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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 03-07-07
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] Commission welcomes the Naples charter for promoting better
Transeuropean transport infrastructure in the enlarged EU
[02] La Commission autorise la création d'une entreprise commune entre
Arcelor et Umicore
[03] Commission successfully concludes farm talks with Israel
[04] Midterm meeting of high level group on patient mobility
[05] Winners of eEurope awards for eGovernment 2003 announced at
Ministerial Conference
[06] Autre matériel diffusé
Midday Express 07/07/2003
TXT: FR ENPDF:DOC:Midday Express 07/07/2003
[01] Commission welcomes the Naples charter for promoting better
Transeuropean transport infrastructure in the enlarged EU
During the informal Transport Ministers Council, which took place in Naples
on 4-5 July 2003, main issues about Transeuropean transport network (TEN-T)
were discussed for the first time at the pan-European level. At the end if
this meeting, the Italian Presidency presented a charter of Naples, aiming
at developing the European dimension of main infrastructures and giving
more impetus to the transport network. Loyola de Palacio, European
Commission vice-president in charge of transport and energy, welcomed
strongly the results of this Informal Council : "This charter highlights
the need of an important commitment in favour of the development of the
Transeuropean Transport network, which is a major condition of European
competitiveness : it is high time we take the crucial decisions which will
commit our future for the next twenty years." The charter of Naples
welcomes the intention of the Commission to rapidly present a proposal to
revise the TEN-T guidelines and invites the Commission to further develop
the details of the options for new financing. "There are various
possibilities, like the long-term loans by the EIB, the setting-up of a
mutual guarantee fund, the promotion of public-private partnerships or the
opening of possibilities of crossed subsidies in sensitive regions. But, as
the Commission Prodi made clear in the last years, there is no doubt that
we will face important choices to increase significantly the share of the
budget for transport infrastructure", Ms de Palacio added.
[02] La Commission autorise la création d'une entreprise commune entre
Arcelor et Umicore
La Commission européenne a autorisé, en application du règlement sur les
concentrations, un projet d'entreprise commune entre Arcelor S.A.,
sidérurgiste basé à Luxembourg, et N.V. Umicore S.A., une société belge
présente sur les marchés des métaux non ferreux, des ferro-alliages et des
produits connexes. L'opération n'entraînera que des chevauchements mineurs
sur les marchés concernés.
[03] Commission successfully concludes farm talks with Israel
The European Commission and Israel initialled an agreement concerning new
reciprocal liberalisation measures in the agricultural sector. On the basis
of the outcome of the negotiations, most of the agricultural trade from
both sides will be liberalised (preferential treatment with or without
quotas). Before entering into force, the deal has to be adopted by the EU
Member States.
[04] Midterm meeting of high level group on patient mobility
Health ministers from most Member States will attend a meeting hosted by
the European Commission in Brussels today to continue an informal high
level process of reflection on the question of patient mobility which was
launched in February this year. The reflection process seeks to produce a
coherent political response to a range of issues affecting healthcare
systems including recent European Court of Justice judgements (see
IP/01/995) on the right of patients to have their national healthcare
system pay for treatment received in another Member State. The aim is to
produce a set of conclusions by the end of 2003. Health and Consumer
Protection Commissioner David Byrne will be chairing the meeting. Internal
Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein will also participate and Commissioner
Anna Diamantopoulou will be represented by Odile Quintin, Director General
for Employment and Social Affairs. Observers from the acceding countries
will also attend. This is the midterm meeting of the reflection process
which will review the work accomplished so far by the working groups on
European collaboration, information, access and quality and reconciling
national objectives and European obligations.
[05] Winners of eEurope awards for eGovernment 2003 announced at
Ministerial Conference
The three top prize winners for the eEurope awards for eGovernment
Applications were announced today by European Commissioner Erkki Liikanen,
in a formal ceremony held in the presence of Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi and Lucio Stanca, Italian Minister for Innovation and
Technology. This ceremony was watched by some 30 Ministers attending the
European eGovernment Conference at Villa Erba, beside Lake Como in Italy.
[06] Autre matériel diffusé
Discours de M. Prodi : "L'Europe et la Constitution: la parole aux
citoyens" à l'Université des études de Bologne (05/07)
Note d'intervention de M. Barnier sur le service européen pour l'action
extérieure - Convention européenne, au Parlement européen (04/07)
Speech by Erkki Liikanen : "eGovernment: Europe's Challenge" at the
eGovernment 2003 Conference (Como)
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