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• NI Regulator refers gas price control to CC

  30 Mar 2012

  NI Regulator refers gas price control to CC

• Animal by-products merger inquiry formally cancelled

  23 Mar 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) formally cancelled its inquiry concerning the anticipated acquisition by Linergy Limited (Linergy) of Ulster Farm By-Products Limited (Ulster Farm) on 22 March.

• CC requires Stericycle to sell Ecowaste Southwest

  21 Mar 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) will require Stericycle Inc (Stericycle) to sell Ecowaste Southwest Limited, a company it bought last year, after concluding that the acquisition would lead to a loss of local rivalry leading to higher prices and lower service levels in parts of the South-West of England than would have been the case in the absence of the merger.

• CC responds to competition regime plans

  15 Mar 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) today welcomed the Government’s announcement of its plans for reform of the UK’s competition regime and committed to working with the Government and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to make the reforms, which centre round the merger of the two competition authorities, work.

• CC clears in-flight catering joint venture

  14 Mar 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) has formally cleared the anticipated joint venture between Alpha Flight Group Limited (Alpha) and LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG (LSG).

• Aggregates market investigation - issues statement

  8 Mar 2012

  The Competition Commission has today published an issues statement as part of its market investigation into the supply of aggregates, cement and ready mix concrete in Great Britain (see Notes).

• OFT refers completed acquisition by VPS Holdings Limited of SitexOrbis Holdings Limited

  5 Mar 2012

  Competition Commission invites evidence

• CC consults on postal price control appeal rules

  22 Feb 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) is consulting on draft rules setting out how it will deal with appeals against decisions made by Ofcom on postal service price controls.

• Construction joint venture threatens competition

  21 Feb 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) has decided provisionally that the proposed UK joint venture between Anglo American PLC (Anglo American) and Lafarge S.A. (Lafarge) could damage competition in certain markets for construction materials.

• In-flight catering joint venture gets provisional clearance

  7 Feb 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally cleared the anticipated joint venture between Alpha Flight Group Limited (Alpha) and LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG (LSG).