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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9210

14 June 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Green light to acquisition of Athlon by De Lage Landen

Brussels, 13/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of sole control of Athlon, by De Lage Landen. The latter is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rabobank, a Dutch cooperative banking organisation. It is active in the car and commercial vehicle lease sector in the Netherlands via its subsidiary De Lage Landen Translease. Athlon is an international provider of full service operation car leasing and car body repair, focusing on the corporate market....

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Constitutional treaty: battle of ideas at European Parliament
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Josep Borrell wants to know whether European Council intends amending current agreement on site of European Parliament
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/TRANSPARENCY: Ombudsman calls on 25 to finally increase transparency of work at Council
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Javier Solana expects Iranian response to offer made by “Six” by end of this week
(EU) EU/TURKEY: With first chapter provisionally closed, Olli Rehn puts pressure on Ankara regarding customs union compliance
(EU) EU/PALESTINE/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/JHA: EU calls for closure of Guantanamo
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Council condemns lack of cooperation of Balkans with ICTY, insists that Albania continues reforms and calls on countries of region to take ownership of regional cooperation process
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/MONTENEGRO: EU recognises the Republic of Montenegro
(EU) UE/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/LIBERALS: Summit Thursday afternoon
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Considerable progress in bilateral relations is call for satisfaction despite some “friction”, mainly regarding Middle East
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: Political groups want to move forward
(EU) EP/GUANTANAMO: EP officially calls for closure of Guantanamo
(EU) EP/JHA/TERRORISM/CIA: Temporary committee on CIA activity accuses intelligence agency of extraordinary rendition in Europe - Right is divided
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Balance in black for first year's application of revised stability pact leads to renewed credibility but preventive arm calls for more effort from Member States
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: In mid-term review of Transport White Paper, Commission expected to favour contribution of all modes of transport, including road
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/DOHA: Council reaffirms support for Commission strategy - Mr Mandelson considers he has room for manoeuvre
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/PLENARY SESSION:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/INNOVATION: Danuta Hübner affirms that EU's response to challenge of globalisation is innovation - conclusions of Brussels conference
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 34 European countries agree on facilitating access of all Europeans to internet
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to acquisition of Athlon by De Lage Landen
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises joint venture between Sonae Indústria and Tarkett
(EU) EP/SPORT/PROSTITUTION: Franco Frattini and Anna Zaborska denounce FIFA's attitude towards combating forced prostitution during World Cup 2006
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Member States reach political agreement on European Fisheries Fund
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: New fisheries agreement with Sao Tomé e principe
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Call for evidence on transparency in bond markets and other non-equity markets
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Special report on sports betting
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/REGIONS:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Conference-debate on “EU social balance sheet for 2005” report
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Quarterly fall in production in construction sector
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Nordbrandenburger UmesterungsWerke does not qualify for regional investment bonus for SMEs
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Editor of Asterix still opposes Danish telephony firm Orange's Mobilix Community trade mark
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: President Skouris' Head of Cabinet appointed head of Court library
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