13/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 12 February, the European Commission approved the proposed concentration by which the companies Reitan Servicehandel (“Reitan”, belonging to the Reitan group, Norway), SAS AB (“SAS”, Sweden), Norges Statsbaner AS (“NSB”, Norway), Marked AS (“Marked”, Norway) and Vizz AS (“Vizz”, Norway) intend to acquire joint control of Travel AS (“Travel”, Norway) by way of purchase of shares and other means. The activities of the companies are: - Reitan: franchising of discount and convenience stores; - SAS: air transport; - NSB: railm and bus transport; - Marked: no activity; - Vizz: no activity; - Travel: IT services related to the booking of travel services. The case was dealt with under the simplified merger review procedure. (O.L.)