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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8077

24 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission clears sale of Henkel's Cognis to Schroder Ventures and Goldman Sachs

Brussels, 23/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of speciality chemicals company Cognis by the UK venture capital group Schroder Ventures and global investment bank Goldman Sachs. Cognis is currently owned by German chemicals company Henkel. The only overlap in the transaction is in the leather chemicals sector where Cognis and TFL, a German company controlled by Schroder Ventures, are both present. However, the Commission felt that the combined...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A few remarks over the results of the Ghent Summit regarding the fight against terrorism
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Constitutional Committee calls for genuine Convention instructed to reach consensus on single text
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Stability Pact projects, regional cooperation and private investment on menu of the Conference for South East Europe
(EU) EP/GHENT SUMMIT: Pöttering and Baron welcome results on fighting terrorism and future Convention
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Daniel Cohn-Bendit to stand for President of the Commission
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EP/CHINA:
(EU) EP/BUREAU:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Byrne speaks of reaction to bioterrorist attacks
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Several countries step up pressure for extending certain measures to relieve congestion on the beef and veal market
(EU) EU/IRELAND:
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission strategy on company taxation
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: Commission to "analyse" aid for Swissair and calls on Switzerland to bring forward application of bilateral air agreement
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: Commission presents instrument required to ensure ratification of Kyoto Protocol by September 2002
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: Hopes of Mr. Deleuze for Marrakech
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TERRORISM: On Wednesday, Transatlantic Group to examine actions Washington requests of EU
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves acquisition of Tempus by WPP
(EU) EU/SME: Belgian Presidency and Commission conference with a view to Industry Council
(EU) EU/GOVERNANCE: Commission launches website to involve citizens and businesses in policy making
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission prepares procedure against France following signing of new Open Sky Agreement
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Ministerial preparations - Immigration
(EU) EU/WTO: Mike Moore confident as to holding of Ministerial in Doha
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Additional aid for Peru
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: formal adoption of Regulation on aid programmes for uprooted populations from developing Latin American and asian countries
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Proposal on imports of Moroccan tomatoes
(EU) EU/EP/TERRORISM: Antonio Vitorino calls for security to be tightened up at all at-risk sites
(EU) EP/INFORMING WORKERS: Issue of sanctions and transition periods divides Parliament
(EU) OMBUDSMAN: Söderman opens inquiry into parental leave within European institutions
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Commission's approval of Leader+ programme for region of Asturias
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission detects conflict of interest between French Post Office and mail preparations firms
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears sale of Henkel's Cognis to Schroder Ventures and Goldman Sachs
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: ITC finds substantial prejudice in steel products import case
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: No comment from first meeting of GMO working group on lifting of moratorium in near future
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: France demands to host headquarters of European Maritime Agency, but still undecided on candidate cities
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Common position on reducing pollution of cold start of certain utility vehicles
(EU) EU/EURO:
(EU) EURO/SWEDEN:
(EU) EU/WTO/EMPLOYERS: UNICE insists on launching new round
(EU) EU/TRADE: Priorities of the Economic and Social Committee for WTO round
(EU) EU/EIB: First loan in favour of Croatia's private sector
(EU) EU/EURO:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 23/10/2001: