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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8909

16 March 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Time Warner and Microsoft give up plans to control ContentGuard and Thomson buys third of shares

Brussels, 15/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - After the purchase of 33% of the company ContentGuard by the French company Thomson, the Commission has decided to close the inquiry into plans by Time Warner and Microsoft to take joint control of the American DRM systems (Digital Rights Management Systems). The fact that ContentGuard's capital has been opened up to Thomson, which was announced in November 2004 but has only been effective since 11 March, has led to changes in the conditions of the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Solidarity: a forgotten concept which needs to make a comeback
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Differences of opinion on institutional foundation for Europe's diplomatic service persist
(EU) EU/UN/HUMAN RIGHTS: Renewing EU's support for work of International Criminal Court, Jean Asselborn warns in Geneva that we must all ensure application of human rights
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Jean-Claude Juncker has hopes for Israeli-Palestinian relations
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Assembly hopes to create working group on Middle East - Margot Wallström notes difference between Barcelona process and Neighbourhood Policy - Borrell suggests session in Palestinian territories
(EU) EU/CHINA/TAIWAN: Concern about adoption of anti-secession law
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council divergences on minimum spending rates proposed for rural development - but compromise text envisaged
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Complementary studies on Channel dolphins
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/TRADE: Continuation of negotiations on export certificates for vegetable products from EU to Russia
(EU) EU/SCIENCE: Commission honours Nobel prize winners
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court finds in favour of French student deprived of grant under British law
(EU) EU/FOOD/HEALTH: Launch of European platform to fight obesity
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to Eurosystems project between BAE Systems and Finmeccanica
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Time Warner and Microsoft give up plans to control ContentGuard and Thomson buys third of shares
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for Holcim to buy Aggregate Industries
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: UK to take Commission's refusal to up British greenhouse gas emissions quota to Court, but will not prevent its businesses from taking part in European emissions trading scheme
(EU) EU/PUBLIC SERVICES: Claude Wiseler meets his French and Dutch counterparts, Renaud Dutreil and Thomas de Graaf as part of preparations for the Montdorf-les-Bains informal
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: 3.5 million EUR to Angolan refugees in Zambia
(EU) EP/COMPETITION/STATE AID: Neelie Kroes confirms publication of roadmap for State aid reform and for inquiries into energy and financial services sectors
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION: Call for better management of immigration and its relation to development
(EU) EU/TRADE: Perez Del Castillo hopes to refocus role of WTO on multilateralism and curb rise in preferential agreement - market access, he says, is greatest difficulty to be overcome in Doha Round
(EU) EU/TRADE: WTO verdict on geographical indications
(EU) EU/UNIONS/LISON/LUXEMBOURG:
(EU) EP/WOMEN: Ten years after Beijing conference, EP considers little progress has been made on women's rights in EU and calls for 2006 to be “European Year against Violence against Women” - Invitation to closely monitor women's rights in Turkey
(EU) EP/SOCIAL SECURITY: Adoption of common position on social security for workers and their families moving within EU
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Launch of Commission green paper on demographic change in EU
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/SOCIAL: Demonstrations defending a social Europe
(EU) EU/ECB/ENLARGEMENT: Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell mentions prospects of monetary integration of new Member States
(EU) EU/RELOCALISATIONS: Report by German economists notes that EU has to increase labour market flexibility and increase working hours
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/MEDIA: Ministers responsible for media policy to strengthen cooperation to guarantee freedom of expression and pluralism of media in times of crisis, given technological developments
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: Conference on European SME charter 15-16 June
(EU) EU/EPISCOPATE: President Barroso and member bishops of COMECE committed to unity in diversity in EU
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2402: Spring european Summit: European Parliament's position on rekindling Lisbon strategy
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