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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10597

19 April 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 36
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition
Acquisition of Air Products Homecare by Linde approved

Brussels, 18/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 18 April, the European Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of the homecare business of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (AP) in Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal and Spain (Air Products Homecare) by Linde of Germany. Medical homecare consists mainly of supplying oxygen and other therapies to patients in their homes. The Commission concluded that the transaction would not significantly affect the existing market situation in the five...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Transforming the Union for the Mediterranean will make a positive contribution to better EU relations with neighbouring countries
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) ECONOMY: MEPs call for growth strategy
(AE) REGIONS: EP wants outermost regions to be treated differently
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: New rules to prevent abuse by low cost airlines
(AE) SYRIA: MEPs concerned at situation in country
(AE) BURMA: Sanctions soon to be relaxed - Ashton to visit at end of month
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: EP welcomes human rights high representative post
(AE) TAXATION: Wammen - speed up work on savings tax
(AE) JHA: Groups divided over PNR and response to crisis
(AE) CROATIA: EP welcomes Croatian observers
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Three-part growth strategy
(AE) ITALY: Balanced budget postponed until 2014 at earliest
(AE) PORTUGAL: Passos Coelho confident but “realistic”
(AE) HUNGARY: Amended central bank law examined by Hungarian parliament
(AE) COMPETITION: Acquisition of Air Products Homecare by Linde approved
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) CLIMATE: Poland - recurrent spoke in wheel of ETS reform?
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Consensus on principles of future policy
(AE) ENERGY: Efficiency and roadmap on ministerial meeting agenda
(AE) ENERGY: TSOs to push European capacity platform
(AE) AGRICULTURE: High-level wine group begins work
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: Laying hens - 12 countries still not out of the woods
(AE) JHA: Data protection - questions about cost of reform
(AE) JHA:
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - CULTURE
(AE) SOCIAL: Three ways of supporting job creation
(AE) CULTURE: Culture and art for integrating Roma
(AE) CULTURE:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: EU critical of Argentinean protectionism over YPF/Repsol
(AE) TRADE: First G20 trade ministerial meeting in Puerto Vallarta
(AE) TRADE: Free-trade agreement with India hoped for by September
(AE) TUNISIA: Negotiations on Open Sky agreement in May
(AE) SYRIA: International appeal for sanctions against Syrian regime
(AE) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Füle wants further efforts
(AE) CROATIA:
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: Abdullah II welcomes EU support for peace process
(AE) EU/CHINA: Education and culture, launch of “people to people” dialogue”