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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10681
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition

Universal Music-EMI merger decision on 27 September

Brussels, 04/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is expected to announce authorisation of the acquisition of UK record company EMI by Universal Music Group, a subsidiary of France's Vivendi, for USD 1.9 billion. Reuters reported on Monday 3 September that Vivendi has offered to sell its global rights to a number of EMI's major labels and catalogues.

Feeling that the initial deal would have damaged competition, the European Commission required the merged unit, Universal-EMI, to...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) EUROZONE: ECB or eurozone bailout fund aid will have strings attached
(AE) ECONOMY: Monti and Hollande see eye to eye on economic crisis
(AE) SLOVENIA: Storm clouds gather over Ljubljana
(AE) COMPETITION: Universal Music-EMI merger decision on 27 September
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Will Bulgaria join Schengen before Romania?
(AE) JHA: Terrorism - draft law for restricting access to chemical precursors
(AE) WOMEN: Sanctions on quotas in large companies?
(AE) WOMEN: Funding for gender equality renewed, albeit controversial
(AE) TRANSPORT: Aviation - reducing fuel consumption - safety
(AE) TRANSPORT: Swiss law on railway noise displeases EU market
(AE) TRANSPORT: Lack-lustre growth for airports this summer
(AE) FISHERIES: Diplomacy fails to get agreement on mackerel quotas
(AE) CIVIL PROTECTION: EU assists Portugal in fighting forest fires
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: End is nigh for low voltage incandescent light bulbs
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Step towards creation of EIP on water
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: EU must be more ambitious, Lambrinidis says
(AE) SERBIA: Ivica Dacic says EU must not add accession criteria
(AE) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Sarajevo asked to respect its commitments
(AE) FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Place of informal Council being discussed
(AE) GEORGIA: EU calls parties for parliamentary elections to restraint
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: Draft budget - MEPs call for aid not to be eroded
(AE) ACP: Pacific countries ready to conclude complete EPA
(AE) TRADE: France continues the fight for reciprocal action
(AE) UNITED STATES: EPP recommends stronger transatlantic partnership
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - CULTURE - EDUCATION
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commission makes case for EGF
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Glimmer of hope for unemployed youngsters in EU27
(AE) CULTURE: Start of European heritage days 2012
(AE) YOUTH: Kick off for Youth Guarantee
(AE) MULTILINGUALISM: Kick off for “Juvenes translatores” competition