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ICG and Imanes file change in control of Picard for EU foreign subsidy review
Intermediate Capital Group and Imanes have sought EU foreign-subsidy clearance for a change in control over French frozen food retailer Picard. The European Commiss... (more story)
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Japan Pulp & Paper seeks EU foreign-subsidy clearance for Inapa deal
Japan Pulp & Paper has sought EU foreign-subsidy clearance to take over assets from insolvent Portuguese paper distributor Inapa. JPP is buying the businesses as pa... (more story)
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EU subsidy rules lack transparency, consistency, auditors warn
The EU’s policing of subsidies handed out by national governments needs greater definition and rigor, the bloc’s auditors have said, flagging shortcomings resulting... (more story)
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Investors, cleantech industry and energy companies will be offered streamlined pathways to gain state support in an overhaul of EU subsidy rules aimed at accelerating Europe’s push to decarbonization, MLex has... (more story)
Ryanair has taken the EU’s state aid regulator to court for refusing to force Deutsche Lufthansa to pay penalties and reimburse benefits flowing from its Covid-19 bailout pending a fresh inquiry into its legal... (more story)
Renewable energy practices could spark anticompetitive concerns, prompting the Indian watchdog to undertake a market study as the country works toward achieving 500 gigawatts of non-fossil fuel-based energy ca... (more story)
Canadian company ABC Technologies has sought EU foreign-subsidy clearance to buy British automotive components company TI Fluid Systems, according to an update on the European Commission's register of deals. ... (more story)
India plans to host DeepSeek servers, according to a key minister, which would address any potential data privacy concerns surrounding the new Chinese artificial intelligence platform. Electronics and IT Minis... (more story)
The Dutch competition authority has invited companies wishing to cooperate with rivals on innovation but who are concerned about breaching antitrust law to come speak to it, said Dutch antitrust boss Martijn S... (more story)
UK competition regulators have had their wings clipped by their government, the head of France’s competition authority said, making for "a cautionary tale of how antitrust enforcement can be cut back by politi... (more story)
Slashing bureaucracy and unleashing entrepreneurial freedom is what the EU economy needs rather than a reform of competition law, according to Andreas Mundt, the head of Germany’s antitrust agency.
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The EU hydrogen bank’s option to use EU-wide auctions to guide national funding has the potential to align national and EU financial firepower toward common objectives. The tool developed for hydrogen is alrea... (more story)
Any hopes in the EU nuclear-power industry that lawmakers' questioning of candidates to front the next European Commission would bring clarity over the EU approach to sector’s future were frustrated again yest... (more story)
Efforts by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to complete its buyout of Germany’s Covestro will undoubtedly include a close study of the remedies that Emirates Telecommunications Group recently offered to win ... (more story)
The edict is writ large for the EU’s new competition enforcer: go faster. When Teresa Ribera takes up the reins later this year, one of her main challenges will be to accelerate the machinery of enforcement, c... (more story)
Dealmakers may have been concerned that the EU’s new foreign-subsidy rulebook might leave their transactions in limbo, but today’s decision to clear a United Arab Emirates-backed deal — two and a half months b... (more story)
Ursula von der Leyen’s proposed complex European Commission structure features six executive vice-presidents with overlapping portfolios, plus three senior commissioners who report directly to her. The structu... (more story)
Spanish environmentalist Teresa Ribera will be one of the most influential voices in EU policymaking for the next five years, wielding powers to stop illegal mergers and corporate conduct, as well as driving t... (more story)
Apple’s defeat at the EU top court today is a massive victory for outgoing competition chief Margrethe Vestager, but is unlikely to trigger a flood of new probes into the tax affairs of multinationals.