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Europe Daily News
Wednesday 29 May 2013
C OMPETITION
Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6886 — Lindengruppen /
FAM/Höganäs)
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6935 — Argos/Sopetral)
Commission approves acquisition of
Belgian potato processor Lutosa by
rival McCain, subject to conditions
(IP/13/470)
Commission clears Syniverse's
acquisition of Mach, subject to
conditions (IP/13/481)
Annual report shows how competition
policy helps unlock potential of EU
Single Market (IP/13/472)
Commission clears acquisition of five
shopping centers in Austria and Italy by
Allianz and SPAR
Midday Express 29.05.2013
Denmark - Anti-Competitive ethical rules
of the Danish veterinary association
French authority fines 4 distributors of
chemicals €79 mln
Ireland - M13/018 - Ladbrokes /
Chronicle Group notified on 27.05.2013
Spain - CNC carries out inspections in
automotive-fuel sector
Cisco challenges Microsoft buy of Skype
in EU court
EU Briefing 28-29.05.2013 (Reuters)
EU to ask more of Google
Wall Street Journal Europe 29.05.2013
S TATE A ID
State aid - Estonia - State aid SA.35956
(13/C) (ex 13/NN) (ex 12/N) - Rescue aid to
Estonian Air - Invitation to submit
comments pursuant to Article 108(2) of
the TFEU
State aid - Estonia - State aid SA.35956
(13/C) (ex 13/NN) (ex 12/N) - Rescue aid to
Estonian Air - Invitation to submit
comments pursuant to Article 108(2) of
the TFEU
T RADE & C USTOMS
Agenda for Meeting of the Export Credits
Group on 4 June 2013
Joint Statement by Karel De Gucht and
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu
Moni following recent disasters in the
Bangladeshi garment manufacturing
industry
Ferrari seeks open road to US drivers in
EU trade talks
EU Briefing 28-29.05.2013 (bloomberg)
Consumer groups worry US-EU trade
pact will weaken health
EU Briefing 28-29.05.2013 (Reuters)
EU China-bike duty hits Indonesia,
Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia
EU Briefing 28-29.05.2013 (bloomberg)
China's top paper says EU solar probe
"bean counting"
EU Briefing 28-29.05.2013 (Reuters)
EU trade chief feels heat in China solar
dispute
Financial Times 29.05.2013 p.2

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De Gucht: disunited EU will lose trade
battle with China
European Voice 29.05.2013
EBF publishes update on funding
conditions for export credit markets
I NTERNAL M ARKET & G ENERAL
Speech by Herman Van Rompuy at the
European Parliament
Reform of auditing and state aid rules
and Horizon 2020 research funding to
feature on agenda of Competitiveness
Council
Speech by Michel Barnier : Digital Single
Market: let’s make reality match our
vision!
Speech by Johannes Hahn: Using EU
Regional Funds to create lasting jobs and
growth in Italy: The Urgent Challenge
Germany has complied with court ruling
on VW Law, EU court adviser says (See
Opinion in Case C-95/12)
EU Briefing 28-29.05.2013 (Reuters)
Making progress towards the completion
of the Single European Labour Market
EPC Issue paper No.75 – May 2013
F INANCIAL & T AXATION
'Study on the Impacts of Fiscal
Devaluation'
Taxation paper No 36 -16.05.2013
'The marginal cost of public funds in the
EU: the case of labour versus green taxes'
Taxation paper No 35 -16.05.2013
Proposal for a Regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council
on electronic identification and trust
services for electronic transactions in
the internal market - Progress report
France seeks overhaul of ‘Robin Hood’
tax
Financial Times 29.05.2013 p.2
Europe should embrace a financial
transaction tax
Financial Times 29.05.2013 p.7
ESMA probes Luxembourg regulators
Financial Times 29.05.2013 p.14
I NDUSTRY, E NTERPRISES, R ESEARCH
Two New Directors in Directorate
General Research and Innovation
Midday Express 29.05.2013
When the research boosts our industry
competitiveness (Memo/13/466)
Car makers overstate fuel-consumption
figures (See ICCT report and Beuc Statement)
European Voice 29.05.2013
Brussels called on to support innovators
Financial Times 29.05.2013 p.15
Central Europe must focus on invention
Financial Times 29.05.2013 p.15
ECHA opens public consultation on five
year work plan (See Public consultation &
Draft programme)
A GRICULTURE & F ISHERIES
Minister Coveney acknowledges EP’s
positive and very helpful engagement
on CAP reform (see COPA-COGECA Statement)
E NERGY & E NVIRONMENT
Early estimates of CO2 emissions from
energy use - In 2012, CO2 emissions in
the EU27 are expected to have decreased
by 2.1% compared with 2011
Learning from cross-cutting
cooperation with other industries to
improve and maintain nuclear safety in
the EU - Summary Report
Europe seeks green fuel in U.S. forests
Wall Street Journal Europe 29.05.2013
H EALTH & C ONSUMER P ROTECTION
Draft - Commission Regulation (EU) No
…/..of XXX amending Annex II to
Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
as regards the use of certain additives in
seaweed based fish roe analogues

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Ireland to adopt plain cigarette packets
(See Official press release)
Financial Times 29.05.2013 p.4
T ELECOMS & M EDIAS
Amended proposal for a Regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council
on guidelines for trans-European
telecommunications networks and
repealing Decision No 1336/97/EC
Montenegro: With Deputy Prime
Minister Marković about reforms and
challenges (Memo/13/467)
Speech by Štefan Füle: Ambitions of EU
and East Partners for the Vilnius
Summit
Russia, EU raise ante before Syria peace
talks
Wall Street Journal Europe 29.05.2013
Towards a common legislative
framework for audiovisual media and
Internet (See the EP Statement)
T RANSPORT
Ireland records another success on the
Maritime Labour Package
Union-wide targets for the second
reference period (RP2, 2015-2019) of the
Single European Sky Performance
Scheme (See Public Consultation)
J USTICE & H OME A FFAIRS
Commission welcomes breakthrough on
its proposal to guarantee citizens’
rights to access a lawyer and on the right
to communicate upon arrest
(Memo/13/468)
E URO & E CONOMY
European Commission presents the 2013
country-specific recommendations
(IP/13/463 , Memo/13/458 and Memo/13/463)
Monetary developments in the euro
area
ECB Statistical press release 29.05.2013
EU eases hard line on austerity
Financial Times 29.05.2013 p.1
Euro exit finds currency in Portugal
Wall Street Journal Europe 29.05.2013
E XT. R ELATIONS & A CCESSION
EU supports steps to bring peace and
prosperity to South East Turkey
(Memo/13/471)