# Commission clears some semiconductor deals with remedies while blocking others

Date: 2022

Across 2019–2023 [Vestager](/people/tech-margrethe-vestager)’s merger control cleared some chip deals with remedies and challenged others, including the Illumina theory. The pattern is a completed enforcement stance, not a single factory.

## People

- Margrethe Vestager: https://factrail.ai/people/margrethe-vestager

## Drivers

- Industrial-Policy Activism: https://factrail.ai/drivers/industrial-policy-activism

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-antitrust-regulators-chip-deals-2022/
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_419

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-chip-merger-caution