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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-10-01
From: HR-Net News Distribution Manager <dist@hri.org>
CONTENTS
[01] Telecoms licensing scheme accord
[02] People in information society
[03] Single currency launch/De Silguy
[04] EU invites Arafat
[05] Arafat heads for the U.S.
[06] Sweden's "virtual prison"
[07] Nordic alcohol talks compromise
[08] New EU rules on child advertising
[09] EU births hit postwar low
[10] German shipyard Meyer aid cleared
[11] Telefonica/Unisource deal
[12] Mannesmann/Deutsche Bahn telecoms
[13] Allianz control of Hermes cleared
[14] Exceeding milk quotas
[15] Main EU events for October 1
[01] Telecoms licensing scheme accord
BRUSSELS - The Telecommunications Council reached a political agreement on
Friday on a regime for licensing telecoms companies once state monopolies are
abolished under the EU's liberalisation plan.
[02] People in information society
DUBLIN - The European Union must avoid letting a gap open up in the emerging
information society and ensure that people come first, EU social affairs
commissioner Padraig Flynn said on Monday.
[03] Single currency launch/De Silguy
WASHINGTON - European Economic Commissioner Yves-Thibault de Silguy forecast
on Sunday better times ahead for Europe and said an increasing number of
nations were likely to take part in the upcoming launch of a single currency.
[04] EU invites Arafat
PARIS - The European Union, angry at being shut out of an Arab-Israeli peace
summit called by the United States, invited Palestinian President Yasser
Arafat on Monday to meet its foreign ministers before he goes to Washington.
[05] Arafat heads for the U.S.
LUXEMBOURG - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat left for Washington on
Tuesday promising to attend a Middle East peace summit later in the day with
an open mind and a commitment to peace.
[06] Sweden's "virtual prison"
STOCKHOLM - Sweden is to become the first country in Europe to introduce a
nationwide scheme that will allow low-risk offenders to serve their jail
sentences at home, watched over by an electronic big brother.
[07] Nordic alcohol talks compromise
BRUSSELS - The Commission told Sweden on Monday it was willing to compromise
in talks on phasing out rules which allow the country to limit the amount of
alcohol Swedes may bring back home from elsewhere in the bloc, but stressed
that in the end the import restrictions must end.
[08] New EU rules on child advertising
BRUSSELS - European consumer organisations on Monday urged the European Union
to adopt legislation which protects children from increasingly diverse and
devious methods of advertising.
[09] EU births hit postwar low
BRUSSELS - Couples in the European Union had fewer babies last year than in
any year since 1945, leaving immigrants to account for most of the bloc's
population growth, an EU study released on Monday showed.
[10] German shipyard Meyer aid cleared
BRUSSELS - The European Commission has rejected a Finnish complaint and
cleared subsidies paid to German shipyard Jos L. Meyer GmbH to help it win a
contract to build two luxury cruise ships for Malaysian company Genting
International, an EU source said on Monday.
[11] Telefonica/Unisource deal
BRUSSELS - The European Commission has stepped up its warnings to Spain that
it will not clear the participation of Telefonica in telecommunications
alliance Unisource unless the Spanish telecoms market opens up to free
competition.
[12] Mannesmann/Deutsche Bahn telecoms
BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Monday it had been notified of a
proposal by Mannesmann AG and German railway Deutsche Bahn AG to acquire joint
control of telecommunications unit DBKom.
[13] Allianz control of Hermes cleared
BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Monday it had cleared an agreement
under which German insurer Allianz acquires control of Hermes, another German
insurance company previously owned by Munich Re.
[14] Exceeding milk quotas
BRUSSELS - European Union dairy farmers are facing substantial super levy
payments according to the latest milk production estimates, a Commission
offical said on Monday.
[15] Main EU events for October 1
LUXEMBOURG - EU foreign ministers meet from 0730 GMT; main discussions focus
on the extraterritorial effects of the U.S. Helms Burton/D'Amato legislation
and the situation in the Middle-East; followed by sixth inter-governmental
conference ministerial meeting at 1330 GMT.
TOKYO - European Commission President Jacques Santer continues visit to Japan.
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner Fischler addresses Centre for European Policy
Studies lunchtime seminar on "Priorities for the EU's agriculture" at 1115
GMT.
From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/
© ECSC - EC - EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg, 1995, 1996
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