| European
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| Mergers - Invitation to Comment |
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European Mergers - Requests for Comments >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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MAN Ferrostaal/Eurotecnica Group >>>more>>>
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Mahle/Dana EPG >>>more>>>
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ABN AMRO/Carlson/T.G.I. Friday's >>>more>>>
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Philips/PLI >>>more>>>
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CSN/Corus >>>more>>>
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| Mergers - Final Report of the
Hearing Officer |
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neos/BP Dormagen >>>more>>>
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| State Aid |
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National regional State aid map: UK 2007-2013 >>>more>>>
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European Commission approves British State Aid of €460
million for UK Post Office Limited >>>more>>>
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European Commission approves German State Aid for Memmingen
and Augsburg airports >>>more>>>
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European Commission approves Spanish State Aid for financing
of early retirement scheme for Spanish public broadcaster
RTVE >>>more>>>
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| Speeches |
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Charlie McCreevy speech: "Shifting up a gear - Transatlantic
cooperation in financial services" >>>more>>>
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Danuta Hübner speech: "Europe responding to global
challenges" >>>more>>>
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Danuta Hübner speech: "Innovation at the heart of
the new Regional Policy" >>>more>>>
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Joe Borg speech: "Towards a Future Maritime Policy for
the Union" >>>more>>>
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Mariann Fischer Boel speech: "EU-India trade and Doha
Round of WTO" >>>more>>>
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| 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>>> |
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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Ofcom: Availability of Numbering Resource >>>more>>>
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| CAT |
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The Consumers Association v JJB Sports Plc >>>more>>>
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Double Quick Supplyline Limited and Precision Concepts Limited
v Office of Fair Trading >>>more>>>
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| Competition Commission - Market
Investigations |
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Provisional decision on remedies relating to market investigation
into personal current account banking services in Northern
Ireland >>>more>>>
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| Mergers - Invitation to Comment |
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Link Interchange Network Limited/Voca Limited >>>more>>>
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Sportech plc/Vernons Football Pools business >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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BET UK Limited/Target Express Holdings Limited >>>more>>>
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| Mergers - Full Text |
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Greif Inc /the steel drum and closures business of Blagden
Packaging Group >>>more>>>
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Stagecoach Group plc of the South Western Franchise >>>more>>>
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| Mergers -Competition Commission |
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Mid-Kent Water / South-East Water - summary of provisional
findings, provisional findings report and notice of possible
remedies >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom: Memorandum of Understanding between The Office of Communications
and BBC Trust >>>more>>>
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Ofcom: Television Broadcast Licensing Update February 2007
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OFT: request from NRFN to consider referring market for supply
of newspapers and magazines to the Competition Commission
>>>more>>>
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers
- Invitation to Comment |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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COMP/M.4178: MAN Ferrostaal/Eurotecnica Group - engineering
and technologies for the chemical industry. To read the decision,
click
here.
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COMP/M.4456: Mahle/Dana EPG - automotive and engine industry.
To read the press release, click
here.
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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.
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COMP/M.4509: Philips/PLI - development, manufacture and sale
of electronic, medical and lighting products. To read the
decision, click
here.
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COMP/M.4515: CSN/Corus - steel products. To read the decision,
click
here.
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| Mergers - Final Report of the
Hearing Officer |
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COMP/M.4094: Ineos/BP Dormagen - speciality and intermediate
chemicals, manufacture of ethylene, ethylene oxide and ethylene
glycols. To read the report, click
here.
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| State Aid |
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Guidelines on National Regional aid for 2007-2013 - National
regional State aid map: United Kingdom. To read the guidelines,
click
here.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| Speeches |
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Charlie McCreevy speech: "Shifting up a gear - Transatlantic
cooperation in financial services". To read the speech,
click
here.
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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.
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Mariann Fischer Boel speech: "EU-India trade and Doha
Round of WTO". To read the speech, click
here.
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| 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. |
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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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.
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| CAT |
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The Consumers Association v JJB Sports Plc. The CAT has published
its Notice for a Claim for Damages. To read the claim, click
here.
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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.
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| Competition Commission - Market
Investigations |
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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.
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| Mergers - Invitation to Comment |
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Link Interchange Network Limited/Voca Limited - payment systems.
Interested parties should submit their comments by 20 March
2007. To read the notification, click
here.
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Sportech plc/Vernons Football Pools business - football pools.
Interested parties should submit their comments by 23 March
2007. To read the notification, click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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BET UK Limited/Target Express Holdings Limited - domestic
and international parcel delivery. To read the decision,
click here.
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Mergers - Full Text
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Greif Inc /the steel drum and closures business of Blagden
Packaging Group - steel drums. To read the full text decision,
click
here.
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Stagecoach Group plc of the South Western Franchise - passenger
transport. To read the full text decision, click
here.
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| Mergers - Competition Commission
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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.
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom
has published a Memorandum of Understanding between The Office
of Communications (Ofcom) and the BBC Trust. To read the memorandum,
click
here.
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Ofcom
has published its Television Broadcast Licensing Update February
2007. To read the update, click
here.
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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.
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