Spotlight
Spotlight – Competition & Regulation: 17/09/2014
17 September 2014
Weekly Alert
Europe
Mergers Invitation to Comment
M.7217: Facebook/WhatsApp
M.7277: Eli Lilly/Novartis Animal Health
M.7360: 21st Century Fox/Apollo
M.7366: Whirlpool/Indesit
Mergers Cleared
M.7332: BSkyB/Sky Deutschland/Sky Italia
M.7340: Ferrero International/Oltan Group
Competition General
EC welcomes Court judgment confirming MasterCard's payment card interchange fees are anti-competitive
EC fines smart card chip producers
Read morePress Release/Statement
Case T-471/11:
Joined Cases C-184/13 to C-187/13, C-194/13, C-195/13 and C-208/13: Anonima Petroli Italiana SpA v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti and Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico
Joaquin Almunia speech:
Joaquin Almunia speech:
State Aid
EC approves
Germany
Miscellaneous
Federal Network Authority has launched the first procedure for allocating offshore grid connection capacity under new rules (German only)
Federal Cartel Office imposes further fines on manufacturers of concrete paving stones on account of price-fixing agreements.
Federal Cartel Office clears acquisition by the Remondis group of four Sita waste management sites in Baden-W
United Kingdom
CMA
Statement on future progress of ongoing investigation into MasterCard and Visa MIF following Court of Justice Judgement in the MasterCard appeal
Final commitments accepted from Epyx Limited in relation to platform services for automotive sector
Alex Chisholm speech:
Alex Chisholm speech:
Electronic Communications
Ofcom:
Ofcom:
Energy
House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts
DECC publishes FAQs on Contracts for Differences
Ofgem:
DECC:
Healthcare
CMA consultation on amended draft order to implement remedies in private healthcare market investigation
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