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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-09-30

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CONTENTS

  • [01] EU extradition cooperation
  • [02] Satellite communications rules
  • [03] Internet child exploitation
  • [04] Postal services deal in November
  • [05] Court/tax event organisers
  • [06] Progress on trade deal
  • [07] Santer on Italy budget
  • [08] Saxony state seeks aid from EU
  • [09] Bosnian police force
  • [10] G7 interest in Euro
  • [11] Main EU events for September 30

  • [01] EU extradition cooperation

    DUBLIN - European Union justice ministers on Friday signed a convention aimed at tightening cooperation on extradition to prevent people suspected of terrorism in one EU member state walking scott free in another (BC- EXTRADITION).

    [02] Satellite communications rules

    BRUSSELS - The Telecommunications Council agreed on Friday a plan for coordinating the regulation of satellite personal communications services.

    [03] Internet child exploitation

    BRUSSELS - The Telecommunications Council, reacting to a child-sex scandal in Belgium, pledged on Friday to consider ways to keep material that could harm children off the Internet.

    [04] Postal services deal in November

    BRUSSELS - The Irish presidency said on Friday that it was optimistic the Telecommunications Council would be able to break a deadlock over a plan to liberalise postal services when it meets on November 28.

    [05] Court/tax event organisers

    LUXEMBOURG - The European Court of Justice has ruled that entertainment organisers should be taxed in the country where they stage their event rather than where their business is established.

    [06] Progress on trade deal

    SEATTLE - U.S. and EU trade chiefs on Saturday removed a major roadblock to an agreement to scrap tariffs on information technology -- potentially freeing up billions of dollars worth of trade for themselves, Japan and Canada.

    [07] Santer on Italy budget

    VENICE, Italy - European Commission President Jacques Santer congratulated Italy on Friday for its plans to approve a deficit-cutting budget in an effort to join a single European currency.

    [08] Saxony state seeks aid from EU

    BONN - Saxony state in the former communist east Germany on Friday called on the European Commission to grant the region special status for receiving state aid until the year 2005.

    [09] Bosnian police force

    DUBLIN - Officials of more than 30 countries met in Dublin on Saturday at a United Nations conference aimed at raising $99 million to help to build a democratic police force in post-war Bosnia.

    [10] G7 interest in Euro

    WASHINGTON - Europe's plans for a single currency have won increasing interest and credibility among its main trading partners, though officials warned on Sunday that the region's high unemployment remained a blackspot.

    [11] Main EU events for September 30

    BRUSSELS - IGC Working Party of EU foreign ministers' representatives meets to continue review of EU treaties; discussion on the follow-up to specific issues in the light of first round of discussions.

    DUBLIN - European Commission and Irish Presidency of the EU colloquium on "People first - Challenges of living and working in the European information society" begins at 0700 GMT (first of two days);Irish Labour Minister Eithne Fitzgerald; European Commissioner Flynn gives address.


    From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/
    © ECSC - EC - EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg, 1995, 1996


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