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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8829

18 November 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

17/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has cleared a proposed joint venture between Finnish food retailer Kesko Oy and ICA AB. The new company will regroup the business of the two companies and procure and sell daily consumer goods in the Baltic states. Despite a minimum overlapping of activities in Estonia and Latvia, the joint enterprise will use hypermarkets, supermarkets and discount chains but will be confronted by competition from other companies, explained the...

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