Lotte Group has been granted permission to acquire Polish confectioner E.Wedel by the Polish competition commission. The UOKiK decided on 17 August that the concentration would not significantly restrict competition in Poland. Lotte had acquired Wedel business from Kraft which  divests Romanian and Polish businesses of its Cadbury deal for EU approval. Around 1,000 Cadbury Wedel employees will transfer to Lotte Group.