The EU Commission approves an acquisition in the bus sector (MAN / Auwärter)

"Merger control: main developments between 1 May and 31 August 2001"* Following a thorough investigation, the European Commission on 20 June 2001 granted regulatory approval to the proposed takeover of Auwärter, the German company which makes the Neoplan buses and coaches, by the MAN group. The Commission concluded that, despite the acquisition, effective