Brussels, 06/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has given the go-ahead to Fortum Power and Heat's takeover of Elektrizitatswerk Wesertal, Hamlen, regional electricity company active in a number of Landkreise in Lower Saxony. Fortum, formed from the merger of Neste and Ivo, produces and distributes electricity in Finland and Sweden. This concentration will enable Fortum to have access to the recently privatised German electricity market. The European competition services...