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ACQUISITION OF USP AUTHORISED.
July 8, 2009... The European Commission authorised, on 6 July, the proposed acquisition of joint control over the USP Group (a private network of medical assistance services mostly active in Spain) by Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), both retail and investment banks. It notes that neither Barclays...

EUROGROUP : ALMUNIA: EUROZONE COULD SUFFER LASTING LOSSES DUE TO CRISIS.
July 8, 2009... The eurozone economy could be permanently weakened by the financial crisis, Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said at the Eurogroup meeting, on 6 July in Brussels, putting added pressure on budgets. Drawing on research conducted by the European Commission (see...

INFORMAL HEALTH COUNCIL : COMMISSION PUSHES SOLIDARITY AGAINST SWINE FLU.
July 8, 2009... Member states gave permission, on 6 July, to the European Commission to set up a legal consortium for joint public procurement - under the Directive on public procurement - of vaccines against swine flu (influenza type A/H1N1) for those member states that have not concluded pre-purchase...

EU/US : COUNCIL CONFIRMS ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES AGAINST US BIODIESEL.
July 8, 2009... The EU's biofuels industry welcomed endorsement, by the Council of Ministers on 7 July, of definitive measures against US biodiesel. The measures were a response to two legal complaints brought by the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) early in 2008. The association, which represents much of the...

DUTCH TAX SCHEME SET FOR CLEARANCE.
July 8, 2009... On 8 July, the European Commission was due to approve - possibly subject to certain conditions - a Dutch scheme anticipating a reduction in net interests received on intra-group loans under a scheme called Groepsrentebox'. An in-depth investigation had been opened on this project in February...