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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 04-09-30
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] La Commission lance une vaste stratégie de prévention des pratiques
irrégulières des sociétés
[02] Commission initiates in-depth examination of the planned Austrian
fertilizer wholesale joint venture
[03] September 2004 : the euro area Business Climate Indicator decreased
slightly
[04] September 2004 : small deterioration of economic sentiment in
September, after improvement in August
[05] Estimation rapide - septembre 2004 : l'inflation de la zone euro
estimée à 2,2%
[06] EU-Mercosur : EU presents its completed offer to Mercosur in on-going
trade talks (29/09)
[07] Commission launches public consultation on strengthening of EU-US
economic partnership
[08] Autre matériel diffusé
Midday Express of 2004-09-30
Reference: MEX/04/0930
Date: 30/09/2004
EXME04 / 30.9
MIDDAY EXPRESS
News from the Press and Communication Directorate General's midday briefing
Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi de la Direction Général Presse etb
Communication
30/09/04
[01] La Commission lance une vaste stratégie de prévention des pratiques
irrégulières des sociétés
La Commission européenne a adopté une stratégie visant, par une action
coordonnée en ce qui concerne les services financiers, le droit des
sociétés, la comptabilité, la fiscalité ainsi que la surveillance et
l'application effective des règles, à réduire les risques de
malversations financières. Dans sa communication, elle recommande à la
fois une mise en oeuvre efficace et diligente du plan d'action pour les
services financiers (voir IP/04/696) et du plan d'action pour la
modernisation du droit des sociétés et le renforcement du gouvernement
d'entreprise (voir IP/03/716) qui fournissent un cadre communautaire propre
à résoudre la plupart des problèmes financiers soulevés par les
"affaires" récentes et un contrôle rigoureux de l'application de la
législation. Elle prône en outre de nouvelles initiatives en matière de
fiscalité et d'application de la loi, qui portent principalement sur
l'augmentation de la transparence, l'amélioration de la traçabilité et
une meilleure coordination du travail de maintien de l'ordre.
[02] Commission initiates in-depth examination of the planned Austrian
fertilizer wholesale joint venture
The European Commission has decided to initiate an in-depth examination
into the proposed creation of the joint venture Inter-Fert Düngemittel
GmbH (Inter-Fert) by the Austrian companies RWA Raiffeisen-Ware Austria AG
(RWA) and AMI Agro Linz Melamine International GmbH (AMI). According to its
first findings the Commission cannot exclude that the establishment of the
joint venture by the leading Austrian manufacturer of fertilizers AMI and
the most important agricultural wholesale organization RWA will create or
strengthen a dominant position on the market for fertilizers in Austria and
in bordering Bavaria.
[03] September 2004 : the euro area Business Climate Indicator decreased
slightly
Following the general improvement since mid-2003, the Business Climate
Indicator for the euro area worsened somewhat in the period August-
September. In August, it decreased by 0.05 points and in September by 0.03.
With a value of 0.48 in September it remains, however, at a relatively high
level. The worsening of the BCI was mainly driven by a decline in the
assessment made by managers in the industry sector on questions concerning
export order books, stocks of finished products and production trend in the
recent past. The decline was smoothed by a clear improvement in production
expectations. Opinions about total order books remained steady.
[04] September 2004 : small deterioration of economic sentiment in
September, after improvement in August
The economic sentiment indicator (ESI) for the EU worsened slightly in
September following its improvement in August. It now stands at 103.6, 0.5
points lower than in August but 1.1 points higher than in July. In the euro
area, the indicator reached a value of 100.7 in September, i.e. 0.2 points
below the August value and 0.9 point above the July value.
[05] Estimation rapide - septembre 2004 : l'inflation de la zone euro
estimée à 2,2%
Selon une estimation rapide publiée aujourd'hui par Eurostat, le taux
d'inflation annuel de la zone euro s'établirait à 2,2% en septembre 2004.
En août 2004, le taux était de 2,3%.
[06] EU-Mercosur : EU presents its completed offer to Mercosur in on-going
trade talks (29/09)
In the on-going negotiations for an EU-Mercosur Association Agreement, the
EU sent Mercosur a completed offer. This offer matches the approach and the
level of ambition in the offer which the Mercosur sent the EU on Friday 24
September. The offer proposes a gradual liberalisation of Mercosur exports
of industrial and agricultural goods to the EU, the opening of its services
market, access to a public procurement market worth €200 billion as well
as non-discriminatory rules for Mercosur investors in Europe.
[07] Commission launches public consultation on strengthening of EU-US
economic partnership
The European Commission launched today a public consultation of
stakeholders on how to enhance the Transatlantic Economic Partnership. This
is the first step towards implementing the "EU-US Declaration on
Strengthening our Economic Partnership" adopted at the EU-US Summit on 26
June 2004 in Ireland by Presidents Prodi and Bush and Taoiseach Ahern. The
Commission invites the business community, environmental and consumer
organisations, trade unions and other interested groups and individuals to
provide their views on the obstacles they face when trading or investing in
each other's market and on future commercial and economic relations between
the EU and the US.
[08] Autre matériel diffusé
Presentation by Péter Balázs of the Commission's proposal of Structural
Funds regulations at the OPEN DAYS closing session
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