Brussels, 03/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is not expected to give the OK to the French authorities on 5 June. the Commission had been asked to examinee the case concerning the buy out of Vivendi Universal Publishing by the Lagardère company. According to the Financial Times, the Commission is preparing to adopt a hard-line in its examination of the case an begin a probe, given the power of the new entity on the French publishing market.