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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8519

6 August 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
French minister, Francis Merl, confirms to Mario Monti that France will soon give notification of its involvement in Alstom

Brussels, 05/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - France has made a commitment that it will "soon" notify the European Commission of the French state's involvement in Alstom, according to indications French from Commission spokesman for competition on Tuesday, Tilman Lueder. The Commission then have two months to carry out its preliminary investigation. During a telephone conversation with Commissioner Monti, the French Minister of the Economy, Francis Mer, confirmed that the French state intended to...