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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10657
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ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) competition

EADS and IAI set up Taxibot joint venture

Brussels, 17/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 16 July 2012, the European Commission cleared the planned acquisition of joint control over a newly established joint venture by Airbus SAS of France, part of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS) of the Netherlands, and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI). The joint venture will produce a pilot-controlled semi-robotic tugging tractor for aircraft, called Taxibot. Taxibot is an innovative product that can be connected to...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Revival of Jacques Delors' “Federation of Nation States” - a too often misunderstood proposal
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) EUROGROUP: Spanish memorandum to be finalised on Friday
(AE) PORTUGAL: Programme remains no track but risks are rising
(AE) HUNGARY: International fact-finders travel to Budapest
(AE) COMPETITION: Microsoft failed to abide by 2009 commitments
(AE) COMPETITION: EADS and IAI set up Taxibot joint venture
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) ROMANIA: Attempts at appeasement before publication of CVM
(AE) FRANCE: Treaty could be submitted to Parliament end September
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) SYRIA: EU prepares new sanctions
(AE) SYRIA: Humanitarian area - Kristalina Georgieva urges Damascus to do more
(AE) EU/AFRICA: Barroso congratulates new AU president
(AE) UKRAINE: EU states importance of media freedom
(AE) SOUTH EAST ASIA: EU accedes to Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
(AE) RUSSIA: Duma ratifies accession protocol to WTO
(AE) TRADE: WTO concerned at increase in non-tariff barriers
(AE) DEFENCE: Multinational Hot Blade 2012 helicopter exercise
(AE) INTERNATIONAL: Martin Schulz calls for Rome Statute to be signed
(AE) ALGERIA: Preparing national market for European competition
(AE) MOROCCO: Support for solar power plant
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Commission reports on Bulgaria and Romania expected to be critical
(AE) FISHERIES: Eight countries want fleet aid retained
(AE) FISHERIES: Calls for sanctions against Iceland in mackerel war
(AE) FISHERIES: Commission proposes 30% drop in anchovy quotas
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: New regulation on biocidal products comes into force
(AE) ENVIRONMENT:
(AE) HEALTH: New regulation to boost clinical research
(AE) DIGITAL: ECTA highly critical of broadband proposals but ETNO's delighted
(AE) RESEARCH: Prospect of true European research area
(AE) ENTERPRISE: Entrepreneurship - consultation before action plan
(AE) TRANSPORT: EU27 want to boost use of Intelligent Transport Systems
(AE) REGIONS: Election of new Committee of Regions president at plenary
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Commission seeks EGF aid for Netherlands and Sweden
(AE) SOCIAL: European microfinance system is effective
(AE) SOCIAL: