Overview

This newsletter from Nabarro covers the following developments:

UK Competition Law
• Getty Images abandons acquisition of Rex Features
• Lottery Commission expected to refuse Camelot’s request to extend the use of its terminals
• High Court dismisses Conex application for ECJ reference
• Sky faces competition probe following Ofcom decision on pay-TV movies
EU Competition
• Animal feed producers fined over €176m in first “hybrid” cartel settlement
• IBM under investigation over alleged abuses in the mainframe computer market
• Dawn raid inspections in polyurethane foam sector
• French pharmaceutical group accused of providing misleading information during the ‘Phama inquiry’
State Aid
• New State aid Regulation to phase-out operating subsidies for loss-making coal mines
• Commission endorses aid for solar projects in Spain and Germany
• Collapsed bank ordered to repay aid after failure to produce restructuring plan

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