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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9809
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

COMMISSION gives conditional authorisation to EDF's plans to acquire British Energy

Brussels, 22/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 22 December, the European Commission authorised the plans of Électricité de France (EDF) to acquire British Energy (BE). This favourable Commission decision is nonetheless subject to the observation of a number of conditions. These conditions, which were put forward by the parties, answer the concerns of the Commission regarding serious problems of competition, which are as follows: - the possibility for the company deliberately to limit the...

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