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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8884

9 February 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 49
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market/competition
Charlie McCreevy voices concern about alleged anti-competitive practice in Italian banking sector, subject to Commission's cross-cutting inquiry

Brussels, 08/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a letter addressed to the governor of the Central Bank of Italy, Antonio Fazio, Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy expresses his concern about the anti-competitive attitude toward foreign participation in the Italian banking sector. At this stage, the Commissioner awaits information from the Italian authorities on the way they assess merger-acquisition operations involving foreign investors - which allegedly come up against the resistance...

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