The European Commission has approved under EU state aid rules a 1.5 billion recapitalisation provided by Belgium in the context of the restructuring of Ethias, a Belgian insurer that ran…
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The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of NWR Energy by Dalkia Ceská republika, two Czech companies active in the energy sector.The Commission concluded that…
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation under EU State aid rules into capital injections destined to two subsidiaries of state owned company Elan Skupina in Slovenia.The Slovenian authorities…
The European Commission has granted final clearance under the EU state aid rules to the Swedish aid for the restructuring of Carnegie Investment Bank.The Commission considers that Carnegie’s restructuring plan…
The European Commission has authorised under EU state aid rules the introduction of “Real Estate Investment Trusts” (REITs) in Finland that will be exempted from corporate income tax in order…
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition by the German Otto Group of certain assets of the Swiss home-shopping companies Quelle Versand AG i.L.…
The European Commission has authorised under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of joint control over the German transmission system operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH by Elia System Operator SA/NV…
On May 26, the European Commission is due to adopt new competition rules for agreements between vehicle manufacturers and their authorised dealers, repairers and spare parts distributors.The existing Motor Vehicle…
By Leo GasteenThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld a EUR 23.44 million fine originaly imposed by the Commission in 2005 on 5 undertakings for their participation in cartels…
The European Commission has adopted a decision that renders legally binding commitments offered by E.ON to effectively open up access to the German gas market thereby addressing concerns that it…