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After a little research, here are my conclusions: There doesn't seem to be any regulatory requirement to publish ECSC decisions taken under Article 66 of the ECSC Treaty. There was a Commission notice on aligning procedures for ECSC mergers with the EC Merger Control Regulation. OJ C 66/1998 and web version http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/mergin98.html. This provided for publishing a notification that a case was under consideration but made no provision for the decision. When you look at ECSC cases on the Competition web site, you get references to those notifications. The only texts I have been able to find for strict Article 66 cases are press releases on RAPID. This implies that the decisions have been addressed to the parties concerned and the Commission is unlikely to release them as they have not been vetted for confidential business information. On the other hand, some ECSC cases have been treated primarily under the Merger Control Regulation. In those cases you can find the text of the decisions if you look under the parties names or use the NACE system. http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/index/by_nace.html You might confirm this with the Competition DG, [log in to unmask] Barbara Sloan Manager, Public Inquiries and Library Delegation of the European Commission 2300 M St, NW Washington, DC 20037 Tel. (202) 862-9542 Fax (202) 429-1766 http://www.eurunion.org -----Original Message----- From: Jim Murrell [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 6:51 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: ECSC Merger Decisions Is anyone familiar with the procedure for obtaining the European Coal and Steel Community decisions where mergers have been examined jointly under the Merger Regulation? On the website for DG Competition these are referred to but there is no link to the text of the decision. Are they ultimately published? Thanks in advance. Jim Murrell Senior Information Officer S.J.Berwin & Co ********************************************** This email is from S J Berwin & Co, solicitors. The E-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any unauthorised dissemination or copying of this e-mail, and any use or disclosure of any attachments contained in it, is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. If you have received the E-mail in error please notify [log in to unmask] or telephone +44 (0)20 7533 2222 and delete it from your system. Any views expressed by an individual within this E-mail which do not constitute or record legal advice do not necessarily reflect the views of the firm. Our postal address is 222 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8XF, UK, at which address a list of our partners is available for inspection. S J Berwin & Co is regulated by the Law Society. **********************************************