Brussels, 02/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - As foreseen, the European Commission has cleared the acquisition by GE Medical Systems of Finnish firm Instrumentarium, specialised in medical equipment. The operation was examined very closely during a detailed investigation and is subject to a number of conditions.
GE had announced its project during December last through a voluntary public tender and had notified it to the Commission on 28 February for regulatory clearance. The Commission had...