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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8597

3 December 2003
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Agreement on the take-over bid directive: a success or a failure for the Union?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Commission hoping for election victory of Turkish Cypriot opposition on 14 December to relaunch reunification process - warning against all possible repression of opposition demonstrators
(EU) EU/WEU/IGC: According to Marcel Glesener (outgoing president of Western European Union), Naples agreement leaves important questions unanswered - support for "political, legal bridges" between constitutional treaty and that of Brussels
(EU) EU/DEFENCE/NATO:
(EU) EU/IGC/REGIONS: Assembly of European Regions' makes claims on European Constitution and services of general interest
(EU) EU/IGC/COHESION: CPMR supports Italian proposal of compromise on territorial cohesion and services of general interest
(EU) EP/ANTISEMITISM: Zimeray publishes extracts of undisclosed report from Vienna Observatory
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: According to MEPs in Geneva, Geneva Initiative could be starting point for historic reconciliation
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: EU deplores violence and arrests
(EU) EU/ESDP: Lucerna 03 police exercise tests interoperability of integrated police units
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/WTO: At Monday's informal meeting, Commission line for re-activating talks is shared by Member States with slight differences over Singapore issues in particular
(EU) EU/HEALTH COUNCIL: Recommendation on cancer screening - Commission is invited to address issue of patient information on medicine - Agreement on centre for control of transmissible diseases is confirmed - Compromise in sight on "medicines" package
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: President Prodi invites Member States to step up effort to comply with Barcelona commitments
(EU) EU/CONSUMER COUNCIL: Council wishes to strictly limit to crossborder infringements the scope of regulation proposed to ensure compliance with consumer law in the internal market
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Pact must be adapted, Solbes says
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/ENVIRONMENT: Commission calls on Latvia not to accept Russian tanker Geroi Sevastopolya in its ports
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: Commissioner Wallström urges Member States to adopt new measures if they want EU to honour Kyoto commitment - only Sweden and United Kingdom are on the right track
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Consultation on setting up legal framework for credit card payments
(EU) EP/EUROSTAT: Mr Solbes puts blame for scandal back onto shoulders of office's former director - Mr Patten persists and signs on company CESD
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemployment in euro zone remains stable at 8.8%
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: Commissioner Bolkestein to present global "package" on air passenger information to EP on 16 December
(EU) EP/GREENS/URBANISM:
(EU) EP/EURATOM:
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Grévin Museum in Paris challenges Commission decision forcing it to reimburse 'Phare/Tacis' grant (Poland)
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Operation of commercial port does not automatically lead to fulfilment of public service duty (ruling on state aid)
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents N° 2342: Intergovernmental Conference: new texts by
the Italian Presidency
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 02/12/2003:
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