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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7708

3 May 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission approves takeover of Robert Bosch GmbH's mobile telephony operations by Siemens AG

Brussels, 02/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has approved the planned takeover by German company Siemens AG, active in the information and communications sector, of the mobile phone activities of another German company, Bosch GmbH, concentrated in Bosch's subsidiaries Bosch Telecom A/S (Pandrup, Denmark) and Bosch Telecom GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany). The two companies, which make an annual overall turnover of EUR 2.7 billion, develop, produce and market mobile phones and mobile...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Lessons to be learnt from last month's wave of attacks against the Prodi Commission
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GERMANY: Prodi-Schröder meeting Thursday evening in Brussels
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Solana's meetings with US Administration - Solana takes part in conference on South East Europe organised by EastWest Institute (whose award goes to Cem and Papandreou)
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA: Susanne Riess-Passer, elected FPÖ leader, calls for sanctions imposed by Fourteen to be lifted
(EU) DISARMAMENT: The five nuclear powers reaffirm their commitment to eliminating nuclear weapons
(EU) EMU/DENMARK: Extraordinary Social-Democrat Congress in favour of entering Euro Zone
(EU) EU/GERMANY/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/BARCELONA PROCESS: Seminar of WEU Security Studies Institute highlights divergence over Euro-Mediterranean Peace and Stability Charter
(EU) EU/LISBON SUMMIT/FOURTH WORLD: According to Fourth World, with this summit "a door opens" in the fight against exclusion
(EU) EU/LISBON SUMMIT/CEPS: Conference with Antonio Guterres
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: On Wednesday, Commission to provide its positive opinion on Greece's accession to single currency and adopt convergence reports relating to Greece and Sweden
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: Council Presidency organises a high-level conference to pave the way for common policy in crime prevention
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Telecom Council broadly supports Commission's approach on "Telecom package"
(EU) EU/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Informal Convention meeting on 3 and 4 May
(EU) EP/FRAUD: In Olaf affair, President of Court of First Instance considers that respect of MEP's rights is not guaranteed by EP decision and suspends its execution
(EU) EU/BUDGETS: Commission to propose amending "multi-annual financial perspectives" to increase budget for Balkans
(EU) EU/ROAD TRANSPORT: Commission to give view next week on draft compromise for reducing transit through Austria by using Ecopoint system
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Preparation of a new industrial co-operation strategy in the context of the Barcelona Process, to revitalise this essential aspect of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Mr. Bolkestein invited Europeans and Americans to take lead in a "regulated multilateralism" and called for revision of discriminatory American banking rules
(EU) EU/YEMEN: Joint committee discusses EU support for continuation of reforms in Yemen
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Financing of a hydro-agricultural project
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves takeover of Robert Bosch GmbH's mobile telephony operations by Siemens AG
(EU) COMPETITION: Commission authorises acquisition of Hoesch Spundwand und Profil Gmbh by Salzgitter AG
(EU) EU/ACCESSIONS/ECONOMY: GDP per capita in 48 regions out of 50 in CEECs remains below 75% of Community average
(EU) EU/PUBLIC HEALTH: Commission adopts decision to reinforce epidemic surveillance of BSE by national rapid testing programmes
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: European Commission creates 47 new Jean Monnet Professorships in EU universities
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Conference on "Education for the Knowledge Economy" - Mrs Reding's views
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: 24 April to 1 May 2000
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPEAN LIBRARY: N° 412
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 02/05/2000: