Brussels, 30/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - The directive on cross-border mergers, which was adopted on 26 October, was published in the Official Journal of 29 November. It aims to facilitate cross-border mergers between companies with share capital in the EU- operations which were previously expensive and difficult- by bringing in a simple framework, which takes its inspiration from rules applied to national mergers. Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, in charge of the Internal Market, explains: "it...