Tag: European Commission
EU: EC approves the acquisition of Cattierite Holdings by Umicore
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Cattierite Holdings Coöperatief of the Netherlands by Umicore of Belgium. Cattierite...
Austria: BWB publishes position paper on debate about European champions
In February 2019 the European Commission blocked the planned acquisition of Alstom by Siemens as the merger would have harmed competition. Soon afterwards the...
EU: Lobby group worries over UK Steel deal
Europe’s steel lobby group has asked the European Commission to investigate the takeover of British Steel by China’s Jingye over concerns it may breach...
EU: Commission opens investigation into public support for Air Nostrum’s fleet...
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the plan by the Spanish region of Valencia to grant €9 million of...
EU: Commission probes Hungary for possible breach of State aid rules
The European Commission has launched an investigation to determine whether Hungary violated EU competition rules by allowing more than €20 million (US$22 million) in...
EU: Regulator looking into ApplePay over antitrust concerns
The Apple payment platform, Apple Pay, is again being investigated by the European Commission again, MLex reported on Wednesday(October 16).
A report says that European...
EU: Commission approves €380M German rescue aid to Condor
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Germany's plans to grant a temporary €380 million loan to charter airline Condor. The...
EU: Commission approves scheme for banks in Greece
The European Commission has found Greek plans aimed at supporting the reduction of non-performing loans of Greek banks to be free of any State...
EU: Commission clears the acquisition of sole control of Acelity by...
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Acelity, Inc. (“Acelity”) by 3M Company (“3M”), both of the...
EU: Commission fines French-Dutch canned beans cartel
The European Commission has imposed a fine of more than 30 million euros on French and Dutch firms that it found had run a...
