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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11170

7 October 2014
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition
Conditional “yes” to Chiquita/Fyffes merger

Brussels, 06/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 3 October, the European Commission approved the merger between the companies Chiquita Brands International (USA) and Fyffes (Ireland), subject to a number of conditions.

This operation brings together the two largest suppliers of fresh bananas in Europe, the Commission notes. However, its investigation led it to conclude that healthy competition would be preserved on the markets in question, due to the relatively low and falling overall share...

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