Brussels, 12/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Commissioner responsible for competition, Mario Monti made the following statement on the Secil/Helderbank/Cimpor case: "On 4th July 2000, the companies Secil and Holderbank notified to the Commission a bid to acquire the Portuguese cement group Cimpor. This is an operation of Community dimension and, therefore, the European Commission has exclusive competence to assess its effects on competition. This also implies that, in case a Member State would...