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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8153

18 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission gives conditional clearance to acquisition of Royal Canin by Masterfoods

Brussels, 18/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has granted conditional regulatory approval to the proposed acquisition the French petfood company Royal Canin SA by Masterfoods Holding, a French subsidiary of Mars Inc of the United States. As it stood, the merger would have caused significant competition problems so the Commission has made its authorisation conditional. Mars' petfood brands include Pedigree, Advance, Cesar, Whiskas and Sheba (which are sold world-wide, and...

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