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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9595

6 February 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Proposed acquisition of Berre refinery by Basell Polyéthylène approved

Brussels, 05/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 4 February, the European Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of the refinery Compagnie de Distribution des Hydrocarbures SAS (“Berre Refinery”) of France, currently controlled by Royal Dutch Shell plc. (Shell) of the UK/Netherlands, by Basell Polyéthylène SAS (Basell) of Luxembourg, belonging to Access Industries (Access) of the US. Some of the petrochemical products derived from the fractional distillation at the Berre Refinery...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: After Serbia's pro-Europe choice, a double gesture from Europe is called for
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Details start to emerge of EU's civilian mission - Kostunica raises the stakes
(EU) EU/UKRAINE:
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: French Presidency will ensure continuity in the EU
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Romania ratifies Lisbon Treaty and France and Slovakia prepare to ratify
(EU) EU/ITALY: Franco Frattini may join Italian election campaign
(EU) EU/ISRAEL:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: 2008 will be crucial year for improving European patent system
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: EU launches clean sky aviation project
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Towards common environmental information system - electronic database available in all of EU in real-time
(EU) EP/ENERGY: 3rd liberalisation package under debate in Parliament
(EU) EU/ENERGY: CPMR gives mixed reaction to energy-climate package
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Installed wind power capacity grew 18% in EU in 2007
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Balkans, mobility and finance will dominate Commission's 2008 agenda
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Slovenian presidency proposes three-pronged approach to boost Western Balkan railways
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: BEUC says proposal on food labelling doesn't go far enough but Eurocommerce says it creates red tape
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: European Farmers Coordination calls for milk quotas to be maintained beyond 2015
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Volume of retail trade unchanged in EU27 but down by 0.1% in euro area
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Proposed acquisition of Berre refinery by Basell Polyéthylène approved
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission launches 'Justice Forum' to listen to practitioners
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission to enter visa waiver talks with FYROM
(EU) EI/JHA: ENAR calls on Slovenian presidency to focus on tackling racism
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/MEDIA: EBU and UEFA sign radio agreement for Euro 2008 matches
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Plenary session to be marked by election of new president - speeches by Barroso, Verheugen, Fischer Boel and Žagar
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTH:
(EU) EP/PLENARY SESSION: debates on future of Europe, Lisbon treaty and cohesion policy during plenary session 18-21 February
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION:
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