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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-10-15

EU News Flashes and Events Directory - Previous Article - Next Article

From: HR-Net News Distribution Manager <dist@hri.org>


CONTENTS

  • [01] No fish satellite system accord
  • [02] Fish cut plans to be watered down
  • [03] Cautious note on lira's ERM entry
  • [04] Finland fulfils all EMU criteria
  • [05] Strict Maastricht treaty version
  • [06] EU-Nordics alcohol deal next week
  • [07] BSE cull decision under review/UK
  • [08] Intervention beef limit raised
  • [09] EU-Japan shipping consultations
  • [10] EU-SADC co-operation meeting
  • [11] EU Social Chapter/Czechs
  • [12] EU reviews Allianz/Vereinte deal
  • [13] EU to vet Gillette/Duracell deal
  • [14] Dutch PTT/Australia's TNT review
  • [15] Main EU events for October 15

  • [01] No fish satellite system accord

    LUXEMBOURG - Fisheries ministers fail to strike a political agreement on a satellite system for monitoring fishing vessels.

    [02] Fish cut plans to be watered down

    LUXEMBOURG - European Union fisheries ministers fought against plans to slash fish catches by up to 40 percent over the next six years. - - - New fish marketing rules accord LUXEMBOURG - Fisheries ministers reached political agreement on a compromise text to revise fish marketing standards from January 2000, EU officials said.

    [03] Cautious note on lira's ERM entry

    LUXEMBOURG - European Union finance ministers applauded the Finnish markka's smooth entry into the exchange rate mechanism, but trod cautiously around the question of the Italian lira's future membership.

    [04] Finland fulfils all EMU criteria

    LUXEMBOURG - Finnish Finance Minister Sauli Niinisto said his country now meets all the criteria for joining a single currency in 1999 after the weekend move to link the markka to the exchange rate mechanism.

    [05] Strict Maastricht treaty version

    LUXEMBOURG - Germany wants a "clear, hard, strict and narrow" interpretation of the Maastricht treaty when deciding which countries can join European monetary union in 1999, finance ministry number two Juergen Stark said.

    [06] EU-Nordics alcohol deal next week

    LUXEMBOURG - The European Commission said there had been progress in sensitive talks on phasing out rules that allow the three Nordic EU members to limit the alcohol people may bring back home from elsewhere in the bloc.

    [07] BSE cull decision under review/UK

    LONDON - Britain will keep under review its decision not to proceed with a selective cull of cattle vulnerable to "mad cow" disease in the light of new scientific evidence, agriculture minister Douglas Hogg said.

    [08] Intervention beef limit raised

    LUXEMBOURG - The ceiling on beef intervention purchases on Monday was raised by 60,000 tonnes to 460,000 tonnes in 1996 and young male cattle included in the scheme, EU officials said.

    [09] EU-Japan shipping consultations

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Monday called for World Trade Organisation consultations with Japan over maritime policy to make ports more accessible to foreign shippers.

    [10] EU-SADC co-operation meeting

    DUBLIN - Talks between the European Union and the Southern African Development Community this week will concentrate on regional conflicts and co-operation, Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring said.

    [11] EU Social Chapter/Czechs

    PRAGUE - British Junior Foreign Office Minister David Davis advised the Czech Republic to reject a key part of the Maastricht Treaty when it negotiates membership of the European Union.

    [12] EU reviews Allianz/Vereinte deal

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission said it had been notified of the proposed control of German insurance firm Vereinte Holding AG by Allianz AG, another German company also active in insurance.

    [13] EU to vet Gillette/Duracell deal

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission said it had been notified of the proposed takeover of U.S battery maker Duracell International Inc by The Gillette Company, another U.S. company which makes shaving products.

    [14] Dutch PTT/Australia's TNT review

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission said it was reviewing the proposed takeover of Australian transport group TNT Ltd by Dutch PTT Post BV.

    [15] Main EU events for October 15

    LUXEMBOURG - EU environment ministers' meeting begins at 0800 GMT; agenda includes open debate on the auto-oil programme.

    BRUSSELS - European Commission President Santer and Commissioners Marin and Brittan meet Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at 1045 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas meets WEU Secretary General Jose Cutileiro at 0635 GMT.


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


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