20/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - Mergers: Marquard & Bahls/Bominflot. On Tuesday 20 March, the European Commission cleared the acquisition of parts of Germany's Bominflot Bunkergesellschaft für Mineralöle GmbH & Co. GG by Marquard & Bahls AG (oil trading, tank-terminal storage, aviation fuelling services and renewable energy). The Commission examined the overlaps between Marquard & Bahls' and Bominflot's activities in tank-terminal storage in Northern Germany, as well as the vertical link between tank-terminal storage and the wholesale of light petroleum products, but found that the deal would not alter the competitive conditions in the European Economic Area. (FG/transl.fl)