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CR Focus 21st August 2007

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European Notifications and Publications
Mergers - Invitations to Comment

Bain Capital/Brake Bros >>>more>>>

Penske/GM/JV >>>more>>>

3i/Accord >>>more>>>

GDFI/Energie Investimenti >>>more>>>

Mergers Cleared

National Grid/TenneT/BritNed JV >>>more>>>

PPR/PUMA >>>more>>>

Rasperia/Raiffeisen-Holding/Uniqa/Strabag >>>more>>>

STM/Intel/JV >>>more>>>

Autogrill/Alpha Airports Group >>>more>>>

CRH/Cementbouw >>>more>>>

3i/Eltel >>>more>>>

 

UK Notifications & Publications
Consultations

Ofcom: BBC's Proposed Gaelic Digital Service - Consultation on Simplified Approach to Ofcom's Market Impact Assessment >>>more>>>

Ofgem: Gas and Electricity Connections Industry Review 2006-07 >>>more>>>

Postcomm: Proposal to Reject Royal Mail's Zonal Pricing Application >>>more>>>

CAT

Albion Water Limited v Water Services Regulation Authority (formerly the Director General of Water Services)(D?r Cymru/Shotton Paper) >>>more>>>

Hutchison 3G UK Limited v Office of Communications >>>more>>>

Competition Commission

Rolling Stock Leasing Market Investigation - issues statement >>>more>>>

Greif Inc/Blagden Packaging Group inquiry - Final Report >>>more>>>

Mergers Cleared

Tiscali UK Holdings Limited/the Broadband and Voice Division of Pipex Communications plc >>>more>>>

Babcock International Group plc/Devonport Management Limited >>>more>>>

Darwin Mezzanine Limited/Manrose Manufacturing Limited >>>more>>>

Mergers Cleared - Full Text Decisions

Centenary Music Holdings Limited/the Sanctuary Group plc >>>more>>>

Macquarie Infrastructure Fund II and Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group/Airwave Safety Communications Limited >>>more>>>

Miscellaneous

Ofcom closes own-initiative investigation into Tesco Telecoms - adherence to its Code of Practice >>>more>>>

Ofcom - update note relating to own-initiative investigation into Unicom - adherence to its Code of Practice >>>more>>>

Ofcom - update note relating to dispute between H3G/O2/ Orange/T-Mobile regarding donor conveyance charges >>>more>>>

Ofcom - update note relating to dispute between Hutchison 3G/Orange Personal Communications Services/O2 regarding call termination rates >>more>>>

Ofcom - Consolidated Version Of General Conditions (15 August 2007 (Including Annotations)) >>>more>>>

Ofwat - modification to conditions of appointment of water and sewerage undertakers and water undertakers >>>more>>>

Ofwat - responses to consultation into syndication of Deutsche Bank's ownership of Aqueduct Capital (UK) Limited and impact on Sutton and East Surrey Water plc >>>more>>>

Ofwat - Competition Workshop (10 September 2007) >>>more>>>

 
European Notifications and Publications
Mergers - Invitation to Comment

COMP/M.4820: Bain Capital/Brake Bros - private equity, food service distribution. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 24 August 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4832: Penske/GM/JV - car manufacturer, rental and dealership, diesel engines. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 25 August 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4857: 3i/Accord - private equity, outsourced services to the public sector. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 28 August 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4876: GDFI/Energie Investimenti - exploration, supply and distribution of gas and energy related services. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 28 August 2007. To read the notification, click here.

Mergers Cleared

COMP/M.4652: National Grid/TenneT/BritNed JV - electricity transmission, interconnector construction. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.4676: PPR/PUMA - retail and luxury goods, production, wholesale, retail sale of sport , sport-lifestyle products. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.4710: Rasperia/Raiffeisen-Holding/Uniqa/Strabag - energy, aluminium, car manufacture, mining, commodities, construction, real estate, insurance. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.4751: STM/Intel/JV - semiconductors, microprocessors, chipsets, flash memory business. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4762: Autogrill/Alpha Airports Group - food and beverages for travellers, catering and retailing to airports and airlines. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4768: CRH/Cementbouw - building materials, cement, concrete and binding products. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.4773: 3i/Eltel - private equity, construction and maintenance of telecom and electricity infrastructure. To read the decision, click here.

 
UK Notifications & Publications
Consultations

Ofcom has opened a consultation into the BBC's Proposed Gaelic Digital Service - Consultation on Simplified Approach to Ofcom's Market Impact Assessment. Interested parties should submit their comments by 7 September 2007. To read the consultation, click here. and click here. and click here.

Ofgem has opened a consultation into the Gas and Electricity Connections Industry Review 2006-07. Interested parties should submit their comments by 31 October 2007. To read the consultation, click here.

Postcomm has opened a consultation into the Proposal to Reject Royal Mail's Zonal Pricing Application. Interested parties should submit their comments by 17 October 2007. To read the consultation, click here.

CAT

Albion Water Limited v Water Services Regulation Authority (formerly the Director General of Water Services)(D?r Cymru/Shotton Paper). The CAT has published the Order of the Court of Appeal, granting Dwr Cymru permission to appeal. To read the Order, click here.

Hutchison 3G UK Limited v Office of Communications. The CAT has published its Ruling on the formulation of the preliminary issue. To read the Ruling, click here.

Competition Commission

The Competition Commission has published its issues statement in relation to the Rolling Stock Leasing Market Investigation. To read the statement, click here. and to read the press release, click here.

The Competition Commission has published its Final Report in relation to the Greif Inc / Blagden Packaging Group inquiry. To read the Report, click here. and to read the summary, click here. and to read the press release, click here.

Mergers Cleared

Tiscali UK Holdings Limited/the Broadband and Voice Division of Pipex Communications plc - internet access and fixed line telephony. To read the decision, click here.

Babcock International Group plc/Devonport Management Limited - maintenance and support of surface ships and submarines. To read the decision, click here.

Darwin Mezzanine Limited/Manrose Manufacturing Limited - ventilation products. To read the decision, click here.

Mergers Cleared - Full Text Decisions

Centenary Music Holdings Limited/the Sanctuary Group plc - music recording and publishing. To read the full text decision, click here.

Macquarie Infrastructure Fund II and Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group/Airwave Safety Communications Limited - terrestrial transmission services. To read the full text decision, click here.

Miscellaneous

Ofcom has closed its own-initiative investigation into Tesco Stores Ltd trading as Tesco Telecoms - adherence to its Code of Practice governing sales and marketing activity. To read the report, click here.

Ofcom has published an update note in relation to its own-initiative investigation into Universal Utilities Limited trading as Unicom - adherence to its Code of Practice governing sales and marketing activity. To read the update note, click here.

Ofcom has published an update note in relation to the disputes between H3G and each of O2, Orange and T-Mobile about donor conveyance charges. To read the update, click here.

Ofcom has published an update note in relation to the disputes between Hutchison 3G and each of Orange Personal Communications Services and O2 relating to call termination rates. To read the update, click here.

Ofcom has published its Consolidated Version Of General Conditions (15 August 2007 (Including Annotations)). To read the conditions, click here.

Ofwat has published a modification to the conditions of appointment of all water and sewerage undertakers and all water undertakers. To read the modification, click here. and click here.

Ofwat has published the responses to its consultation into the syndication of Deutsche Bank's ownership of Aqueduct Capital (UK) Limited and impact on Sutton and East Surrey Water plc. To read the responses, click here. and click here. and click here.

Ofwat is to hold a further Competition Workshop on 10 September 2007. To read the document, click here. and click here.