CR Focus 30th
January 2008
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Synthetic rubber producers cartel fined € 34.2 million
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BSkyB ordered to reduce shareholding in ITV >>>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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Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio >>>more>>>
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IBM/Cognos >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared Subject
to Conditions - Full Text Decisions |
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Akzo Nobel/ICI >>>more>>>
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| State Aid |
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British aid notified in relation to Crown guarantee to BT
Pension Fund >>>more>>>
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New guidelines on State aid for environmental protection adopted
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Deutsche Post v Commission appeal grounds published >>>more>>>
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| Renewable Energy |
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Memorandum on the Renewable Energy and Climate Change Package
published >>>more>>>
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Neelie Kroes speech: "Introductory remarks at joint press
conference on Climate Action and Renewable Energy Package"
>>more>>>
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José Manuel Durão Barroso speech: "20 20
by 2020: Europe's Climate Change Opportunity" >>>more>>>
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Stavros Dimas speech: "Climate action: Energy for a changing
world" >>>more>>> |
| European Courts -
Official Journal Publications |
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Deutsche Telekom v Bundesrepublik Deutschland >>>more>>>
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Akzo Nobel v Commission >>>more>>>
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Schneider Electric v Commission >>>more>>>
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BASF and UCB v Commission >>>more>>>
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Amendments to the ECJ Rules of Procedure published >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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Italy's revised national procedure for the allocation of limited
air traffic rights published >>>more>>>
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Industrial threads cartel: summary of decision published >>>more>>>
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Commission publishes study on EU conveyancing services >>>more>>> |
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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Ofwat: "Future strategy for customer charges for water
and sewerage services" >>>more>>>
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| Competition
Commission |
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Evaluation of its past Competition Commission cases >>>more>>>
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| Mergers - Invitation
to Comment |
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Dairy Crest Limited/the dairy business of East of England
Cooperative Society Limited >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared -
Full Text Decisions |
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easyJet Airline Company/GB Airways >>>more>>>
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Prosper De Mulder/Canterbury Mills >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom: investigation into the conduct relating to the transfer
of customers between communications providers >>>more>>>
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Postcomm: draft forward work plan for 2008-2011 >>>more>>>
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ORR: responses to the Periodic Review 2008 >>>more>>>
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| In
the News |
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The European Commission has fined Bayer and Zeon groups €
34.2 million for price fixing in a synthetic rubber producers
cartel. To read the press release, click
here. and click
here.
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BSkyB has been ordered to reduce its shareholding in ITV from
17.9% to below 7.5%. To read the decision of the Secretary
of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, click
here.
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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Mergers Invitation to Comment |
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COMP/M.4898: Compagnie de Saint-Gobain/Maxit - sale and distribution
of construction materials including gypsum and mortar. Interested
parties should submit their comments by 3 February 2008. To
read the notification, click
here.
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COMP/M.4687: SACYR VALLEHERMOSO/Eiffage - building and road
construction, civil engineering. Interested parties should submit
their comments by 3 February 2008. to read the notification,
click
here. |
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COMP/M.4979: ACER/Packard Bell - supplier of PCs and digital
entertainment solutions. Interested parties should submit their
comments by 8 February 2008. To read the notification, click
here. |
| Mergers Cleared |
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COMP/M.4781: Norddeutsche Affinerie/Cumerio - processing,
production of copper cathodes. To read the press release,
click
here.
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COMP/M.4987: IBM/Cognos - IT and analytics software. To read
the press release, click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared Subject
to Conditions - Full Text Decisions |
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COMP/M.4779: Akzo Nobel/ICI - healthcare products, coatings
and chemicals, industrial adhesives, electronic materials.
To read the merger clearance (subject to conditions) decision,
click
here.
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| State Aid |
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Aid No: C 55/07 (ex NN 63/07): British aid in relation to
Crown guarantee to BT Pension Fund. Interested parties should
submit their comments by 22 February 2008. To read the notification,
click
here.
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The European Commission has adopted new guidelines on
State aid for environmental protection and published a "FAQ's"
page on the guidelines on state aid for the environment. To
read the documents, click
here. and click
here.
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Case T-421/07: Deutsche Post v Commission. The grounds
of Deutsche Post's appeal to the CFI have been published.
To read the grounds, click
here.
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| Renewable Energy |
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The European Commission has published a memorandum on
the Renewable Energy and Climate Change Package. To read the
memo, click
here.
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Neelie Kroes speech: "Introductory remarks at joint press
conference on Climate Action and Renewable Energy Package".
To read the speech, click
here.
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José Manuel Durão Barroso speech: "20 20
by 2020: Europe's Climate Change Opportunity". To read
the speech, click
here.
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Stavros Dimas speech: "Climate action: Energy for a
changing world". To read the speech, click
here. |
| European Courts - Official Journal
Publications |
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Case 262/06: Deutsche Telekom/Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
The judgement in the reference for a preliminary ruling on the
meaning of universal service obligation has been published.
To read the judgment dated 22 November 2007, click
here. |
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Case T-112/05: Akzo Nobel v Commission. The CFI dismissed
Akzo Nobel's appeal against the Commission decision. To read
the judgment dated 12 December 2007, click
here. |
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Case C-440/07 P: Schneider Electric/Commission. Grounds
of the Commission's appeal dated 24 September 2007 of the decision
of the Court of First Instance published. To read the appeal
grounds, click
here. |
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Cases T-101/05 and 111/05: BASF and UCB v Commission. The
CFI judgment reducing fines imposed by the Commission has been
published. To read the judgment dated 12 December 2007, click
here. |
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European Court of Justice: Amendments to the Rules of Procedure
have been published. To read the amendments, click
here. |
| Miscellaneous |
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Italy has published its revised national procedure for the allocation
of limited air traffic rights. To read the notice, click
here. |
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COMP/38.337: PO/Thread - industrial threads cartel. A summary
of the Commission cartel decision dated 14 September 2005 has
been published, together with the opinion of the Advisory Commission
dated 5 September 2005 and the report of the hearing officer
dated 12 September 2005. To read the summary of the decision,
click
here. To read the opinion, click
here. To read the report, click
here. |
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The Commission has published a study on EU conveyancing
services. To read the Commission press release, click
here. |
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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Ofwat has opened a consultation into the future strategy for
customer charges for water and sewerage services. Interested
parties should submit their comments by 15 April 2008. To
read the consultation, click
here and click
here.
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| Competition Commission |
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The Competition Commission has published an Evaluation of
its past Competition cases. To read the evaluation, click
here and click
here.
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| Mergers Invitation
to Comment |
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Dairy Crest Limited/the dairy business of East of England
Cooperative Society Limited - milk and other diary products.
Interested parties should submit their comments by 7 February
2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared -
Full Text Decisions |
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easyJet Airline Company/GB Airways - passenger air transport.
The OFT has published its clearance decision dated 18 January
2008. To read the decision, click
here.
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Prosper De Mulder/Canterbury Mills - animal waste rendering
plant. The OFT has published its clearance decision dated
18 January 2008. To read the decision, click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom has updated its summary of its own-initiative investigation
into the conduct relating to the transfer of customers between
communications providers. To read the notice, click
here.
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Postcomm has published its draft forward work plan for 2008-2011.
To read the document, click
here.
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ORR has published the responses to the Periodic Review 2008:
Letter on CEPA's report on indexing the allowed rate of return
and Financial issues update and Network Rail's Strategic Plan
consultations. To read the responses, click
here.
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