European Commission's Directorate General for Competition received notification of Marcegaglia Carbon Steel's plans to acquire Latvian company SIA Severstal Distribution from Severstal together with its subsidiaries Severstal Distribution Sp. Ltd. in Poland and Severstal Distribution LLC in Ukraine. SIA Severstal Distribution supplied steel products from Severstal's Russian facilities in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. If the deal with Marcegaglia goes through, Severstal will have no assets outside the CIS.