ANTITRUST ALERT
September 01, 2010

Phase I – Civil and naval ship deal between Abu Dhabi Mar and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems approved: the Commission has cleared a proposed concentration between Abu Dhabi Mar and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems in the areas of civil and naval ship building and repair. Abu Dhabi Mar (ADM) builds and repairs ships in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) as well as in its Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg (Germany). ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp AG, is also active in the construction, repair and reconstruction of both civil and naval ships. The operation involves two parts: First, ADM acquires TKMS' civil ship business, including the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg and the civil assets of the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft shipyard in Kiel. Second, ADM and TKMS set up a jointly controlled joint venture in the naval surface ship business. The transaction does not include TKMS' submarine business. link

Article 101 TFEU - Suez Environnement and Lyonnaise des eaux appeal against dawn raid decision – Case T-274/10: details have been published in the Official Journal of the appeal brought by Suez Environnement and Lyonnaise des eaux France against a Commission decision to conduct dawn raids. The inspections were conducted as part of an investigation into possible anti-competitive practices in the water and sanitation services sector. Sueze and Lyonnaise des eaux claim that they were deprived of their fundamental rights and freedoms, that the Commission decision was disproportionate (unlimited in duration and of a wide scope) and that the inspection mandate did not provide guarantees of impartiality and objectivity. link