Brussels, 23/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has referred part of the proposed acquisition by UK-based retail company Tesco plc of the Czech and Slovak retailing business of French company Carrefour to the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, following the latter's request under the EU Merger Regulation. This is the first time that a merger case has been referred to a competition authority in a Member State that joined the EU in 2004. Tesco's owns and operates 31...