Brussels, 31/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - On 30 January, the European Commission said that it had rejected a request from Germany to refer the planned acquisition of E-Plus (the German subsidiary of the Netherlands' KPN, see EUROPE 11005) by Telefonica Deutschland (Telefonica) to the German competition authority for assessment under German competition law. On 20 November 2013, the German competition authority submitted a referral request under Article 9(2)(a) of the EU Merger Regulation. This...