CR Focus 19th
November 2008
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| In
the News |
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EC fines car glass manufacturing cartel €1 383 896 000
>>>more>>>
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers - Invitations to Comment |
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European Mergers - Requests for Comment >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Invitrogen/Applied Biosystems >>>more>>>
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IBM/ILOG >>>more>>>
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GameStop/Micromania >>>more>>>
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| State Aid |
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EC approves Dutch State Aid for emergency recapitalisation
of ING Groep N.V. >>>more>>>
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EC approves Finnish aid for support scheme for financial institutions
>>>more>>>
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EC approves Italian aid for refinancing of credit institutions
>>>more>>>
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EC approves Italian rescue aid to regional air carrier Alpi
eagles SpA >>>more>>>
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EC concludes Italian loan to Alitalia unlawful aid following
in depth investigation, but grants permission for selling
assets >>>more>>>
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EC determines La Banque Postale did not receive state aid
under retirement pension financing reform for La Poste's state-payroll
employees >>>more>>>
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EC publishes latest State Aid Scoreboard >>>more>>>
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EC welcomes ECJ's ruling on recovering illegal State Aid >>>more>>>
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| Speeches |
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Neelie Kroes speech: "EU competition rules - part of
the solution for Europe's economy" >>>more>>>
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Charlie McCreevy speech: "Markets in Financial Instruments
Directive (MiFID)" >>>more>>>
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Charlie McCreevy speech: "Opening address at the Office
for Harmonisation in the Internal Market" >>>more>>>
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Charlie McCreevy speech: "Prudential Supervision in an
Integrated Market" >>>more>>>
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Joaquín Almunia speech: "A recipe for recovery:
the European response to the financial crisis" >>>more>>>
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Meglena Kuneva speech: "High level EU-China-US Trilateral
Summit on Product Safety" >>>more>>>
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Viviane Reding speech: "Digital Europe: the Internet
Mega-trends that will Shape Tomorrow's Europe" >>>more>>>
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Viviane Reding speech: "Empowering users: the key to
the development of the Information Society" >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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DG Competition publishes decision prohibiting anti-competitive
agreement between European Collecting societies members of
CISAC >>>more>>>
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EC publishes memo outlining ways of working towards a secure,
sustainable and competitive European energy network >>>more>>>
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EC requests further market data from Slovenian telecoms watchdog
regarding joint dominance in mobile market to enable conclusions
of draft regulatory measures >>>more>>>
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EC informs Spanish telecoms regulator that it has misgivings
on draft measures regarding wholesale broadband access market
>>>more>>>
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EC's Viviane Reding welcomes Italy's telecom's regulators
commitment to further reducing mobile termination rates >>>more>>>
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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Ofwat: appointment of new sewerage undertaker for site at
Knowle Village, near Fareham >>>more>>>
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| CAT |
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Enron Coal Services Limited (in liquidation) v English Welsh
& Scottish Railway Limited >>>more>>>
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| Competition Commission
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CC publishes provisional decision on remedies in Payment Protection
Insurance (PPI) investigation >>>more>>>
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| Mergers - Invitation
to Comment |
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Lochard Ltd/Spectris plc >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Full Text Decisions |
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Arriva plc/certain assets of K.M.P. (Llanberis) Limited >>>more>>>
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Co-operative Group Limited/Somerfield Limited >>>more>>>
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Glatfelter Lydney Ltd/Metallised Products Limited >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Orbital Marketing Services Group Limited/Ocean Park Limited
>>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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OFT finds Cardiff Bus engaged in predatory behaviour to eliminate
competitor >>>more>>>
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Ofcom issues update note to its own-initiative enforcement
programme to give effect to General Condition 22 (Service
Migrations) >>>more>>>
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Ofcom sets out key tests criteria future partnerships between
public service broadcasters will have to meet >>>more>>>
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| In
the News |
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European Commission fines car glass manufacturing cartel €1
383 896 000. To read the press release, click
here, here
and here.
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers
- Invitations to Comment |
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COMP/M.5224: EDF/British Energy - generation and trading of
electricity. Interested parties should submit their comments
by 21 November 2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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COMP/M.5295: Teva/Barr - development, production and marketing
of pharmaceuticals. Interested parties should submit their
comments by 21 November 2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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COMP/M.5357: GKN/Airbus Filton Wing Component Operation -
manufacture and supply of components to aerospace and automotive
industry. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties
should submit their comments by 28 November 2008. To read
the notification, click
here.
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COMP/M.5361: Bank of America/Merrill Lynch - banking. Candidate
for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit
their comments by 25 November 2008. To read the notification,
click
here.
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COMP/M.5366: Iberdrola Renovables/Gamesa Energía -
renewable electricity, windfarms. Interested parties should
submit their comments by 24 November 2008. To read the notification,
click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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COMP/M.5264: Invitrogen/Applied Biosystems - supply of
cell and culture media, instrument based systems for academic
research, the life science industry and commercial markets.
To read the press release, click
here.
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COMP/M.5317: IBM/ILOG - production and marketing of IT solutions.
To read the press release, click
here.
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COMP/M.5356: GameStop/Micromania - video game products. To
read the decision, click
here.
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| State Aid |
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The European Commission has approved the Dutch State Aid for
the emergency recapitalisation of ING Groep N.V. To read the
press release, click
here.
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The European Commission has approved the Finnish aid for a
support scheme for financial institutions. To read the press
release, click
here.
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The European Commission has approved the Italian aid for the
refinancing of credit institutions. To read the press release,
click
here.
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The European Commission has approved the Italian rescue aid
in the sum of €17 million to Alpi eagles SpA, a regional
air carrier based in the Veneto region of Italy. To read the
press release, click
here.
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The European Commission has concluded that the €300 million
loan from Italy to Alitalia was unlawful aid following its
in depth investigation, but has granted permission for the
selling of its assets which do not constitute State aid providing
the parties comply with the undertakings given. To read the
press release, click
here and here.
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The European Commission has determined that France's La Banque
Postale did not receive state aid under the retirement pension
financing reform for La Poste's state-payroll employees. To
read the press release, click
here.
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The European Commission has published the latest State Aid
Scoreboard. To read the press release, click
here.
|
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The European Commission has welcomed the ECJ's ruling on recovering
illegal State Aid. To read the press release, click
here.
|
| Speeches |
|
Neelie Kroes speech: "EU competition rules - part of
the solution for Europe's economy". To read the speech,
click
here.
|
|
Charlie McCreevy speech: "Markets in Financial Instruments
Directive (MiFID)". To read the speech, click
here.
|
|
Charlie McCreevy speech: "Opening address at the Office
for Harmonisation in the Internal Market". To read the
speech, click
here.
|
|
Charlie McCreevy speech: "Prudential Supervision in an
Integrated Market". To read the speech, click
here.
|
|
Joaquín Almunia speech: "A recipe for recovery:
the European response to the financial crisis". To read
the speech, click
here.
|
|
Meglena Kuneva speech: "High level EU-China-US Trilateral
Summit on Product Safety". To read the speech, click
here.
|
|
Viviane Reding speech: "Digital Europe: the Internet
Mega-trends that will Shape Tomorrow's Europe". To read
the speech, click
here.
|
|
Viviane Reding speech: "Empowering users: the key to
the development of the Information Society". To read
the speech, click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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DG Competition has published its decision prohibiting an anti-competitive
agreement between European Collecting societies members of
CISAC. To read the decision, click
here.
|
|
The European Commission has published a memo outlining ways
of working towards a secure, sustainable and competitive European
energy network. To read the memo, click
here and here.
|
|
The European Commission has requested further market data
from the Slovenian telecoms watchdog regarding joint dominance
in the mobile market before concluding draft regulatory measures.
To read the press release, click
here.
|
|
The European Commission has told the Spanish telecoms regulator
that it has misgivings on the draft measures regarding its
wholesale broadband access market. To read the press release,
click
here.
|
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The European Commissions Viviane Reding has welcomed Italy's
telecom's regulators commitment to further reducing mobile
termination rates. To read the press release, click
here.
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UK Notifications
& Publications
|
 |
| Consultations |
|
Ofwat has opened a consultation to appoint a new sewerage
undertaker for a site at Knowle Village, near Fareham. Interested
parties should submit their comments by 12 December 2008.
To read the notification, click
here and here.
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| CAT |
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Enron Coal Services Limited (in liquidation) v English Welsh
& Scottish Railway Limited. The CAT has published the
Notice of Claim for Damages. To read the claim, click
here.
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| Competition Commission |
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The Competition Commission has published the provisional decision
on remedies in relation to the
Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) investigation. To read
the decision, click
here and here.
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| Mergers - Invitation
to Comment |
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Lochard Ltd/Spectris plc - environmental noise management.
Interested parties should submit their comments by 24 November
2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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| Mergers Full Text Decisions |
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Arriva plc/certain assets of K.M.P. (Llanberis) Limited -
local bus services North West Wales. To read the full text
decision, click
here.
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Co-operative Group Limited/Somerfield Limited - grocery retail.
To read the full text decision, click
here.
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Glatfelter Lydney Ltd/Metallised Products Limited - manufacture
and supply of metallised paper. To read the full text decision,
click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Orbital Marketing Services Group Limited/Ocean Park Limited
- distribution of travel brochures. Cleared under the de minimis
exemption. Although there is a realistic prospect of a substantial
lessening of competition, the OFT considered that a reference
to the Competition Commission would be disproportionate given
that there was substantial countervailing buyer power and
any adversely affected market would have an annual turnover
less than £5m. To read the decision, click
here and here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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The OFT has found that Cardiff Bus engaged in predatory behaviour
with the intention of eliminating a competitor. To read the
press release,
click here.
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Ofcom has issued an update note in relation to its own-initiative
enforcement programme to give effect to General Condition
22 (Service Migrations). To read the update, click
here.
|
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Ofcom has set out key tests criteria that future partnerships
between public service broadcasters will have to meet. To
read the press release, click
here.
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