Tag: European Commission
EU: Dow, DuPont offer to sell more businesses to win merger...
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company said they are willing to divest businesses units in order to appease European Union regulators who remain skeptical...
EU: Apple missed deadline to pay €13 billion in Irish back...
Last August, the European Commission closed a three-year investigation of Apple's tax affairs with an order to the Irish government that it should recover...
EU: EC says needs more talks with Gazprom
The European Commission needs to hold further talks with Gazprom before seeking feedback on concessions submitted by the Russian state gas exporter aimed at...
EU: Antitrust regulators to fine cartel of lead recyclers
EU antitrust regulators are set to fine world No. 1 lead recycler Ecobat Technologies, Belgian peer Campine and France's Recylex next month for taking...
EU: Antitrust chief says fences hurt economies
Building fences and barriers will hurt economies and drive up prices, Europe's antitrust chief said on Friday, days after US President Donald Trump signed...
EU: Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by Amazon in e-book...
The European Commission is inviting comments on commitments offered by Amazon to address competition concerns relating to parity clauses in contracts with publishers. The...
EU: Antitrust regulators OK Abbott-Alere $5.8bn deal
Antitrust regulators in the European Union may be OK with the pending, $5.8 billion union of Alere, but Abbott still wants out of the...
EU: Amazon offers to change e-book contracts to settle antitrust probe
US online retailer Amazon has offered to alter its e-book contracts with publishers in a bid to end an EU antitrust probe and stave...
Spain: CNMC approves wholesale fixed-telephony obligations
Spanish communications and competition regulator CNMC gave its definitive approval to regulations obliging Telefonica to allow rival operators wholesale access to its fixed line...
EU: Brussels warns Britain against pre-Brexit trade talks
Brussels warned Britain Monday that it must must refrain from any formal negotiations for bilateral trade deals with third countries until after its divorce...