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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9853

4 March 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

03/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 3 March, the European Commission authorised the proposed concentration by which the undertaking NBC Universal (USA), controlled by General Electric (USA), De Agostini Communication (Luxembourg), controlled by De Agostini S.p.A (Italy) and IMI Investimenti S.p.A (Italy), controlled by Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A Italy intend to initiate a group takeover of the company, Cattleya S.p.A (Italy) by way of a purchase of shares. The companies are involved in the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU has entered operational phase of response to crisis
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Doubt hangs over accession negotiation meeting scheduled for 27 March - Olli Rehn remains “confident”
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: Union offers €436 million for rebuilding Gaza out of total $4.5 billion in donations from international community
(EU) EP/IRELAND: Fianna Fáil likely to join ALDE group in European Parliament after June elections
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: New Head of Representation in Sweden
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/SYRIA:
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS:
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: ProEuropa 2009 aims to promote youth participation
(EU) EU/BELGIUM/BASK COUNTRY: Belgian parliamentarians share observations about current situation in Bask country
(EU) EU/PARLIAMENTS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Negotiating position is sketched out for global climate agreement but EU27 kick financing into long grass
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Reference documents on best available techniques to be strengthened in recast of industrial pollution legislation
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Review of Single Market, impact of crisis and car industry main topics of debate
(EU) EU/EMU: There is a bail-out solution, says Almunia
(EU) EU/EMU: Debate on ERM II is premature
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Chairman of ECB banking supervision committee underlines urgency of reform in European financial surveillance system
(EU) EP/TAXATION: MEPs call for moderate increase in minimum excise rates on tobacco
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: PES says European response to crisis insufficient
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Recreational fishing, sanctions and margin of tolerance at heart of discussions on enhancing controls
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Dissent over enhancing role of Regional Advisory Committees
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council to debate dairy sector difficulties on 23 March
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Wine incorporated into common organisation
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Community accession to OIV blocked
(EU) EU/INNOVATION: Commission to encourage creative projects as part of European Year for Creativity and Innovation
(EU) EU/TECHNOLOGY: Commission backs “code of best practice” to encourage jobs for women in scientific sectors
(EU) EU/CYBERCRIME: Commission to finance the European Financial Coalition to fight child abuse images distribution on Internet
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/EQUALITY: Vladimir Spidla affirms that gender should not be crisis adjustment variable
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Yannis Vardakastanis (EDF) calls on EPSCO Council for a “Europe without Barriers” beyond physical and attitude frontiers
(EU) EU/CITIZENS' RIGHTS: Appeal by Romanian and Italian EESC members concerning situation of Romanian citizens in Italy
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: European lawyers publish manifesto on “right kind of justice for Europe”
(EU) EU/EIB/FRANCE: Poitou-Charentes region, EIB and Crédit agricole launch regional solar energy plan for 2009-12
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 814
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