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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7935

30 March 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 48
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mergers/steel
Aceralia, Usinor and Arbed postpone taking their planned merger before the Commission

Brussels, 29/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The steel groups Aceralia (Spain), Usinor (France) and Arbed (Luxembourg) have postponed until May - instead of end March - the official presentation of their proposed merger before the European Commission competition services.

The reasons for this postponement are said to be linked to the negotiations conducted by the three partners regarding disinvestment, so as not to be accused of hampering competition. We recall that Aceralia, Usinor and Arbed...

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