On Tuesday 7 March, the General Court annulled, the decision by which the Commission refused to authorise the merger between the US company United Parcel Service (UPS) and the Dutch firm, TNT Express.
In Europe, these two companies are particularly active in the international small package express delivery services sector. In January 2013, the Commission argued that the TNT takeover project by UPS would have reduced the number of large operators on these markets from 4 to 3 or even 2 (DHL...