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Complex divestments to get an ever-dimmer reception from EU merger officials, top official says

By Nicholas Hirst ( September 19, 2022, 08:00 GMT | Insight) -- EU merger investigators are taking an increasingly dim view of mix-and-match asset sales to allay competition concerns, Olivier Guersent, the director-general of competition at the European Commission, said. But they are constrained in what they can refused by the feedback on remedies by market players, and ultimately the courts.EU merger regulators are hardening against complex divestments as a way of resolving competition concerns, according to the authority’s top official....

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