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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9690

26 June 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

24/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 24 June 2008, the Commission approved the joint acquisition of the financial and administrative services provider Forso Nordic AB (Sweden) by the companies Sofinco SA (France) and Saracen HoldCo AB (Sweden). Sofinco, which is wholly owned by Crédit Agricole, is a specialist in loans to consumers. Saracen is the holding company of the car manufacturer Ford Motor Company. The operation was examined under the simplified procedure. (C.D./trans.fl)

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Leading figureheads comment on some of Europe's problems
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Medvedev's first summit, at Khanti-Mansiisk, will see launch of new partnership agreement talks
(EU) EU/CUBA: EU officially lifts sanctions against Cuba
(EU) EU/CFSP:
(EU) EU/FRENCH PRESIDENCY: Incoming French Presidency priorities as seen by Alain Lamassoure
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/CITIZENS: Alain Lamassoure's ideas about creating a “European Citizens' Area” submitted to French Presidency of EU
(EU) EP/ZIMBABWE: Parliament urged to call for stronger sanctions against Mugabe regime
(EU) EU/FRENCH PRESIDENCY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: European Commission gives boost to its policy for SMEs with the Small Business Act
(EU) EU/POSTAL SERVICES: Commission warns member states against protectionism in transposition of 3rd postal directive
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adopts "Single Sky II" package
(EU) EP/ECB: Interest rate rise in July still on the cards
(EU) EU/EURO: Yves-Thibault de Silguy calls for use of the euro in the world to be promoted
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Parliamentary work steps up on climate/energy package to take into account times agreed by European Council
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Rapporteur Avril Doyle considers revised ETS should include forestry and maritime transport
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Italian authorities undertake to abide by EU law on waste - first encouraging step, says Stavros Dimas
(EU) EP/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Viviane Reding discusses copyright in digital economy and management of spectrum with MEPs
(EU) EU/COHESION POLICY: Solidarity, unity and cooperation, the three key words in celebrations on 20 years of cohesion policy, says Hübner
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: support for creation of regional and local dimension of “Union for the Mediterranean: Barcelona Process”
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Restrictions on deliveries of EU poultry and pigmeat
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Ministerial meeting possible during week of 21 July
(EU) EU/JHA: Meeting on immigration likely between Malta, Libya and Italy
(EU) EU/JHA: EU does little to sanction discrimination
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Competition Commissioner stresses conditions for restructuring of Polish shipyards
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Aluminium fluoride producers fined
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/SPACE: ESA to launch first call for expressions of interest for Galileo on 1 July
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
SUPPLEMENT
« EUROPE »/documents no. 2491/2492 Fifty years ago … Year 1 of the European Community (4):
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