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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9811

6 January 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission sends statement of objections to EDF

Brussels, 05/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 29 December, the European Commission confirmed it had sent a statement of objections to EDF concerning the French electricity market. The Statement of objections (an official stage in Commission inquiries regarding concerted practices and abuse of dominant position) concerns contracts sealed by EDF with large industrial customers in France. Following an ex-officio investigation, the Commission opened formal proceedings in July 2007 (EUROPE...