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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9279

5 October 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission tells Belgian authorities that it alone is competent to investigate the GDF-Suez merger

Brussels, 04/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, as Belgian authorities were trying to reach a settlement with Suez to prevent there being any abuses of dominant position on its market, following the transaction with Gaz de France (GDF), the European Commission pointed out that it had exclusive competence on mergers that had a European impact. “If there is more than one referee on the field, there is the danger that players will try to play one referee off against the other,” the...

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