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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 00-01-12
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-Parole 12/01/2000b
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[I] Résultats de la Commission de ce jour - Outcome of today's Commission
meeting
[01] Commission adopts White Paper on Food Safety and sets out a "Farm to
Table" legislative action programme
[II] Other news - Autres nouvelles
[02] La Commission autorise BSCH à acquérir deux banques portugaises
appartenant au groupe Champalimaud
[03] Commission welcomes Court ruling on the right of women to bear weapons
in the German army
[I] Résultats de la Commission de ce jour - Outcome of today's Commission
meeting
[01] Commission adopts White Paper on Food Safety and sets out a "Farm to
Table" legislative action programme
The European Commission has adopted a White Paper on Food Safety. The
central goal of the Commission is the achievement of the highest possible
level of health protection for the consumers of Europe's food. The White
Paper sets out a radical reform plan : a major programme of legislative
reform is proposed to complete the EU's "farm to table" approach as well as
the establishment of a new European Food Authority. Achieving the highest
standards of food safety in the EU is a key policy priority for the
Commission and the White Paper bears testimony to this priority. The
guiding principle throughout the White Paper is that food safety policy
must be based on a comprehensive, integrated approach. The Commission also
decided today on allocation of food safety and industrial policy
responsibilities.
[II] Other news - Autres nouvelles
[02] La Commission autorise BSCH à acquérir deux banques portugaises
appartenant au groupe Champalimaud
La Commission européenne a autorisé Banco de Santander Central Hispano
(BSCH), une banque espagnole de premier plan, à acquérir Banco Totta &
Açores (BTA) et Crédito Predial Português (CPP). Cette acquisition aura
pour effet de renforcer la présence de BSCH au Portugal. Toutefois,
l'enquête menée en application du règlement sur les concentrations montre
que l'opération n'entraînera ni la création ni le renforcement d'une
position dominante dans le secteur bancaire de détail, où la part de marché
de la nouvelle entité n'atteindra dans ce pays que +11 %. L'opération
remplace un précédent accord conclu entre BSCH et Champalimaud, que la
Commission avait autorisé le 3 août 1999 et qui avait débouché sur un
conflit entre l'exécutif européen et le Portugal, en raison de
l'intervention des autorités de ce pays au mépris des règles
communautaires.
[03] Commission welcomes Court ruling on the right of women to bear weapons
in the German army
The European Commission has welcomed a key judgment by the European Court
of Justice (ECJ) - Case Tanja Kreil v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-285/98 -
http://www.curia.eu.int), which held that German legislation forbidding
women to take up armed service amounted to unfair discrimination under
Community law. The ruling, which sets German legislation at odds with a
directive on equal treatment for men and women in various employment-
related fields, is especially significant in that it echoes in clear terms
the antidiscrimination message which the Commission underlined in its
recent proposals to ban all forms of unfair treatment covered by the
Amsterdam Treaty.
MIDDAY EXPRESS
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