The EU Commission initiates a competition investigation into the regional venture capital funds proposed by the UK authorities (Regional Venture Capital Funds)

Tilmans, Madeleine

Previous article The OECD holds a roundtable on competition issues in joint ventures Next article The EU Commission decides not to raise objections against two business property development schemes to be operated by a full service commercial real estate company in the UK (Welsh Development Agency)

18 Oct 2000

The EU Commission initiates a competition investigation into the regional venture capital funds proposed by the UK authorities (Regional Venture Capital Funds)

KEYWORDS

Reference

EU Commission, Regional Venture Capital Funds, Case C56/2000, 18 October 2000

"Main developments between 1st October and 31st December 2000"* On 18 October 2000 the Commission decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) EC with regard to the Regional Venture Capital Funds proposed by the UK authorities. These funds are intended to fill a gap in the provision of risk capital to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The gap is said to exist for investments in the range of

Access to this article is restricted to subscribers

Already Subscribed? Sign-in

Access to this article is restricted to subscribers.

Read one article for free

Sign-up to read this article for free and discover our services.

PDF Version

Author

Madeleine Tilmans
European Commission - DG COMP (Brussels)

Belgium 52 contributions 9633 visits

Quotation

Madeleine Tilmans, The EU Commission initiates a competition investigation into the regional venture capital funds proposed by the UK authorities (Regional Venture Capital Funds), 18 October 2000, e-Competitions October 2000, Art. N° 39111

Visites 375