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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 02-03-07
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] Public procurement : Commission grants Austria exemption for oil and
gas extraction
[02] Mesures de soutien de marché pour le secteur porcin en Espagne
[03] Commission clears merger of Conoco and Phillips Petroleum
[04] Commission gives a further €420,000 in humanitarian aid for Northern
Uganda
[05] Anna Diamantopoulou : "Violence against women is not just a moral
crime, it is a legal crime"
[06] Autre matériel diffusé
Midday Express 07/03/2002
TXT: FR ENPDF:DOC:Midday Express 07/03/2002
[01] Public procurement : Commission grants Austria exemption for oil and
gas extraction
The European Commission has decided to agree to Austria's request for an
exemption for oil and gas exploration and production from the Directive
establishing procedures to be followed for public procurement of works,
supplies or services in the energy, water, transport and telecommunications
sectors (Directive 93/38/EEC). The decision follows a detailed analysis by
the Commission and consultations with the Member States. The effect of the
decision is that Austrian contracting entities that explore for or extract
oil or gas in Austria need no longer apply the detailed procedural rules of
the Directive when awarding contracts. They will, however, continue to be
obliged to apply the principles of non-discrimination, transparency and
competitive procurement, as well as to meet certain statistical
obligations.
[02] Mesures de soutien de marché pour le secteur porcin en Espagne
La Commission européenne a adopté un règlement arrêtant des mesures
exceptionnelles de soutien du marché dans le secteur de la viande de porc
en Espagne suite à la crise de la peste porcine classique (PPC) en
Catalogne. Les mesures comportent l'achat de 200.000 porcs à l'engrais et
de 170.000 porcelets dans les zones de protection et de surveillance
instaurés autour de foyers de PPC dans la région d'Osona en Catalogne. Dans
ces zones, le mouvement de porcs vivants est interdit pour des raisons
vétérinaires en vue de diminuer le risque de propagation de l'épizootie.
Cette situation risque de perturber gravement le marché du porc en Espagne.
Les porcs achetés sont transformés dans des clos d'équarrissage. La
contribution de l'UE s'élève à environ €15,5 millions et couvre 50% du coût
de l'achat des porcs. Les coûts pour l'abattage, le transport, le stockage
eventuel et l'équarrissage des animaux est à supporter par l'Espagne. Les
mesures s'appliquent rétroactivement à partir du 18 février 2002 afin
d'éviter des problèmes de bien-être pour les animaux bloqués dans les
entreprises.
[03] Commission clears merger of Conoco and Phillips Petroleum
The European Commission has granted regulatory approval to plans by the two
US oil companies Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Company to merge. The
operation will not produce anti-competitive effects in affected markets, in
which the 'super majors' are leading participants.
[04] Commission gives a further €420,000 in humanitarian aid for Northern
Uganda
The European Commission has made available €420,000 to address the acute
water and sanitation needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) located in
the Gulu district in Northern Uganda. This assistance is aiming at
improving water and sanitation facilities with the aim of averting the risk
of a major health crisis. Already in 2000/2001, ECHO assisted IDPs through
targeted health/malaria, water and sanitation projects, and supported the
fight against the Ebola disease. The money will be channelled through the
Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) which comes under the direct responsibility
of Commissioner Poul Nielson. With this latest decision, ECHO's
humanitarian assistance to Uganda over the past 14 months reaches a total
of some €1.3 million.
[05] Anna Diamantopoulou : "Violence against women is not just a moral
crime, it is a legal crime"
(! embargo 3 pm !) European Commissioner responsible for Employment and
Social Affairs, Anna Diamantopoulou, will stress at the Council's public
debate that "violence against women is not a private but a public problem".
She will add that : "preventing and combating violence is a challenge which
requires action by all stakeholders-policy makers, social partners, civil
society. Only through such a collective approach we will be able to begin
to eradicate the scourge of violence against women in Europe today". The
public debate is expected to start at 15h00.
[06] Autre matériel diffusé
Speech by Frits Bolkestein : "European economic and financial integration :
state of play before Barcelona" at the International Centre for Monetary
and Banking Studies (Geneva, ! embargo 7 pm !)
Discours de M. Monti : "Le marché intérieur de l'énergie : complémentarité
entre politique de concurrence et réglementation" à la Chambre des députés
X Commission des activités productives, du commerce et du tourisme (Rome, !
embargo 15h00 !)
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