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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 98-04-21

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From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>

MIDDAY EXPRESS

News from the Spokesman's midday briefing

Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi du Porte-Paroleb

21/04/98


CONTENTS / CONTENU

  • [01] Wienerberger and Cremer & Breuer withdraw their notification of creation of a joint venture
  • [02] Pourquoi il faut améliorer les conditions de transmission des petites et moyennes entreprises
  • [03] New ESF web-site goes on-line
  • [04] Karel Van Miert : "We need global agreement on competition policy"

  • [01] Wienerberger and Cremer & Breuer withdraw their notification of creation of a joint venture

    On 4 December 1997 the companies Wienerberger Baustoffindustrie AG and Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer notified to the European Commission, under the Merger Regulation, the proposed creation of a joint venture. The parties to the notification intended to combine their activities in the area of clay sewage pipes. On 20 March 1998 the parties informed the Commission that they annulled the agreement of the proposed joint venture and consequently withdrew their notification.

    [02] Pourquoi il faut améliorer les conditions de transmission des petites et moyennes entreprises

    La Commission européenne a adopté une communication sur la transmission des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) qui souligne le fait qu'un environnement législatif, fiscal et financier inapproprié a de graves répercussions pour l'ensemble des entreprises européennes et notamment pour les PME dont les faiblesses spécifiques les empêchent souvent de poursuivre normalement leurs activités au moment de leur transmission. La communication montre qu'un certain nombre d'Etats membres ont pris des mesures en vue d'améliorer la situation tandis que d'autres n'en n'ont pris aucune. Elle invite en conséquence toutes les parties intéressées ainsi que les chefs d'entreprise eux-mêmes à mettre tout en oeuvre pour que la transmission d'une entreprise soit menée à bonne fin.

    [03] New ESF web-site goes on-line

    The European Commission has recently gone on-line with a totally new web- site dedicated to the European Social Fund (ESF). This is destined to become a "one-stop shop" for all information queries concerning the Fund. Located on the EUROPA web-server, the new site represents one half of a joint "Employment and ESF" site, linking the Fund with the new European Employment Strategy (EES). With a foreword from the Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, Padraig Flynn, the site features a "Layperson's Guide" to the new draft ESF Regulation. It also provides full details on the forthcoming ESF Congress due to take place in Birmingham (UK) from 26-28 May. The site also includes a summary of the aims and objectives of the ESF; a historical overview covering 40 years of the Fund; legal texts relating to the ESF; information on the operation of the Fund in the different Member States; a compendium of all ESF publications produced by the Commission; and an ESF event guide. The other half of the new site, devoted to the EES, is currently being prepared. The new "Employment and ESF" web-site can be accessed at www.europa.eu.int/en/comm/dg05/esf.

    [04] Karel Van Miert : "We need global agreement on competition policy"

    ( ! embargo 5 pm !) The European Commissioner for Competition, Karel Van Miert, addressed ambassadors to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva today. Mr Van Miert described the European Union's initiative to reach a multilateral agreement on harmonised competition rules which he called both necessary to address procedure requirements in an increasingly global marketplace and useful as a complement to the existing trade framework. Such multilateral competition agreement would cover information sharing between national authorities and an effective dispute settlement instrument mirrored on the existing WTO system to ensure compliance. Mr Van Miert said he was heartened by progress made by the current WTO working group.

    MIDDAY EXPRESS


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