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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 02-01-09
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] La Commission renvoie en France l'examen des aspects français de la
concentration SEB/Moulinex et approuve avec conditions portant sur 9 pays
pour le reste de l'Europe
[02] Classical swine fever in Spain Foot-and-mouth disease in the UK
[03] Les pays tiers s'initient à l'euro
[04] Third quarter '01 compared to third quarter '00 - Euro-zone labour
costs up by 3.3%; EU15 up by 3.5%
[05] December 2001 Euro-area business climate indicator slightly down -0.03
Midday Express 09/01/2002
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[01] La Commission renvoie en France l'examen des aspects français de la
concentration SEB/Moulinex et approuve avec conditions portant sur 9 pays
pour le reste de l'Europe
La Commission européenne a autorisé SEB à acquérir le contrôle unique de
Moulinex, tous deux fabricants français de petits électroménagers, à
condition que SEB renonce à l'utilisation de la marque Moulinex, pendant
une période substantielle, dans neuf pays européens où elle sera exploitée
par un ou des tiers. Cette condition, proposée par SEB, vise à éliminer le
risque de hausses de prix pour les produits de petit électroménager, risque
qui aurait découlé de la combinaison de fortes parts de marché des deux
sociétés. La Commission a, par ailleurs, renvoyé aux autorités françaises l
'examen de l'impact de la concentration en France.
[02] Classical swine fever in Spain Foot-and-mouth disease in the UK
The Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) yesterday voted in favour of a
European Commission proposal reducing the area in Spain from which the
export of live pigs and porcine semen, ova and embryos is banned in
response to outbreaks of classical swine fever (CSF). The restrictions in
the autonomous region of Cataluña will now apply only in the provinces of
Barcelona and Gerona (compared to the whole autonomous region of Cataluña
which was subject to the export ban since 5 December 2001). The Committee
also supported a proposal to authorise two slaughterhouses situated in the
CSF protection zone to slaughter pigs coming from outside the protection
zone. On foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom, the SVC accepted a
proposal to limit the area from which the UK is not allowed to export live
porcine and bovine animals and fresh porcine, bovine, ovine and caprine
meat to the only county of Northumberland. The export of live ovine and
caprine animals remains prohibited from the whole UK and the export of live
bovine animals remains restricted because of BSE measures. The proposals
will now be adopted by the Commission in the next several days and the
situation will be reviewed at the next meeting of the SVC, scheduled for 15-
16 January 2002.
[03] Les pays tiers s'initient à l'euro
Les euros sont disponibles dans les banques et bureaux de change des pays
tiers, où leur arrivée a souvent suscité une grande curiosité. Les
opérations d'introduction progressent rapidement dans la zone euro. Le
basculement est sur le point d'être achevé dans deux pays (les Pays-Bas et
l'Irlande).
[04] Third quarter '01 compared to third quarter '00 - Euro-zone labour
costs up by 3.3%; EU15 up by 3.5%
Total hourly labour costs in the whole economy of the euro-zone grew by
3.3% in nominal terms in the third quarter of 2001 compared to the same
period the previous year, Eurostat reports today. In the second quarter of
2001 the increase was a 7%. For the EU15 the rise was 3.5% in the third
quarter, compared to 3.1% in the previous quarter. Among countries for
which data are available, the smallest annual rise was in Germany (2.4%),
and the biggest in the Netherlands (5.0%).
[05] December 2001 Euro-area business climate indicator slightly down -0.03
After the steep fall in October (by 0.58) and a moderate decline in
November, the Business Climate Indicator weakened marginally further in
December (-0.03). This relative stabilisation in December is encouraging
but it is premature to conclude that there is any clear sign of the future
direction of the confidence of industrials firms across the euro area at
this stage. Full document available at 13.00 on the following address :
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/indicators/businessclimate_en.htm
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