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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8091

15 November 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Merger authorized between Canal+, RTL and Groupe Jean-Claude Darmon

Brussels, 14/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of joint control by French pay-television group Canal+ and Luxembourg-based RTL of the French sports rights agency Groupe Jean-Claude Darmon (GJCD) to create a new company that will sell TV rights to sporting events. As part of the deal, Canal+ and RTL will merge their own sports rights agencies, respectively Sport+ (France) and UEFA Sports GmbH (Germany) into the GJCD joint venture. The Commission's...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Giscard d'Estaing, Helmut Schmidt and Jacques Delors meet at ceremony in Lausanne - What their meeting signifies
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY/LIBERALS: Pat Cox formally candidate for EP Presidency - Approach by Italian Radicals to enter Group
(EU) EP/EPP/ED: Hans-Gert Poettering re-elected Group President
(EU) EP/EP PRESIDENCY: Jens-Peter Bonde is candidate
(EU) EP/AFGHANISTAN: Durant announces visit to India by Michel and Prodi - Busquin: exploit reversal in situation to accelerate humanitarian aid - Several MEPs concerned at "mini-summits" like Ghent or London
(EU) EP/AFGHANISTAN: Nicole Fontaine wants the government to include all ethnic groups and provide humanitarian aid as quickly as possible
(EU) EU/THE CHURCH:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Towards an active observer role for Economic and Social Committee in next convention on institutional reform
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/WTO: The 142 WTO members reach agreement on Wednesday on launching a new round of multilateral trade talks
(EU) EU/SPACE: Romano Prodi highlights importance of co-operation between Commission and ESA
(EU) EU/TOURISM: Commission calls for more sustainable and competitive tourism
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM: Commission proposes concrete measures to implement its outsourcing policy
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Immediate Commission aid to Algeria will cover most urgent needs of flood victims
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Parliament ends first reading of draft research framework-programme without altering its budget or architecture
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Prodi and Verheugen stress that 2002 will be decisive year - Questions on Turkey
(EU) EU/COURT OF AUDITORS: Karlsson defends method chosen by Court and insists on simplification and separation between technical and political assessment
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Merger authorized between Canal+, RTL and Groupe Jean-Claude Darmon
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for ICA Ahold/Dansk Supermarked joint venture
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission launches enquiry into Spanish aid planned for Renault's Valladolid plant
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission initiates investigation into aid granted to Portuguese public broadcasting body RTP
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission approves granting of structural aid in Spain and initiates enquiries into Italian aid
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 225 million for drinking water supplies in Algeria
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Thirty left-wing MEPs call for moratorium on "deregulation" of air sector
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Negotiations on stock management in North East Atlantic fail over blue whiting - agreement on herring and mackerel
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Increased research-development effort in EU in 1999 and 2000 - large differences between southern and northern countries
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Meeting of constitutional regions on Thursday and Friday
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/CYBERCRIME: Assembly calls ban on racist websites and "abusive hosting"
(EU) EU/E-COMMERCE: EuroCommerce launched Euro-Logo quality label to raise confidence in e-commerce
(EU) EU/DRUGS:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 14/11/2001: