CR Focus 13th
May 2008
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers Invitation to Comment |
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Vienna Insurance Group/EBV >>>more>>>
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Nokia/Trolltech >>>more>>>
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Boeing/Alenia NA/GA >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared |
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ACER/Packard Bell >>>more>>>
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AMSSC/BE group/JV >>>more>>>
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Domo Chemicals/Carmel Olefins/Domo Propylene JV >>>more>>>
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Total France/S-Oil/Total Isu Oil >>>more>>>
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| Speeches |
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Andris Piebalgs speech: "Consumers Come First in the
Internal Energy Market" >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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EC launches public consultation reviewing the running and
effectiveness of the EU Roaming Regulation >>>more>>>
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| CAT |
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British Sky Broadcasting Group plc v (1) The Competition Commission
(2) The Secretary of State >>>more>>>
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| Competition
Commission |
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CC publishes new paper in its series on "Topics in Competition
Policy" >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Cleared -
Subject to Undertakings |
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Air France Finance S.A.S/City Jet Ltd of VLM Airlines N.V.
>>>more>>>
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Dunfermline Press Limited/the Berkshire Regional Newspapers
business from Trinity Mirror plc >>>more>>>
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| Mergers Full Text Decisions |
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LOVEFiLM International Limited/the online DVD rental subscription
business of Amazon, Inc >>>more>>>
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Home Retail Group plc/27 stores from Focus (DIY) Ltd >>>more>>>
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom fines ITV £5,675,000 over misconduct in viewer
competitions and voting >>>more>>>
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Ofcom issues third report on Tomorrow's Wireless World >>>more>>>
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Ofcom publishes summary of discussion document responses relating
to "Spectrum planning for London 2012" >>>more>>>
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Ofgem publishes document relating to the Impact of Larger
Generating Units on GB Electricity Supply Frequency - Standards
and Governance >>>more>>>
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ORR fines Network Rail £14 million for engineering overruns
>>>more>>>
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Postcomm requests "Daily Telegraph" to retract its
report that mail services will be reduced from six days to
five >>>more>>>
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| European
Notifications and Publications |
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| Mergers Invitation
to Comment |
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COMP/M.5075: Vienna Insurance Group/EBV - life and non-life
insurances. Interested parties should submit their comments
by 17 May 2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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COMP/M.5094: Nokia/Trolltech - solutions and services
for communications networks, development and supply of software
development tools. Interested parties should submit their
comments by 17 May 2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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COMP/M.5151: Boeing/Alenia NA/GA - commercial aircraft defence
and space industries, aerostructure. Candidate for simplified
procedure. Interested parties should submit their comments
by 18 May 2008. To read the notification, click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared |
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COMP/M.4979: ACER/Packard Bell - supplier of PCs and digital
entertainment solutions. To read the decision, click
here.
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COMP/M.5072: AMSSC/BE group/JV - steel processing and distribution.
To read the decision, click
here.
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COMP/M.5089: Domo Chemicals/Carmel Olefins/Domo Propylene
JV - production of chemicals, polyamide, polypropylene and
polyamide compounds. To read the decision, click
here.
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COMP/M.5116: Total France/S-Oil/Total Isu Oil - refinery,
manufacture, sale of petroleum and oil based products. To
read the decision, click
here.
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| Speeches |
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Andris Piebalgs speech: "Consumers Come First in
the Internal Energy Market". To read the speech, click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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The European Commission has launched a public consultation
by industry, consumers and other interested stakeholders to
review the running and effectiveness of the EU Roaming Regulation,
which came into force on 30 June 2007. To read the press release,
click
here.
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UK Notifications
& Publications
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| CAT |
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British Sky Broadcasting Group plc v (1) The Competition Commission
(2) The Secretary of State. The CAT has published the Ruling
of the President - Confidentiality Ring. To read the Ruling,
click
here.
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| Competition Commission |
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The Competition Commission has published a new paper in the
series "Topics in Competition Policy" on stock market
event studies and Competition Commission inquiries (dated
August 2007). To read the paper, click
here.
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| Mergers Cleared - Subject
to Undertakings |
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Air France Finance S.A.S/City Jet Ltd of VLM Airlines N.V.
- passenger air transport services. The parties have submitted
undertakings, which are being considered by the OFT. If they
are considered unsuitable the merger will be referred to the
Competition Commission. To read the document click
here and here.
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Dunfermline Press Limited/the Berkshire Regional Newspapers
business from Trinity Mirror plc - newspapers. To read the
decision, click
here and here.
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| Mergers Full Text
Decisions |
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LOVEFiLM International Limited/the online DVD rental subscription
business of Amazon, Inc - video content delivery services.
To read the full text decision, click
here.
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Home Retail Group plc/27 stores from Focus (DIY) Ltd - DIY
retailing. To read the full text decision, click
here.
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| Miscellaneous |
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Ofcom has fined ITV £5,675,000 for misconduct in viewer
competitions and voting. To read the press release, click
here, here,
here,
here
and here.
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Ofcom has issued its third report regarding Tomorrow's Wireless
World. To read the document, click
here and here.
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Ofcom has published the summary of discussion document responses
relating to "Spectrum planning for London 2012".
To read the document, click
here.
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Ofgem has published a document relating to the Impact of Larger
Generating Units on GB Electricity Supply Frequency - Standards
and Governance. To read the document, click
here.
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ORR has published the responses to its proposed fine on Network
Rail relating to the new year overrun and issued a press statement
announcing the £14 million fine. To read the documents,
click
here and here.
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Postcomm is to request that the "Daily Telegraph"
publish a retraction following its report that mail services
are going to be reduced from six days to five. To read the
press release, click
here.
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