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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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Non-EU companies bidding in EU public tenders below €250 million will face increased scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, a senior European Commission official has said. The regulator plans to make... (more story)
The UK gambling regulator has scored a procedural win as a lawsuit against it by The New Lottery Company alleging an unfair subsidy to a rival moves toward trial. The New Lottery Company was refused permission... (more story)
A merger’s impact on sustainability should be a concern for regulators, according to the EU’s competition boss, who made a plea for more transparency around and better analysis of the costs of pollution. Teres... (more story)
Innovators and startups will get assurances that EU merger control won’t hold up their deals under revised guidance to emerge next spring, Teresa Ribera said. Bigger companies wanting to grow through M&A can’t... (more story)
The EU should make state aid less burdensome, the Czech Republic said in a document circulated to member states last week and seen by MLex. The note also pleads for making rules more flexible and to have more ... (more story)
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 not constitute state aid as it is not a comme... (more story)
A top antitrust advisor to China's State Council, the country's cabinet, is recommending semiconductor and pharmaceutical companies be required to disclose plans for reducing reliance on government subsidies b... (more story)
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has lashed out at an EU foreign-subsidy probe into its takeover of struggling German chemical company Covestro, saying red-tape and delays could scupper the deal. The Europea... (more story)
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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)
Multistate, subsidy-backed projects in fields such as semiconductors, AI, advanced materials and clean tech will take center stage in the EU's push for growth and economic transition, as the European Commissio... (more story)
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)