Facebook could face EU review of the acquisition WhatsApp
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Face book company (Facebook Inc.) Acquired instant messaging service WhatsApp fear of facing antitrust scrutiny in Europe, this case has been approved by the U.S. telecommunications industry in Europe has raised concerns about the $ 19 billion (about 118.4 billion yuan) trading unexpected turn.
According to the "Wall Street Journal" (WSJ) quoted informed sources as saying reports, Facebook has contacted the Executive Committee of the European Union (EC), requesting that the EU antitrust review of these cases the central authority heavyweight trading case. One person said that the European Commission has notified the national competition authorities face book regarding the request. This may cause the EU level official investigation, but it may allow Facebook to escape EU antitrust investigation multinational tricky.
Brussels Cleary Gottlieb (Cleary GottliebSteen & Hamilton LLP) antitrust lawyer Graff (Thomas Graf), said: "Facebook may prefer to look on the Executive Committee, and do not ask for information on the face of the individual multi-national authorities." European Commission spokesman declined to comment.