Brussels, 21/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has authorised the Swedish energy group Vattenfall and the Land of Hamburg to acquire joint control of the German electricity producer Hamburgische Electricitäts-Werke (HEW). One of the eight German electricity generating and supply firms, HEW is currently majority owned by the Land of Hamburg. The Commission concluded that the operation would lead to only insignificant overlap in the energy sector. In addition, HEW has strong...