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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-10-16

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


CONTENTS

  • [01] ECOFIN rejects Santer's jobs plan
  • [02] No Council decision on substance
  • [03] Fast decision on corn/Bjerregaard
  • [04] Draft car pollution curbs
  • [05] EU efforts to set fur trap rules
  • [06] EMU bank regulation
  • [07] Single currency plans
  • [08] Airport ground-handling rules
  • [09] EU-southern Africa trade talks
  • [10] Huge subsidies for East opposed
  • [11] Aid guidelines to be adopted
  • [12] U.S. rice quota arrangements
  • [13] Plans for Schengen new members
  • [14] Thyssen Stahl/Boehler deal
  • [15] Beer, oil sales rules extension
  • [16] Germany state subsidies
  • [17] New plan to rescue Germany's Sket
  • [18] 124 sign nuclear test ban treaty
  • [19] Main EU events for October 16

  • [01] ECOFIN rejects Santer's jobs plan

    LUXEMBOURG - To the frustration of European Commission President Jacques Santer, the ECOFIN Council on Monday again rejected a proposal to spend more than $1 billion on trans-European rail and roadways to boost jobs.

    [02] No Council decision on substance

    LUXEMBOURG - Environment Ministers discussed a series of issues ranging from leg-hold traps to climate change on Tuesday but took no decisions on any substantive legal texts.

    [03] Fast decision on corn/Bjerregaard

    LUXEMBOURG - Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard will push on Wednesday for scientists to report before the end of October on the safety of Ciba Geigy's genetically modified maize, a Commission spokesman said on Tuesday.

    [04] Draft car pollution curbs

    LUXEMBOURG - The Environment Council gave a mixed reception on Tuesday to plans for tighter fuel quality and vehicle emission rules intended to slash the bloc's road transport emissions by up to 70 percent by 2010.

    [05] EU efforts to set fur trap rules

    LUXEMBOURG - European Union environment ministers were met by an eight-metre high inflatable beaver on Tuesday as they met to discuss how to avert a trade row over a planned import ban on fur from animals caught in leg-hold traps.

    [06] EMU bank regulation

    BRUSSELS - The regulation and safeguarding of banks under a common European currency remains an unresolved issue, and some are starting to worry that the powers of a European Central Bank may be insufficient.

    [07] Single currency plans

    BRUSSELS - In an attempt to solidify the gathering momentum behind a common European currency, the European Commission on Wednesday will put forward its views on three critical areas of economic and monetary unio

    [08] Airport ground-handling rules

    LUXEMBOURG - The Council of Ministers agreed on Tuesday to liberalise ground- handling services at airports in the Union, confirming a decision transport ministers made last December.

    [09] EU-southern Africa trade talks

    WINDHOEK - European Union and southern African foreign ministers ended two days of talks on political and economic cooperation on Tuesday with few new words and little promise of action to end conflicts in Africa.

    [10] Huge subsidies for East opposed

    PRAGUE - The European Union's budget commissioner Erkki Liikanen spoke out on Tuesday against showering new members from post-communist Europe with subsidies, saying this would distort their economies and breed a dependency culture.

    [11] Aid guidelines to be adopted

    LUXEMBOURG - The European Court of Justice said on Tuesday the European Commission has the authority to adopt mandatory guidelines for examining state aids in the fisheries sector even without express Council authorisation.

    [12] U.S. rice quota arrangements

    BRUSSELS - The European Union's rice management committee may decide on Thursday details of export certificates that are needed to import U.S. rice under GATT quota arrangements, an EU official said on Tuesday.

    [13] Plans for Schengen new members

    BRUSSELS - Ministers from the Schengen border-free pact meet in Luxembourg on Thursday in a bid to push forward plans to bring new countries into the alliance.

    [14] Thyssen Stahl/Boehler deal

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Tuesday it had approved a joint venture between Thyssen Stahl AG and Boehler Uddeholm AG.

    [15] Beer, oil sales rules extension

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission is expected to extend rules exempting exclusive supply and distribution agreements in the beer and oil industries from fair competition rules, Commission and industry sources said on Tuesday.

    [16] Germany state subsidies

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission, determined to curb German subsidies to businesses, has indicated it will not allow Germany to implement a new regional aid plan if support to the rich west is not reduced.

    [17] New plan to rescue Germany's Sket

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission will study a plan to split German machinery firm SKET GmbH, but it will not close its eyes to subsidies paid to the embattled company, a Commission official said on Tuesday.

    [18] 124 sign nuclear test ban treaty

    UNITED NATIONS - A total of 124 states have signed the nuclear test ban treaty over the past three weeks and Fiji has become the first to ratify the pact, the United Nations said on Monday.

    [19] Main EU events for October 16

    BRUSSELS - European Commission regular weekly meeting begins at 0730 GMT; European Commission President Santer and European Commissioner de Silguy hold joint news conference on third phase of EMU at 1015 GMT; European Commissioners Bangemann and Oreja hold joint news conference on protection of minors and criminal aspects of the internet at 1045 GMT.

    GENEVA - WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) meets; main discussions focus on the U.S. Helms-Burton Cuban investment law.

    BRUSSELS - Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas meets NATO Secretary General Javier Solana at 0740 GMT; also meets European Commissioner van den Broek.

    BRUSSELS - EP President Klaus Haensch meets Slovak President Michal Kovac at 1000 GMT.


    From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/
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