Advent/Carlyle/H.C.Starck >>>more>>>

Industri Kapital/Attendo >>>more>>>

Philips/PLI >>>more>>>

Schneider Electric/APC >>>more>>>

MAN Ferrostaal/Eurotecnica Group >>>more>>>

EN+/Glencore/Sual/UC Rusal >>>more>>>

Danske Bank/Sampo Bank >>>more>>>

Glatfelter/Crompton's Lydney paper mill >>>more>>>

Sabic/Huntsman Petrochemicals >>>more>>>

MAN/Scania >>>more>>>

RREEF/Peel Ports Holdings/Peel Ports >>>more>>>

Tata Steel/Corus >>>more>>>

Ryanair/Aer Lingus >>>more>>>

CVC/Ferd/SIG >>>more>>>

Universal Music Group/BMG Music Publishing >>>more>>>

Commission approves regional aid maps for 2007-2013 for Austria, Finland, Spain, Sweden and UK >>>more>>>

Czech aid relating to 3G licenses: no-infringement >>>more>>>

German aid for film fund: approved >>>more>>>

Dutch aid for funding broadband network: investigation commenced >>>more>>>

Swedish aid for digital TV switchover: no-infringement >>>more>>>

UK regional aid: approved >>>more>>>

Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates published >>>more>>>

Alloy surcharge cartel: Commission infringement decision readopted >>>more>>>

European Commission: questions and answers on its Action against Cartels policy >>>more>>>

European Commission: Competition Policy Newsletter - Autumn 2006 issue >>>more>>>

European Commission: Papers from the conference on Professional Services reform >>>more>>>

European Commission: Comments on consolidated Jurisdictional Notice >>>more>>>

South East Water/Mid Kent Water: statement of issues >>>more>>>

Firstgroup/Scotrail: consultation on variation of undertakings >>>more>>>

Classified directories inquiry: final report >>>more>>>

COMP/M.4514: Advent/Carlyle/H.C.Starck - private equity, refractory metals, conductive polymers, electronic chemicals. Candidate for simplified procedures. Comments from interested parties should have been submitted by 29 December 2006. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4520: Industri Kapital/Attendo - private investment, provider of care for the elderly, disabled, youth. Candidate for simplified procedure. Comments from interested parties should have been submitted by 29 December 2006. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4509: Philips/PLI - electronic, lighting, medical systems. Comments from interested parties should have been submitted by 1 January 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4475: Schneider Electric/APC - electrical distribution, power solutions. Comments from interested parties should have been submitted by 2 January 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4178: MAN Ferrostaal/Eurotecnica Group - engineering, technologies for the chemical industry. Interested parties should submit their comments by 8 January 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4441: EN+/Glencore/Sual/UC Rusal - aluminium and related products, energy, financial services, construction. Interested parties should submit their comments by 8 January 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4484: Danske Bank/Sampo Bank - banking and financial services. Interested parties should submit their comments by 8 January 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4215: Glatfelter/Crompton's Lydney paper mill - wetlaid fibre materials. Approved without conditions following an in-depth investigation. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4426: Sabic/Huntsman Petrochemicals - petrochemicals. Approved without conditions. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4336: MAN/Scania - buses and trucks. Approved without conditions. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4433: RREEF/Peel Ports Holdings/Peel Ports - real estate, infrastructure, land and property development, port facilities. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.4408: Tata Steel/Corus - manufacture of carbon steel and aluminium products. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4439: Ryanair/Aer Lingus - airlines. The Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4397: CVC/Ferd/SIG - carton packaging. The Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4404: Universal Music Group/BMG Music Publishing - media, telecommunications, publishing, music industry. Interested parties should submit their comments by 4 January 2007. To read the notification, click here.

Austria, Finland, Spain, Sweden and UK: Commission approves regional aid maps for 2007-2013. To read the press release, click here. To read the frequently asked questions on the Austrian aid map, click here. To read the frequently asked questions on the Finnish aid map, click here. To read the frequently asked questions on the Spanish aid map, click here. To read the frequently asked questions on the Swedish aid map, click here. To read the frequently asked questions on the British aid map, click here.

Czech Republic - 3G licences: no infringement. The sale of the third 3G licence at a lower price did not constitute state aid. To read the press release, click here.

Germany - film fund: approved. Fund of EUR 180m to promote German cultural films, documentaries and animations has been approved. To read the press release, click here.

Netherlands - funding of broadband network: investigation commenced. An in-depth investigation has commenced into the funding of a glass fibre telecommunications network by Amsterdam. To read the press release, click here.

Sweden/Teracom - television: no-infringement. The Swedish operator did not receive state aid for the switch-over to digital terrestrial television. However, the Commission intends to pressure Sweden into liberalising the sector. To read the press release, click here.

UK/Investbx - regional aid: approved. £3m aid to an innovative platform for raising capital for SMEs in the West Midlands has been approved. To read the press release, click here.

Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 25 Member States applicable as from 1 January 2007. To read the notice, click here and click here.

COMP/39.234: ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG - alloy surcharge cartel. The Commission has readopted its infringement decision and fined ThyssenKrupp Stainless EUR 3,168,000. To read the press release, click here.

Following its re-adoption of the alloy surcharge decision, the Commission has published questions and answers on its Action against Cartels policy. To read the questions and answers, click here.

European Commission Competition Policy Newsletter: Autumn 2006 issue published. To read the newsletter, click here.

Conference on the Economic Case for Professional Services reform. The conference took place in Brussels on 13 December 2006. To read the conference papers, click here.

Draft Commission Consolidated Jurisdictional Notice: comments published. To read the comments, click here. For more information on the draft notice, click here.

COMP/M.4110:E.ON/Endesa: The Commission declared the commitments imposed by the Spanish authority incompatible with EU law. To read the press release, click here.

South East Water/Mid Kent Water: statement of issues published. To read the press release, click here. To read the statement of issues, click here.

Firstgroup/Scotrail: consultation on variation of undertakings. To see the notice of the proposal to accept the varied undertakings, click here. To read the notice of variation of Annex A undertakings, click here.To read the notice of variation of Annex B undertakings, click here.

Classified directories inquiry: final report published. To read the press release, click here. To read the final report, click here.