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EU News Flashes and Events for 97-01-28

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


CONTENTS

  • [01] ECOFIN cracks down on tax breaks
  • [02] New third country lending system
  • [03] No geographic bias for EMU/Dutch
  • [04] Euro council open to "pre-ins"
  • [05] EMU may lower interest rates
  • [06] New EU rural/farm policy/Fischler
  • [07] EU racism centre vetoed/Britain
  • [08] EU anti-dumping policy/Brittan
  • [09] France not notified on gene-maize
  • [10] S.Africa-EU trade deal closer
  • [11] EU urges reforms in Bulgaria
  • [12] $460 million for Ethiopia
  • [13] Main EU events for January 28

  • [01] ECOFIN cracks down on tax breaks

    BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers vowed on Monday to crack down on tax breaks which they said could create unfair competition among countries sharing a single market and soon to share a single currency.

    [02] New third country lending system

    BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers on Monday agreed a new system for lending money to third countries, raising the amount available by lowering the sum that must be guaranteed.

    [03] No geographic bias for EMU/Dutch

    BRUSSELS - Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm, criticised earlier this month for saying some EU states should not be in the first wave of a single currency, said on Monday there would be no geographic bias in deciding members.

    [04] Euro council open to "pre-ins"

    BRUSSELS - Belgian Finance Minister Philippe Maystadt said on Monday he supported the idea of an economic council to co-ordinate policies inside European monetary union, but this must not exclude countries waiting to join the new single currency.

    [05] EMU may lower interest rates

    BRUSSELS - European economic and monetary union could mean lower interest rates for all involved, but that pleasant prospect could be ruined by a single reckless member, German Finance Minister Theo Waigel said on Monday.

    [06] New EU rural/farm policy/Fischler

    BRUSSELS - Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler fought on Monday to save plans for an integrated rural development policy, rejecting claims that there was widespread opposition.

    [07] EU racism centre vetoed/Britain

    BRUSSELS - Britain denied on Monday that it had vetoed plans to set up a European Union centre to collect data about racism and xenophobia, saying it only objected to creating it under the proposed EU treaty provision.

    [08] EU anti-dumping policy/Brittan

    BRUSSELS - European Union anti-dumping policies does not target specific countries or groups of countries, Sir Leon Brittan, the European Commissioner with responsiblity for trade, told a seminar on Monday.

    [09] France not notified on gene-maize

    BRUSSELS - France has not yet been officially notified of a decision to allow the import of genetically modified maize into the European Union, a European Commission spokesman said on Monday.

    [10] S.Africa-EU trade deal closer

    PRETORIA - South Africa and the European Union said on Monday they were edging nearer a trade deal after weekend talks, with details of Pretoria's membership of the Lome Convention likely to be hammered out next month.

    [11] EU urges reforms in Bulgaria

    THE HAGUE - The European Union on Monday called for swift reforms in Bulgaria to try and rescue the economy which has plunged into hyper-inflation.

    [12] $460 million for Ethiopia

    ADDIS ABABA - The European Union signed an agreement on Monday giving Ethiopia $460 million in grants and development loans, a joint statement said.

    [13] Main EU events for January 28

    BRUSSELS - European Commissioner Monti attends EP Inquiry Committee on Transit at 1400 GMT. - - - BRUSSELS - Monetary Committee Chairman Sir Nigel Wicks attends EP Monetary Affairs Subcommittee at 0800 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - EP Culture Committee public hearing on "Islam and Europe: points of convergence" begins at 0800 GMT.

    BRUSSELS - Former Bundesbank President Schlesinger addresses Centre for European Policy Studies lunchtime meeting on "The passage to the euro" at 1130 GMT.

    WASHINGTON - EU, U.S. hold meeting to prepare for summit in May; European Commissioner Brittan and Dutch Foreign Minister Hans van Mierlo attend.


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


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