Brussels, 27/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has authorised the acquisition by Royal Dutch/Shell of the German oil and petrochemical products firm DEA (RWE group), as well as the combination of the petrochemicals businesses of Britain's BP Plc and the German company Veda (E.ON group), under strict conditions. Indeed, the two operations would have led to the creation of a collective dominant position by Shell/DEA and BP/Veda on the ethylene transport market, an important...