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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8299

18 September 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 48
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission clears acquisition of H&R and Dragoco by EQT

Brussels, 17/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - Under the Merger regulation, the European commission cleared on 17 September the private equity fund EQT northern Europe, which is ultimately controlled by Sweden's Investor AB, taking over two German-based flavour and fragrances manufacturers, Hermann & Reimer GmbH (H&R) and Dragoco Gerberding & CO AG. The Commission's market investigations indeed showed that even after the acquisition there would be sufficient competition on the European market for...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of the Convention on the Future of Europe - Chairman Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's most recent statements on its progress
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EPP/CONSTITUTION: Wilfried Martens confident agreement will be reached on final draft of Constitution with view to Estoril Congress
(EU) EP/EPP-ED/ENLARGEMENT: Parliamentary partnership is launched with candidate countries
(EU) EP/SWEDEN/LIBERALS:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Prodi reserves judgement on Raffarin's suggestion of taking French Presidential model for the future of the EU
(EU) WEU/CONVENTION: Assembly discusses Hubert Haenel's ideas about national parliaments - Call for European Congress, which the Commission would answer to
(EU) EU/NATO: US Assistant Secretary of State John Wolf talks about arms proliferation at NATO Permanent Council/COPS meeting
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: Greater sanctions on Zimbabwean leaders come into force
(EU) EU/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/GREECE/TURKEY:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Moving towards concluding negotiations on virtually all technical chapters by the end of month
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission says it will not give Cyprus more time for thought
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD: On Wednesday, Commission to adopt its compromise proposal on transit to and from Kaliningrad
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: On Wednesday, Commission to propose creation of European fund for natural disasters and budgetary instruments to finance it
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Commission on Wednesday to outilne how it is planning to help poor countries use trade as a development lever
(EU) EU/JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS/ACQUIS:
(EU) EU/WTO/BIOTECHNOLOGIES/LDC: EU proposes plan for helping developing countries benefit from biotechnological inventions
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Inauguration in several cities of Europe of a Commission research project to control the population's exposure to benzene
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Mario Monti prepares to ask details of German authorities on aid to MobilCom
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission to close two investigations into alliances between airline companies
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission decides to deepen its probe into joint control of GVS by ENBW and ENI
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of H&R and Dragoco by EQT
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises acquisition of car components supplier Donnelly by Magna International
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission awaits information from France on prohibited remuneration of bank accounts
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Karl von Wogau, Chairman of the Kangaroo Group, urges for Lamfalussy method to be extended and for clarification of "legislative" and "executive" acts
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Oxfam International calls on Commission to support its plan to rescue the world's coffee market in the name of free trade
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN/ACP: Soederman settles a 1.5 million euro litigation
(EU) EP/JUSTICE/SOCIAL: Conference on combating trafficking in human beings (Brussels, 18-20 September)
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: Washington appeals against decision on Byrd Amendment
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Work of follow-up committee to Barcelona Process is resumed
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Brigitte Langenhagen reproaches rapporteur for reform for dragging work out
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Towards enhanced road safety
(EU) EU/ROAD SAFETY: Liikanen presents initial results of work undertaken with industry in framework of eSafety
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) CONVENTION/EUROCHAMBRES: Christoph Leitl hands Valery Giscard d'Estaing Eurochambres contribution and meets President Prodi, Michaele Schreyer and Frits Bolkestein
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Certain Member States concerned at economic consequences of war in Iraq at Economic Forum in Austria
(EU) EP/EURO:
(EU) EU/EURO/GREECE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission rejects Court of Auditors' criticism regarding Community programme Integra
(EU) ESC/SEPTEMBER SESSION: Result of Göke Frerichs's presidency - resolution addressed to European Convention
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Spain challenges European Commission's decision on illegal aid received by porcelain manufacturer Grupo de Empresas Alvarez (GEA)
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 17/09/2002: