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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8751

20 July 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission prepares unconditional authorisation of Sony/BMG merger

Brussels, 19/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - According to a source close to the dossier, the European Commission is moving towards "unconditional approval" of the merger between the record industry giants, the Japanese Sony and the German BMG. Despite of a letter notifying its serious reservations, which was sent in May to the two groups, the Commission has revised its initial conclusions after the hearing of both parties in June (see EUROPE of 23 June). Since the in-depth inquiry was opened in...

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