No. 2368, December 1998

Index

• 1996 EU BUDGET DISCHARGE: ANIMATED PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE MEANS VOTE IS IN DOUBT.
• ABB WINS 100 MILLION SWISS FRANC IRAN HYDRO-POWER ORDER.
• AEROSPATIALE TO DEVELOP SPACE STATION FREIGHTER.
• AGRICULTURE MINISTERS REACH UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT ON FOOD AID TO RUSSIA.
• AIRBUS SELLS TWO CARGO AIRCRAFT TO CITY BIRD.
• AT&T TO BUY IBM NETWORK BUSINESS FOR USD5 BILLION.
• ATR IN INDIAN VENTURE.
• AUSTRIAN AIRLINES ORDERS SEVEN AIRBUS AIRCRAFT.
• AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS: COMMISSION CLEARS KNORR-BREMSE/BOSCH AIR BRAKES JOINT VENTURE.
• BARCO BUYS US ARTIOS FOR USD22.1 MILLION.
• BIOTECHNOLOGY: STRUGGLE TO PUT GMO DIRECTIVE TO WORK.
• CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ARE HELPING CREATE JOBS, SAYS EUROCHAMBRES.
• COCKERILL SAMBRE SELLS IBT TO SYLIS.
• COMMISSION PROBES NATIONAL FARM AID SCHEMES.
• COUNCIL OF MINISTERS: AGENDA 2000, ENLARGEMENT AND GERMAN PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES.
• CULTURE: NETHERLANDS ROWS BACK ON CULTURE 2000 PROGRAMME.
• DEUTSCHE POST THREATENING FAIR COMPETITION, SAYS EEO.
• DIFFERENTIATED RATE OF EXCISE DUTY FOR NEW FUEL IN FRANCE.
• EBRD: PROTEST AT UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR PROJECT.
• ECONOMIC ACCOUNTS: EUROSTAT PUBLISHES 1997 REPORT.
• ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: ECONOMIC SITUATION DECLINES FURTHER IN OCTOBER.
• EDF FACES FIRST COMPETITION HURDLE OVER LONDON ELECTRICITY BUY.
• EIB LENDS ECU 9 MILLION FOR MOROCCAN SEWERAGE SCHEME.
• ENRON BUYS ICI'S TEESSIDE UTILITIES.
• ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: AIR POLLUTION AND GMOS SET TO DOMINATE DECEMBER 21 SESSION.
• ENVIRONMENT: CALL FOR CLOSER MONITORING OF VEHICLE CO2 EMISSIONS.
• ENVIRONMENT: COMMISSION ACTS ON CHEMICALS AGAINST FOUR MEMBER STATES.
• ENVIRONMENT: LEGAL ACTION AGAINST BELGIUM ON PACKAGING WASTE AND ECO-LABELS.
• ENVIRONMENT: REVIEW CLAUSE FOR AUSTRIA, FINLAND AND SWEDEN.
• ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS: THREE MEMBER STATES OUT OF LINE.
• ERICSSON WINS USD160 MILLION GSM ORDER FROM CHINA.
• EU AND BELARUS REACH MEAGRE AGREEMENT ON ENVOYS.
• EU FUNDING FOR MINE-CLEARANCE IN CROATIA AND BOSNIA.
• EU HUMANITARIAN AID FOR IRAQ.
• EU INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RISES 0.2%.
• EU SEEN UNLIKELY TO PROBE COCA-COLA'S CADBURY SCHWEPPES BUY.
• EU TO GRANT ECU4.65 MILLION TO CYPRUS TO FACILITATE ACCESSION.
• EU/CANADA: FARM MINISTERS ADOPT VETERINARY EQUIVALENCE AGREEMENT.
• EU/CANADA: THREE DEALS AWAITING OTTAWA SUMMIT LEADERS ON DECEMBER 17.
• EU/MOROCCO: FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC TRANSITION.
• EU/NIGERIA: AMBASSADORIAL COMPLEX.
• EU/NORTH KOREA: EURO-MPS LET DOWN ON TRIP TO PYONGYANG.
• EU/RUSSIA: CLEARER DEFINITIONS EMERGING IN EU POLICY DOCUMENT.
• EU/SOUTH AFRICA TRADE PACT DEADLINE MISSED, VIENNA SUMMIT ADMITS.
• EU/UKRAINE: KIEV SEEKS STUDY OF IMPACT OF EU ENLARGEMENT.
• EU/US: SUMMITEERS ATTEMPT TO OVERCOME TRADE TRAUMAS.
• EU/US: TENSIONS RISE AS WASHINGTON PREPARES BANANA SANCTIONS LIST.
• EURATEX APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT.
• EUROPEAN COUNCIL: VIENNA STRATEGY SHORT ON SUBSTANCE.
• EUROPEAN FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS ORGANISERS AIM TO COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSION.
• FARM COUNCIL: MINISTERS DISCUSS WINE, BAN ANTIBIOTICS IN FEED AND AGREE ON AGRI-MONEY.
• FISHERIES: MINISTERS BRACE FOR ALL-NIGHT QUOTA-SETTING SESSION.
• GAS INTERCONNECTOR TO FLOW GAS FROM EUROPE TO UK.
• GERMAN PUBLIC OPINION FINALLY COMES OUT IN FAVOUR OF THE SINGLE CURRENCY.
• GREECE AND ITALY WARNED OVER WATER POLLUTION.
• HELMUT KOHL BECOMES HONORARY EUROPEAN CITIZEN.
• HUMANITARIAN AID FOR ASIA AFTER NATURAL AND ECONOMIC DISASTERS.
• ICI SUBSIDIARY SELLS NATURAL COLOURS BUSINESS TO DANISH FIRM.
• KLM AND ALITALIA IN JOINT VENTURES.
• MORE EU HUMANITARIAN AID FOR KOSOVO AND BOSNIA.
• OIL INDUSTRY: COMMISSION CLEARS BP/AMOCO MERGER.
• OTHER OIL MERGER REGULATORY WORRIES IN THE PIPELINE?
• PARIBAS AND BANK AUSTRIA IN INVESTMENT BANKING LINK.
• PARIBAS IN PENSION FUND FOR POLISH POST OFFICE.
• PEARSON'S SPANISH UNIT EXPANDS.
• Principles of European Trust Law. Conference.
• PRODUCT SAFETY: COMMISSION SUPPORTS A SERIES OF MEASURES TAKEN BY MEMBER STATES.
• RESEARCH: PARLIAMENT ADOPTS FIFTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME.
• SAINSBURY IN US ACQUISITION.
• SEMA WINS OLYMPIC GAMES TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT.
• SIEMENS TO BUILD GAS-FIRED POWER PLANT IN US.
• STRUCTURAL FUNDS: COMMISSION FINDS MONEY FOR IRISH PEACE INITIATIVE.
• TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN: EUROPEAN COMMISSION PAPER SETS OUT PRIORITY ACTIONS.
• UNCERTAINTY OVER DATE FOR EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS IN 2004.
• US CAR PART MANUFACTURER CLEARED FOR TAKEOVER.
• USINOR COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF US GROUP.