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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-07-17
From: HR-Net News Distribution Manager <dist@hri.org>
CONTENTS
[01] Clinton puts off Cuba lawsuits
[02] EU/anti-Cuba law retaliation
[03] EU criticises Poland over trade
[04] EU foreign ministers condemn Burma
[05] Santer on mad cow risks
[06] Philip Morris/Italian market
[07] BA/American alliance plan
[08] EP reading on groundhandling
[09] Free movement directive not voted
[10] EU/U.S. trade dispute
[11] Commission waste management paper
[12] U.S./Japan end microchip talks
[13] Main EU events for July 17
[01] Clinton puts off Cuba lawsuits
WASHINGTON - President Bill Clinton on Tuesday ordered an anti-Cuba sanctions
measure to come into force but delayed its practical impact for six months to
appease U.S. allies who threatened retaliationship.
[02] EU/anti-Cuba law retaliation
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Tuesday dismissed an attempt by U.S.
president Bill Clinton to avert an international rift over Washington's Cuba
policy, saying plans to suspend part of the Helms-Burton Act did not go far
enough.
[03] EU criticises Poland over trade
BRUSSELS - The European Union is becoming increasingly irritated about the
slow pace with which Poland is dismantling trade barriers, threatening
Warsaw's progress in joining the bloc.
[04] EU foreign ministers condemn Burma
BRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers on Monday individually condemned a
lack of democracy in Burma, but were too busy to discuss collectively a Danish
call for sanctions against the Rangoon government, diplomats said.
[05] Santer on mad cow risks
STRASBOURG - Jacques Santer robustly defended the European Commission on
Tuesday against allegations that it tried to cover up the dangers of mad cow
disease.
[06] Philip Morris/Italian market
BRUSSELS - The European Commission is probing an agreement between Italy's
tobacco monopoly and Philip Morris, which gives the U.S. giant 50 percent of
the local cigarette market, to see if it breaks EU competition law.
[07] BA/American alliance plan
LONDON - British Airways breathed a corporate sigh of relief after
confirmation on Tuesday that the United States and British governments will
resume long-stalled bilateral talks to seek a liberal air service pact.
[08] EP reading on groundhandling
STRASBOURG, France - The European Parliament adopted a controversial draft
directive, CO590, on Tuesday to liberalise the access to groundhandling
services at airports.
[09] Free movement directive not voted
STRASBOURG, France - The European Parliament on Tuesday refused to vote on
plans to allow people to move freely within the European Union because of a
move to bring the controversial issue back under national control.
[10] EU/U.S. trade dispute
GENEVA - The European Union on Tuesday eased out of a potentially explosive
trade dispute with the United States over beef hormones just as it appeared to
be heading into major row with Washington over Cuba.
[11] Commission waste management paper
BRUSSELS - The European Commission's planned review paper on the European
Union's strategy for waste management has been delayed and will not be on the
agenda until the end of July, a Commission source said on Tuesday.
[12] U.S./Japan end microchip talks
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Trade officials from the United States and Japan
ended four days of talks on Tuesday over a semiconductor market access dispute
without agreement and said they were a long way from a solution.
[13] Main EU events for July 17
STRASBOURG - European Parliament plenary session begins at 0700 GMT (third of
five days); Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring makes statement on the Irish
Presidency working programme at 0715 GMT.
STRASBOURG - European Commission regular weekly meeting begins at 1300 GMT;
Commissioner Van Miert holds news conference on company merger controls and
decisions for exemption under Treaty article 85.3 at 1500 GMT and Commissioner
Fischler holds news conference on mad cow disease at 1530 GMT.
DUBLIN - Turkish Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller meets Irish Foreign Minister
Dick Spring to discuss bilateral relations and related EU issues.
From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://www.cec.lu/
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