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EU News Flashes and Events for 97-01-24
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS
[01] German BSE case
[02] Virgin Express wants equal terms
[03] No Alitalia ruling before March
[04] Latvia/EU border aid deals
[05] EU/Dutch/human rights
[06] Court/patent holders
[07] Court/Turkish workers
[08] Samland/EU budget flaws
[09] Waigel/tax reform
[10] Dutch seek consensus EU economy
[11] EU urged to have openess rules
[12] Main EU events January 24
[01] German BSE case
BRUSSELS - A new case of mad cow disease, the first which could involve an
animal born of British stock in Germany, should not make it more difficult to
ease a worldwide ban on British beef, EU and industry officials said on
Thursday.
[02] Virgin Express wants equal terms
BRUSSELS - Richard Branson's Virgin Express regional airline on Thursday urged
European governments to ensure that airlines can compete on equal terms in a
deregulated market.
[03] No Alitalia ruling before March
BRUSSELS - Italian airline Alitalia will have to wait until March or early
April for a European Commission ruling on the fate of its planned cash
injection, a senior Commission official said on Thursday.
[04] Latvia/EU border aid deals
RIGA - Latvian Prime Minister Andris Shkele on Thursday signed three
agreements with European Union Immigration, Justice and Interior Affairs
Commissioner Anita Gradin for aid to improve the Baltic state's border
controls.
[05] EU/Dutch/human rights
STRASBOURG - Four Dutch nationals asked the European Court of Human Rights on
Thursday to rule that the Dutch justice system's use of anonymous witnesses
violated their rights.
[06] Court/patent holders
LUXEMBOURG - The European Court of Justice confirmed on Thursday Community
rules permit all basic patent holders of medicinal products to receive
supplementary protection certificates extending the length of the patent.
[07] Court/Turkish workers
LUXEMBOURG - The European Court of Justice found on Thursday that a Turkish
worker legally employed in a member state for four years is entitled to take a
new offer of employment in the same member state.
[08] Samland/EU budget flaws
BRUSSELS - The head of the European Parliament's budget committee has
ambitious plans to reform the European Union's spending habits between now and
the next EP elections in June 1999.
[09] Waigel/tax reform
BONN - Germany's ruling coalition parties on Thursday gave their blessing to a
big tax-cutting reform plan aimed at boosting the country's competitiveness
and putting its four million unemployed back to work.
[10] Dutch seek consensus EU economy
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch consensus economy could offer important pointers on the
way forward in European social policy, its employment minister said on
Thursday.
[11] EU urged to have openess rules
BRUSSELS - The European Union's ombudsman Jacob Soderman has told a string of
EU institutions to adopt openness rules like those in place in the European
Commission and Council of Ministers.
[12] Main EU events January 24
BRUSSELS - Colombian Foreign Minister Nohemi Sanin Posada meets European
Commissioner Fischler at 0930 GMT; holds news conference at 1000 GMT.
PRETORIA - South African government presents report to EU on trade and
economic cooperation (Friday).
AMSTERDAM - Dutch EU presidency conference on inter-governmental conference
and the EU Dutch presidency begins at 0830 GMT (Saturday); Dutch Prime
Minister Wim Kok and European Commissioner van den Broek attend.
From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/
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