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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12401

11 January 2020
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Competition
Commission clears acquisition of Allergan by AbbVie, subject to conditions
Brussels, 10/01/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission cleared on Friday 10 January the proposed acquisition of Allergan Plc. (Republic of Ireland) by AbbVie Inc. (United States) for $63 billion (56.75 billion euros). Approval is conditional upon the divestment by Allergan of a product for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases.

Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the Commission, explained that the Commission’s decision ensures that the merger “will not disrupt the development of a promising...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: despite US-Iranian tensions in Iraq, Europeans are not giving up on Iranian nuclear deal
LIBYA: EU foreign ministers mandate Josep Borrell to implement a dialogue and 'find a political solution'
VENEZUELA: EU ready to develop new targeted sanctions
ALBANIA: donors' conference for post-earthquake reconstruction will take place on 17 February in Brussels
ERITREA: Michèle Rivasi denounces EU funding for road project linked to forced labour
INSTITUTIONAL
EU2020HR: successes of Croatian EU Council Presidency and Commission are linked, according to Mrs von der Leyen
EU2020HR: 'The voice of the citizens must be heard in defining the future of the European project', according to Andreja Metelko-Zgombić
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament will send a final message on respect of rights of citizens concerned by Brexit
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: Middle East crisis, Libya, priorities of Croatian EU Council Presidency, Brexit and Conference on Future of Europe on MEPs’ agenda
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: content of Roadmap to a Social Europe becoming clearer
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT: One trillion euros to finance European Green Deal - composition of Sustainable Europe Investment Plan becomes clearer
COHESION: European Commission foresees a strong contribution from Cohesion Policy to Just Transition Fund
JHA: MEPs still awaiting a reaction from Commission on SIS data illegally copied by UK
AGRICULTURE: Commission finalises measures in favour of sectors affected by US sanctions
AGRICULTURE: a single database for all geographical indications
FOOD SECURITY: EU detects persistent problems in Russian control system of dairy products
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: towards a voluntary certification scheme for collection and recycling of critical raw materials in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: ESMA is preparing to take on its new direct supervisory powers
COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of Allergan by AbbVie, subject to conditions
NEWS BRIEFS
CITIZENSHIP: ECI for diversity in Europe successfully presented to European Commission
ENVIRONMENT: decision to ban chlorpyrifos pesticide in EU in spring is formally adopted
ENVIRONMENT: Lisbon takes up torch from Oslo as European Green Capital
SPACE: European Court of Auditors launches an audit on Commission's action to make use of Copernicus and Galileo data
MIGRATION: initiative from Renew Europe group in European Parliament on reform of European asylum system imminent
PARLIAMENT: Spanish judiciary calls for waiver of parliamentary immunity for Mr Puigdemont and Mr Toni Comín
RESEARCH: EU awards €11.4 million in grants to researchers to help commercialise their scientific results
ANIMAL HEALTH: avian influenza virus returns to a Polish farm
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: When the party’s over
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 13/01 to 19/01/2020
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 27 January 2020