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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10834

25 April 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 34
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition

24/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - Mergers: Carl Zeiss AG/Karl Zeiss Vision. On 24 April 2013, the European Commission gave the go-ahead to acquisition by German optoelectronic component and systems manufacturing company Carl Zeiss AG of German lens, contact lens and eye-testing equipment manufacturer Carl Zeiss Vision, currently controlled by Carl Zeiss AG and investment fund EQT III. Carl Zeiss AG is itself controlled by Carl Zeiss Stiftung, which also owns Schott AG (high-resistance and thermal...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Terrorism, Parliament's civil liberties committee rejects European PNR
(AE) JHA: Switzerland activates safeguard clause on EU workers
(AE) JHA: Move to slash red tape on public documents
(AE) JHA: ILGA Europe welcomes French vote on mariage for all
(AE) CUSTOMS: Update of customs code - informal Council-EP agreement
(AE) FISHERIES: European Fisheries Observatory for greater transparency
(AE) FISHERIES:
(AE) FISHERIES/CORRIGENDUM:
(AE) ENERGY: Initial ministerial thoughts on post-2020
(AE) ENERGY: Chernobyl - increased support to victims of radioactivity
(AE) SPACE: Tajani won't shift over Galileo timetable
(AE) TRANSPORT: MEPs' cool response to liberalising cabotage
(AE) WOMEN: MEPs seek to rectify workers' mobility disparity
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) ITALY: Enrico Letta agrees to form next Italian government
(AE) LITHUANIA 2013: Lithuanian Presidency to focus on energy and neighbourhood
(AE) COMMISSION: Differences of opinion on OLAF's report on Dalli affair
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION - CULTURE
(AE) SOCIAL: Youth guarantee- dissonant positions of Council and EP
(AE) MEDIA: Consultation on convergence in audiovisual sector
(AE) MULTILINGUISM: Alfonsi report says EU must defend endangered languages
(AE) EDUCATION: Launch of first MOOC in Europe
(AE) CULTURE: Creative sector as source of growth and jobs
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) LITHUANIA: Sadzius says Banking Union needed asap
(AE) BANKING: Better mortgage information
(AE) COMPETITION: Detailed investigation into Aegean/Olympic merger
(AE) COMPETITION:
(AE) COMPETITION:
(AE) CYPRUS/CORRIGENDUM:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UNITED STATES: France intractable on cultural exception in free trade
(AE) INDIA: Commission wants to unblock free trade negotiations
(AE) SERBIA/KOSOVO: S&D calls on Council to open negotiations
(AE) SAKHAROV PRIZE: EP finally awards prize to Ladies in White
(AE) UKRAINE: Stefan Füle welcomes resumption of Parliament's work
(AE) GREECE: Kourkoulas says no to opening negotiations with FYROM at this stage
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Mobilisation on security issues in Sahel-Sahara