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20th December, 1996
THE COMMISSION APPROVES P&O AND NEDLLOYD JOINT VENTURE
The European Commission has decided to approve the creation of P&O Nedlloyd
Container Line Ltd, a joint venture company which will acquire the deep-sea
container shipping businesses and related landside activities of its
parents, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co and Royal Nedlloyd
NV. P&O Nedlloyd Container Line Ltd,...
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20th December, 1996
EU / HUNGARY RELATIONS
General data
Population : 10.2 million (1996)
Total Area : 93,033
Density : 110 inhabitants per km2
Neighbouring countries : Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, F. R. of
Yugoslavia, Croatia, Slovenia
Ethnic profile : Hungarians (95 %), Gypsies, German and Slovak
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20th December, 1996
THE COMMISSION AUTHORISES THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ACTIVITIES OFWESTINGHOUSE AND EQUIPOS NUCLEARES
The Commission has decided to approve the acquisition of joint control by US
Westinghouse Electric Corporation (WELCO) and Equipos Nucleares S.A. (ENSA),
an affiliate of Spanish Public Corporation SEPI (Sociedad Estatal de
Participaciones Industriales), of Westinghouse Technology Services S.A.
(ENWESA/TC) and ENWESA Operaciones,...
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20th December, 1996
CITIZENS FIRST - LARGE PUBLIC RESPONSE
Since the Citizens First initiative was launched on 26th November, almost
150,000 people have asked for information by telephone and the Internet on
the rights they enjoy as a result of the EU. From the launch until 17
December, almost 80,000 telephone calls on the free phone numbers were
answered by the Citizens First call centres,...
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20th December, 1996
COMMISSION ENDS LEGAL CASE AGAINST BELGIUM CONCERNING A DIRECTIVE ON SURFACEWATER
The Commission has decided to end legal action under Article 171 against
Belgium in respect of a Community Directive on surface water. Facing a
second Court case on the same subject, Belgium has eventually adopted the
last measure necessary to transpose a Community Directive on surface water.
Following receipt of new Belgian measures,...
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20th December, 1996
CYPRUS - INTERCOMMUNAL CONTACTS
On the invitation of the European Commission, a group of forty political
youth leaders from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities met in Brussels
on the 16, 17 and 18 December 1996.
The group, which consisted of representatives of the main parties in both
communities, was informed about Union policies on external relations,...
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20th December, 1996
EU-CHINA ENERGY WORKING GROUP APPROVED
The European Union and China approved the creation of an Energy Working
Group, that will meet twice a year and discuss the energy cooperation
strategy and review the actual common projects and define future ones.
The Energy Working Group, which was foreseen by the Joint Declaration signed
in Beijing on 14 October 1996 during Energy...
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20th December, 1996
THE COMMISSION CLEARS JOINT VENTURE IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR INIRELAND
The European Commission has decided to clear the proposed concentration by
which PTT Telecom BV, a full subsidiary of Royal PTT Nederland NV, and Telia
AB publ, a company owned by the Swedish State, acting together through a
joint venture company called Comsource, and the Irish State, will acquire
joint control of Telecom Eireann.
The...
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20th December, 1996
COMMISSION TAKES LEGAL ACTION FOR SPAIN'S FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT HAZARDOUSWASTE RULES
The Commission has decided to make an application to the European Court of
Justice against Spain for its failure to fully respect the Community's
Hazardous Waste Directive.
This decision shows the Commission's commitment to ensuring that all Member
States fully implement this Directive, which contains an important set of
provisions...
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20th December, 1996
COMMISSION INDICATES A FAVOURABLE POSITION IN RESPECT OF UNISOURCE -TELEFONICA AND UNIWORLD AND INVITES COMMENTS
M. Karel Van Miert, European Commissioner in charge of competition policy,
has decided to publish two notices which indicate the intention of the
Commission to take a favourable view of the Unisource/Telefónica and
Uniworld cases, subject to the comments of interested third parties.
Unisource is an alliance of PTT Telecom of...
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