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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9558

6 December 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission again rejects conditions imposed by Spain on Endesa purchase

Brussels, 05/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 5 December, the European Commission announced that the most recent conditions imposed by the Spanish authorities on Enel and Acciona for their acquisition of the electricity company Endesa, are incompatible with EC law and requested their withdrawal by 10 January 2008.

Enel Energy Europe S.r.l. (Italy) and Acciona S.A.'s draft acquisition was approved by the National Energy Commission ("CNE") in its decision of 4 July 2007, in exchange for...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/NEIGHBOURHOOD: Commission and member states' 2008 priorities for improving European Neighbourhood Policy
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Next government will have to continue reforms
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Final text is now available
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Road is now open to formal adoption, on 18 December, of European consensus on humanitarian aid to ensure greater effectiveness
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EP/SYRIA/LEBANON: Visit by delegation of EP foreign affairs committee - Distressing fate of Iraqi refugees in Syria - Lebanon is on razor's edge
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS/MIDDLE EAST: Human Rights Watch calls for protection of human rights rather than formal democracy
(EU) EU/POLAND/RUSSIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Council adopts (without debate) common principles on flexicurity - latter to be central plank of next three-yearly cycle of Lisbon strategy
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Mixed reactions to adoption of “VAT” package
(EU) EU/ECOFIN:
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission to propose setting up joint consular office in third countries next year
(EU) EU/JHA: Frattini critical of treatment of asylum seekers
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliamentary committee considers fight against terrorism is no excuse for violation of human rights
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/ARMAMENTS: Commission proposes new measures to promote competitiveness in defence industries and markets
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission fines producers of chloroprene rubber € 243.2 million
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves UK rescue aid package for Northern Rock
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission again rejects conditions imposed by Spain on Endesa purchase
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Budapest wants to be city where European agency for cooperation of national energy regulators is based
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: EU and Arab Emirates “Horizontal agreement” is signed
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: entrepreneurs are optimistic for 2008 According to EUROCHAMBRES survey
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
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(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Court of Auditors provides Commission with arguments for overhaul of regulation on control of fishing activities
(EU) EU/FISHERIES/MAURITANIA:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Woman undergoing IVF treatment is not pregnant until embryo has been implanted, says Advocate General
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Tax exemptions for German nuclear power stations do not constitute State aid
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Digital library on right road
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: 54% of households have Internet access, according to Eurostat
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: New technologies are boon for disabled
(EU) EU/EIB: €500 million loan for climate change mitigation measures in China
(EU) EU/EIB: Bank support for efforts to improve urban environment in Venice
(EU) EU/EIB:
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB supports Telecom Italia investments in Italy and in Germany
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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