Brussels, Belgium, 29-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In Europe’s biggest ever app challenge the EU is offering €400 000 in prizes to best new applications that help build smarter cities and smarter businesses. Campus Party, the world’s largest geek forum, will manage the contest, … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 26-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Life Technologies Corp. by rival Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., both US-based companies active in life science markets. Their activities overlap in the supply … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Investment, Law, Pharma & Biotech, Science
Tagged acquisition, Competition, divestments, EU Merger Regulation, European Economic Area, gene silencing products, Joaquin Almunia, laboratory instruments, Life Science, Life Technologies Corp., media and sera for cell culture, Mergers, polymer-based magnetic beads, The European Commission, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Prague, Czech Republic, 27-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In Hospodářské noviny’s competition, Komerční banka Group has received as many as three awards. The organisers voted Komerční pojišťovna first in The Most Client Friendly Life Insurance Company of 2013 category and second in The … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Czech Republic, Financial, Insurance, Marketing
Tagged Award, Competition, Hospodářské noviny, Hospodářské noviny’s competition, Komerční banka, Komerční pojišťovna, Stéphane Corbet, The Best Bank of 2013, The Best Life Insurance Company of 2013, The Most Client Friendly Life Insurance Company, Vladimír Jeřábek
16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is inviting comments from interested parties on commitments offered by the German railway incumbent Deutsche Bahn (DB) regarding its pricing system for traction current in Germany. Traction current is electricity used to power locomotives. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Germany, Government, Law, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Article 102 TFEU, Competition, DB Energie, DB Group, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Bahn commitments, dominant market position, EC, EU antitrust rules, German railway incumbent Deutsche Bahn, long-distance passenger transport, pricing system for traction current in Germany, rail freight, railway companies, traction current
Luxembourg, 30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Schindler group is one of the largest groups in the world supplying elevators and escalators. Its parent company is Schindler Holding, established in Switzerland. The Schindler group operates through national subsidiaries, which include Schindler Management AG … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Government, Industrial, Law, Luxembourg, Management
Tagged cartel, case C-501/11 P, Competition, elevator, escalator, EU Court of Justice, Judgment, Schindler Holding
17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has found support granted by Latvia for the transformation of the Latvian Mortgage and Land Bank (MLB) to be in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the sale of MLB’s commercial assets … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Latvia, Law
Tagged Competition, EU state aid rules, Joaquin Almunia, Latvian Mortgage and Land Bank, MLB, state aid, The European Commission
17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to verify whether the transfer of public cable infrastructure between 2003 and 2006 by several French municipalities to the French Telecom operator Numéricâble was in line with EU state … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, France, Government, Law, Telecom
Tagged cable infrastructures, Competition, EU state aid rules, Numéricâble, state aid, TELECOM
Brussels, 25-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of NYSE Euronext (“NYX”) by the InterContinental Exchange (“ICE”). NYX and ICE operate exchanges providing trading and clearing services, particularly in the field of … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Business, Commodities, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment
Tagged acquisition, canola, cash listing services, cash trading, clearing services, cocoa, coffee, Competition, competition concerns, derivatives, derivatives trading, ETDs, exchange traded derivatives, futures exchanges, ICE, InterContinental Exchange, Mergers, NYSE Euronext, NYX, OTC, over-the-counter, post trading services, rapeseed, soft commodities, sugar, trading, trading derivatives, trading services, US equity index derivatives, vertical competition
The European Commission has decided that Lundbeck’s agreements concluded with four generic competitors concerning citalopram violated competition law The decision includes fining Lundbeck EUR 93 million Lundbeck’s financial guidance for 2013 is maintained excluding costs connected to the fine Lundbeck is … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Denmark, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Law, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged citalopram, Competition, competition law, Copenhagen, European Patent Office, fine, Lundbeck, patent rights, The European Commission, Valby
Brussels, 18-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EU and Canada are currently negotiating the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in order to take their trade and investment relationship to a new level. This EU-Canada FTA will cover the key issues relevant to … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, International Trade, Investment, Politics
Tagged CANADA, Canadian businesses, Canadian investors, Competition, Environment, EU, EU-Canada FTA, Free Trade Agreement, health standards, hygiene standards, intellectual property rights, investment protection, labour rights, markets, public procurement contracts, social rights, sustainable development, technical regulations, technical standards, trade, Trade Agreement
Brussels, 14-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Central European Media Enterprises (“CME”), based in Bermuda, by Time Warner of the United States. The Commission’s investigation confirmed that the proposed transaction … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Entertainment, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law, Media
Tagged acquisition, audio-visual TV content, Bermuda, broadcasting rights, Central European Media Enterprises, Competition, EU Merger Regulation, Media, Mergers, television broadcasting, Time Warner, TV advertising, TV channels, TV content
Brussels, 11-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Antitrust: Commission proposes legislation to facilitate damage claims by victims of antitrust violations. The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive on how citizens and companies can claim damages when they are victims of infringements … Read the full press release
Brussels, 6-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has found that investment aid totalling €7.75 million to finance an infrastructure project at Memmingen airport is in line with EU state aid rules. Memmingen airport is a small regional airport located in South … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Belgium, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Law, Politics, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged AIRPORT, Bavaria, Competition, EU state aid rules, Free State of Bavaria, German airport Memmingen, investment aid, Joaquin Almunia, Memmingen, South Germany, state aid
The clearance is conditional on the divestment of Lutosa’s branded retail business in the European Economic Area (EEA) Brussels, 29-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Lutosa of Belgium by McCain … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Investment, Law
Tagged acquisition, Belgian potato processor, Brussels, CANADA, Competition, deal, EU Merger Regulation, European Economic Area, frozen French fries, Lutosa, McCain, Merger Regulation, Mergers, processed potato products
Brussels, 17-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Union and the Swiss Confederation have signed an agreement that will strengthen co-operation between their respective competition authorities, the European Commission and the Swiss Competition Commission. This is the fifth such agreement signed by the … Read the full press release
16-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ryanair, Europe’s only ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC), today (16 May) welcomed the EU Court’s ruling which confirmed that the European Commission has failed to investigate “State Aid” granted to Alitalia. Ryanair had initially notified the European Commission … Read the full press release
Brussels, 15-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has decided that the aid granted by France to the P.I.V.E.R.T. Institut d’Excellence en Énergies Décarbonées (IEED, institute of excellence in the field of low-carbon energy) to conduct the Genesys research and development … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Investment, Law, Technology
Tagged Biomass, biorefineries, clean energy, Competition, competition law, Genesys, IEED, low-carbon energy, P.I.V.E.R.T. Institut d’Excellence en Énergies Décarbonées, research programme, state aid
Brussels, 15-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — State aid: Commission opens investigation into public financing for German paper mill Propapier after Court judgment After the annulment of its 2008 decision to authorise a regional investment aid granted by Germany to Propapier for the construction … Read the full press release
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