Draft minutes of the 911th Commission meeting, principal elements discussed: note on weeky chefs de cabinet. Notes for Commissioner: Infringements, meeting of steel Commissioners, OECD development assistance terms, habilitation in the cereal sector, Comments on the Schmidhuber paper on Objective No. 2 (structural funds) , structural funds – framework regulations, special transport Chefs, farm prices – orientation debate, infringements – case Yogho-Yogho, internal navigation (inland waterways proposal), financial engineering, follow-up to the European Council Report on appearance of Clinton Davis and Nic Mosar (Commissioners) before the EP – Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (on the protection of the public on the handling and transport of nuclear materials). COREPER: Syria, Israel, liberalisation of terminal markets. Relations with Japan, Lomé IV, De minimis question in relation to state aids (with draft amended note on the practice). State aids chefs: Netherlands – EUREKA project, Germany – development assistance to Singapore, Belgium – aid to adapt the inland waterway fleet, Germany – environment aid in agriculture and manufacturing technologies R&D programme, Italy – aid to research in the sectors of energy and general research, Italy – aid to develop tourism in Piemonte and extension of procedure on aid in the flat glass sector. Notes for Cabinet members: own resources, reform of the structural funds – the Irish situation.

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