Brussels, 30/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission authorised, on condition of certain undertakings by the parties, the forming of a joint venture for the production of polypropylene and polyethylene between the Dutch company Shell petroleum and the German company BASF. The Commission feared that the merger of the two main actors in the market would lead to an abuse of their dominant position. However, thanks to the companies' collaboration, it obtained undertaking that satisfy...