Announcement
21 Jun 2025
In June 2024, the European Commission initiated an in-depth investigation into the acquisition by the Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC of PPF Telecom Group BV, excluding its Czech business. In September 2024, the Commission approved the transaction subject to binding commitments.
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Number of interventions
1
0 certainly harmful
1 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
No implementation date
Revocation date:
No revocation date
On 24 September 2024, the Commission approved the transaction subject to binding commitments. While the subsidies were not found to have distorted the acquisition process itself, the Commission fou...
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