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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11766

12 April 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 23
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / competition
Conditional green light to acquisition of HSDG by Maersk Line
Brussels, 11/04/2017 (Agence Europe)

Towards the end of the day on Monday 10 April, the European Commission announced a merger in the regular container shipping sector. Maersk Line A/S of Denmark received conditional approval to acquire Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft KH (HSDG) of Germany.

Like many shipping companies, Maersk Line and HSDG offer their services on trade routes under cooperation agreements concluded with other shipping companies. These consortia are based on vessel-sharing agreements...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Parliamentary committee approves Denmark's participation in Europol
MIGRATION: Some MEPs concerned by Commission's returns policy
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt three texts to modernise maritime sector
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Parliamentarians' formula for halving food waste by 2030
BIODIVERSITY: First EIB and Commission loan agreement to support nature
RESEARCH: Inter-institutional agreement on PRIMA partnership in the Mediterranean
REGIONS: Commission advocates closer ties between European Semester and cohesion policy
ENERGY: At G7 Energy, Cañete restates EU's solid commitment to clean energy
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: G7 foreign affairs ministers support US action
IRAN: EU extends sanctions by a year in connection with human rights violations
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Igor Crnadak hopes Sarajevo will be granted EU candidate status by end of 2017
ALGERIA: Europeans and Algerians commit to boosting investment in Algerian gas and renewables
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU allocates €47 million in emergency aid to central and southern Africa
PHILIPPINES: Commission denies a freeze on free trade negotiations, but a pause is planned
JAPAN: Technical level talks on free-trade deal progressing well
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Commission attempts to redirect planned Capital Markets Union
COMPETITION: Conditional green light to acquisition of HSDG by Maersk Line
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Positive initial welcome for draft guidelines on Brexit
FUTURE OF THE EU: Southern countries want greater economic and social convergence
CITIZENSHIP: Timmermans announces revision of Citizens' Initiative regulation
NEWS BRIEFS
EFSA: Call for candidacies open until 19 May for partial management board reorganisation
REGIONS: CoR vice president says Brexit could cloud debate on future of Europe
SOCIAL: New website on construction workers' wages and working conditions