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European Commission carries out dawn raids at several power
transformer producers in France, Germany and Austria >>>more>>>
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers - Invitation to Comment |
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Etat Français-Thalès/DCN >>>more>>>
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Balfour Beatty/Galaxy/Exeter Airport >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Lite-On/PBDS >>>more>>>
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PBDS/Philips APM >>>more>>>
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Iberdrola/ScottishPower >>>more>>>
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| State Aid |
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Polish aid in respect of Poczta Polska: compensation for carrying
out the universal postal service >>>more>>>
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Italian aid in relation to Poste Italiane SpA, Bancoposta
and remuneration paid for distribution of postal savings financial
products >>>more>>>
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Guidelines on national regional State Aid for 2007-2013 for
Finland, Sweden, Austria and Spain >>>more>>>
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| Speeches |
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Viviane Reding speech: "Towards a True Internal Market
for Europe's Telecom Industry" >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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European Commission: consultation into draft Merger Guidelines
for companies in vertical or conglomerate relationships >>>more>>>
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Commissioner Kroes presents results of energy sector inquiry
to Energy Council >>>more>>>
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DG Competition: agenda and video tapes of public hearing of
business insurance sector inquiry >>>more>>>
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Energy Commission Piebalgs welcomes successful coupling of
Belgian, Dutch and French electricity markets >>>more>>>
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European Commission: adopts Pharma-Gatt Agreement improving
trade in pharmaceuticals >>>more>>>
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UK Notifications
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| Consultations |
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Ofcom: Draft Determination to resolve a dispute between Rapture
Television plc and British Sky Broadcasting Ltd about EPG
listing charges >>>more>>>
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Ofcom: resolution of price disputes concerning supply of certain
directory information by British Telecommunications plc to
The Number (UK) Ltd and Conduit Enterprises Ltd >>>more>>>
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Ofcom: setting of access-related conditions upon Top Up TV
Limited >>>more>>>
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Ofgem: Review of Competition in Gas and Electricity Connections
Proposals Document >>>more>>>
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| Competition Commission |
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Stonegate Farmers Ltd / Deans Food Group Ltd merger inquiry
extension >>>more>>>
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| Mergers - Invitation to Comment |
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Woolworths Group plc/Bertram Group Limited >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Arqiva Limited/British Telecommunications plc's satellite
broadcast services business >>>more>>>
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| Mergers - Referred |
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Limited/Quest End Computer
Services Limited, Quest Systems Development Limited and Cywood
Management Limited >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom: Sky's proposal to launch new service on digital terrestrial
television >>>more>>>
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Ofcom: introduction of new UK-wide 03 numbering system >>>more>>>
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Ofcom: note on predicted coverage of public service and commercial
digital television multiplexes following switchover >>>more>>>
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Ofcom: "Updated: Annual Plan Programme of work for 2006/7"
>>>more>>>
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Ofwat: Rules of Procedure >>>more>>>
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Ofwat: responses to "Review of regulatory accounting
guidelines 1, 3 and 4 and of the regulatory accounts tables
(18-29) for the June return 2007-10" consultation >>>more>>>
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ORR: Periodic review 2008 - Timescales for signalling conclusions
letter >>>more>>>
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ORR: responses to Insurance review consultation - November
2006 >>>more>>>
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OFT: launches new competition assessment and guideline for
the policy makers >>>more>>>
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| In
the News |
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The European Commission has carried out dawn raids at the premises
of several power transformer producers in France, Germany and
Austria. To read the press release, click
here. |
| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers - Invitation to Comment |
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COMP/M.4191: Etat Français-Thalès/DCN - defence
systems for naval, aerospace, transport and civil security
applications. Interested parties should submit their comments
by 27 February 2007. To read the notification, click
here.
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COMP/M.4559: Balfour Beatty/Galaxy/Exeter Airport - building
and engineering, transport, infrastructure equity fund, owner/operator
Exeter Airport. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested
parties should submit their comments by 23 February 2007.
To read the notification, click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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COMP/M.4502: Lite-On/PBDS - development, design and sales
of optical data storage disk drives for computers, electronic
products. To read the press release, click
here.
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COMP/M.4503: PBDS/Philips APM - development, design and sales
of optical data storage disk drives for computers, automotive
playback modules for in-car multimedia and navigation applications.
To read the press release, click
here.
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COMP/M.4517: Iberdrola/ScottishPower - electricity and gas
supply. To read the press release, click
here.
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| State Aid |
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Aid No: C 21/05 (ex PL 45/04) - Polish aid in respect
of Poczta Polska: compensation for carrying out the universal
postal service - 2004-2005. The European Commission has informed
Poland that intend to partially terminate the procedure. To
read the notification, click
here.
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Aid No: C 49/2006 (ex NN 65/2006) - Italian aid in relation
to Poste Italiane SpA, Bancoposta and the remuneration paid
for the distribution of postal savings financial products.
Interested parties should submit their comments by 13 March
2007. To read the invitation, click
here.
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The European Commission has published guidelines on national
regional State Aid for 2007-2013 for Finland, Sweden, Austria
and Spain To read the guidelines, click
here. and to read the guidelines for Spain, click
here.
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| Speeches |
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Viviane Reding speech: "Towards a True Internal Market
for Europe's Telecom Industry". To read the speech, click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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The European Commission has opened a consultation into draft
Merger Guidelines for companies in a vertical or conglomerate
relationship. Interested parties should submit their comments
by 12 May 2007. To read the consultation, click
here. and to read the press release, click
here.
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Commissioner Kroes has presented the results of energy sector
inquiry to Energy Council. To read the press release, click
here.
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DG Competition has published the agenda and video tapes of
the public hearing of the business insurance sector inquiry.
To read the agenda and view the tapes, click
here.
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Energy Commission Piebalgs has welcomed the successful coupling
of the Belgian, Dutch and French electricity markets. To read
the press release, click
here.
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The European Commission has welcomed the adoption of the Pharma-Gatt
Agreement improving the trade in pharmaceuticals. To read
the press release, click
here.
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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Ofcom has opened a consultation into a Draft Determination
to resolve a dispute between Rapture Television plc and British
Sky Broadcasting Ltd about EPG listing charges. Interested
parties should submit their comments by 23 February 2007.
To read the consultation, click
here. and to read the update note, click
here.
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Ofcom has opened a consultation into the resolution of price
disputes concerning supply of certain directory information
by British Telecommunications plc to The Number (UK) Ltd and
Conduit Enterprises Ltd - Revised Draft Determinations and
Explanatory Statement. Interested parties should submit their
comments by 7 March 2007. To read the consultation, click
here.
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Ofcom has opened a consultation into the setting of access-related
conditions upon Top Up TV Limited. Interested parties should
submit their comments by 27 April 2007. To read the consultation,
click
here.
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Ofgem has opened a consultation into the Review of Competition
in Gas and Electricity Connections Proposals Document. Interested
parties should submit their comments by 30 March 2007. To
read the consultation, click
here.
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| Competition Commission |
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The Competition Commission has extended its inquiry period
in the Stonegate Farmers Ltd / Deans Food Group Ltd merger
to 24 April 2007. To read the press release, click
here.
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Mergers - Invitation to Comment
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Woolworths Group plc/Bertram Group Limited - book distribution.
Interested parties should submit their comments by 23 February
2007. To read the notification, click
here. |
| Mergers Cleared |
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Arqiva Limited/British Telecommunications plc's satellite
broadcast services business - satellite broadcast systems.
To read the decision, click
here.
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| Mergers - Referred |
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Limited/Quest End Computer
Services Limited, Quest Systems Development Limited and Cywood
Management Limited - property valuation network services.
To read the press releases, click
here. and click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom has issued a press release in relation to Sky's proposal
to launch new service on digital terrestrial television. To
read the press release, click
here.
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Ofcom has issued a press release with regard to the new UK-wide
03 numbering system to be introduced. To read the press release,
click
here.
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Ofcom has published a note on the predicted coverage of public
service and commercial digital television multiplexes following
switchover. To read the note, click
here.
|
|
Ofcom has published its "Updated: Annual Plan Programme
of work for 2006/7". To read the document, click
here.
|
Ofwat has published its rules of procedure. To read the rules,
click
here. |
Ofwat has published the responses to the "Review of regulatory
accounting guidelines 1, 3 and 4 and of the regulatory accounts
tables (18-29) for the June return 2007-10" consultation.
To read the responses, click
here. |
ORR has published its Periodic review 2008 - Timescales
for signalling conclusions letter. To read the review, click
here. |
ORR has published the responses to Insurance review consultation
- November 2006. To read the responses, click
here. |
The OFT is to launch a new competition assessment and guideline
for the policy makers across government in order to assess the
impact proposed policies and legislation will have on competition.
To read the press release, click
here. |
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