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EU News Flashes and Events for 97-02-03

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


CONTENTS

  • [01] EU to act on air safety
  • [02] EU hard line with Swiss backed
  • [03] Dutch assert EU credentials
  • [04] EU tax harmonisation undesirable
  • [05] Santer says "hands off" euro
  • [06] EU telecoms firms gear up for 1998
  • [07] EU clears Nordic cigarette accord
  • [08] EU slot rules deal
  • [09] EU hearing on BA/AA deal
  • [10] TV sport for all is EU's aim
  • [11] EU to fund German cattle slaughter
  • [12] National law defines employment
  • [13] Court/benefit plans
  • [14] Court/Commission/scrapping fund
  • [15] Court/migrant workers/taxes
  • [16] Aborigines support EU
  • [17] Clinton to attend EU summit
  • [18] Russian official warns on NATO
  • [19] Main EU events for February 3

  • [01] EU to act on air safety

    AMSTERDAM - European Union transport ministers on Saturday urged the European Commission to push ahead with institutionalising air transport safety during the final day of an informal transport council in Amsterdam.

    [02] EU hard line with Swiss backed

    AMSTERDAM - European Union transport ministers have given their backing to the EU's robust stance in negotiating access for heavy vehicle traffic through Switzerland.

    [03] Dutch assert EU credentials

    AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands chaired its first informal ministerial meeting as European Union president on Friday, asserting its EU credentials by unveiling new car plates and road signs, each with a European flavour.

    [04] EU tax harmonisation undesirable

    THE HAGUE - European Union Internal Market Commissioner Mario Monti made clear on Saturday he did not want to see a full harmonisation of national tax systems.

    [05] Santer says "hands off" euro

    DAVOS, Switzerland - European Commission President Jacques Santer told politicians on Saturday to keep hands off the euro and leave monetary policy to the European Union's central bank when a single currency starts in 1999.

    [06] EU telecoms firms gear up for 1998

    BRUSSELS - The privatisation of Telefonica de Espana takes place amid a frenzy of activity in the European Union telecommunications market as companies scramble to get in shape for a new era of free competition.

    [07] EU clears Nordic cigarette accord

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Friday it had approved a revised cooperation accord between Swedish Match Sverige and Danish company Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni concerning the Prince brand of cigarettes in Sweden.

    [08] EU slot rules deal

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission may impose conditions on airlines' rights to airport slots on busy routes in return for allowing them to sell unwanted slots, a Commission official told Reuters on Friday.

    [09] EU hearing on BA/AA deal

    BRUSSELS - European Commission officials will stage a hearing into British Airways's planned alliance with American Airlines next week, allowing both the parties and their competitors to state their cases for and against the deal.

    [10] TV sport for all is EU's aim

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission will propose next week changing EU legislation to make sure everyone can see live television coverage of major sporting events like the soccer World Cup and the Olympic Games.

    [11] EU to fund German cattle slaughter

    BRUSSELS - The European Union will pay 70 percent of the cost of slaughtering cattle thought to be at risk of mad cow disease in Germany, the beef management committee decided on Friday, a Commission official sai

    [12] National law defines employment

    LUXEMBOURG - The European Court of Justice said on Thursday member state definitions of employment and self-employment activities are to be applied to the Community legislation on social security schemes for migrant workers.

    [13] Court/benefit plans

    LUXEMBOURG - The European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday employees of businesses declared in "critical difficulty" may be credited with up to five years supplemental retirement contributions.

    [14] Court/Commission/scrapping fund

    LUXEMBOURG - The European Court of Justice said on Thursday European Commission decisions declaring a vessel liable for Scrapping Fund contributions are final and binding on national courts, if not challenged within two months.

    [15] Court/migrant workers/taxes

    LUXEMBOURG - The European Court of Justice said on Thursday persons simultaneously employed in one member state and self-employed in the territory of another member state are subject to the social security legislation of both.

    [16] Aborigines support EU

    SYDNEY - Aborigines on Friday called on the European Commission to stand firm against Australia and not sign a trade treaty without a human rights clause.

    [17] Clinton to attend EU summit

    WASHINGTON - President Clinton will participate in a summit with European Union leaders in the Netherlands in May, the White House said on Friday.

    [18] Russian official warns on NATO

    DAVOS, Switzerland - A leading Russian parliamentarian warned on Saturday that if NATO were to admit former Soviet bloc countries, a move fiercely opposed by Moscow, it could harm the cause of reform in the country.

    [19] Main EU events for February 3

    BRUSSELS - Romanian President Emil Constantinescu meets European Commission President Santer, European Commissioners van den Broek and de Silguy.

    THE HAGUE - Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok and Foreign Minister Hans van Mierlo meet Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.


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