Last month, the European Commission announced that it was taking a closer look at the Luxottica/Essilor proposed merger. On November 3, 2017, it was reported that the agency has suspended its investigation due to a failure by one of the companies to produce certain requested data. The “clock” will start re-ticking once the offending company has complied with its obligations. Read more here:
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/11/03/business/03reuters-luxottica-group-m-a-essilor-eu.html