CR Focus 9th
September 2008
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers - Invitations to Comment |
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Mergers - Invitations to Comment >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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Zurich/Banco Sabadell/Bansabadell Vida/Bansabadell Pensiones/Bansabadell
Generales Delek >>>more>>>
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Nederland/Salland Olie Holding >>>more>>>
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Sabanci Verbund/Baskent >>>more>>>
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| State Aid |
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Germany/DVB-T - aid for digital television rollout >>>more>>>
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Italy - aid to restructured banks >>>more>>>
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France/Arbel Fauvet Rail SA >>>more>>>
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Romania/Automobile Craiova - privatisation >>>more>>>
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UK/Energy Technologies Institute - approval decision >>>more>>>
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| Speeches |
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Viviane Redding: Towards a True Single Telecoms Market that
Delivers in terms of Competition, Investment and Consumers
>>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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The Competition Authority v Beef Industry Development Society:
AG's opinion published >>>more>>>
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EU Telecom Reform: The EU published a list of the six most
important outstanding issues under discussion between the
Parliament and Council >>>more>>>
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ICT consultation: The Commission is consulting on a research
and innovation strategy for ICT >>>more>>>
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Call for a reduction in red tape to promote venture capitalist
funding of high-tech research >>>more>>>
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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Ofcom: Request from BT to vary its undertakings relating to
IPStream >>>more>>>
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| Competition
Appeal Tribunal |
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T-Mobile, Telefonica v Ofcom >>>more>>>
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| Mergers - Interim Undertakings |
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Long Clawson Dairy / Millway >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared -
Full Text Decisions |
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Babcock International/Strachan & Henshaw division of Weir
Group >>>more>>>
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Parexel International Corporation / ClinPhone >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom: own-initiative enforcement programme into VOIP providers'
compliance with emergency call requirements >>>more>>>
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Ofcom: publication of statement on business radio regulatory
reform >>>more>>>
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers
- Invitations to Comment |
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COMP/M.5148: Deutsche Telekom/OTE - telecommunications services.
Comments should be received by 16 September 2008. To read
the notification, click
here.
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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.
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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.
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COMP/M.5296: Deutsche Bank/ABN AMRO (assets) - banking. Comments
should be received by 14 September 2008. To read the notification,
click
here.
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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.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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COMP/M.5277: Zurich/Banco Sabadell/Bansabadell Vida/Bansabadell
Pensiones/Bansabadell Generales - banking and pensions. Cleared
under the simplified procedure.
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COMP/M.5275: Delek Nederland/Salland Olie Holding - trade
in petroleum. To read the notice of clearance, click
here.
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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.
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| State Aid |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| Speeches |
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Viviane Redding: Towards a True Single Telecoms Market that
Delivers in terms of Competition, Investment and Consumers.
To read the speech, click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| Consultations |
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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.
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| Competition Appeal
Tribunal |
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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.
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| Mergers - Interim
Undertakings |
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Long Clawson Dairy / Millway - cheese production. The OFT
has accepted hold separate undertakings. To read the announcement,
click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared -
Full Text Decisions |
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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.
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Parexel International Corporation / ClinPhone - clinical trial
software and support. Decision dated 29 August 2008. To read
the decision, click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom: own-initiative enforcement programme into VOIP providers'
compliance with emergency call requirements. To read a summary
of the investigation, click
here.
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Ofcom: publication of statement on business radio regulatory
reform. To read the statement, click
here.
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