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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-10-14
From: HR-Net News Distribution Manager <dist@hri.org>
CONTENTS
[01] Finland joins ERM currency grid
[02] ERM spotlight moves to Italy
[03] Conservatives head Austrian poll
[04] EU to threaten Spain over phones
[05] EU no comment on Telekom's prices
[06] EU to clear Corsica tax breaks
[07] EU single air market
[08] Britain "should pay" for BSE
[09] British beer challenge defended
[10] U.S. veterinary accord progress
[11] EU to discourage smoking
[12] Coceral sees record EU grain crop
[13] OECD votes to admit South Korea
[14] EU mulls Burma trade move
[15] Main EU events for October 14
[01] Finland joins ERM currency grid
BRUSSELS - Finland joined the European Union's exchange rate mechanism
currency grid on Saturday in a move widely hailed as a boost to the single
European currency).
[02] ERM spotlight moves to Italy
BRUSSELS - Finland's entry into the exchange rate mechanism means focus will
now shift to currencies still outside, especially to the Italian lira but also
the Swedish crown.
[03] Conservatives head Austrian poll
VIENNA - Austria's conservative People's Party emerged as the strongest party
in the country's first European parliament elections on Sunday, clinching 29.6
percent of the vote, final official results showed.
[04] EU to threaten Spain over phones
BRUSSELS - The European Commission is to use article 90 of the treaty to force
Spain to correct what it says is unfair competition created by Madrid's
decision to charge for a second mobile phone licence, an official said.
[05] EU no comment on Telekom's prices
BRUSSELS - The European Commission had no immediate comment on Friday on a
reported complaint against Deutsche Telekom's tariff rebates policy, saying it
had not received it.
[06] EU to clear Corsica tax breaks
BRUSSELS - The European Commission is to clear a French plan on Wednesday to
grant Corsica a mix of tax breaks to help boost the economy of the
Mediterranean island plagued by decades of separatist violence.
[07] EU single air market
BRUSSELS - Next year's liberalisation of the European Union's aviation sector
looks set to be slower than expected with hoped-for cheaper fares and
increased competition among airlines coming only graduall
[08] Britain "should pay" for BSE
BRUSSELS - The European Commission should consider asking the European Court
of Justice to make Britain compensate its EU partners for losses due to the
mad cow crisis, the author of a European Parliament report said on Friday.
[09] British beer challenge defended
BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Friday defended its legal action against
British rules it says effectively keep foreign beers out of public houses.
[10] U.S. veterinary accord progress
BRUSSELS - Progress was being made with the United States on veterinary and
phytosanitary equivalency agreements but a lot of work remained to be done to
achieve the end-year deadline, European Commission officials said.
[11] EU to discourage smoking
BRUSSELS - The European Commission is expected to propose within the next few
weeks new measures to discourage smoking in the European Union, a Commission
spokeswoman said.
[12] Coceral sees record EU grain crop
BRUSSELS - The European Union grain trade group forecast on Friday a record EU
crop of 201 million tonnes, 25 million tonnes more than last year's harvest
after farmers expanded plantings and favourable weather helped boost yields.
[13] OECD votes to admit South Korea
PARIS - South Korea got the green light on Friday to join the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development as first Asian member besides economic
superpower Japan in the club of the world's economic establishment.
[14] EU mulls Burma trade move
DUBLIN - The European Union is considering suspending trade benefits accorded
to Burma because of human rights abuses in the Southeast Asian country,
according to the EU's Irish presidency.
[15] Main EU events for October 14
LUXEMBOURG - EU finance ministers meeting begins at 0800 GMT; report on
finance Trans-European Networks (TENs).
LUXEMBOURG - EU fisheries ministers meeting begins at 0900 GMT; main
discussions focus on objectives and detailed rules for multiannual guidance
programmes IV.
WINDHOEK, Namibia - EU/Southern Africa Development Council ministerial meeting
(first of two days).
From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/
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