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"Application of Article 21 of the Merger Regulation in the E.ON/Endesa case"* On 21 February 2006, the German company E.ON publicly announced its intention to launch a bid for the entire share capital of the Spanish energy company Endesa. This bid was competing with a hostile bid made by Gas (...)
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Fortis/ABN AMRO: When do bank mergers raise competition concerns?* On 3 October 2007, the Commission cleared the acquisition of certain assets of the Dutch banking group ABN AMRO by the Belgo-Dutch financial services group Fortis subject to divestiture commitments. The acquired assets (...)
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"Italian cross-border banking mergers: A case for Article 21 of the Merger Regulation?"* On 29 March 2005 the Commission received the notification of the proposed acquisition by the Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (‘BBVA‘) of the Italian bank Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (‘BNL‘) (...)
