…where an outsourcing supplier is buying all or part of the IT assets being outsourced by a company - such as a joint venture arrangement - the deal may need to go to the EC for approval.
That’s somewhat expected. I don’t see this act as jaw dropping news. As we are growing mature in outsourcing, and as players across the world are finding loose holes to go away with present laws, laws like this will bind them properly. 
The amazing part about this deal is, small players or small deals are looked upon with suspicion. Big deals and players will get some preferential treatment.
Deals that have already come under EC scrutiny include IBM's Italia deal in 2001 and Lufthansa's IT joint-venture with EDS in 1995. Most deals will be approved within five weeks but a small number that need greater scrutiny could take up to four months to get the go-ahead from the EC. Source
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