Press Release: Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Spicers’ office supplies business in continental Europe by rival Unipapel

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Spicers Ltd.'s business of office supplies in continental Europe (Spicers CE) by the Spanish company Unipapel S.A.. The Commission's investigation confirmed that the proposed transaction would not raise competition concerns because of sufficient competitive constraint on all markets where the merged entity will operate.