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CR Focus 13th March 2007

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European Notifications and Publications
Mergers - Invitation to Comment

European Mergers - Requests for Comments >>>more>>>

Mergers Cleared

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

Mahle/Dana EPG >>>more>>>

ABN AMRO/Carlson/T.G.I. Friday's >>>more>>>

Philips/PLI >>>more>>>

CSN/Corus >>>more>>>

Mergers - Final Report of the Hearing Officer

neos/BP Dormagen >>>more>>>

State Aid

National regional State aid map: UK 2007-2013 >>>more>>>

European Commission approves British State Aid of €460 million for UK Post Office Limited >>>more>>>

European Commission approves German State Aid for Memmingen and Augsburg airports >>>more>>>

European Commission approves Spanish State Aid for financing of early retirement scheme for Spanish public broadcaster RTVE >>>more>>>

Speeches

Charlie McCreevy speech: "Shifting up a gear - Transatlantic cooperation in financial services" >>>more>>>

Danuta Hübner speech: "Europe responding to global challenges" >>>more>>>

Danuta Hübner speech: "Innovation at the heart of the new Regional Policy" >>>more>>>

Joe Borg speech: "Towards a Future Maritime Policy for the Union" >>>more>>>

Mariann Fischer Boel speech: "EU-India trade and Doha Round of WTO" >>>more>>>

Miscellaneous
European Commission: formation of new Advisory Group advising on energy and climate change >>>more>>>
European Commission: infringement proceedings against Spain for failing to comply with the Commission's decision in E.ON's bid for Endesa >>>more>>>
European Commission: consolidated text of modernised "Television without Frontiers" Directive >>>more>>>
European Commission: latest report on car prices across Europe for consumers to compare pricings >>>more>>>
 
UK Notifications & Publications
Consultations

Ofcom: Availability of Numbering Resource >>>more>>>

CAT

The Consumers Association v JJB Sports Plc >>>more>>>

Double Quick Supplyline Limited and Precision Concepts Limited v Office of Fair Trading >>>more>>>

Competition Commission - Market Investigations

Provisional decision on remedies relating to market investigation into personal current account banking services in Northern Ireland >>>more>>>

Mergers - Invitation to Comment

Link Interchange Network Limited/Voca Limited >>>more>>>

Sportech plc/Vernons Football Pools business >>>more>>>

Mergers Cleared

BET UK Limited/Target Express Holdings Limited >>>more>>>

Mergers - Full Text

Greif Inc /the steel drum and closures business of Blagden Packaging Group >>>more>>>

Stagecoach Group plc of the South Western Franchise >>>more>>>

Mergers -Competition Commission

Mid-Kent Water / South-East Water - summary of provisional findings, provisional findings report and notice of possible remedies >>>more>>>

Miscellaneous

Ofcom: Memorandum of Understanding between The Office of Communications and BBC Trust >>>more>>>

Ofcom: Television Broadcast Licensing Update February 2007 >>>more>>>

OFT: request from NRFN to consider referring market for supply of newspapers and magazines to the Competition Commission >>>more>>>

 
European Notifications and Publications
Mergers - Invitation to Comment

COMP/M.4500: Nemak/TK Aluminum 'A' - automotive components, cylinder heads, transmission components and other castings. Interested parties should submit their comments by 17 March 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4508: Alstom UK/Balfour Beatty/JV - equipment and services to the rail market, construction and building, management of rail assets, supply of rail signalling projects. Interested parties should submit their comments by 20 March 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4583: Deutsche Post/Metro/GS1 Germany/JV - postal services, financial services, supermarkets, concepts for the optimisation of traffic, validation of transponders. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 20 March 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4591: Weather Investments/Hellas Telecommunications - supply of mobile and fixed telecommunications products and services. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 19 March 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4609: Shell/Coller Capital/STV - oil, gas, petrochemicals, private equity. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 16 March 2007. To read the notification, click here.
Mergers Cleared

COMP/M.4178: MAN Ferrostaal/Eurotecnica Group - engineering and technologies for the chemical industry. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.4456: Mahle/Dana EPG - automotive and engine industry. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4460: ABN AMRO/Carlson/T.G.I. Friday's - banking and financials, marketing, hospitality and travel, restaurants. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.4509: Philips/PLI - development, manufacture and sale of electronic, medical and lighting products. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.4515: CSN/Corus - steel products. To read the decision, click here.

Mergers - Final Report of the Hearing Officer

COMP/M.4094: Ineos/BP Dormagen - speciality and intermediate chemicals, manufacture of ethylene, ethylene oxide and ethylene glycols. To read the report, click here.

State Aid

Guidelines on National Regional aid for 2007-2013 - National regional State aid map: United Kingdom. To read the guidelines, click here.

The European Commission has approved the British State Aid of €460 million for UK Post Office Limited for the year 2007/8. To read the press release, click here.

The European Commission has approved the German State Aid relating to regional airport infrastructure to Memmingen and Augsburg airports. To read the press release, click here.

The European Commission has approved the Spanish State Aid in relation to the financing of an early retirement scheme for Spanish public broadcaster RTVE. To read the press release, click here.

Speeches

Charlie McCreevy speech: "Shifting up a gear - Transatlantic cooperation in financial services". To read the speech, click here.

Danuta Hübner speech: "Europe responding to global challenges". To read the speech, click here.

Danuta Hübner speech: "Innovation at the heart of the new Regional Policy". To read the speech, click here.

Joe Borg speech: "Towards a Future Maritime Policy for the Union". To read the speech, click here.

Mariann Fischer Boel speech: "EU-India trade and Doha Round of WTO". To read the speech, click here.

Miscellaneous
The European Commission has announced the formation of a new Advisory Group to advise on energy and climate change. To read the press release, click here.
The European Commission has initiated infringement proceedings against Spain for its failure to comply with the Commission's decision regarding E.ON's bid for Endesa. To read the press release, click here.
The European Commission has published a consolidated text of the modernised "Television without Frontiers" Directive. To read the press release, click here.
The European Commission has published its latest report on car prices across Europe for consumers to compare pricings. To read the report, click here.
 
UK Notifications & Publications
Consultations

Ofcom has opened a consultation into Availability of Numbering Resource. Interested parties should submit their comments by 5 April 2007. To read the consultation, click here.

CAT

The Consumers Association v JJB Sports Plc. The CAT has published its Notice for a Claim for Damages. To read the claim, click here.

Double Quick Supplyline Limited and Precision Concepts Limited v Office of Fair Trading. The CAT has published its Judgment. To read the judgment, click here. and to read the press release, click here.

Competition Commission - Market Investigations

The Competition Commission has published its provisional decision on remedies relating to the market investigation into personal current account banking services in Northern Ireland. To read the remedies, click here. and to read the press release, click here.

Mergers - Invitation to Comment

Link Interchange Network Limited/Voca Limited - payment systems. Interested parties should submit their comments by 20 March 2007. To read the notification, click here.

Sportech plc/Vernons Football Pools business - football pools. Interested parties should submit their comments by 23 March 2007. To read the notification, click here.

Mergers Cleared

BET UK Limited/Target Express Holdings Limited - domestic and international parcel delivery. To read the decision, click here.

Mergers - Full Text

Greif Inc /the steel drum and closures business of Blagden Packaging Group - steel drums. To read the full text decision, click here.

Stagecoach Group plc of the South Western Franchise - passenger transport. To read the full text decision, click here.

Mergers - Competition Commission

The Competition Commission has published its summary of provisional findings and provisional findings report and notice of possible remedies in the Mid-Kent Water / South-East Water merger. To read the summary, click here. and to read the provisional findings, click here. and to read the possible remedies, click here. and to read the press release, click here.

Miscellaneous

Ofcom has published a Memorandum of Understanding between The Office of Communications (Ofcom) and the BBC Trust. To read the memorandum, click here.

Ofcom has published its Television Broadcast Licensing Update February 2007. To read the update, click here.

The OFT has received a request from the NRFN to consider referring the market for the supply of newspapers and magazines to the Competition Commission. To read the press release, click here.