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EU Rejects German Regulator’s Bid to Probe E-Plus Mobile Deal 2014-01-30 12:00:00.18 GMT
By Peter Chapman Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The EU says it will continue to probe Telefonica Deutschland’s plan to purchase Royal KPN NV’s E-Plus unit after it rejected the German merger authority’s bid to take over the review. * European Commission says it’s “better placed to deal with the case because of its experience in assessing mergers in the mobile telecommunications sector and the need for a consistent application of the merger control rules in the EU,” according to e-mailed statement today * SEE: Germany Renews Bid to Probe E-Plus Mobile-Phone Deal {NSN MZ55T06S973B <go>}
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