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The OFT has published decisions not to make a market investigation reference to the CC in relation to either the organic waste market or the off-grid energy market. Click here and here.
EU
Mergers – invitation to comment
- Advent/Maxam. Click here.
UK
Competition Commission
- The CC has adopted the initial undertakings accepted by the OFT under section 71 of the Enterprise Act from Alinda Capital Partners LLC and South Staffordshire Plc to prevent pre-emptive action in relation to the completed acquisition of Cambridge Water plc by South Staffordshire plc. Click here.
OFT
- Mergers – invitation to comment: McGill's Bus Service/Arriva Scotland West Limited; Capital Shopping Centres/Broadmarsh Shopping Centre; click here.
- Mergers – cleared: Macquarie Bank Limited (London Branch)/Utility Metering Services Limited, click here.
- Mergers – full text decisions: GB Group plc/Capscan Limited, click here; South Staffordshire Water/Cambridge Water, click here.
- Mergers – undertakings in lieu: Rontec/Total, click here.
Other
- Ofcom has announced that it no longer considers it appropriate to resolve the disputes between British Telecommunications Plc and each of Everything Everywhere, Telefonica O2 UK Limited, Hutchison 3G UK Limited and Vodafone Limited about BT's notification of changes to the termination charges for calls to 080 number ranges. Click here.
- The Department of Health has published the NHS Future Forum's second report on the Health and Social Care Bill which sets out the legislative provisions to implement the government's proposals to establish Monitor as an economic regulator, with concurrent competition powers, in relation to health services. Click here.
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