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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-10-10

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CONTENTS

  • [01] BSE-free herds out of EU ban
  • [02] Call for increase in BSE research
  • [03] Expert sees BSE persisting
  • [04] EU competitiveness "poor"
  • [05] Euro more dominant than D-mark
  • [06] Satellite communication meeting
  • [07] Greater labour flexibility
  • [08] EU-USDA grain subsidies talks
  • [09] EU/Russian vodka quotas
  • [10] Talks on Spanish telecoms
  • [11] Commission probes Alitalia aid
  • [12] Taleban stance on women condemned
  • [13] EU-Poland trade talks
  • [14] NATO can work with Lebed
  • [15] Main EU events for October 10

  • [01] BSE-free herds out of EU ban

    BRUSSELS - Britain has submitted a proposal to the European Commission for exempting grass-fed herds that are free of mad cow disease from a worldwide export ban, a senior British agricultural official said on Tuesday.

    [02] Call for increase in BSE research

    BRUSSELS - Research into mad cow disease must be substantially and urgently increased, European Union Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler said on Wednesday.

    [03] Expert sees BSE persisting

    BRUSSELS - Mad cow disease will probably still be around five years from now, despite a British forecast to the contrary, but the risk will be very low, a leading international expert said on Wednesday.

    [04] EU competitiveness "poor"

    BRUSSELS - Monetary union will boost the competitiveness of the 15-nation European Union which is lagging behind rival economic superpowers the United States and Japan, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

    [05] Euro more dominant than D-mark

    BRUSSELS - The EU's single currency will be able to play a more prominent role than any of the national currencies, including the German mark, European Union Industry Commissioner Martin Bangemann said on Wednesday.

    [06] Satellite communication meeting

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission, European Union telecommunications ministers and industry representatives will meet in Paris on Thursday to discuss problems concerning satellite-based communications and the risk of U.S. dominance.

    [07] Greater labour flexibility

    BRUSSELS - European Union efforts to stimulate jobs growth through more flexible labour markets have not realised their full potential, the European Commission said on Wednesday in its annual review of employment trends.

    [08] EU-USDA grain subsidies talks

    BRUSSELS - Grain export subsidies distort trade and are unnecessary, U.S. officials said after talks with the European Commission.

    [09] EU/Russian vodka quotas

    BRUSSELS - European Union exports of vodka and ethyl alcohol to Russia will fall by nearly 75 percent if Moscow goes ahead with plans to impose import quotas from next year, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

    [10] Talks on Spanish telecoms

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission and Spain made little progress on Wednesday on the opening of the Spanish telecommunications market to free competition, which holds the key to EU approval of the Unisource telecoms alliance.

    [11] Commission probes Alitalia aid

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission launched its latest airline state-aid probe on Wednesday after rejecting Italian carrier Alitalia's case for a three trillion lire bail-out partly funded by the Rome government.

    [12] Taleban stance on women condemned

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Wednesday it deplored what it called a deprivation of the fundamental rights of women by Afghanistan's purist Islamic Taleban

    [13] EU-Poland trade talks

    WARSAW - A European Commisson envoy will visit Poland this month in a bid to settle differences over Warsaw's trade policies ahead of its talks on European Union membership, the head of the Commission's delegation in Poland said on Wednesday.

    [14] NATO can work with Lebed

    BRUSSELS - In Alexander Lebed, NATO feels it has found a Russian leader with whom it can do business over the delicate issue of the Atlantic alliance's expansion.

    [15] Main EU events for October 10

    BRUSSELS - European Commissioner Bonino holds news conference on multi-annual guidelines in fisheries at 1100 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - European Commissioner Wulf-Mathies gives address on matters of current interest on economic and social cohesion during EP Regional Policy Committee at 0700 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - European Commissioner Brittan gives address on WTO during EP External Economic Relations Committee at 1000 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - Polish Foreign Minister Dariusz Rosati meets European Commissioner Brittan at 1230 GMT.


    From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/
    © ECSC - EC - EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg, 1995, 1996


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