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Brussels authorizes the fusion between the societies of classification Germanischer Lloyd and Det Norske Veritas
the EU commission considers that the operation does not give rise to distortions of the competition
July 16, 2013
The EU commission has approved of the project of fusion between the societies of classification Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV), that it is defined at the end last year ( on 20 December 2012).
Finding that the activities of the two companies are overlapped in the segments of the naval classification, the certification of wind turbines and the services of testing, inspection and certification, the EU commission has explained to consider that the fusion does not give rise to distortions of the given competition the limited market share arranged generated from the performance of the project of fusion in the activities of naval classification and of the services of inspection, certification and testing for the industry of the oil and the gas, date for the presence of a sure number of relief companies that offer services of testing, inspection and certification in these fields, date the frequency and the facility with which the customers they change suppliers from the industrial field independently and, regarding the certification of wind turbines, date the existence of great purchasers.
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The EU commission has approved of the project of fusion between the societies of classification Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV), that it is defined at the end last year 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
