Brussels, 15/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has opened the second phase of its investigation under the EU Merger Regulation into the planned acquisition by the German Siemens group of the Austrian company VA Tech, which aimed to acquire at least 90% of its competitor for EUR 995 million. It now has four months to investigate whether the proposed acquisition will significantly lessen effective competition in the European Union and the EFTA markets. “This takeover is in a...