Competition weekly news summary
11 March 2016

Conferences/Speeches

  • Speech by Commissioner Vestager 'Refining the EU merger control system'
    Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, Brussels
    10 March 2016
    "[B]y looking only at turnover, we might be missing some important deals that we ought to review. But before we think about changing our rules, we need to be sure we fully understand what's at stake. We need to know which important mergers we think we might be missing. And we have to see how we could pick out the transactions that matter, without also covering a lot of mergers without much effect on competition in Europe. [..] "
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Mergers

  • Commission approves acquisition of Allergan Generics by Teva, subject to conditions
    10 March 2016
    The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the generics business of Allergan of Ireland, by Teva of Israel, subject to conditions. Both companies are among the top four generic pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide.
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State Aid

  • Commission authorises support for Metsä Fibre bio-product pulp mill in Finland
    10 March 2016
    The Commission has concluded that Finnish investment aid for the Metsä Fibre bio-product pulp mill in Äänekoski, Finland is compatible with EU state aid rules.
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  • Commission invites comments on draft provisions to simplify implementation of unproblematic state support for ports and airports
    7 March 2016
    The European Commission is inviting the public and stakeholders to comment on draft provisions exempting certain investment aid for ports and airports from prior Commission scrutiny under EU state aid rules.
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