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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 00-06-08
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
MIDDAY EXPRESS
News from the Spokesman's midday briefing
Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi du Service Presse et Communicationb
08/06/2000
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] Romano Prodi and ten Commissioners attend European Business Summit to
shape European innovation
[02] La Commission approuve le système de vente des billets pour l'Euro
2000
[03] Industrial producer prices rose by 0.1% in euro-zone ; prices
unchanged in EU15
[04] Mario Monti lance la "Journée de la concurrence" à Lisbonne le 9 juin
[05] Franz Fischler excludes two-tier CAP in the long run
[01] Romano Prodi and ten Commissioners attend European Business Summit to
shape European innovation
A two-day Summit of European business and political leaders begins tomorrow
in Brussels. The European Business Summit, organised by the European and
Belgian employers' federations UNICE and FEB, will give some of the most
senior CEOs worldwide the chance to deliver concrete proposals to European
Commissioners on ways of making the European economy more dynamic and
innovative. President Romano Prodi and Commissioner Erkki Liikanen will
deliver keynote speeches at the event, and nine other Commissioners will
participate in workshops devoted to e-business, biotechnology, trade,
intellectual property, start-up funding, R&D and labour markets. The event
takes place at the Sheraton Hotel, Place Rogier, in Brussels.
[02] La Commission approuve le système de vente des billets pour l'Euro
2000
La Commission européenne a informé aujourd'hui l'UEFA de sa décision
d'approuver le système de vente de billets pour le Championnat d'Europe de
football, qui aura lieu aux Pays-Bas et en Belgique à partir du 10 juin.
Cette décision fait suite à la notification par l'UEFA, en mars 1999, du
système de vente de billets, afin d'en vérifier la conformité avec les
règles de concurrence de l'Union européenne. La Commission s'est réjouie de
l'initiative de l'UEFA de demander l'approbation de son système de vente et
note avec satisfaction que le principe de non discrimination a été
respecté.
[03] Industrial producer prices rose by 0.1% in euro-zone ; prices
unchanged in EU15
(! embargo 12 am !) The euro-zone April figure showed the smallest increase
in the past eleven months and the EU15 index did not rise for the first
time since more than a year, Eurostat reports today. The euro-zone
industrial producer price index edged up by 0.1% in April 2000 compared
with the previous month. EU15 prices were unchanged in April. In March the
index had increased by 0.7% in the euro-zone and 0.5% in the EU15. The
lower increase of intermediate goods prices slowed down the rise of the
overall index. Producer prices increased by 5.7% in the euro-zone and 5.1%
in the EU15 compared to April 1999. The rise in March had been 6.2% in the
euro-zone and 5.6% in EU15.
[04] Mario Monti lance la "Journée de la concurrence" à Lisbonne le 9 juin
Le citoyen européen a tout à gagner de la politique de la concurrence : tel
est le message que la Commission européenne veut faire passer lors de la
première "Journée de la concurrence" organisée à Lisbonne le 9 juin. Les
participants à la conférence examineront quels sont les avantages pour le
citoyen de la politique de contrôle des concentrations, des aides d'Etat et
des cartels, et quelles sont les règles applicables à la distribution
automobile et aux professions libérales.
[05] Franz Fischler excludes two-tier CAP in the long run
"We must all recognise that we are working towards the same goal - Poland
taking its rightful place in Europe and participating fully and fairly in
all EU activities", Franz Fischler, European Commissioner for Agriculture,
Rural Development and Fisheries, declared today in Warsaw in his speech at
a conference on 'Polish rural areas facing the challenge of European
integration'. Mr Fischler recalled the historic role Poland and the Polish
Catholic Church had played in overturning the communist system. He
underlined Pope John Paul II's statement that Europe now has an historic
opportunity to come together in unity and stressed that Poland and the EU
share common values. He made clear, however, that enlargement presents
challenges not only for the candidate countries but also for the EU. "Such
a significant step requires careful preparation - on both sides."
MIDDAY EXPRESS
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