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    EU green light for Essilux-GrandVision merger

    2021-03-24T08:36:00Z

    Putting a final point to an investigation started in December 2019, the European Union (EU) announced yesterday evening its conditional clearance for the acquisition of GrandVision by EssilorLuxottica . The green light is conditioned to the divestment, proposed by EssilorLuxottica, of a total of 351 stores in Belgium, ...

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    EU Commission calls to ‘strongly discourage’ intra-EU travel

    2021-01-25T18:00:00Z

    The European Commission has proposed the European Council to discourage non-essential travel between European Union member states amid high Covid-19 infection rates and concerns about new virus variants, while avoiding border closures or blanket prohibitions that would impede the functioning of the internal market and supply chains. ...

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    EU to cut greenhouse emission by 55% by 2030

    2020-12-13T13:11:00Z

    The 27 members of the European Union agreed on Dec. 11, after a night of negotiations, to reduce by at least 55 percent their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, increasing the target from a previous objective of 40 percent. “Europe will reduce emissions by at ...