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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8483

17 June 2003
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Convention outcome generally seen as a success for Europe, but Intergovernmental Conference will have to reconsider ins and outs of institutional matters
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Council adopts three documents on Balkans to prepare European Council in Thessaloniki and EU-Balkans Summit
(EU) EU/DRC: Council calls for end to all military operations in Ituri and Kivu regions
(EU) EU/IRAN: Council calls on Iran to fully cooperate with IAEA
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/EPP:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/COMMISSION:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/PROLIFERATION: Council approves Action Plan in context of strategy relating to weapons of mass destruction
(EU) EU/CUBA: Council considers attitude of Cuban authorities "unacceptable"
(EU) EU/MYANMAR: Council decides to apply sanctions against junta immediately
(EU) EU/ICC:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Czechs overwhelmingly in favour of EU membership - Verheugen says Czech Republic's accession will be to the advantage of the EU as a whole
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/COMMISSION: Prodi confirms Commission will continue effort at the IGC for one Commissioner per country and for qualified majority
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/ESDP:
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY: Karl Lamers regrets that Italy and Netherlands are not part of "hardcore" - Europe to redefine relations with US on equal footing
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: European officials respond to declaration by American statesmen on renewing transatlantic partnership
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENERGY: EU/USA cooperation agreement on fuel cells - report by High Level Group on hydrogen and fuel cells
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Creation of independent expert group on accidents in transport
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Political agreement on essential elements of future environmental liability regime - EP not sure to pronounce itself at second reading before mandate ends
(EU) EU/EPIDEMICS: Certain Dutch poultry exports recommence
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Council plans to extend "reduction of pollution by off-road engines" directive to inland navigation boat engines and large locomotives
(EU) EU/NORTHERN DIMENSION: Second Northern Dimension action plan
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: E.ON could take over Forutm
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Tax burden at 41% of EU GDP as against 29% in the United States, according to Eurostat and the COmmission
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/DISCRIMINATION:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Next year, Commission will focus on enlargement, the Structural Funds, the Mediterranean and tackling unauthorised fishing
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: European Parliament transport committee rejects Council common position on ecopoint system - toward conciliation procedure
(EU) EP/EURATOM: 26 members of Convention launch a petition against proposal to annex Euratom Treaty to future European Constitution
(EU) EP/JUNE MINI-SESSION: European Convention, Middle-East, EU security strategy, funding of European political parties, WTO and textiles
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Court says no causal link between Netanya Park Hotel (Israel) terrorist attack and EU funding of Palestinian education has been established
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Mario Monti wants convincing justification for extending exemption extended to shipping industry
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: European lawyers say Commission liberal professions regulation fails to take account of particularities of Member States' legislation
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: 71% of EU 18-year-olds still in education
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Congress on Media and Disability with Christos Protopapas and Erkki Liikanen
(EU) EU/EESC: European Economic and Social Committee meets Slovak civil society
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 556
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