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Adobe Inc<\/a> will need to secure European Union<\/a> antitrust approval for its $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma<\/a> even though the deal falls short of the EU turnover threshold for a review, EU regulators said on Wednesday.
The move by the European Commission<\/a> underlines regulators' worries on Big Tech acquiring smaller innovative rivals and the impact on competition.
The EU competition enforcer said Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden had asked it to review the deal.
Photoshop maker Adobe<\/a> had originally sought approval from antitrust agencies in Austria and Germany for the deal. Austria subsequently referred the case to the Commission, prompting the other EU countries to join in.
\"The transaction threatens to significantly affect competition in the market for interactive product design and whiteboarding software, which is likely at least EEA (European Economic Area)-wide, and, therefore, in the referring countries,\" the Commission said.
\"The Commission will now ask Adobe<\/a> to notify the transaction. Adobe cannot implement the transaction before notifying and obtaining clearance from the Commission,\" it said.
The deal will give Adobe ownership of a company whose web-based collaborative platform for designs and brainstorming is widely popular among tech firms including Zoom Video Communications<\/a>, Airbnb Inc and Coinbase.
Adobe told Reuters the company is engaged in discussions with regulators in the United States, the United Kingdom and the EU, among other regions and expects to close the transaction this year.
\"We look forward to working constructively with the European Commission<\/a> to address its questions and bring the review to a timely close,\" a spokesperson for San Francisco, California-based Figma<\/a> said.
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Adobe将需要欧盟可以获得Figma,监管机构说
欧盟竞争执行者说奥地利、比利时、保加利亚、塞浦路斯、Czechia,丹麦、芬兰、法国、德国、冰岛、爱尔兰、意大利、卢森堡、荷兰、挪威和瑞典已经要求审查这项交易。
Adobe公司需要安全欧盟反垄断批准其200亿美元收购云设计平台Figma尽管欧盟交易不足营业额阈值检查,欧盟监管机构周三表示。
此举的欧洲委员会强调了监管机构的担忧在大型科技收购较小创新竞争对手和竞争的影响。
欧盟竞争执行者说奥地利、比利时、保加利亚、塞浦路斯、Czechia,丹麦、芬兰、法国、德国、冰岛、爱尔兰、意大利、卢森堡、荷兰、挪威和瑞典已经要求审查这项交易。
Photoshop制造商Adobe最初寻求在奥地利和德国反垄断机构的批准这笔交易。奥地利随后将此案移交给委员会,促使其他欧盟国家加入。
“事务可能会显著影响市场的竞争互动产品设计和白板软件,可能至少经济区(欧洲经济区)采用,因此,在提到国家,”该委员会说。
“现在该委员会将问Adobe通知事务。Adobe不能实现事务委员会通知和获得批准之前,”它说。
这笔交易将给Adobe公司的基于网络的协同设计平台的所有权和头脑风暴是科技公司包括中广受欢迎变焦视频通信Airbnb公司和Coinbase。
Adobe对路透表示,公司是从事讨论与监管机构在美国,英国和欧盟等地区,预计今年将关闭交易。
“我们期待着建设性的工作欧洲委员会解决其问题,将评审及时关闭,”发言人旧金山,加利福尼亚Figma说。
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