Kristin Schreiber was born in Berlin in 1965. She studied International Relations, Economics and European Law and received a Diplôme de l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris "avec mention lauréat" in 1986. The following year, she obtained an M.A. in European Studies (Economics) from the University of Kent at Canterbury. Mrs. Schreiber also has a Diploma of Advanced European Economic Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges. From 1988 to 1990, Mrs. Schreiber was a Research Fellow at the Institut für Europäische Politik in Bonn. She then became an Administrator in the European Commission in DG Industry and Internal Market and DG Competition until 1997. Then, from 1997 to 1999, she served as Member of the Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Competition, Karel Van Miert. She joined the Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Enlargement (Günter Verheugen) in 1999 and remained a Member of the cabinet until 2004, at which time she became Head of Cabinet for Vladimir Špidla, Commissioner for Employment, Social affairs and Equal opportunities. In 2009, she became Policy Analyst for DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. In 2011, she was named deputy head of cabinet of Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services Michel Barnier. In 2014 Kristin was appointed as the Director of Governance of the Single Market (Directorate B), DG Internal Markets and Services.
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"Mergers - Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 20th December 1996, the Commission approved an operation whereby AXA will acquire sole control of UAP via an offer for exchange of shares, covering the whole of UAP‘s shares. The new French group will become a leading European (...)
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"Mergers - Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 16th December 1996 the Commission decided to open proceedings to carry out a “Phase 2” investigation in another case, the shareholding of the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa (AAC) in Lonrho. AAC and companies related (...)
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"Mergers - Summary of the most important recent developments"* The second prohibition decision concerned the creation of a joint venture in the silicon carbide sector between Société Européenne des Produits Réfractaires (SEPR), belonging to the Saint-Gobain group, Elektroschmelzwerk Kempten (ESK), (...)
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"Mergers - Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 25 November 1996, two cases in the energy sector, RWE/Thyssengas and Bayernwerk/Isarwerke, were referred to the German competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, following requests under Article 9 of the EC Merger Regulation. (...)
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"Mergers - Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 20th November 1996 the Commission decided that the acquisition of Tuko by Kesko, two Finnish companies active in the sale of daily consumer goods in Finland, was incompatible with the common market. The Commission’s examination (...)
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"Mergers - Summary of the most important recent developments"* In the television/broadcasting sector, the European Commission decided on 7th October 1996 to declare the creation of the joint venture CLT-UFA compatible with the common market. CLT is the holding company of the CLT group which (...)
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"Mergers - Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 19th September 1996, the Commission decided to open proceedings in order to carry out an in-depth (“Phase 2”) investigation under the Merger Regulation into the proposed acquisition by Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE) of (...)
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"Mergers - Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 7th August 1996, the Commission approved the proposed formation of a joint venture between BP and Mobil which combines their European activities in the refining and marketing of fuels and lubricants. BP and Mobil will combine (...)
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"Mergers : Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 31st July the Commission opened proceedings for a detailed investigation of the proposed joint venture between two subsidiaries of Saint-Gobain and Wacker Chemie and NOM (a private state-owned Dutch investment and development (...)
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"Mergers : Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 26 July the Commission decided to open proceedings on the acquisition of Tuko Oy by Kesko Oy. Keskoand Tuko are active in Finland in the wholesale and retail of daily consumer goods (both food and non-food products) and (...)
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"Mergers : Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 26th July 1995 Telefonica and Sogecable together with Canal Plus, Spain agreed to merge their activities relating to the supply of services to operators of cable, audiovisual and television services in a joint venture, (...)
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"Mergers : Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 17th July 1996 the Commission approved the Dutch TV joint venture Holland Media Groep SA (HMG) in a modified form. Initially HMG had been set up as a joint venture between RTL4 SA (RTL), Vereniging Veronica Omroeporganisatie (...)
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"Mergers : Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 17th July, after four months of extensive investigations, the Commission approved the proposed merger between Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz into Novartis. The decision was granted under the condition that the parties comply with an (...)
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"Mergers : Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 12.07.1996 the Judge President of the Court of First Instance (CFI) decided to reject the request from Sogecable for interim measures by declaring the appeal irreceivable. Sogecable had brought action against the Commission (...)
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"Mergers : Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 24th April 1996, the Commission decided to amend its Decision 94/811 EC of 8.6.1994 which had authorized the establishment of Montell, a joint venture in the polyolefins sector between Shell and Montedison, subject to conditions (...)
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"Mergers : Summary of the most important recent developments"* Following five months of detailed investigations, the Commission decided on 24th April 1996 to declare incompatible with the common market the proposed merger in the platinum sector between Impala Platinum, controlled by the South (...)
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"Mergers : Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 10th April 1996, the Commission approved the acquisition by Robert Bosch GmbH of Allied Signal’s total worldwide hydraulic brakes business, including anti-block systems (ABS) for hydraulic brakes. While Bosch does not manufacture (...)
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"Mergers : Summary of the most important recent developments"* On 22nd March 1996, the Commission decided that the public bid by GEHE for Lloyds Chemists should be referred to the UK Competition Authorities for further investigation. At that time, Lloyds was already subject to a bid by (...)
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