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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12401
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Competition

Commission clears acquisition of Allergan by AbbVie, subject to conditions

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...

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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