EC fines chloroprene rubber producers cartel €243.2 million >>>more>>>

EC carries out dawn raids at two S PVC producers in the UK >>>more>>>

OFT fines supermarket diary cartel £116 million >>>more>>>

Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato and Others v Ente tabacchi italiani and Others >>>more>>>

P - Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corporation of America >>>more>>>

Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission >>>more>>>

BASF and UCB v Commission >>>more>>>

TDF/TSMB >>>more>>>

Metinvest/Trametal/Spartan >>>more>>>

Arjowiggins/M-real Zanders Reflex >>>more>>>

TomTom/Tele Atlas >>>more>>>

AEE/Lentjes >>>more>>>

Syniverse/BSG (wireless business) >>>more>>>

CommScope/Andrew >>>more>>>

Kraft/Danone Biscuits >>>more>>>

EC announced improved State Aid rules >>>more>>>

EC approves UK rescue aid for Northern Rock >>>more>>>

EC concludes investigation into Finnish aid for Tieliikelaitos (now Destia) >>>more>>>

EC concludes investigation into Polish restructuring aid to steel producer Arcelor Huta Warszawa >>>more>>>

EC prohibits Slovak regional investment tax exemption aid to Glunz & Jensen >>>more>>>

DG Comp publishes State Aid Scoreboard for Autumn 2007 >>>more>>>

EC opens in depth investigation into Italian restructuring aid to Ixfin SpA >>>more>>>

Polish restructuring aid for Huta Stalowa Wola - BIS >>>more>>>

Viviane Reding speech: "The convergent publisher - Print media in the broadband economy" >>>more>>>

Charlie McCreevy speech: "Challenges to the further integration of EU financial markets" >>>more>>>

Charlie McCreevy speech: "Corporate Governance" >>>more>>>

DG Competition publishes Distrigas Commitment Decision >>>more>>>

EC concludes Spain has violated EU Merger Regulations regarding conditions imposed relating to the acquisition of Endesa by Enel/Acciona and requests they be withdrawn >>>more>>>

EC gives favourable opinion in relation to Bulgaria's Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania proposal to build a nuclear power plant >>>more>>>

EC proposes new package for competitive measures for defence industries and markets >>>more>>>

Ofcom: "Service level guarantees: incentivising performance" >>>more>>>

Ofcom: "Amendment to the PhonepayPlus Code of Practice (11th Edition)" >>>more>>>

Ofcom: Draft Annual Plan 2008-2009 >>>more>>>

Ofcom: "proposal to make regulations in connection with the award of 1452-1492 MHz" >>>more>>>

Ofgem: "GDPCR: Second Licence Drafting" >>>more>>>

Ofgem: "Long-Term Electricity Network Scenarios - report on scenario inputs" >>>more>>>

Ofwat: draft forward programme 2008-09 to 10-11 >>>more>>>

GAME Group plc/Games Station Limited - Full Provisional Findings Report >>>more>>>

Macquarie/National Grid Wireless - Notice of Extension to 18 March 2008 >>>more>>>

Metrobus Limited/the bus operations of FirstGroup in Orpington >>>more>>>

Govia Limited/the West Midlands passenger rail franchise >>>more>>>

Neopost SA/PFE International Ltd >>>more>>>

Transocean Inc./GlobalSantaFe Corporation >>>more>>>

First Milk Limited/Milk Link Limited >>>more>>>

Tesco plc/five stores (Thurso, Bedlington, Little Lever, Ramsbottom and North Hykeham) from Somerfield plc >>>more>>>

Tesco Stores Limited/five former Kwik Save stores (Handforth, Coventry, Liverpool, Barrow-in-Furness and Nelson) >>>more>>>

OFT and DfT publish "Draft Competition Guidance for the Bus Sector" >>>more>>>

OFT publishes recommendations to the Government relating to the distribution of medicines in the UK >>>more>>>

OFT to make announcement regarding marine hose investigation at an appropriate time >>>more>>>

Ofcom publishes regulatory statement relating to Digital Dividend Review >>>more>>>

Ofcom publishes statement relating to framework for managing spectrum used by licence-exempt devices >>>more>>>

Ofcom publishes statement relating to Regulation of VoIP Services and access to Emergency Services >>>more>>>

Ofcom publishes summary report relating to Stakeholder Survey 2007 >>>more>>>

Ofcom publishes update relating to monitoring and enforcement of rules preventing annoyance caused to consumers by silent and abandoned calls >>>more>>>

Ofcom publishes second annual International Communications Market report >>>more>>>

Ofocm publishes update into Primus Telecommunications Limited: failure to pay Ofcom's administrative charges >>>more>>>

Ofgem publishes Electricity Distribution Cost Review 2006-2007 >>>more>>>

Ofwat publishes "Relative efficiency assessment 2006-07" >>>more>>>

ORR publishes Environmental Policy Guidance 2007 >>>more>>>

Postcomm announces intention to simplify the Post Office Compensation Schemes >>>more>>>

European Commission fines chloroprene rubber producers €243.2 million for market sharing and price fixing. To read the press release, click here and click here.

European Commission carries out dawn raids at two S PVC producers in the UK. To read the press release, click here.

OFT fines supermarket diary cartel £116 million and issues a statement of objections. To read the press release, click here and click here.

Case No: C-280/06 - Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato and Others v Ente tabacchi italiani and Others. Judgment of the ECJ in relation to a dispute over responsibility for an Italian antitrust fine for price-fixing on the cigarette market. To read the press release, click here.

Case No: C-413/06 P - Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corporation of America. The opinion of AG Kokott upholding the CFI's decision annulling the clearance of the Sony/BMG merger. To read the press release, click here and click here.

Case No: T-112/05 - Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission. Judgment of the CFI in the application to annul Commission decision of December 2004 dismissing Akzo's appeal in its entirety. To read the judgment, click here.

Case Nos: T-101/05 and T-111/05 - BASF and UCB v Commission. Judgment of the CFI annulling Commission's decision and recalculating fines imposed. To read the judgment, click here and click here.

COMP/M.4984: TDF/TSMB - over the air and wireless B2B services to broadcasters and telecoms operators, analogue and digital TV. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 17 December 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.5000: Metinvest/Trametal/Spartan - coal and iron ore mining, steel production (specifically quarto plates). Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 21 December 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4513: Arjowiggins/M-real Zanders Reflex - speciality paper. To read the press release, click here and click here.

COMP/M.4854: TomTom/Tele Atlas - navigational systems and mapping technology. Interested parties should submit their comments by 19 December 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4647: AEE/Lentjes - engineering and manufacturing in energy and environmental technology. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4662: Syniverse/BSG (wireless business) - private equity, service provider to wireless telecommunications companies, provider of payment services. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4819: CommScope/Andrew - manufacture of cable and supply of connectivity solutions for communications networks, base station antennas. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4824: Kraft/Danone Biscuits - manufacture and sale of food, beverages, biscuits, snacks and cereals. To read the decision, click here.

The European Commission has announced that it is to improve the State Aid rules, clarifying notification procedures and ensuring faster procedures. To read the press release, click here and click here and click here.

The European Commission has approved the UK rescue aid package for Northern Rock. To read the press release, click here and click here.

The European Commission has concluded its investigation into the Finnish aid for Tieliikelaitos (now Destia), clearing the transitional aid and ending the unlimited State guarantee. To read the press release, click here.

The European Commission has concluded that the Polish restructuring aid to steel producer Arcelor Huta Warszawa prior to it being part of the Arcelor group was mis-used and therefore must be recovered. To read the press release, click here.

The European Commission has prohibited the Slovak regional investment tax exemption aid in favour of Glunz&Jensen a graphic arts pre-processing equipment company, due to incompatibility with State aid rules. To read the press release, click here.

DG Comp has published the State Aid Scoreboard for Autumn 2007. To read the document, click here and click here.

The European Commission has opened an in depth investigation into the Italian restructuring aid to electrical and optical equipment manufacturer Ixfin SpA. To read the press release, click here.

Aid No: C 43/07 (ex N 64/07) - Polish restructuring aid for Huta Stalowa Wola - BIS, a manufacturer of construction equipment machinery and military equipment. Interested parties should submit their comments by 11 January 2008. To read the notification, click here.

Viviane Reding speech: "The convergent publisher - Print media in the broadband economy". To read the speech, click here.

Charlie McCreevy speech: "Challenges to the further integration of EU financial markets". To read the speech, click here.

Charlie McCreevy speech: "Corporate Governance". To read the speech, click here.

DG Competition has published the Distrigas Commitment Decision. To read the documents, click here.

The European Commission has concluded that Spain has violated EU Merger Regulations with regard to the conditions imposed in relation to the acquisition of Endesa by Enel/Acciona (COMP/M.4685) and has requested they be withdrawn. To read the press release, click here.

The European Commission has given a favourable opinion in relation to Bulgaria's Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania proposal to build a nuclear power plant in Belene. To read the press release, click here.

The European Commission has proposed a new package for competitive measures for the defence industries and markets. To read the documents, click here.

Ofcom has opened a consultation into "Service level guarantees: incentivising performance". Interested parties should submit their comments by 25 January 2008. To read the consultation, click here.

Ofcom has opened a consultation into an "Amendment to the PhonepayPlus Code of Practice (11th Edition)". Interested parties should submit their comments by 16 January 2008. To read the consultation, click here. and click here.

Ofcom has opened a consultation into its Draft Annual Plan 2008-2009. Interested parties should submit their comments by 19 February 2008. To read the consultation, click here and click here.

Ofcom has opened a consultation into its proposal to make regulations in connection with the award of 1452-1492 MHz. Interested parties should submit their comments by 18 January 2008. To read the consultation, click here. and click here. and click here. and click here.

Ofgem has opened a consultation into GDPCR: Second Licence Drafting. Interested parties should submit their comments by 16 January 2008. To read the consultation, click here.

Ofgem has opened a second consultation into the Long-Term Electricity Network Scenarios (LENS) report on scenario inputs. Interested parties should submit their comments by 18 January 2008. To read the consultation, click here and click here.

The Competition Commission has published its Full Provisional Findings Report in relation to the GAME Group plc/Games Station Limited merger. To read the report, click here.

Govia Limited/the West Midlands passenger rail franchise - passenger transport services. To read the full text decision, click here.

Transocean Inc./GlobalSantaFe Corporation - offshore oil and gas drilling services. To read the full text decision, click here.

First Milk Limited/Milk Link Limited - procurement and supply of raw milk, production and supply of cheese, production and supply of other dairy products. To read the decision, click here.

Tesco plc/five stores (Thurso, Bedlington, Little Lever, Ramsbottom and North Hykeham) from Somerfield plc - grocery retail. To read the decision, click here.

Ofcom has published a statement in relation to the Regulation of VoIP Services and access to the Emergency Services to read the statement, click here. and click here.