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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 07-08-23
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] Roaming: All mobile operators have now informed the Commission of
their new Eurotariffs
[02] Foot-and-Mouth Disease in GB: Standing Committee supports Commission
Decision to reduce control measures to the surveillance zone around the 2
outbreaks
[03] Commission clears joint acquisition between Alstom and SBB Cargo
[04] Memo/07/330 Antitrust: Commission confirms sending a Statement of
Objections to Rambus
Midday Express of 2007-08-23
Reference: MEX/07/0823
Date: 23/08/2007
EXME07 / 23.8
MIDDAY EXPRESS
News from the Communication Directorate General's midday briefing
Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi de la Direction Générale Communicationb
23/08/07
[01] Roaming: All mobile operators have now informed the Commission of
their new Eurotariffs
Following the Commission's publication of its "name and shame" roaming
benchmarking website on 2 August, all mobile operators have since informed
the Commission of the Eurotariffs they are offering their customers as
required by the EU’s new Roaming Regulation. All these Eurotariffs are
now listed on the Commission's website. For mobile customers roaming in
Europe, the first result is quite positive: In 23 of the 27 EU Member
States, there is at least one mobile operator offering roaming tariffs
below the regulation's ceilings.
[02] Foot-and-Mouth Disease in GB: Standing Committee supports Commission
Decision to reduce control measures to the surveillance zone around the 2
outbreaks
Following an update on the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) situation by the UK
delegation, the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health
today supported unanimously the Commission's draft decision to limit the
restrictions on exports of live animals and meat and dairy products, in
force until now across Great Britain, to the 10 km surveillance zone in
Surrey. This means that exports of live animals, meat and dairy products
will be able to resume from the territory of Great Britain, apart from the
10 km zone in Surrey, when the Decision enters into force on 25 August.
More than 2 weeks have elapsed since the second and last reported outbreak
of FMD in county Surrey, and Member States today expressed their support
for the measures taken by the UK, and reinforced by the Commission, to
control the recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease.
[03] Commission clears joint acquisition between Alstom and SBB Cargo
The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger
Regulation to the acquisition of joint control of Alstom Rail Service
(‘ARS’, Switzerland) by Alstom Schienenfahrzeuge AG (‘Alstom’,
Switzerland, part of the Alstom group), and SBB Cargo AG (‘SBB’,
Switzerland). Alstom: rail transport equipment, SBB in active in the rail
transport services and ARS in the rail transport maintenance services. The
operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.
Autre matériel diffusé:
[04] Memo/07/330 Antitrust: Commission confirms sending a Statement of
Objections to Rambus
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