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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid/transport

Increase in Dutch aid for European Train Control System approved

Brussels, 15/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 12 December, the European Commission approved a Dutch state aid measure to increase aid for the installation of the European Train Control System (ETCS), the new European standard for train control, from €15 million to €20 million.

The aim of the aid measure is to lower the investment costs for freight locomotives on the Betuwe Route between Rotterdam and Germany, which will be opened in January 2007. Dutch authorities have partially borne the...

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(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Conditional approval for acquisition of Pfizer's consumer healthcare business by Johnson & Johnson
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears proposed acquisition of Altana Pharma by Nycomed
(EU) EU/STATE AID/TRANSPORT: Increase in Dutch aid for European Train Control System approved
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission suggests ending public intervention for maize despite protests from sector
(EU) EU/TRADE: Oxfam regrets lack of progress in reform one year after Hong Kong conference
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Professionals call for fishing days and cod quotas not to be reduced ahead of recovery plan reform
(EU) EU/FISHERIES/CONSUMERS: European chefs call for scientific advice on fish catches to be respected
(EU) EU/COURT: Court largely upholds Commission's decision imposing sanctions on series of cartel agreements of Austrian banking market (Lombard Club), but reduces one of fines
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Legislation published in the Official Journal
(EU) EU/CALENDAR: Major European events, 18 - 21 December 2006
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