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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8777

3 September 2004
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Barroso Commission: two rules of conduct and a question mark
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GYMNICH: Foreign Ministers to discuss Iraq, Middle East, ASEM
and Darfur
(EU) EU/ARMAMENTS: European Parliament's defence sub-committee calls for European Union's code of conduct on arms exports to become binding
(EU) EU/TURKEY/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Presidency against "privileged partnership" for Turkey instead of membership - If Commission opinion is positive, "things will be clear" and negotiations can start "immediately", Bot says
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Solana meets Iraqi President on 14 September
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Ingo Friedrich calls on Romano Prodi to leave Barroso Commission responsibility for report on Turkey - Hans-Gert Pöttering says time is not ripe - Leyla Zana calls on Kurdish rebels - Independent report by nine personalities
(EU) EU/DEFENCE:
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: Council President Bernard Bot does not believe single ratification possible, which members of Constitutional Committee would like between 5 and 9 May 2005 - Informal meeting on communication on 5 October
(EU) EU/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO/NETHERLANDS:
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA/FINLAND:
(EU) EU/POLAND/UKRAINE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Division of responsibilities between private and public players on official agenda of informal meeting in Netherlands
(EU) EU/TRADE/RUSSIA: Agreement on uniform veterinary trade certificates for EU exports of meat to Russia - three months to resolve last technical details
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY/RESEARCH: Upgrade of European Research and Education Internet (GÉANT)
(EU) EP/TRADE: Mr Lamy calls for political decisions to relaunch negotiations with Mercosur - "New GSP to be adopted in next few months" - End of textile quotas (January 2005) not re-negotiable
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission releases €3 million to support repatriation of up to 45,000 Angolan refugees
(EU) EU/ECB: Interest rates unchanged - revised growth forecasts
(EU) EU/OPEN SKY: Special "open sky" meeting Thursday and friday
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/EQUALITY: Aart-Jan De Geus advocates "Social Europe Attentive to Change" - Dutch Presidency's work focuses on new European Social Agenda for 2005 - Lively debate after Dutch boat's entry to Portuguese port is denied
(EU) EU/EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Assembly General of Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions on "Europe 2009" - Romano Prodi and Peter Straub participate
(EU) EU/TOURISM: EU prepares to welcome Chinese tourist groups
(EU) EPP-ED: Summer school and ideas fair in Berlin
(EU) EU/EUROPOL: Seven new Member States from European police office
(EU) EU/ASYLUM: Number of asylum seekers in industrialised countries at lowest level for seventeen years
(EU) EU/CHURCH/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EP/LISBON STRATEGY: Joachim Wuermeling warns against "centralisation trap"
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan for Brazilian steel company
(EU) EU/EIB: 50 million EUR loan to Champagne-Ardenne Region for rail upgrading
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 02/09/2004:
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