Brussels, 10/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 10 November, the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of control over ED&F MAN (United Kingdom), Europe's second largest sugar and molasses producer, by Südzucker, a German company that is Europe's largest sugar and molasses producer. The parties submitted remedies, but these could not remove the Commission's initial concerns.
Through this operation, of which the Commission was notified on 19...