No. 2369, December 1998

Index

• 1996 BUDGETARY DISCHARGE: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WITHHOLDS CONSENT.
• AGRI-MONETARY: COUNCIL ADOPTS ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHANGEOVER TO EURO.
• AIRCRAFT NOISE: AMERICAN OFFENSIVE AGAINST EU PLANS.
• AKZO NOBEL AND GLAVERFIN NOTIFY FLOAT GLASS AND GLAZING JOINT VENTURE.
• COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: TRADE UNION REPORT WARNS OF RISKS OF SOCIAL AND TAX DUMPING.
• COMMISSION ACTS AGAINST BELGIUM, ITALY, GREECE ON CAPITAL MOVEMENTS.
• COMMISSION CLEARS FRENCH STATE AID FOR TOYOTA'S VALENCIENNES PLANT.
• COMMISSION TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST LUXEMBOURG, IRELAND AND FRANCE ON ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS DIRECTIVE.
• COMMISSION UPDATES NATIONAL CEILINGS FOR REGIONAL AID.
• COMMON ELECTRONIC PURSE SPECIFICATIONS IMMINENT.
• CONSUMER PRICES: OECD INFLATION COMES DOWN FROM 2.7% TO 1.8% IN A YEAR.
• COUNCIL APPROVES GREEK FARM COOPERATIVES AID AND FEED ADDITIVES RULES.
• CULTURE: MUSIC INDEPENDENTS DEMAND LEGAL BASIS.
• DEADLINE FOR UK PARTICIPATION IN SINGLE CURRENCY.
• DEVELOPMENT: COURT OF AUDITORS FINDS LITTLE FAULT WITH EIB RISK CAPITAL OPERATIONS.
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: FINAL PLENARY SESSION OF 1998 FOCUSES ON EURO AND JOBS.
• EIB LENDS ECU 32 MILLION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN TURKEY.
• EIB LENDS ECU 80 MILLION FOR PRIVATE SECTOR AND WATER SUPPLY IN TUNISIA.
• ELSAG BAILEY BUY-OUT BY ABB APPROVED BY COMMISSION.
• ENERGY: COMMISSION PUTS UP ECU 6.5 MILLION FOR SEABED CABLES.
• ENVIRONMENT: COMMISSION TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SEVERAL MEMBER STATES.
• ENVIRONMENT: PROPOSALS ON CIVIL PROTECTION AND ACCIDENTAL MARINE POLLUTION.
• EU GIVES MORE MONEY AND SUPPORT TO AZERBAIJAN.
• EU-SLOVENIA JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE INAUGURATED.
• EU/CANADA: SUMMITEERS CLINCH TRADE AND COOPERATION DEALS.
• EU/EAST EUROPE: EU PLANS AND PROGRAMMES FOR CEEC/NIS AID AND ASSISTANCE.
• EU/US: RELIEF AS WASHINGTON DELAYS BANANA SANCTIONS LIST.
• EURO: DECISION TIME ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
• EUROPEAN COMMISSION.
• EUROPEAN COUNCIL: PARLIAMENT CASTS DOUBTS ON EFFECTIVENESS OF AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY.
• EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES 1999 BUDGET.
• EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BACKS COMMISSION'S 1999 WORK PROGRAMME.
• EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SETS UP CONTACT GROUP ON MEP'S STATUTE.
• EXPORT REFUNDS: LOBBY GROUPS WARN ABOUT IMPACT OF CONSOLIDATING THE RULES.
• FISHERIES: MINISTERS CLINCH DEAL ON 1999 CATCHES.
• FRENCH AND BELGIAN SOCIALISTS SET UP JOINT TECHNICAL GROUP.
• GERMAN POSTAL OPERATOR'S MOVE ON SECURICOR NOTIFIED.
• GERMANY GETS ULTIMATUM OVER ILLEGAL AID TO NEUE MAXHTTE STEEL FIRM.
• GREEK STEEL FIRM SOVEL'S INVESTMENT AID APPROVED BY COMMISSION.
• GROUND HANDLING JOINT VENTURE AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT NOTIFIED.
• HEALTH/DRUG ADDICTION: EMCDDA ANNUAL REPORT SPOTS NEW GENERATION OF HEROIN USERS.
• HUMAN RIGHTS: COMMUNITY FUNDING FOR WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS.
• INVESTMENT SERVICES: COMMISSION SERVICES SEE NO NEED TO CHANGE 1993 DIRECTIVE.
• MORE LEGAL ACTION OVER GENETIC ENGINEERING DIRECTIVES.
• MOTOR INSURANCE DROPS, BUT REMAINS STRONG.
• NEW PRESIDENT FOR EUROPEAN COOPERATIVE BANKS.
• OECD UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYS AT 6.9% IN OCTOBER.
• ORGANIC FARMING: DRAFT REGULATION ON ANIMAL PRODUCTS IN THE OFFING.
• PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS: SICASOV EXEMPTED FROM EU COMPETITION RULES.
• RESEARCH COUNCIL: FRAMEWORK FIVE RARING TO GO, ALMOST.
• SINGLE CURRENCY: PLANS TO INCORPORATE MONACO, SAN MARINO AND THE VATICAN CITY INTO EURO ZONE.
• SOCIAL LEGISLATION: FRANCE, GREECE AND LUXEMBOURG TO FACE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
• SOCIAL POLICY: AGENCY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME FOR 1999.
• STET'S SHARE IN TELEKOM AUSTRIA APPROVED.
• STRUCTURAL FUNDS: COMMISSION SETS NEW RULES FOR FISHERIES AID.
• SWEDISH TRAINING-FOR-THE-UNEMPLOYED INCENTIVE PLAN CLEARED.
• TAJIKISTAN.
• TAX AND CORRUPTION DOMINATE EU-GEORGIA DISCUSSIONS.
• UEAPME CALLS FOR APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING MODEL IN EUROPE.
• UK HIGH COURT ALLOWS FOUR TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS TO LODGE COMPLAINTS IN EURO PEAN COURT OF JUSTICE.
• US OFFICE AND HOME EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS NOTIFY COMMISSION OF MERGER.
• YOUNG DIRECTORS CALL FOR DIRECTIVE ON INFORMATION TO WORKERS.