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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9624

18 March 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

17/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission gave the green light on Friday 14 March to the proposed acquisition whereby Crédit Agricole SA (“CASA”, France), via its affiliates Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza S.p.A. (“Cariparma”, Italy) and Crédit Agricole Assurances Italia Holding S.p.A. (“CAAIH”, Italy), intends to acquire sole control of the company POvita S.p.A. (“POvita”, Italy), currently controlled by SAI Holding S.p.A. (“SAI”, Italy) and...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Lessons from the spring Summit
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint Assembly intends to use ACP/EU partnership to serve peace, fight poverty and promote regional integration
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Olli Rehn says there must be separation of powers
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: European Council encourages relaunch of Israel-Palestine negotiations
(EU) EU/NEPAL: EU deploys Election Observation Mission to Nepal
(EU) EU/LEBANON/SYRIA:
(EU) EP/RUSSIA: There must be an end to repression of Russian political opponents
(EU) EP/IRAN: Parliamentarians concerned about fate of asylum seeker
(EU) EP/ARMAMENTS: Parliament continues to call for adoption of legally binding code of conduct on arms exports
(EU) EU/CHAD/RCA:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Demetris Christofias rejects Annan Plan
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Given threats of opposition blocking, Polish government does not rule out ratification by referendum
(EU) EU/SERBIA:
(EU) EU/SUBSIDIARITY:
(EU) EU/BELGIUM/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Guy Verhofstadt's contribution to European integration
(EU) EU/REGIONS/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Cities and regions are central to Lisbon Strategy and strengthening of Mediterranean policy, says Luc Van Den Brande
(EU) EU/IRAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council adopts conclusions on CAP “health check”
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: 52% of European citizens are in favour of common agricultural policy reform
(EU) EU/SPORT: Informal meeting of sports ministers in Brdo
(EU) EU/SPORT/CARS: FIA promises formula 1 will be more environmentally friendly
(EU) EU/MEDIA: Croatia is the first candidate country to join media
2007 campaign
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission endorses addition of DVB-H to EU List of Official Standards
(EU) EU/JHA: Minister Mate says EU will still have to wait for replacing visas with electronic system
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Efforts to combat VAT fraud stepped up
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Industry recommends European framework for open-ended real estate funds
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: ERDF contributing up to €95 million for new 2007-13 Flanders and Netherlands cooperation programme
(EU) EU/HORN OF AFRICA: Commission allocates €30 million decision for drought preparedness
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Rolls Royce State aid in Germany gets go-ahead
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Air France/Alitalia merger takes shape
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of €200 million for A 19, France's biggest road building project
(EU) EU/EIB: Bank receives best project prize 2007 in five categories of operations
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro area annual inflation up to 3.3% in February - EU stable on 3.4%
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Rise in labour costs
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Privatisation:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 770
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents No. 2482: EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF 13 AND 14 MARCH 2008. Conclusions
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