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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-10-03

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CONTENTS

  • [01] UK sees EU summit as unnecessary
  • [02] EU asked to give impetus to IGC
  • [03] Slow progress on EU reform
  • [04] Lira should be in EMU first wave
  • [05] Cross-border study and training
  • [06] EU to crack down on crime -Kohl
  • [07] Textile trade liberalisation
  • [08] Balkan guidelines/Van den Broek
  • [09] First Bosnia presidency meeting
  • [10] EU urged to react on Afghanistan
  • [11] Swedes urge rapid EU expansion
  • [12] Ill-equipped to fight BSE
  • [13] Portuguese TV state aid claims
  • [14] EU rules on SFP TV studios aids
  • [15] French textiles aid plan
  • [16] Main EU events October 3

  • [01] UK sees EU summit as unnecessary

    LONDON - Britain sees a summit meeting of European Union heads of government to be held on Saturday as unnecessary, but also unlikely to harm its interests, officials said on Wednesday.

    [02] EU asked to give impetus to IGC

    BRUSSELS - Irish Prime Minister John Bruton told his European Union colleagues on Wednesday that they must use a special summit in Dublin at the weekend to give a push to the EU's preparations for the 21st century.

    [03] Slow progress on EU reform

    PARIS - France and Germany inched slowly towards narrowing differences on European Union reform on Wednesday, reporting progress on interior and justice affairs, but wide divergences remained over the European Parliament.

    [04] Lira should be in EMU first wave

    PARIS - France said on Wednesday it wanted Italy to be among the founder members of a single European currency but the lira must first "catch up" with the franc. In LONDON, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said he was confident that his country would qualify to join a single European currency in 1999.

    [05] Cross-border study and training

    BRUSSELS - The European Union must do more to smoothe the way for citizens to study, get training and conduct research in other EU countries, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

    [06] EU to crack down on crime -Kohl

    DUBLIN - German Chancellor Helmut Kohl promised the European Union's 300 million citizens on Wednesday that the bloc would crack down on drugs and crime.

    [07] Textile trade liberalisation

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Wednesday made good its threat to include only token products in a second phase of textile trade liberalisation when it unveiled a list of items to be freed-up next year.

    [08] Balkan guidelines/Van den Broek

    BRUSSELS - European Union External Affairs Commissioner Hans van den Broek said on Wednesday any future ties between the EU and the Balkan republics would be conditional on full implementation of the peace accords.

    [09] First Bosnia presidency meeting

    DUBLIN - EU President Ireland welcomed the first meeting of the collective presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday and said it had a chance to secure peace.

    [10] EU urged to react on Afghanistan

    BRUSSELS - Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Emma Bonino on Wednesday urged the European Union to break the world's silence over the human rights situation in Afghanistan under the new Taleban militia regime.

    [11] Swedes urge rapid EU expansion

    STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson called on Monday for a rapid expansion of the European Union to promote security and stability.

    [12] Ill-equipped to fight BSE

    BRUSSELS - The head of the European Commission's public health and safety directorate, William Hunter, told the European Parliament on Wednesday his unit was ill-equipped to tackle the risk to humans of mad cow disease.

    [13] Portuguese TV state aid claims

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission rejected allegations on Wednesday that Portuguese public television was receiving state subsidies, a thorny issue which also divides the sector in France and Spain.

    [14] EU rules on SFP TV studios aids

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission ruled on Wednesday that France had illegally granted 1.1 billion francs in subsidies to television programme producer Societe Francaise de Production between 1993 and early 1996.

    [15] French textiles aid plan

    BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Wednesday it had asked France for more information about measures to help its textile industry which are being closely watched by German and Italian rivals.

    [16] Main EU events October 3

    LUXEMBOURG - Transport Council begins at 0730 GMT (first of two days); discussion on opening negotiations on air transport agreements between the Community and Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia and preparation for joint meeting of the Council with central and eastern European countries' ministers.

    BRUSSELS - European Commissioner Pinheiro meets South African Health Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma at 1330 GMT.


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


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