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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8938

29 April 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition/banking/italy
Commission authorises acquisition plans for Antonveta by ABN Amro and BNL by BBVA, but still awaiting details on procedure to be followed from Bank of Italy

Brussels, 28/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - Three days before the meeting of shareholders in Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta (Banca Antonveneta), the Commission has given the green light to the planned takeover by the Dutch banking group ABN Amro of the Italian bank, as well as to that of the Spanish Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentari (BBVA) of the Banca Nazionale de Lavoro (BNL). As it had already stated, the Commission did not consider that these operations would present any risks to competition,...

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