04/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission recently cleared the purchase by the investment company CVC Group of the majority stake held by Akzo Nobel in the Acordis industrial fibre production activities (textile viscose, filament yarn, non-wovens, membranes, and acrylic and viscose staple). The Commission noted that this operation does not pose a problem as far as competition is concerned since none of the companies in which CVC holds a stake is active in this sector or on any...