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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

Commission approval for Sony/BMG merger questioned

Brussels, 30/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - In a formal letter sent on 18 October, an MEP questioned the Commission about several aspects of the joint venture combining the recorded music businesses of Sony and BMG, the subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, the German-based branch of the international media company. In the letter, Guy Bono (PES, France) questions the compatibility of the Commission's authorisation of this concentration with the objectives in the European agenda for culture. The...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Despite amendments, concerns about Nicolas Sarkozy's Mediterranean project remain
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ARGENTINA: Javier Solana and Benita Ferrero-Waldner congratulate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on her election victory
(EU) EP/ISRAEL: Parliamentary mission in Israel
(EU) EP/EMPA: Euro-Med assembly culture committee meeting
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: NGOs assess Morocco action plan implementation
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: EP launches forum to get civil society more involved in debate on the future of Europe
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Results of 25th Quadripartite meeting
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA:
(EU) EU/HOLOCAUST:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: It is left to Commission to decide on Austrian safeguard measures against two GMO
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Council unanimous in desire for EU approach to water management to tackle drought and water shortages in EU and elsewhere
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: 40 countries commit to combating illegal fishing
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Reform of sugar sector could lead to loss of around 35,000 jobs in rural areas
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/TRADE: Council imposes some anti-dumping duties and repeals others
(EU) EU/DRUGS: EU and Russia enhance cooperation
(EU) EP/DRUGS: Call for Afghan poppy crop to be turned into legal products
(EU) EU/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission frees up frequencies for air-ground communications
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/ANTI-Smoking: Towards smoke-free zones across the EU
(EU) EU/JHA: EU signs new Lugano Convention
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/JHA: EP backs blocking bank transfers as means of avoiding fraud
(EU) EP/JHA: Effectiveness of counter-terrorism measures has to be demonstrated, says ALDE
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears joint venture between AREVA NP and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approval for Sony/BMG merger questioned
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COHESION: EU to provide €3.27 billion over 7 years towards Sicily's new regional Operational Policy
(EU) EU/COHESION: Launch of four programmes to improve quality of life in Slovak regions
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Eurochambres suggests how EU companies and regions can make themselves more competitive
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Regional Competitiveness Atlas shows that Lisbon Strategy has to be regionalised and make greater use of public-private partnerships
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Doctors and patients welcome Commission's decision to delay application of electromagnetic fields directive
(EU) EP/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/TERRORISM:
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