04/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Mergers. On Tuesday 4 January, the European Commission authorised the Danish Crown cooperative slaughterhouse company (slaughter of pigs and cattle, processing and marketing of meat) to acquire the German company, D&S Fleisch, in the same sector but specialised in pig meat. The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure. (F.G./transl.jl)