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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11487

11 February 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 28
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition
Conditional green light to planned acquisition of Office Depot by Staples

Brussels, 10/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 10 February, the European Commission gave its authorisation, at the end of in-depth investigation, to the acquisition of the American office supplies distributor Office Depot by its competitor Staples, subject to the sale of Office Depot's contract distribution business in Europe and entire business in Sweden.

The office supplies are sold through a number of sales channels such as wholesale, contract sales and online sales. The...

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