'imperious national interest" reasons
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER: Most Europeans consider United States plays negative role regarding peace in the world
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