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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7721

20 May 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission go-ahead for acquisition of Burmah Castrol by BP Amoco

Brussels, 19/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has given its clearance for the acquisition of the British lubricants company Burmah Castrol by BP Amoco (BPA), the Anglo-American oil company. The Commission review showed that the combined market share of the BPA/Castrol entity in the European Union will be around 15% for car lubricants and 9% for industrial lubricants, shares comparable to those held by ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalFinaElf. In addition to these operators, there...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Monday's Ministerial IGC
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Western Balkans and conflicts in Africa on the agenda of Monday's General Affairs Council
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: On Sunday, the Swiss people should, according to forecasts, vote in favour of sectoral bilateral relations with the EU
(EU) EU/BALKANS: EU affirms its support for the Serb community in Kosovo and the independent press in Serbia
(EU) EU/SERBIA/MEDIA: EU calls on Belgrade to reverse its decision of placing "Studio B" under its control
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Lamberto Dini sketches out his vision of future Europe, with clear objectives for end of year and opening of possibility for later "leap forward" between a group of countries
(EU) EP/NATIONAL FRONT: Reasons for borrowed time granted by EP to Le Pen
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Meeting of national parliament presidents from 22 to 24 May in Alexandria
(EU) EP/SLOVENIA: Italian parliamentarians protest against certain affirmations of President of slovenia
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Proposals by the Court of Auditors on its own organisation (one member per Member State, with a reorganisation into chambers) and on protection of the EU's financial interests
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/EPP/FRANCE/GERMANY: For a common strategy
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Parliamentary Assembly disagrees with Committee of Ministers' benevolent attitude towards the conflict in Chechnya
(EU) EU/SCHUMAN DECLARATION: Paul-Henri Spaak Foundation sponsors a colloquium
(EU) EU/SCHUMAN DECLARATION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Preparation of June summit, possible revision of financial perspectives and conclusion of negotiations with China to be the focus of Monday's deliberations
(EU) EU/CHINA: Content of agreement signed by Mr Lamy in Beijing paving the way to Chinese WTO membership - Concessions granted for EU exports and investment
(EU) EU/HONG-KONG: European Commission observes that the "one country, two systems" principle is being applied satisfactorily on the whole
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Political consensus on examining fisheries cooperation, technical talks to begin in July
(EU) ACP/EU: Coup d'etat in Fiji Islands no doubt precludes signing of new partnership agreement in Suva
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Inquiry into genetically modified colza grown unintentionally in four Member States
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION: Parliament rejects, with support from Commission, the Finnish initiative on re-entry for foreign nationals
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Commission asks Council for mandate to negotiate cooperation agreement in field of competition
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission go-ahead for acquisition of Burmah Castrol by BP Amoco
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Alcoa is authorised to take over Cordant Technologies
(EU) EU/BANANAS: WTO authorises Ecuador's sanctions against Union
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission confirms that it is investigating into possible abuse of a dominant position by AstraZeneca regarding anti-ulcer drug Losec
(EU) EU/BUSINESS: Industry Council approves directive on late payments, Commission stresses positive effects for SMEs
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/OLAF:
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(EU) EP/NUCLEAR: Parliament asks the Commission to propose European safety standards for the construction and running of nuclear installations
(EU) EP/AUTOMOBILES: Parliament approves the monitoring programme for CO2 emissions
(EU) EP/"MAD COW": Parliament wants specific measures for cosmetic and pharmaceutical products
(EU) EP/WOMEN: Parliament recommends a common EU policy to combat trafficking in women
(EU) EP/FOOTBALL: British Conservatives do not receive Parliament's backing for the transfer of the England-Germany match to Brussels
(EU) EP/END OF SESSION:
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