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CR Focus 13th May 2008

 

European Notifications and Publications
Mergers Invitation to Comment

Vienna Insurance Group/EBV >>>more>>>

Nokia/Trolltech >>>more>>>

Boeing/Alenia NA/GA >>>more>>>

Mergers Cleared

ACER/Packard Bell >>>more>>>

AMSSC/BE group/JV >>>more>>>

Domo Chemicals/Carmel Olefins/Domo Propylene JV >>>more>>>

Total France/S-Oil/Total Isu Oil >>>more>>>

Speeches

Andris Piebalgs speech: "Consumers Come First in the Internal Energy Market" >>>more>>>

Miscellaneous

EC launches public consultation reviewing the running and effectiveness of the EU Roaming Regulation >>>more>>>

 

UK Notifications & Publications
CAT

British Sky Broadcasting Group plc v (1) The Competition Commission (2) The Secretary of State >>>more>>>

Competition Commission

CC publishes new paper in its series on "Topics in Competition Policy" >>>more>>>

Mergers Cleared - Subject to Undertakings

Air France Finance S.A.S/City Jet Ltd of VLM Airlines N.V. >>>more>>>

Dunfermline Press Limited/the Berkshire Regional Newspapers business from Trinity Mirror plc >>>more>>>

Mergers Full Text Decisions

LOVEFiLM International Limited/the online DVD rental subscription business of Amazon, Inc >>>more>>>

Home Retail Group plc/27 stores from Focus (DIY) Ltd >>>more>>>

Miscellaneous

Ofcom fines ITV £5,675,000 over misconduct in viewer competitions and voting >>>more>>>

Ofcom issues third report on Tomorrow's Wireless World >>>more>>>

Ofcom publishes summary of discussion document responses relating to "Spectrum planning for London 2012" >>>more>>>

Ofgem publishes document relating to the Impact of Larger Generating Units on GB Electricity Supply Frequency - Standards and Governance >>>more>>>

ORR fines Network Rail £14 million for engineering overruns >>>more>>>

Postcomm requests "Daily Telegraph" to retract its report that mail services will be reduced from six days to five >>>more>>>

 
European Notifications and Publications
Mergers Invitation to Comment

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.

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.

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.

Mergers Cleared

COMP/M.4979: ACER/Packard Bell - supplier of PCs and digital entertainment solutions. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.5072: AMSSC/BE group/JV - steel processing and distribution. To read the decision, click here.

COMP/M.5089: Domo Chemicals/Carmel Olefins/Domo Propylene JV - production of chemicals, polyamide, polypropylene and polyamide compounds. To read the decision, click here.

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.

Speeches

Andris Piebalgs speech: "Consumers Come First in the Internal Energy Market". To read the speech, click here.

Miscellaneous

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.

 
UK Notifications & Publications
CAT

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.

Competition Commission

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.

Mergers Cleared - Subject to Undertakings

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.

Dunfermline Press Limited/the Berkshire Regional Newspapers business from Trinity Mirror plc - newspapers. To read the decision, click here and here.

Mergers Full Text Decisions

LOVEFiLM International Limited/the online DVD rental subscription business of Amazon, Inc - video content delivery services. To read the full text decision, click here.

Home Retail Group plc/27 stores from Focus (DIY) Ltd - DIY retailing. To read the full text decision, click here.

Miscellaneous

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.

Ofcom has issued its third report regarding Tomorrow's Wireless World. To read the document, click here and here.

Ofcom has published the summary of discussion document responses relating to "Spectrum planning for London 2012". To read the document, click here.

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.

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.

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.