Luxembourg/Brussels, 31/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - The EU Court of First Instance annulled the European Commission decision from 1998 that approved the merger between three German coal producers: RAG, Saarbergwerke (SBW) and Preussag Authrazit. The Court feels that the Commission should have taken into account the extent to which the financial and commercial power of the merged entity could be strengthened by State aid, which it did not do. This case had been introduced by a British...