Tag: European Commission
EU: EC close to revealing a Gazprom settlement
A settlement between the European Union and Russian gas giant Gazprom that would see the company enter binding pledges to put an end to...
EU: EC conditionally clears ArcelorMittal’s Ilva acquisition
The European Commission on Monday, May 7, approved ArcelorMittal's MT acquisition of Italian steel plant Ilva, subject to conditions.
The Commission said the decision is...
EU: Regulator may create algorithms to find anticompetitive pricing
To find companies that may be using software to fix prices, EU regulators may create their own algorithms. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said...
EU: Commission carries out raids in metal packaging sector
The European Commission said on Thursday, May 3, it had carried out a series of raids in different countries concerned over anticompetitive behavior in...
EU: EC updates SMP guidelines for OTT services
The European Commission has approved new guidelines for national telecom regulators to identify significant market powers (SMP) when assessing the need for regulation of...
EU: Commission approves conditioned sale of Bayer’s crop-science business to BASF
The European Commission approved the acquisition of parts of Bayer’s crop-science business by fellow German chemical major BASF.
Bayer had agreed on April 26 to...
EU: EC raids sports rights agencies in antitrust probe
The London offices of IMG and MP & Silva have been raided by officials from the European Commission investigating potential sports rights cartels.
European investigators...
EU: Commission fines Altice US$153m for closing PT Portugal deal early
The European Commission said on Tuesday, April 24, it had fined French telecoms group Altice €125 million (US$153 million) for closing its 2015 takeover of...
EU: Vestager says Android antitrust probe ‘advancing’
While Google’s appeal of the US$2.9 billion fine imposed by the European Commission in 2017 makes its way forward, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager...
EU: Fox UK offices raided in sports rights probe
A 21st Century Fox office in the UK received a surprise inspection Tuesday, April 10, by European Commission investigators, who are conducting an...
