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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8458

9 May 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 32
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission continues investigation into GE/ Instrumentarium

Brussels, 08/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has denied reports in the Financial Times that US company General Electric will have to sell off considerable assets in order to be given the go-ahead for its planned acquisition of the Finnish medical equipment company Instrumentarium. Commissioner Monti's spokesperson Amelia Torres said the story was purely speculative She also denied reports that a statement of objections would be sent to GE in the next few weeks to warn it of...

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