CR Focus 26th
March 2008
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| In
the News |
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Aer Lingus's request for interim measures to prevent Ryanair
exercising its voting rights rejected >>>more>>>
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Ofcom introduces new compensation scheme for Openreach customers
>>>more>>>
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers Invitation to Comment |
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European Mergers - Requests for Comment >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Deutsche Bahn/Transfesa >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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EC and U.S. Department of Transportation launch joint research
programme to improve understanding of transatlantic air services
>>>more>>>
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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Ofcom "Protecting consumers from mis-selling of mobile
telecommunications services" >>>more>>>
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Ofcom "Review of television advertising and teleshopping
regulation" >>>more>>>
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| CAT |
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Hutchison 3G UK Limited; British Telecommunications Plc v
Office of Communications (Mobile Call Termination) >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Invitation
to Comment |
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E.ON UK plc/the public lighting business of ABB Holdings Limited
>>>more>>>
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GFI Group Inc/Trayport Limited >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Dairy Crest Group plc/the dairy business of East of England
Cooperative Society Limited >>>more>>>
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Synergy Healthcare plc/Vernon-Carus Limited >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom to amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations
2003 >>>more>>>
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Ofcom issues statement on the reduction in ITV children's
programmes to be aired in 2008 >>>more>>>
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Ofcom opens second own-initiative investigation against various
Communications Providers regarding requirement to implementation
and compliance with Dispute Resolution Scheme >>>more>>>
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Ofcom publishes decision on usage of band 169.6125 to 169.8125MHz
>>>more>>>
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Ofcom seminar documentation "Award of available spectrum:
1452-1492 MHz" >>>more>>>
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Ofgem publishes decision on National Grid investigation >>>more>>>
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| In
the News |
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The European Commission has reported that Aer Lingus's
request for interim measures preventing Ryanair from exercising
its voting rights in the company has been rejected. To read
the press release, click
here, here
and here.
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Ofcom introduces new compensation scheme for Openreach
customers. Ofcom has published a note on service level guarantees
and announced a simplified compensation mechanism for communications
providers. To read the press release, click
here. To read the note on service level guarantees, click
here.
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers
Invitation to Comment |
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COMP/M.4784: Suez Environment/SITA - water and waste management
sectors. Candidate for simplified procedure. Interested parties
should submit their comments by 28 March 2008. To read the
notification, click
here.
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COMP/M.4919: StatoilHydro/ConocoPhillips (Jet) - oil and gas,
motor fuels retail stations. Interested parties should submit
their comments by 30 March 2008. To read the notification,
click
here.
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COMP/M.5032: Roxel/Protac - manufacture and sale of guided
weapons and systems, propellant charges, energetic equipment,
explosives for aerospace and military. Interested parties
should submit their comments by 30 March 2008. To read the
notification, click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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COMP/M.4786: Deutsche Bahn/Transfesa - passenger transport,
freight forwarding, logistics and ancillary services. To read
the press release, click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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The European Commission and U.S. Department of Transportation
have launched joint research programme to improve their understanding
of transatlantic air services. 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 "Protecting consumers
from mis-selling of mobile telecommunications services".
Interested parties should submit their comments by 29 April
2008. To read the consultation, click
here and here.
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Ofcom has opened a consultation into the "Review of television
advertising and teleshopping regulation". Interested
parties should submit their comments by 28 May 2008. To read
the consultation, click
here and here.
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| CAT |
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Hutchison 3G UK Limited; British Telecommunications Plc v
Office of Communications (Mobile Call Termination). The CAT
has published its Ruling on the reference of specified price
control matters to the Competition Commission. To read the
Ruling, click
here and to read the CC press release, click
here.
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| Mergers Invitation
to Comment |
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E.ON UK plc/the public lighting business of ABB Holdings Limited
- public lighting. Interested parties should submit their
comments by 3 April 2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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GFI Group Inc/Trayport Limited - software for financial
trading. Interested parties should submit their comments by
4 April 2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Dairy Crest Group plc/the dairy business of East of England
Cooperative Society Limited - milk. To read the decision,
click
here.
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Synergy Healthcare plc/Vernon-Carus Limited - supply of decontamination
services. To read the decision, click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom has announced its intention to amend the Wireless Telegraphy
(Exemption) Regulations 2003. To read the press release, click
here.
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Ofcom has issued a statement on the reduction
in ITV children's programmes to be aired in 2008. To read
the statement, click
here.
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Ofcom has opened a second own-initiative
investigation against various Communications Providers regarding
the enforcement of the requirement to implement and comply
with a Dispute Resolution Scheme. To read the document, click
here.
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Ofcom has published its decision on the
usage of the band 169.6125 to 169.8125MHz. To read the document,
click
here.
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Ofcom has published the documentation
accompanying its seminar on the process of the "Award
of available spectrum: 1452-1492 MHz". To read the documents,
click
here.
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Ofgem has published its decision following
an investigation into National Grid. To read the decision,
click
here.
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