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Support for Fehmarn tunnel operator is not state aid, Denmark tells EU judges
The Danish government has told EU judges that its financial support for a company to build and operate an immersed tunnel across the Fehmarn strait to Germany does ... (more story)
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EU team watching public-procurement foreign subsidies set to get dedicated unit
The European Commission team scrutinizing foreign subsidies in public procurement will get a dedicated unit from tomorrow, as part of a reshuffle of the Directorate... (more story)
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Dealmakers eying EU M&A get stark warning in subsidy review of UAE telecom buyout
The European M&A landscape for companies backed by foreign states looks more complicated, in light of newly published documents that show the dealmaking of UAE tele... (more story)
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More European industries will benefit from compensation under the bloc’s state aid rules as technical guidelines get an update to ensure companies don’t shift activities outside of the EU to countries with wea... (more story)
The EU's new law to police companies distorting European markets due to financial support from foreign governments needs a "fundamental revision" to "reduce bureaucracy" and ensure the bloc can still attract i... (more story)
The lack of affordable housing for lower and middle-income families is pushing the European Commission to open up a new avenue to swifter clearance for larger subsidies by EU governments. A new category of sta... (more story)
Benoît Cœuré, the chair of the French competition authority, has expressed concerns on a draft French law that would grant confidentiality to opinions from in-house corporate counsels. The draft text foresees ... (more story)
Nuctech, a Chinese-backed maker of security scanners, is facing an in-depth EU investigation over whether it received foreign subsidies that allowed it to compete unfairly on the market for threat detection sy... (more story)
A lottery company’s case against the UK gambling regulator over an alleged subsidy is a “binary" question to be determined by competition judges, a UK judge was told Wednesday. The New Lottery Company alleges ... (more story)
The European Commission has carried out unannounced inspections at Chinese platform Temu, looking into suspicions of a breach under EU rules that combat the distortive effect of subsidies from foreign governme... (more story)
The EU won’t repurpose its trade instruments or the Foreign Subsidies Regulation but will apply them through an economic-security lens, senior officials have said. Denis Redonnet said on Tuesday that tools bui... (more story)
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The outcome of the EU's foreign-subsidy review of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's Covestro acquisition has few lessons to offer dealmakers in the way of certainty, given that the concessions extracted appeare... (more story)
China’s newly unveiled outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan draws the line clearly: any quick US-China trade détente won’t alter Beijing’s long-term course. A shift in tone — from the cautiously optimistic frami... (more story)
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and German chemicals company Covestro are optimistic of overcoming EU subsidy concerns over their merger, MLex has learned. The companies intend to formally submit remedies befor... (more story)
Just four months after taking office, the Lee Jae Myung administration has unveiled a sweeping plan to remake South Korea’s bureaucracy, setting the stage for one of the most consequential reorganizations in d... (more story)
Companies receiving foreign subsidies haven't secured much clarity on when their merger deal or public procurement awards risk being called in for review by the European Commission. The institution's draft gui... (more story)
Olivier Guersent has signed off as head of the European Commission’s powerful competition directorate, serving six different commissioners and witnessing the highs and lows of the bloc’s economic policies. In ... (more story)
The European M&A landscape for companies backed by foreign states looks more complicated, in light of newly published documents that show the dealmaking of UAE telecom operator Etisalat — known as e& — will fa... (more story)
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company must feel its path to EU foreign-subsidy approval for its 14.7 billion-euro takeover of Germany's Covestro has been smoothed by the European Commission’s clearance of another lar... (more story)