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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8816

28 October 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 28
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission fines Coats and Prym for cartel on haberdashery market

Brussels, 27/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has just imposed fines totalling 60 million EUR on Coats and Prym for having operated a cartel on the needle market with the company Entaco, and for having segmented the European haberdashery products market (needles, pins, buttons, zip and fasteners) between 10 September 1994 and the end of 1999. The Commission gave Entaco full immunity from fines for producing the proof without which the market sharing agreements may never have...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/BARROSO COMMISSION: President-designate fails to put team forward for parliamentary vote and acknowledges more time is needed - Balkenende calls on Prodi Commission to stay if necessary - Borrell calls on Barroso to come up with new proposal as soon as possible but without binding deadlines (some MEPs insist on vote in November)
(EU) EU/TURKEY: After meeting with Mr Schröder and Mr Erdogan, Mr Chirace reiterates his willingness to open negotiations with Ankara, but stresses that Turkey may not want to "go all the way with efforts needed to adapt"
(EU) EU/TURKEY/KURDS:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Lisbon Strategy and 'The Hague Programme' on JHA agenda, but also coming closer to citizens and managing change, Atzo Nicolaï says - Günter Verheugen believes Europe must be largest area of freedom as well as most competitive economy - Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2005: Parliament is set on funding policies seen as priorities for EU - agreement with Council on agencies later on
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Europeans and Russians stress negotiation on visas and re-entry will take time
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/KOK REPORT: To relaunch Lisbon, immediate action is needed in science, entrepeneurship, internal market, labour market and sustainable environment
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission tables on 2% growth in euro zone and 2.3% growth for EU in 2005 - 3% deficit or more next year for France, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Italy - Oil price problem
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission announces actions to harmonise in long term, methods for funding decommissioning of nuclear plants
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission feels clauses in GDF-ENI and GDF-ENEL (gas) contracts are in breach of competition rules
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission allows Oracle's takeover bid for PeopleSoft
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission allows Continental to acquire Phoenix
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission fines Coats and Prym for cartel on haberdashery market
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission partially closes investigation into contracts between European pay-TVS with Hollywood studios
(EU) EU/GMO: Commission authorises marketing of Monsanto's genetically modified NK 603 maize for food and feed
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission suggests tariff quotas should be set for sugar imports from Western Balkans
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission proposes regulation for interpreting VAT rules
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Italy is instructed to authorise foreign guides to work at major tourist sites such as Venice, Rome and Florence
(EU) ACP/EU: Constructive meeting of last joint trade committee chaired by Pascal Lamy
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: 12.5 million EUR for victims of drought in Horn of Africa
(EU) EU/MARITIME SAFETY: European Commission prepares proposed directive on intermodal safety
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Priority for controls and sanctions to boost road safety - Difference in situations for EU15 and EU25
(EU) EU/EMPLOYERS/SUMMIT: In letter to Jan Peter Balkenende, Unice President Jürgen Strube appeals for more growth, jobs and competitiveness
(EU) EU/UEAPME/SUMMIT: Hans-Werner Müller calls on Jan Peter Balkenende to focus on economic growth to save Lisbon
(EU) EP/PES/LISBON STRATEGY:
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