Brussels, 06/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - A selection of major legislation published in the Official Journal on Friday 6 June 2008:
Agriculture (L147 and L148)
Council Regulation (479/2008) of 29 April 2008 on the common organisation of the EU wine market (see EUROPE 9651)
Commission Regulation (501/2008) of 5 June 2008 on application modalities for Council Regulation 3/2008 on awareness raising and promoting farm products in the EU and elsewhere
Taxation (L147)
Council Decision of 3 June 2008 allowing Portugal to apply a reduced level of duty on locally produced beer in the autonomous region of Madeira (see EUROPE 9676)
Animal Diseases (L147)
Commission Decision of 29 May 2008 on EU funding for emergency measures to counter foot and mouth disease in sheep in the United Kingdom in 2007
Commission Decision of 30 May 2008 amending Decision 2008/377/EC on protective measures to combat swine fever in Slovakia
Competition (C140)
Non-opposition to several notifications of mergers and acquisitions: Marel/SFS (Case COMP/M.5125), Groupama/OTP Garancia (Case COMP/M.5083), EADS/Sita France/Tarmac Aerosave (Case COMP/M.5097), Autogrill/World Duty Free (Case COMP/M.5123), Colony Capital/Morgan Stanley/Colfilm (Case COMP/M.5077) and Carlsberg/Scottish & Newcastle Assets (Case COMP/M.4952)
Italy: State aid C 20/08 - Amendments to N 59/04 system concerning a temporary defence mechanism for ship-building (call for observations)
Prior notification of a business concentration: AVNET/Horizon Technology (Case COMP/M.5162)
Education and Training (C140)
Council Conclusions of 22 May 2008 on an EU approach to media education in a digital environment (EUROPE n° 9666)
Council Conclusions of 22 May 2008 on adult education and training
Council Conclusions of 22 May 2008 on multilingualism. (L.C./transl. fl)