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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-06-28
From: HR-Net News Distribution Manager <dist@hri.org>
CONTENTS
[01] G7 vows war on terror
[02] China into global economy
[03] Germany and IMF gold sales
[04] Telecoms privacy directive
[05] Telecoms ONP directive
[06] No agreement on universal service
[07] No agreement on licensing
[08] Germany blocks computer programme
[09] Postal service deal postponed
[10] Common agricultural policy
[11] Community vet inspection fees
[12] Drugs problems still mar Schengen
[13] Sara Lee purchase of Aoste
[14] BA/American Airlines alliance
[15] Deadline on cable television
[16] EMU/fraud/jobs on Irish EU agenda
[17] Irish and British relations
[18] Tietmeyer on EMU conditions in 96
[19] EU and Mostar elections
[20] Main EU events for June 28
[01] G7 vows war on terror
LYON, France - In a show of solidarity with President Bill Clinton, world
leaders have vowed to give absolute priority to fighting terrorism after a
deadly bomb attack on U.S. soldiers in Saudi Arabia. In their most resolute
statement to date, the Group of Seven leading industrial democracies promised
on Thursday to crack down on fund-raising, weapons supplies and incitement to
violence and bring the perpetrators of attacks to justice.
[02] China into global economy
LYON, France - Japan's Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto appealed to fellow
Group of Seven industrial nations to draw China into the world economic
community rather than isolating it.
[03] Germany and IMF gold sales
LYON - Germany appeared on Thursday to be increasingly isolated in opposing a
plan for the International Monetary Fund to sell some of its gold reserves to
help give debt relief for the world's poorest countries.
[04] Telecoms privacy directive
LUXEMBOURG - The Telecommunications Council reached a political agreement on
Thursday on the draft directive on privacy on telecommunications networks.
[05] Telecoms ONP directive
LUXEMBOURG - The Telecommunications Council reached a political agreement on
Thursday on the draft directive to update two existing directives on Open
Network Provisio.
[06] No agreement on universal service
LUXEMBOURG - The Telecommunications Council failed on Thursday to adopt a
resolution on "universal service" in telecoms markets when philosophical
differences made agreement impossible, EU officials said.
[07] No agreement on licensing
LUXEMBOURG - The Telecommunications Council failed to agree a common position
on Thursday on a draft directive setting up a telecoms licensing and
authorisation regime for the post-liberalisation era.
[08] Germany blocks computer programme
LUXEMBOURG - Germany blocked a proposed programme at the Telecommunications
Council on Thursday to promote the development of multilingual computer
products.
[09] Postal service deal postponed
LUXEMBOURG - The Telecommunications Council postponed a debate on Thursday
over how quickly to open postal services to competition, though made some
progress in agreeing which mail services must be provided to the public at
affordable prices, EU officials said.
[10] Common agricultural policy
BRUSSELS - The European Union is facing a fundamental reform of its costly
Common Agricultural Policy after the collapse of its annual farm prices
review, EU officials said on Thursday.
[11] Community vet inspection fees
BRUSSELS - The European Union has agreed a a common system of EU fees for
veterinary inspections and controls on live animals and animal products, an EU
official said on Thursday.
[12] Drugs problems still mar Schengen
THE HAGUE - France said on Thursday the Netherlands would have to do more to
crack down on drugs before it would agree to drop checks on its borders with
Belgium and Luxembourg and make the Schengen border-free accord complete.
[13] Sara Lee purchase of Aoste
BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Thursday it had cleared the
acquisition by American food and consumer products company Sara Lee of French
processed meats firm Aoste Holding SA and Al Ponte Prosciutti SRL from Michel
Reybier.
[14] BA/American Airlines alliance
BRUSSELS - The European Commission will discuss next Wednesday whether to
start a probe into a proposed alliance between British Airways Plc and
American Airlines, officials said on Thursday.
[15] Deadline on cable television
BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Thursday it had extended by nearly
a month the deadline to rule on the controversial Spanish cable television
deal between Canal Plus and telecommunications company Telefonica de Espana
SA.
[16] EMU/fraud/jobs on Irish EU agenda
DUBLIN - Budgets currently being prepared by European Union governments should
give some idea about which are serious candidates for a single EU currency,
Irish Finance Minister Ruairi Quinn said on Thursday.
[17] Irish and British relations
DUBLIN - Prime Minister John Bruton said on Thursday he hoped Ireland's
historic ties with Britain and Europe could help solve some of the tensions
between London and the European Union.
[18] Tietmeyer on EMU conditions in 96
SCHLANGENBAD, Germany - - Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer said on
Thursday Germany would this year not meet the economic convergence criteria
for European Economic and Monetary Union outlined in the Maastricht Treaty.
[19] EU and Mostar elections
MOSTAR, Bosnia - The European Union, aware that conditions for free elections
in the divided Bosnian city Mostar on Sunday will be seriously flawed, hopes
at least to ensure an orderly vote with the help of NATO troops .
[20] Main EU events for June 28
LYON, France - G7 (U.S., Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and United
Kingdom) heads of state and government continue summit (Friday-Saturday);
discussions on global economy and macro-economic policies (0730 GMT), Russian
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin joins rest of the leaders to continue talks
(1415 GMT) (Friday); Carl Bildt reports on situation in Bosnia (0700 GMT),
discussion on debt relief in third world (0845 GMT), French President Jacques
Chirac holds closing news conference (1145 GMT) (Saturday).
Sunday - Italian EU presidency ends. Ireland takes over to 31/12.
BOSNIA - Elections to be held in divided Bosnian city of Mostar (Sunday).
From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://www.cec.lu/
© ECSC - EC - EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg, 1995, 1996
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