Overview

The latest developments in European Union and United Kingdom competition news from UK law firm Nabarro, as well as updates on the latest legal developments in EU member state procurement and state aid.

CONTENTS

UK competition news

• Interim findings concerning RBS and Barclays pricing information exchange
• Asda offers to divest 47 stores to clear Netto acquisition
• OFT clears Carpetright’s acquisition of Allied Carpet stores
• BSkyB’s acquisition of Virgin Media TV cleared

EU competition
• Appeal lodged against Oracle/Sun Microsystems merger
• Commission dawn raid on manufactures of paper envelopes
• Apple commits to cross-border warranty repair services for iPhone applications
• ENI to sell shares in international gas pipelines to resolve concerns over access rights

Procurement
• Allegation of breach over Dutch land development contracts
• Use of an advertised negotiated procedure for fire insurance contracts not justified
• Revised urban planning contracts should have been tendered
• Contracts for different stages of a construction constitute a single procurement

State aid
• State aid issues considered as part of proposed merger between WestLB and BayernLB
• DHL appeal against the Leipzig-Halle airport warranties dismissed
• Support for cableway not aid