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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10506

1 December 2011
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ECONOMY-FINANCE / (ae) competition
Green light for Santander's acquisition of RBS assets

Brussels, 30/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved the planned acquisition of a number of retail and commercial banking assets of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in the UK by Banco Santander of Spain. After a re-notification following changes to the previously approved deal (see EUROPE 10238), the Commission concluded that the amended transaction would not raise competition concerns, in particular because the overlaps between the parties' activities are very limited and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS
ECONOMY-FINANCE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICY
FOREIGN POLICY
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
THE INSTITUTIONS