Brussels, 01/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to allow the Finnish energy company Fortum Oyj ("Fortum") to increase its shareholding in Gasum Oy ("Gasum"), the Finnish natural gas company. The Commission has concluded that the acquisition of the 6% shareholding does not confer joint or sole control to Fortum over Gasum. The decision modifies an earlier Commission decision taken in 1998 under the Merger Regulation to clear the concentration between Neste and Ivo...