Press Release: Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into merger between Gaz de France and Suez group

The European Commission on 19 June 2006 decided to open a detailed investigation under the EU Merger Regulation into the planned merger between Gaz de France (GDF) and the Suez group of France. The Commission’s initial market investigation had found that the proposed transaction would raise significant competition concerns at all levels of the gas and electricity supply chain in Belgium and at all levels of the gas chain in France, given the horizontal overlaps and the vertical relationships between the two companies’ activities.

European Commission: DG Competition: Merger cases: M.4180 http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/index/m83.html#m_4180

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