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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 99-04-22
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
MIDDAY EXPRESS
News from the Spokesman's midday briefing
Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi du Porte-Paroleb
22/04/99
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[I] Résultats de la Commission du 21 avril 1999 - Outcome of Commission
meeting of 21 April 1999
[01] Effluents urbains : la Commission décide de saisir la Cour contre la
Belgique
[02] Commission decides Reasoned Opinion against Finland for non-respect of
the EU's Wild Birds Directive
[II] Other news - Autres nouvelles
[03] Commission approves the joint venture between Financial Times (UK) and
Gruner+Jahr (Germany)
[04] La Commission autorise l'acquisition de Lloyd Continental (France) par
Swiss Life (Suisse)
[05] Second meeting of EU/US Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue
[I] Résultats de la Commission du 21 avril 1999 - Outcome of Commission
meeting of 21 April 1999
(voir aussi - see also Midday Express of 21.4)
[01] Effluents urbains : la Commission décide de saisir la Cour contre la
Belgique
La Commission européenne a décidé de saisir la Cour européenne de Justice
contre la Belgique pour non-respect de la Directive de l'Union européenne
sur le traitement des eaux urbaines résiduaires (Directive 91/271/CEE du
Conseil).
[02] Commission decides Reasoned Opinion against Finland for non-respect of
the EU's Wild Birds Directive
The European Commission decided to notify a Reasoned Opinion to Finland
under Article 169 of the EC Treaty for its failure to comply with certain
provisions of the European Union's Wild Birds Directive (Council Directive
79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds).
[II] Other news - Autres nouvelles
[03] Commission approves the joint venture between Financial Times (UK) and
Gruner+Jahr (Germany)
The European Commission has approved the setting-up of a joint venture by
the UK company Financial Times Group Limited and the German company
Gruner+Jahr AG & Co for the purpose of developing and publishing a new
German language business and financial daily newspaper, the content of
which is designed for the German market. The newspaper will be distributed
in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Given that the launch of a new
financial daily in German will further increase competition the operation
does not give raise to concerns.
[04] La Commission autorise l'acquisition de Lloyd Continental (France) par
Swiss Life (Suisse)
La Commission européenne a approuvé une opération par laquelle le groupe
Swiss Life acquiert le contrôle de l'assureur Lloyd Continental.
L'opération concerne principalement l'assurance santé en France. La
Commission considère que les parts de marché détenues par les parties sont
minimes et que, par conséquent, la concentration ne soulève pas de
problèmes concurrentiels.
[05] Second meeting of EU/US Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue
The European Union (EU) / United States (US) Transatlantic Consumer
Dialogue takes shape : from 22 to 24 April, nearly 100 representatives of
consumer organisations and high-ranking government officials from both
sides of the Atlantic will meet for the second time in order to identify
consumer issues of common concern which they would like to address in the
future. They will discuss electronic commerce, food and other questions of
the new transatlantic agenda from a consumer angle and establish a six
month workplan. Main speakers are European Commissioner for Consumer
policy, Emma Bonino, for the European side, and Sue Esserman, Deputy US
Trade Representative for the US side. The plenary sessions on Friday
morning and Saturday afternoon are also open to the public. The
Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue was launched in September 1998 at the
initiative of the European Commission. The idea is to strengthen the voice
of the consumer in order to complement the Transatlantic Business Dialogue,
which has substantial influence on the EU-US economic partnership on issues
ranging from food, pharmaceuticals and auto safety standards to electronic
commerce.
MIDDAY EXPRESS
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