Brussels, 05/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the British competition authorities and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Stephen Byers prohibited the purchase of the brewing activities of the British group Bass by Belgium's Interbrew, fearing the constitution on the British market of a duopoly with Scottish and Newcastle that would have led to a rise in prices. They thus forced the Belgian group to sell these activities to a third party.
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