CR Focus 21st
August 2007
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers - Invitations to Comment |
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Bain Capital/Brake Bros >>>more>>>
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Penske/GM/JV >>>more>>>
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3i/Accord >>>more>>>
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GDFI/Energie Investimenti >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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National Grid/TenneT/BritNed JV >>>more>>>
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PPR/PUMA >>>more>>>
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Rasperia/Raiffeisen-Holding/Uniqa/Strabag >>>more>>>
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STM/Intel/JV >>>more>>>
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Autogrill/Alpha Airports Group >>>more>>>
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CRH/Cementbouw >>>more>>>
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3i/Eltel >>>more>>>
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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Ofcom: BBC's Proposed Gaelic Digital Service - Consultation
on Simplified Approach to Ofcom's Market Impact Assessment
>>>more>>>
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Ofgem: Gas and Electricity Connections Industry Review 2006-07
>>>more>>>
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Postcomm: Proposal to Reject Royal Mail's Zonal Pricing Application
>>>more>>>
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| CAT |
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Albion Water Limited v Water Services Regulation Authority
(formerly the Director General of Water Services)(D?r Cymru/Shotton
Paper) >>>more>>>
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Hutchison 3G UK Limited v Office of Communications >>>more>>>
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| Competition Commission |
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Rolling Stock Leasing Market Investigation - issues statement
>>>more>>>
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Greif Inc/Blagden Packaging Group inquiry - Final Report >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Tiscali UK Holdings Limited/the Broadband and Voice Division
of Pipex Communications plc >>>more>>>
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Babcock International Group plc/Devonport Management Limited
>>>more>>>
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Darwin Mezzanine Limited/Manrose Manufacturing Limited >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared - Full Text Decisions |
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Centenary Music Holdings Limited/the Sanctuary Group plc >>>more>>>
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Macquarie Infrastructure Fund II and Macquarie Communications
Infrastructure Group/Airwave Safety Communications Limited
>>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom closes own-initiative investigation into Tesco Telecoms
- adherence to its Code of Practice >>>more>>>
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Ofcom - update note relating to own-initiative investigation
into Unicom - adherence to its Code of Practice >>>more>>>
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Ofcom - update note relating to dispute between H3G/O2/ Orange/T-Mobile
regarding donor conveyance charges >>>more>>>
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Ofcom - update note relating to dispute between Hutchison
3G/Orange Personal Communications Services/O2 regarding call
termination rates >>more>>>
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Ofcom - Consolidated Version Of General Conditions (15 August
2007 (Including Annotations)) >>>more>>>
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Ofwat - modification to conditions of appointment of water
and sewerage undertakers and water undertakers >>>more>>>
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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>>>
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Ofwat - Competition Workshop (10 September 2007) >>>more>>>
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers - Invitation
to Comment |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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COMP/M.4652: National Grid/TenneT/BritNed JV - electricity
transmission, interconnector construction. To read the decision,
click
here.
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COMP/M.4676: PPR/PUMA - retail and luxury goods, production,
wholesale, retail sale of sport , sport-lifestyle products.
To read the decision, click
here.
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COMP/M.4710: Rasperia/Raiffeisen-Holding/Uniqa/Strabag
- energy, aluminium, car manufacture, mining, commodities,
construction, real estate, insurance. To read the decision,
click
here.
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COMP/M.4751: STM/Intel/JV - semiconductors, microprocessors,
chipsets, flash memory business. To read the press release,
click
here.
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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.
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COMP/M.4768: CRH/Cementbouw - building materials, cement,
concrete and binding products. To read the decision, click
here.
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COMP/M.4773: 3i/Eltel - private equity, construction and
maintenance of telecom and electricity infrastructure. To
read the decision, click
here.
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| CAT |
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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.
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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.
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| Competition Commission |
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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.
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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.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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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.
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Babcock International Group plc/Devonport Management Limited
- maintenance and support of surface ships and submarines.
To read the decision, click
here.
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Darwin Mezzanine Limited/Manrose Manufacturing Limited
- ventilation products. To read the decision, click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared - Full
Text Decisions |
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Centenary Music Holdings Limited/the Sanctuary Group plc -
music recording and publishing. To read the full text decision,
click
here.
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Macquarie Infrastructure Fund II and Macquarie Communications
Infrastructure Group/Airwave Safety Communications Limited
- terrestrial transmission services. To read the full text
decision, click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ofcom has published its Consolidated Version Of General Conditions
(15 August 2007 (Including Annotations)). To read the conditions,
click
here.
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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.
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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.
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Ofwat is to hold a further Competition Workshop on 10 September
2007. To read the document, click
here. and click
here.
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