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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9976

15 September 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/motor cars
Commission says it will closely monitor Opel situation - Belgium critical of Germany's attitude

Brussels, 14/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - To ensure that Community internal market and state aid rules are fully complied with, the European Commission has said that it will follow the purchase of German car manufacturer Opel by Canadian spares manufacturer Magna and Russian bank Sherbank very closely. Following the announcement by US manufacturer General Motors that intended only to retain a minority shareholding (35%) in its European subsidiary, on 11 September, European Commission President...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: European Commission Presidency: Principles and priorities to respect
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY OF THE COMMISSION: Vote on returning Mr Barroso to office to take place this Wednesday - Yes to three new Commissioners
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: No imminent lifting of sanctions
(EU) EU/COMMISION: Fischer Boel to leave agriculture
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Jean-Claude Juncker no longer links accession of Croatia and Iceland to entry into force of Lisbon Treaty
(EU) EU/ENERGY SECURITY: Swedish Presidency assesses progress
(EU) EU/SOUTH AFRICA: Both sides undertake to cooperate for success of G20 in Pittsburgh and Climate Conference in Copenhagen
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) ECONOMY: Commission announces end of recession
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Employment falls by 1.8% in euro area over 12 month period
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission proposes common procedures for authenticating euro coins
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Towards revision of code of conduct for application of arbitration convention to help prevent double taxation
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Commission proposes non-legislative measures to fight counterfeiting and piracy
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/MOTOR CARS: Commission says it will closely monitor Opel situation - Belgium critical of Germany's attitude
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Naval industry stakeholders agree to adapt LeaderSHIP 2015 to needs brought about by crisis
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Stoiber's proposals on reducing red tape would save €40 billion
(EU) EU/ENERGY COMMUNITY: Process of Turkish accession begins
(EU) EU/COPYRIGHT: Agreement between American publishers and Google is not applicable in Europe, says Federation of European Publishers
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Commission calls on Czech Republic to step up controls on calculation of mobile termination tariffs
(EU) EU/JHA: Difficulties over Bulgaria's accession to Schengen Area
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS: No future for Europe without active involvement of regions and cities, says Committee of Regions President
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Towards stricter measures on southern blue-fin tuna
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) Audiovisual:
(EU) Economy:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 838
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