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Europe Daily News
Friday 18 October 2013
C OMPETITION
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7069 — Ares /OTPP /CPG)
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7046 — Parkwind /
Summit renewable Energy Belwind 1
/Belwind)
Commission announces tentative
antitrust deal with Samsung (See the
Communication)
European Voice 18.10.2013
Commission accepts to assess
acquisition of Holcim's Spanish cement
operations by rival Cemex at Spain's
request (IP/13/977)
Commission clears acquisition of
Northern Offshore Gas Transport by
PGGM, EBN and GDF Suez (case number
M.7039)
Midday Express 18.10.2013
Poland - Merger control: PKO BP will take
over Nordea bank
T RADE & C USTOMS
Agenda - 120th Customs Code
Committee – Tariff and Statistical
Nomenclature Section (Heads of Tariff)
of 24 October 2013
Agenda for : Trade Policy Committee
(Deputy Members) of 23 October 2013
Decision No 1/2013 of the EU-EFTA Joint
Committee on Common Transit of 1
July 2013 amending the Convention of 20
May 1987 on a common transit
procedure
Meeting of the EP's Committee on
International Trade (INTA) on 14
October 2013 - Summary record
EU and Canada strike trade deal
(IP/13/972 & facts and figures & Speech by
Barroso)
Financial Times 18.10.2013 p.4
Wall Street Journal Europe 18.10.2014
Facts & figures on EU-China trade –
October 2013
Argentina ready to take EU to WTO in
biodiesel row
EU Briefing 17-18.10.2013 (Bilaterals.org)
I NTERNAL M ARKET & G ENERAL
Revised draft Council Conclusions
Single Market Policy
on
Top News from the European
Commission from 19 October to 15
November 2013
Weekly Calendar from 21 to 27 October
2013
Vassiliou calls for more focus on media
literacy (IP/13/974)
F INANCE & T AXATION
Judgment of the Court of 17.10.2013 in Case
C-181/12, Yvon Welte Vs. Finanzamt
Velbert
Re: Free movement of capital – Articles 56 EC to
58 EC - Inheritance tax - Deceased person and
heir resident in a third country - Estate -
Immovable property located in a Member State -
Right to an allowance against the taxable value -
Different treatment of residents and
non-residents
EU best placed to regulate banks, says
Eurobarometer poll (See the EP Statement)

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ESMA - Steven Maijoor speaks on
international regulatory coordination
in OTC markets reform at the American
Bar Association in London
Consultation on Review of existing VAT
legislation on public bodies and tax
exemptions in the public interest (See
Consultation paper, deadline 14.02.2014)
CPSS-IOSCO Consultative report on
Recovery of financial market
infrastructures
EBF Comment Letter on the ESMA
Consultation: ESMA Guidelines on
Enforcement of Financial Information
EBF response to the EBA consultation on
prudent valuation under article 105(14)
of CRR (16/10/2013)
I NDUSTRY, E NTERPRISES, R ESEARCH
Annual Report on Research and
Technological Development Activities
of the European Union in 2012
EU Access to Finance Days - helping to
shape an SME-friendly financing
market (Memo/13/909)
IP R I GHTS, P ATENTS, T RADEMARK
Speech by Michel Barnier - Intellectual
property: an engine for growth in
Europe
A GRICULTURE & F ISHERIES
New COPA-COGECA estimates show EU
wine harvest up 15.2% this year but
harvest delayed 2 weeks
E NERGY
Proposal for a Council Directive amending
Directive 2009/71/EURATOM establishing
a Community framework for the nuclear
safety of nuclear installations
Biofuel reform delayed indefinitely -
Legislation will most likely pass into a
second reading (See new Presidency
suggestions, EBB reaction)
European Voice 18.10.2013
E NVIRONMENT
Water pollution is decreasing but a lot
remains to be done (IP/13/947)
How can we reduce marine litter?
(IP/13/976 , see the public consultation)
Speech by Janez Potočnik: The world will
not wait for elections
Eurochambres position on the proposal
for a Regulation on Fluorinated
Greenhouse Gases (F-gases)
H EALTH & C ONSUMER P ROTECTION
Draft - Commission Decision of XXX on
the safety requirements to be met by
European standards for consumer
laser products pursuant to Directive
2001/95/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council on general product
safety
MEPs tighten up product safety and
market surveillance rules (See the EP
Statement & Beuc Statement)
Interview: how new product rules will
improve safety for consumers (See the EP
Statement)
Weekly overview report of RAPEX
notifications - Report 41/2013
T ELECOMS & M EDIAS
Directive on Network and Information
Security: Impact assessment and Summary
of Responses to the Call for Evidence by
UK BIS Dept.
E URO & E CONOMY
Speech by Peter Praet: Household
heterogeneity and the transmission
mechanism

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Speech by Benoît Cœuré: The relevance
of household-level data for monetary
policy and financial stability analysis
Troika sees €2bn fiscal gap in Greek
budget
Financial Times 18.10.2013 p.4
F UTURE OF E UROPE
Future of Europe Debate: Commissioner
Piebalgs debates with Latvians in Riga
(IP/13/973)
A CCESSION & E XT. R ELATIONS
Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) No 996/2013 of 17 October 2013
amending for the 205th time Council
Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing
certain specific restrictive measures
directed against certain persons and
entities associated with the Al Qaida
network
Council and Commission Decision of 22
July 2013 establishing the position to be
taken on behalf of the EU and the
European Atomic Energy Community
within the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and
Association Council concerning a
Decision of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation
and Association Council adopting its
rules of procedure
Council and Commission Decision of 22
July 2013 on the conclusion of the
Stabilisation and Association
Agreement between the European
Communities and their Member States
of the one part, and the Republic of
Serbia, of the other part
Stabilisation and Association Agreement
between the European Communities and
their Member States of the one part, and
the Republic of Serbia, of the other part
Enlargement Strategy and Main
Challenges 2013-2014 (See Com 2013-0700
& Working Document for Iceland)
America and Europe go their own way -
The close calls experienced by both sides
will influence their relationship
Financial Times 18.10.2013 p.13