EC fines members of fasteners cartel in excess of €328 million >>>more>>>

OFT issues provisional decision to supermarkets and dairies over price fixing >>>more>>>

Swedish incumbent TeliaSonera announces plans to voluntarily set up separate infrastructure division >>>more>>>

European Mergers - Invitations to Comment >>>more>>>

Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio >>>more>>>

Rhenus/TMI >>>more>>>

France Télécom/Mid Europa Partners/One >>>more>>>

Umicore/Norsk Hydro/Hycore JV >>>more>>>

RBS/ABN AMRO assets >>>more>>>

Santander/ABN AMRO assets >>>more>>>

Charlie McCreevy speech: "Improving the competitiveness of European card-based payments" >>>more>>>

EC adopts energy package on unbundling >>>more>>>

EC announces preliminary findings that Spanish authority's decision to impose conditions on Endesa/Enel/Acciona merger violate Commission's exclusive jurisdiction. >>>more>>>

Ofcom: "application of spectrum liberalisation and trading to the mobile sector - including implementation of the Radio Spectrum Committee Decision on 900 MHz and 1800MHz" >>>more>>>

Ofgem: "Gas Distribution Price Control Review Updated Proposals" >>>more>>>

Bracken Bay Kitchens Limited v Office of Communications >>>more>>>

Tesco/Co-op store acquisition - Notice of Provision Findings, Provisional Findings Report and Notice of Remedies >>>more>>>

UK Mergers - Invitations to Comment >>>more>>>

Groupe Steria SCA/Xansa plc >>>more>>>

Ofcom publishes update relating to Market Impact Assessment of the BBC's High Definition Television Proposals - A report of market research conducted for Ofcom by Illuminas >>>more>>>

European Commission fines members of fasteners cartel in excess of €328 million. To read the press release, click here. and click here.

OFT issues provisional decision to Asda, Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury and Tesco, as well as dairy processors Arla, Dairy Crest, Lactalis McLelland, The Cheese Company and Wiseman over price fixing. To read the press release, click here.

Swedish incumbent TeliaSonera announces plans to voluntarily set up separate infrastructure division following pressure from the Ministry and regulator to introduce functional separation in Sweden. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4640: BAE Systems/VT/JV - defence and commercial aircraft, shipbuilding and related services. Interested parties should submit their comments by 2 October 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4684: AIG/Orco/Hospitality Invest - life and general insurance, investment in real estate and hospitality. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 28 September 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4816: Blackstone/Hilton - asset management, financial services, hotels, holiday resorts, timeshares. Interested parties should submit their comments by 1 October 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4842: Danone/Numico - dairy products, bottled water, biscuits, cereals, baby foods, clinical nutrition. Interested parties should submit their comments by 1 October 2007. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.4879: Jabil/Nokia Siemens Networks Oy - design, manufacturing, related services for electronic solutions, microwave and radio base section equipment. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments by 30 September 2007. To read the notification, click here.

Mergers - In Depth Investigations

COMP/M.4781: Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio - processing, production of copper cathodes. To read the press release, click here and here.

COMP/M.4787: Rhenus/TMI - logistics, transport services, water and recycling management, cargo handling, rail sea road forwarding. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.4809: France Télécom/Mid Europa Partners/One - fixed and mobile telephony, private equity. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4829: Umicore/Norsk Hydro/Hycore JV - precious metal products, development, production, supply of aluminium, oil, gas, hydropower, alternative energy sources, solar grade silicon. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.4843: RBS/ABN AMRO assets - banking. To read the press release, click here.

COMP/M.4845: Santander/ABN AMRO assets - banking. To read the press release, click here.

Charlie McCreevy speech: "Improving the competitiveness of European card-based payments". To read the speech, click here.

The European Commission has adopted an energy package on unbundling. To read the documents, click here. To read Neelie Kroes's speech outlining the package, click here. To read Andris Piebalgs's speech outlining the package, click here.To see the initial study prepared for the European Commission by Charles Russell and Gómez-Acebo Pombo Abogados (December 2005), click here.

The European Commission has announced its preliminary findings that the Spanish authority's decision to impose conditions on the acquisition of Endesa by Enel/Acciona (COMP/M.4685) violated the Commission's exclusive jurisdiction to assess the merger. To read the press release, click here.

Ofcom has opened a consultation into the application of spectrum liberalisation and trading to the mobile sector - including implementation of the Radio Spectrum Committee Decision on 900 MHz and 1800MHz. Interesting parties should submit their comments by 29 November 2007. To read the notification, click here and click here.

Ofgem has opened a consultation into Gas Distribution Price Control Review Updated Proposals. Interested parties should submit their comments by 22 October 2007. To read the consultation, click here and here and here.

Bracken Bay Kitchens Limited v Office of Communications. The CAT has published the Order of the Tribunal rejecting the Appeal. To read the order, click here.

The Competition Commission has published Notice of Provision Findings, Provisional Findings Report and Notice of Remedies in the Tesco / Co-op store acquisition. To read the documents, click here, and here and here and here.

Tesco plc/five stores (Thurso, Bedlington, Little Lever, Ramsbottom and North Hykeham) from Somerfield plc - grocery. Interested parties should submit their comments by 8 October 2007. To read the notification, click here.

Groupe Steria SCA/Xansa plc - IT services. To read the decision, click here.