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CR Focus 9th September 2008
European Notifications and Publications
Mergers - Invitations to Comment

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

Mergers Cleared

Zurich/Banco Sabadell/Bansabadell Vida/Bansabadell Pensiones/Bansabadell Generales Delek >>>more>>>

Nederland/Salland Olie Holding >>>more>>>

Sabanci Verbund/Baskent >>>more>>>

State Aid

Germany/DVB-T - aid for digital television rollout >>>more>>>

Italy - aid to restructured banks >>>more>>>

France/Arbel Fauvet Rail SA >>>more>>>

Romania/Automobile Craiova - privatisation >>>more>>>

UK/Energy Technologies Institute - approval decision >>>more>>>

Speeches

Viviane Redding: Towards a True Single Telecoms Market that Delivers in terms of Competition, Investment and Consumers >>>more>>>

Miscellaneous

The Competition Authority v Beef Industry Development Society: AG's opinion published >>>more>>>

EU Telecom Reform: The EU published a list of the six most important outstanding issues under discussion between the Parliament and Council >>>more>>>

ICT consultation: The Commission is consulting on a research and innovation strategy for ICT >>>more>>>

Call for a reduction in red tape to promote venture capitalist funding of high-tech research >>>more>>>

   
UK Notifications & Publications
Consultations

Ofcom: Request from BT to vary its undertakings relating to IPStream >>>more>>>

Competition Appeal Tribunal

T-Mobile, Telefonica v Ofcom >>>more>>>

Mergers - Interim Undertakings

Long Clawson Dairy / Millway >>>more>>>

Mergers Cleared - Full Text Decisions

Babcock International/Strachan & Henshaw division of Weir Group >>>more>>>

Parexel International Corporation / ClinPhone >>>more>>>

Miscellaneous

Ofcom: own-initiative enforcement programme into VOIP providers' compliance with emergency call requirements >>>more>>>

Ofcom: publication of statement on business radio regulatory reform >>>more>>>

 
European Notifications and Publications
Mergers - Invitations to Comment

COMP/M.5148: Deutsche Telekom/OTE - telecommunications services. Comments should be received by 16 September 2008. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.5290: Phoenix/CERP Lorraine - Répartition France - pharmaceutical wholesale. Candidate case for simplified procedure. Comments should be received by 12 September 2008. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.5164: MSREF/Crowne Plaza Wiesbaden Hotel - management and franchising of hotels. Candidate case for simplified procedure. Comments should be received by 13 September 2008. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.5296: Deutsche Bank/ABN AMRO (assets) - banking. Comments should be received by 14 September 2008. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.5305: Strabag/DeTe Immoboilien - buildings management services. Candidate case for simplified procedure. Comments should be received by 16 September 2008. To read the notification, click here.

Mergers Cleared

COMP/M.5277: Zurich/Banco Sabadell/Bansabadell Vida/Bansabadell Pensiones/Bansabadell Generales - banking and pensions. Cleared under the simplified procedure.

COMP/M.5275: Delek Nederland/Salland Olie Holding - trade in petroleum. To read the notice of clearance, click here.

COMP/M.5235: Sabanci Verbund/Baskent - distribution and retail sale of electricity. Cleared under the simplified procedure. To read the notice of clearance, click here.

State Aid

Case C 34/06 (ex NN 29/05, ex CP 13/04): Germany/DVB-T - digital television rollout. Publication of Commission decision holding that the proposed aid would be incompatible with the Common market. To read the decision, click here.

Case C 15/07 (ex NN20/07): Italy/restructured banks. Publication of Commission decision holding tax incentives in favour of certain restructuring banks amounts to illegal State aid. To read the decision, click here.

Case C 38/07 (ex NN 45/07): France/Arbel Fauvet Rail SA. The Commission has published its decision that repayable advances amount to illegal State aid. To read the decision, click here.

Case C 46/07 (ex NN 59/07): Romania/Automobile Craiova. The Commission has published its decision of 27.12.08 that the aid provided under the privatisation process is incompatible with the common market. To read the decision, click here.

Case N 593/07: UK/Energy Technologies Institute. The Commission has published its notice approving the State aid. To read the notice, click here. To read the decision dated 23 June 2008, click here.

Speeches

Viviane Redding: Towards a True Single Telecoms Market that Delivers in terms of Competition, Investment and Consumers. To read the speech, click here.

Miscellaneous

Case C-209/07: The Competition Authority v Beef Industry Development Society - Irish beef. AG's opinion that an agreement to prevent overcapacity restricts competition. To read the AG's opinion, click here.

EU Telecom Reform: The EU published a list of the six most important outstanding issues under discussion between the Parliament and Council. To read the list, click here. To read the list of the seven most important consumer issues, click here.

ICT consultation: The Commission is consulting on a research and innovation strategy for ICT. Responses should be received by 7 November 2008. To read the press release, click here. To read the consultation, click here.

The Commission has called for a reduction in red tape to promote venture capitalist funding of high-tech research. To read the press release, click here. To read the Aho Report on Ex-post Evaluation of the ICT theme of the 6th Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (RTD), click here.

 
UK Notifications & Publications
Consultations

Ofcom: Request from BT to vary its undertakings relating to IPStream in certain geographic markets and Wavestream National. Comments should be received by 1 October 2008. To read the consultation, click here.

Competition Appeal Tribunal

T-Mobile, Telefonica v Ofcom: the CAT has published its order and ruling refusing permission to appeal the CAT judgment on challenges to Ofcom's spectrum award procedure. To read the order, click here. To read the ruling, click here.

Mergers - Interim Undertakings

Long Clawson Dairy / Millway - cheese production. The OFT has accepted hold separate undertakings. To read the announcement, click here.

Mergers Cleared - Full Text Decisions

Babcock International/Strachan & Henshaw division of Weir Group - engineering for the defence and nuclear industries. Decision dated 2 July 2008 published. To read the decision, click here.

Parexel International Corporation / ClinPhone - clinical trial software and support. Decision dated 29 August 2008. To read the decision, click here.

Miscellaneous

Ofcom: own-initiative enforcement programme into VOIP providers' compliance with emergency call requirements. To read a summary of the investigation, click here.

Ofcom: publication of statement on business radio regulatory reform. To read the statement, click here.