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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9692

28 June 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

27/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 27 June 2008, the European Commission confirmed that it has sent a 'statement of objections' to several companies suspected of involvement in price fixing on the calcium carbide and powdered magnesium markets. Dutch company Akzo Nobel says it is one of the companies concerned. A spokesman said it was planning to repond to the Commission within the three month deadline. Germany's SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding AG has also received a statement of...

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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