CR Focus 18th
March 2008
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| In
the News |
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EC carries out dawn raids at a number of international airline
passenger carriers premises >>>more>>>
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EC fines Belgian international removal companies cartel €
32 755 500 >>>more>>>
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers Invitation to Comment |
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European Mergers - Invitation to Comment >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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GOOGLE/DOUBLECLICK >>>more>>>
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Aviva/Bank Zachodni >>>more>>>
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ArcelorMittal/Galvex >>>more>>>
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Rank/Alcoa P&C >>>more>>>
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ACE/CICA >>>more>>>
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Aviva/UBI Vita >>>more>>>
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INEOS/BP VAM & EtAc Business >>>more>>>
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| State Aid |
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EC authorises German aid to Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. &
Co KG >>>more>>>
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EC opens formal investigation into an agreement for the provision
of airport services at Bratislava airport >>>more>>>
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EC approves French state aid to the QUAERO (multilingual indexing
of search engines) R&D programme >>>more>>>
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EC approves Flemish Region training aid to Volvo Cars in Gent
>>>more>>>
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EC requests Italy repay 17 R&D loans in aeronautical sector
>>>more>>>
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EC orders Italy to repay unlawful fiscal aid from nine privatised
banks >>>more>>>
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EC refers Italy to ECJ for failing to comply with a Commission
decision declaring tax incentives in favour of companies taking
part in trade fairs abroad incompatible >>>more>>>
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| Speeches |
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Viviane Reding speech: "Digital TV, Mobile TV: let's
push for open technologies in Europe and worldwide" >>>more>>>
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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Ofgem: "Revised Section 23 Notice for National Grid Gas's
SO incentives from 1 April 2008" >>>more>>>
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Ofwat: Compliance Codes Guidance >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Referred to
the Competition Commission |
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Cine-UK Limited/a lease from Standard Life Property Holdings
Limited for the purpose of operating a cinema business at
Hollywood Green Leisure Park, Wood Green >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Littlewoods Shop Direct Group Limited/the agency mail order
business of Redcats (Brands) Limited >>>more>>>
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Seawell Holding (UK) Limited/Noble Drilling (UK) Limited >>>more>>>
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| Competition Commission |
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Macquarie/National Grid Wireless - Final Report published
>>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom issues statement on making regulations in connection
with awarding 1452-1492 MHz >>>more>>>
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Ofcom issues regulatory statement on the Monitoring compliance
with charge controls >>>more>>>
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Ofcom issues regulatory statement on the Review of ITV Networking
Arrangements 2007 >>>more>>>
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Ofgem issues report on Review of the market for exported electricity
from microgeneration >>>more>>>
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Ofgem publishes approval criteria for redress schemes in energy
sector >>>more>>>
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Postcomm publishes decision on Royal Mail's application limiting
compensation paid on Special Next Day Delivery Service >>>more>>>
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OFT amends proposed sequencing of publication of documents
related to work on newspaper and magazine sector >>>more>>>
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| In
the News |
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European Commission carries out dawn raids at the premises
of a number of international airline passenger carriers. To
read the press release, click
here.
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European Commission fines Belgian international removal
companies cartel € 32 755 500. To read the press release,
click
here and here.
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers
Invitation to Comment |
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COMP/M.5008: Vivendi/Activision - communications and media
group in TV, music, cinema,, communications, games, developer,
publisher, distributor game software. Interested parties should
submit their comments by 23 March 2008. To read the notification,
click
here.
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COMP/M.5072: AMSSC/BE group/JV - steel processing and distribution.
Interested parties should submit their comments by 21 March
2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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COMP/M.5081: Autogrill/Aldeasa - food and beverages, travel
retail shops. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested
parties should submit their comments by 23 March 2008. To
read the notification, click
here.
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COMP/M.5083: Groupama/OTP Garancia - insurances and banking
services. Interested parties should submit their comments
by 25 March 2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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COMP/M.4731: GOOGLE/DOUBLECLICK - search engine, ad serving
management and reporting services. To read the press release,
click
here.
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COMP/M.4950: Aviva/Bank Zachodni - universal bank, life
and non-life insurance. To read the decision, click
here.
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COMP/M.4992: ArcelorMittal/Galvex - manufacture and distribution
of steel and galvanised steel products. To read the press
release, click
here.
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COMP/M.5017: Rank/Alcoa P&C - packaging, wood products,
pulp, paper, beverage closures, foil, wax paper. To read the
decision, click
here.
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COMP/M.5031: ACE/CICA - insurances. To read the press release,
click
here.
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COMP/M.5057: Aviva/UBI Vita - insurances. To read the
press release, click
here.
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COMP/M.5052: INEOS/BP VAM & EtAc Business - manufacture
and sale of speciality and intermediary chemicals. To read
the decision, click
here.
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| State Aid |
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The European Commission has authorised the German aid
to Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co KG for the experimental
development of a new jet engine. To read the press release,
click
here.
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The European Commission has opened a formal investigation
following a complaint on potential state aid into an agreement
for the provision of airport services at Bratislava airport,
allegedly favouring Ryanair. To read the press release, click
here.
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The European Commission has approved the French state
aid in the sum of €99 million to the QUAERO (multilingual
indexing of search engines) research and development programme.
To read the press release, click
here.
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The European Commission has approved the Flemish Region
training aid to Volvo Cars in Gent in the sum of €3.5
million. To read the press release, click
here.
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The European Commission has requested that Italy repay
the 17 R&D loans in the aeronautical sector totalling
in excess of €450 million. To read the press release,
click
here and here.
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The European Commission has ordered Italy to repay the unlawful
fiscal aid in the sum of €123 million from nine privatised
banks to whom it was granted. To read the press release, click
here.
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The European Commission is to refer Italy to the ECJ over
its failing to comply with the Commission's decision declaring
tax incentives in favour of companies taking part in trade
fairs abroad incompatible and ordering their recovery from
the recipients. To read the press release, click
here.
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| Speeches |
|
Viviane Reding speech: "Digital TV, Mobile TV: let's
push for open technologies in Europe and worldwide".
To read the speech, click
here.
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|
UK Notifications
& Publications
|
 |
| Consultations |
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Ofgem has opened a consultation into the "Revised Section
23 Notice for National Grid Gas's SO incentives from 1 April
2008". Interested parties should submit their comments
by 10 April 2008. To read the consultation, click
here.
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Ofwat has opened a consultation into Compliance Codes Guidance.
Interested parties should submit their comments by 6 June
2008. To read the consultation, click
here and here
and here.
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| Mergers Referred to
the Competition Commission |
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Cine-UK Limited/a lease from Standard Life Property Holdings
Limited for the purpose of operating a cinema business at
Hollywood Green Leisure Park, Wood Green - cinemas. To read
the press release, click
here and here.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Littlewoods Shop Direct Group Limited/the agency mail order
business of Redcats (Brands) Limited - catalogue home shopping.
To read the decision, click
here.
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Seawell Holding (UK) Limited/Noble Drilling (UK) Limited
- contract platform drilling. To read the decision, click
here.
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| Competition Commission |
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The Competition Commission has published its Final Report
in the Macquarie/National Grid Wireless merger. To read the
Report, click
here and here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom has issued a statement on the making of regulations
in connection with the award of 1452-1492 MHz. To read the
statement, click
here and here.
|
|
Ofcom has published a regulatory statement in relation to
the Monitoring compliance with charge controls. To read the
statement, click
here.
|
|
Ofcom has published a regulatory statement
in relation to the Review of ITV Networking Arrangements 2007.
To read the statement, click
here.
|
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Ofgem has published a report on the Review
of the market for exported electricity from microgeneration.
To read the report, click
here.
|
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Ofgem has published the approval criteria
for redress schemes in the energy sector. To read the document,
click
here and click
here.
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Postcomm has published its decision in
Royal Mail application to limit the amount of compensation
paid in its Special Next Day Delivery Service. To read the
decision, click
here.
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The OFT has amended, following representations
from stakeholders, its proposed sequencing of the publication
of documents related to work on the newspaper and magazine
sector. To read the press release, click
here.
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