login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10646
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 35
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition

General Court reduces fines imposed on E.ON and GDF Suez

Brussels, 02/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - In its ruling of 29 June (Cases T-360/09 and T-370/09), the General Court of the EU reduced the fines of €553 million imposed by the European Commission on GDF and E.ON for sharing the French and German markets for natural gas to €320m for each company. The Commission had found that the companies were in breach of competition law (see EUROPE 9938). The General Court confirmed the main points of the Commission decision but found that there were...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The success of the European Council mustn't allow us to forget that it's all still to be done
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) EURO: Finnish opposition will not veto ESM debt purchase
(AE) EUROPEAN SUMMIT: Good decisions that don't go far enough, says EP
(AE) ECONOMY: Unemployment hits record high of 11.1% in eurozone in May
(AE) EIB: EIB welcomes prospects of new capital
(AE) STATE AID: Consultation on short-term export credit insurance
(AE) STATE AID: New aid to NLB and investigation into previous aid
(ae) competition: General Court reduces fines imposed on E.ON and GDF Suez
(AE) COMPETITION:
(AE) COMPETITION:
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) PRESIDENCY: “Better Europe” is dominant theme of Cypriot Presidency
(AE) UNITED KINGDOM: Prime minister ready for referendum on EU
(AE) OMBUDSMAN: Dispute between Commission and Belgian NGO in DRC
(AE) INTERNATIONAL: EU confronted with loss of credibility
(AE) PARLIAMENT: Patent vote postponed after European Council decisions
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) SYRIA: Cyprus concerned at Turkey's position
(AE) BELARUS: EU seeks progress on facilitating visa applications
(AE) ICELAND: EU welcomes re-election of President Ragnar Grímsson
(AE) SUDAN: Arbitrary arrests - Ashton calls for prisoners to be freed
(AE) MOLDOVA: €17 million from EIB to update electricity network
(AE) EGYPT:
(AE) INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT:
(AE) IRAN: European oil embargo comes into force
(AE) SOUTH KOREA: First anniversary of bilateral free-trade agreement
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Schengen and asylum regime - priorities of Cypriot Presidency
(AE) JHA: Boat of illegal migrants founders off Croatian coast
(AE) TRANSPORT: Cypriot Presidency focuses on maritime
(AE) REGIONS: Outermost regions expected to play key role for growth
(AE) CONSUMERS: Insurance products, BEUC issues warning
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Copenhagen to be European Green Capital in 2014
EDUCATION - CULTURE
(AE) EDUCATION: Improving schemes to increase young people's job chances
(AE) EDUCATION: New dialogue with Southern Mediterranean countries
(AE) CULTURE: Ten films in official selection for LUX Prize made known
BUSINESS NEWS
(AE) Luxury goods:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 965