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Sentence of the Court in proceeding C-35/99, 19 February 2002. Prejudicial question posed by the praetor of Pinerolo (Italy) with regard to the Arduino case. The compulsory tariffs for the fees of Italian lawyers are not in conflict with the provisions of the treaty regarding competition. The Italian procedure, which consists in the government’s approval […]

· MARINE POLLUTION – Invitation to present proposals in the sector of EU cooperation against marine pollution due to accidental or intentional causes – Deadline for the presentation of proposals: 27/3/2002. For further information, please contact: European Commission, GD Environment, GD ENV B.4 Civil Protection and Environmental Accidents, 200 Rue de la Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles. […]

The EP will meet in mini plenary session in Brussels from 27 to 28 February. The main points on the agenda are the following: · Joint discussion – Europe Council of Barcelona; · Declarations of the Council and of the Commission – Preparatory work for the European Summit at Barcelona (15/16 March 2002); · European […]

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In the course of last week, the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Decisions of the Council, of 28/1/2002, relating of the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions specified in the membership terms for Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia (OGEC L […]

Wide coverage is devoted to the trial of Milosevic in The Hague in the main European dailies and periodicals. An article published in the Spiegel (18/02), signed by Thomas Darnstaedt, is entitled “ With legs chained“, recurring to a metaphor used by the former Yugoslav president, who, in his defence, likened himself to a man […]

In the course of their informal summit in Santiago di Compostela the ministers of Justice and the Interior of Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom announced that their countries intend to apply the procedure for the European arrest warrant already in the course of the first half of 2003, i.e. at least […]

The Council of economic and financial ministers (Ecofin) has expressed a positive opinion about the stability and convergence programmes presented by Italy, France, Greece, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. In the course of their meeting, the fifteen ministers of the economy and finance also expressed their cautious optimism about the European economic […]

The European Commission last week approved a Communication containing 15 recommendations to relaunch the Euro-Mediterranean process. The document presents a series of proposals relating to all the chapters of the Barcelona Process and is aimed especially at improving its overall functioning. The Communication, by which the EU executive intends to furnish a basis for discussion […]

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“A return to political action, with the need to ensure security”: that’s how the content of the meeting of the EU’s ministers of foreign affairs in relation to the peace process in the Middle East might be summed up. The General Affairs Council, albeit in the absence of unanimity of views, believes that the current […]

The “Islamic Charter” was presented in Berlin on 20 February. In this document the Central Council of the Moslems in Germany describes the relation to be maintained with the State and with German society. On 3 February the assembly of Islamic representatives expressed itself in favour of the document, which is aimed at “setting out […]