The European Commission refers to the Norwegian Competition Authority the examination of the impact on the oil and gas markets of a proposed acquisition of an Anglo-Norwegian firm by another Norwegian company (Aker Maritime/Kvaerner)

"Merger Control: Main developments between 1st January 2002 and 30th April 2002"* The Commission referred to the Norwegian Competition Authority the examination of the impact on the oil and gas markets of the proposed acquisition of the Anglo-Norwegian firm Kvaerner by Aker Maritime of Norway. At the same time, it concluded that as far as the deal’s impact in the shipbuilding sector, it could