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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 03-08-21
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
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Midday Express 21/08/2003
TXT: FR ENPDF:DOC:Midday Express 21/08/2003 Commission allows Crédit
Agricole Belgique to be taken over by Belgian and French regional
affiliates
The European Commission has given the go-ahead for joint control of Crédit
Agricole Belgique SA to be acquired by the Agricaisse and Lanbokas regional
affiliates of the Crédit Agricole Belgique group and the northern and north-
eastern regional affiliates of the Crédit Agricole France group. Commission
clears MTU fuel cells JV with RWE
The European Commission has cleared the creation of a proposed joint
venture between MTU Friedrichshafen, a subsidiary of the DaimlerChrysler
group, and RWE Fuel Cells. The joint venture, which will be called MTU CFC
Solutions GmbH, will be active in the development, production and marketing
of high temperature fuel cells. (The operation, notified on 22 July 2003,
was examined under the simplified merger review procedure) Commission
clears acquisition of Quintiles by Bank One Corp
The European Commission has cleared an operation by which One Equity
Partners LLC, controlled by Bank One Corp of the United States, acquires
control of Quintiles Transnational Corp, a US company active in product and
commercial development services for the pharmaceutical industry. (The
operation, notified on 17 July 2003, was examined under the simplified
merger review procedure). New decision of Eurostat on deficit and debt
Capital injections by government units into public corporations
Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities in Luxembourg,
has taken a decision on the accounting treatment of capital injections
undertaken by government units into public corporations, as defined in the
European System of Accounts (ESA95). Eurostat has specified conditions
according to which the transfer of funds to a public corporation has to be
recorded either as a financial transaction with no effect on government
deficit/surplus or as a government expenditure (capital transfer) with an
impact on government deficit/surplus. The decision is in line with the
European System of Accounts (ESA95) and consistent with the opinion taken
by a majority of members of the Committee on Monetary, Financial and
Balance of Payments Statistics (CMFB). Nouvelle décision d'Eurostat sur le
déficit et la dette Liquidation du Fonds de l'AELE pour le Développement
industriel du Portugal
Eurostat, l'Office statistique des Communautés européennes à Luxembourg, a
pris une décision relative au traitement comptable de la liquidation en
2002 d'un Fonds de l'AELE (Association européenne de libre échange) pour le
développement industriel du Portugal, opérationnel depuis 1977. Il résulte
de cette décision que le transfert des actifs résiduels du Fonds à l'Etat
portugais n'a pas d'effet sur le déficit enregistré en 2002 qui, de ce fait,
demeure inchangé à 2,7% du PIB, ainsi qu'il ressort de la notification de
mars 2003 dans le cadre de la Procédure de déficit excessif. Cette décision
est en conformité avec le Système européen de comptes (SEC95) et reprend
l'opinion rendue par une majorité de membres du Comité des statistiques
monétaires, financières et de balance des paiements (CSMFB). The European
Commission strongly condemns Jerusalem terrorist attack
The European Commission strongly condemns last night's devastating
terrorist attack in Jerusalem and expresses its sincere condolences to the
families of the victims and to the Israeli Government.
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