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Conditional green light to plans of British American Tobacco to acquire part of Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni

Brussels, 30/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 27 June, the European Commission gave its green light to plans to buy the "cigarettes" activities and certain interests in rolling tobacco and snus (a type of tobacco for oral use) of the Danish company Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni (STK) by the British company British American Tobacco (BAT). The Commission's decision is conditional upon selling off several brands of tobacco, mainly in Norway, where the Commission noted a number of competitive...

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