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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-07-26
From: HR-Net News Distribution Manager <dist@hri.org>
CONTENTS
[01] EU strike accord on 1997 budget
[02] EU farm budget faces major cut
[03] Sharp cuts in EU budget
[04] EU-Asia common WTO strategy
[05] Confrontation at WTO talks/U.S.
[06] Media concentration plan delayed
[07] Duty-free sales must end
[08] Justice cooperation boosted
[09] IBOS interbank on-line system
[10] Worms/IFIL control of Saint-Louis
[11] Shipbuilding aid rules
[12] EU staff in Burundi must leave
[13] Van den Broek on visit to Albania
[14] New telecoms working group head
[15] Main EU events for July 26
[01] EU strike accord on 1997 budget
BRUSSELS - European Union budget ministers struck an accord late on Thursday
which would slash 2.5 billion Ecu from the EU's 1997 budget, preventing for
the first time a real increase in annual spending, diplomats said.
[02] EU farm budget faces major cut
BRUSSELS - The European Union farm budget is facing a one-billion-Ecu cut if
European Union budget ministers agree to lop up to nine billion Ecus off 1997
EU spending, a European Commission spokesman said on Thursday.
[03] Sharp cuts in EU budget
BRUSSELS - Poorer European Union states on Thursday resisted a controversial
plan pushed by founder-members France and Germany that would slash 1997
expenditure and prevent for the first time a real increase in annual spending.
[04] EU-Asia common WTO strategy
BRUSSELS - The European Union and 10 Asian nations on Thursday ended two days
of talks with a commitment to work together for consensus on trade and
investment issues at the World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in
Singapore later this year.
[05] Confrontation at WTO talks/U.S.
JAKARTA - Asian and Western nations agreed to disagree on Burma, and
Washington threatened divisive debate at the inaugural World Trade
Organisation meeting in December, in a week of intense diplomacy that ended on
Thursday.
[06] Media concentration plan delayed
BRUSSELS - European Commission plans to regulate against domination by media
moguls like Silvio Berlusconi and Rupert Murdoch have run into a delay,
prolonging debate on one of the European Union's most controversial issues.
[07] Duty-free sales must end
BRUSSELS - The European Commission is set to adopt a report on Friday saying
that duty-free sales in the European Union should be abolished in 1999 despite
strong lobbying from the industry and airports.
[08] Justice cooperation boosted
PARIS - France, Italy and Spain pledged on Thursday to boost judicial
cooperation against cross-border crime, setting up a network of investigating
magistrates to fight terrorism, organised crime and illegal immigration.
[09] IBOS interbank on-line system
BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Thursday it intended to clear the
Interbank On-Line System operated by Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, Banco
Santander, ING Bank NV and Credit Commercial de France among others.
[10] Worms/IFIL control of Saint-Louis
BRUSSELS - The ownership structure of the Saint-Louis Group has not changed
since 1994 and the EU's approval of the acquisition by Italy's IFIL of a stake
in the company is only routine, Saint-Louis's other main parent Worms & Co
said on Thursday.
[11] Shipbuilding aid rules
BRUSSELS - The European Commission has put forward a proposal which would make
it possible to extend current rules on shipbuilding aid until the end of 1998
if an international agreement on eliminating most state support has not come
into force before then.
[12] EU staff in Burundi must leave
BRUSSELS - The European Commission has asked its handful of staff in Burundi
to leave, but the EU's charge d'affaires in Bujumburu will remain.
[13] Van den Broek on visit to Albania
TIRANA - European Commissioner Hans Van den Broek arrived in Tirana on
Thursday for two days of talks focusing on the political situation in Albania
and ways of improving ties with the European Union.
[14] New telecoms working group head
MILAN - Carlo De Benedetti, chairman of Italian information technology group
Olivetti SpA, has been appointed chairman of a working group for the creation
of a European Union telecommunications regulatory authority.
[15] Main EU events for July 26
INDONESIA - European Commissioner Marin on official visit.
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From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://www.cec.lu/
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