Finance Secretary John Swinney said one or two bodies would oversee economic and competition authorities.
The competition authorities, who will have to police any such settlement, gloomily share this view.
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He said the situation should be investigated by the Competition Commission and the European Competition Authorities.
To fight this, several competition authorities may need to exchange information and act jointly.
Competition authorities blocked the acquisition in key markets, including much of Europe, Mexico and Australia.
So, the two companies would argue that there is little for the competition authorities to worry about.
This has angered its former distributors who claim they have been sacrificed to silence the competition authorities.
Well both banks are already engaged in huge asset sales forced on them by the European competition authorities.
Most analysts figure that U.K. competition authorities won't let the grocery business become concentrated into three large players.
But that would solve only part of the problem, and anyway might fall victim to Europe's competition authorities.
Competition authorities will probably not derail the deal either, as the market for paint and glue is fragmented.
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Strangely this does not seem to alarm the competition authorities around the world.
Competition authorities are blocking the WorldCom and Sprint merger, fearing that it will stiffle competition within the telecommunications sector.
Last year the competition authorities forbade the takeover by Ladbrokes, one of the big three, of Coral, a rival.
Formal clearance by the American and British competition authorities is likely this autumn.
The competition authorities are maintaining a discreet silence but privately officials are dismayed.
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Germany has a tariff structure that discourages competitors from consolidating mail volumes (this is currently being challenged before competition authorities).
It was ordered to sell its factory near Lichfield in Staffordshire by competition authorities following its purchase of Sarson's and Haywards.
TPS, the French competition authorities have frozen the euro480m deal secured late last year by Canal Plus to show first-division French soccer.
We look forward to completing our offer for Aer Lingus subject to receiving approval from the EU competition authorities in early March.
Yet Vodafone's bid still faces scrutiny by the European Union's competition authorities and has to win over Mannesmann's potentially sceptical German shareholders.
Mr Sarkozy also called for an inquiry by French competition authorities into whether Google abuses its dominant position in the internet-ad market.
You can add to that competition authorities and regulators bearing down on banks' control of the market in personal current accounts and insurance.
The transaction is subject to the approval of the competition authorities and should be finalized at the beginning of 2012, The Paris-based conglomerate said.
As a result, these industries are in a process of rapid reorganisation, which tends to bring them to the attention of the competition authorities.
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If Congress persisted, NAFTA competition authorities could send the American government to be fined by Mexican, American and Canadian judges at the NAFTA court.
The competition authorities are not sure what to make of it.
The competition authorities are taking a hard look at Vivendi's new tax treatment to determine whether it is a hidden form of illegal state aid.
He said he was "comfortable" the combined broadcasting, distribution and production operations would stand up to scrutiny by the competition authorities and Independent Television Commission.
Competition authorities in America and Europe are investigating these proposed transactions.
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