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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9692

28 June 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission authorises buy-up of Hispasat by Abertis, SEPI, CDTI and INTA

Brussels, 27/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 26 June 2008, the European Commission authorised acquisition of joint control over Spain's satellite operator Hispasat by Abertis of Spain and the Spanish state-owned entities SEPI, CDTI and INTA. Abertis is active in motorway concessions, car park concessions, logistics services and telecommunications infrastructure. Its main shareholders are Actividades de Construcción y Servicios S.A. (ACS) and Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Analysis, explanations and plentiful suggestions after the Irish no vote
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Negotiations on new agreement will be launched on 4 July - EU is reassured by Medvedev's conciliatory remarks at summit
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: EU believes elections of 27 June are a scandal and without value
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: “Little likelihood” treaty will take effect in time for European elections June 2009, says Jean-Claude Juncker
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY: Work suspended on new treaty
(EU) EU/ESDP: EU activates one of its five operations headquarters
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2007: Dalia Grybauskaité sounds alarm regarding €227 million funds cancelled in 2007
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: European school system continues to suffer from serious dysfunction
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Informal EP/Council/Commission compromise to include civil aviation in ETS in 2012, with two-stage emissions reduction
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Proposal to adjust fishing quotas during course of year
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/TRADE: Finland threatens to tax freight transport from Russia
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Backed by the Greens, former EU Commissioner Michaele Schreyer calls for European Renewables Community
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Madrid hosts 19th World Petroleum Congress
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves Avnet's plan to buy up Horizon Technology
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises buy-up of Hispasat by Abertis, SEPI, CDTI and INTA
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives go-ahead to CVC's acquisition of Schuitema
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Restructuring plan for Polish naval yards
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Germany must recognise driving licences issued by other member states, except where normal issuing conditions are not met
(EU) EU/JHA: Jacques Barrot to monitor detention centres
(EU) EU/JHA: Poland and Hungary tight-lipped about CIA secret sites
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs intervene to protect privacy on the internet
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: High prices and lack of transparency cause anxiety for data roaming customers
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Internet phonecalls getting popular in European homes
(EU) EU/BUSINESS: SME bodies lay stress on implementation and follow-up of measures in Small Business Act for Europe
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission opens seven infringement procedures in VAT, direct taxation and taxation of dividends
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: BUSINESSEUROPE expectations of French Presidency
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COLLOQUIA: Workshops, colloquia, conferences and seminars dedicated to European integration in July
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