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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 03-07-28
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] Déclaration de la Commission européenne sur Cuba (27/07)
[02] Commission clears acquisition of sole control over STN Atlas by
Rheinmetall
[03] Commission clears acquisition of Cordiant by WPP
[04] Commission clears joint acquisition of TNK-BP
[05] WTO farm talks / Cancun : Franz Fischler calls for renewed effort to
bridge differences
[06] EU Cohesion Policy in Slovakia : negotiations on the 2004-2006
programmes will start on 29 July in Bratislava
[07] 100% testing requirement for imports of poultry meat from Thailand
lifted
Midday Express 28/07/2003
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[01] Déclaration de la Commission européenne sur Cuba (27/07)
La Commission européenne regrette les déclarations faites par le Président
cubain Fidel Castro appelant à refuser l'aide de l'Union européenne à ce
pays. A ce jour, la Commission n'a reçu des autorités cubaines aucune
communication officielle à cet effet. La Commission souhaite cependant
souligner son engagement à continuer de soutenir le peuple cubain, et en
particulier ceux qui en ont plus besoin. L'UE joue un rôle important
d'assistance aux populations qui en ont besoin. Depuis 1993, des
financements communautaires à hauteur de quelque 145 millions d'€ ont été
alloués à Cuba.
[02] Commission clears acquisition of sole control over STN Atlas by
Rheinmetall
The European Commission has approved under the Merger Regulation the
proposed acquisition of sole control over the German manufacturer of
electronic fire control systems STN Atlas by Rheinmetall, a German producer
of military equipment. This merger does not raise any competition concerns
on any of the markets considered.
[03] Commission clears acquisition of Cordiant by WPP
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of sole control by the
UK WPP Group (WPP) of the UK Cordiant Communications Group (Cordiant).
Analysis of the case revealed that post transaction marketing
communications services will be subject to sufficient competition both at
EEA as well as national levels.
[04] Commission clears joint acquisition of TNK-BP
The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of joint control by the
undertakings BP p.l.c. (UK) ; Alfa Finance Holdings SA (Luxembourg) ;
Access (USA) and Renova of TNK-BP, a pre-existing company currently joint
controlled by Alfa, Access and Renova. TNK-BP is intended to be the primary
vehicle for the parties' oil and gas interests in Russia and Ukraine. (The
operation, notified on 26 June 2003, was examined under the simplified
merger review procedure).
[05] WTO farm talks / Cancun : Franz Fischler calls for renewed effort to
bridge differences
(! embargo 3 pm !) European Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler,
following meetings today in Washington DC with United States Trade
Representative Robert Zoellick and US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman,
underlined the importance of the US and the EU working together to make the
Doha Developing Agenda (DDA) a success.
[06] EU Cohesion Policy in Slovakia : negotiations on the 2004-2006
programmes will start on 29 July in Bratislava
The European Commission today announced the launch of the first round of
negotiations with Slovakia on future regional development programmes.
Negotiations will start on 29 July in Bratislava. They will be dedicated to
the Community Support Framework (CSF) and related Operational Programmes
(OP) and Single Programming Documents (SPD) for the period 2004-2006. In a
letter of 24 July addressed to Pal Csaky, Slovak Deputy Prime Minister,
Michel Barnier, Commissioner responsible for regional policy set out the
Commission's position on how Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund should
be used in Slovakia.
[07] 100% testing requirement for imports of poultry meat from Thailand
lifted
Since March 2002, all consignments of shrimps and poultry from Thailand had
to be tested for the presence of residues since nitrofurans had been
detected in imported products from this country (see IP/02/436). The action
plan put in place by the Thai authorities to address the deficiencies and
the results of the checks carried out by Member states have shown a major
improvement in the situation. The authorities of Thailand have also
guaranteed that all consignments of poultry meat are submitted to a
systematic pre-shipment check to control the presence of nitrofurans and
other residues since 21 September 2002. Therefore, the European Commission
today adopted a Decision to reduce the frequency of the checks in the
Member States to 20% of the consignments certified by the Thai authorities
after the date of 21 September 2002. The requirement to test all
consignments of shrimps imported from Thailand has already been lifted on
24 June 2003.
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