Commitments: The European Commission waives the commitments submitted by Hoffman La Roche (Hoffmann-La Roche / Boehringer Mannheim)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Eur. Comm, dec. art. 8(2) R.139/2004, 3 May 2011, Hoffmann - La Roche/Boehringer Mannheim, case COMP/M.950 If we look at the issue of commitments, the period covered by this column offers a contrasting landscape. While some were forced to pay a heavy fine and re-notify a transaction that had been completed several years earlier due to non-compliance with certain conditions attached to the clearance decision (see the commentary below on the Authority's decision in the Canal+ case, by Jean-Mathieu Cot), others obtained the lifting of their commitments from the European Commission. It was Hoffmann - La Roche (Roche) which thus obtained an undertaking from