Competition policy newsletter

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  Año 2003, Número 1

  • Articles

    • Introduction

      Philip Lowe

      págs. 1-2

      

    • Regulation 1/2003: a modernised application of EC competition rules

      Gianfranco Rocca, Céline Gauer, Dorothe Dalheimer, Lars Kjolbye, Eddy de Smijter

      págs. 3-8

      

    • Reform of the EU Merger Control System - a comprehensive package of proposals

      Stephen A. Ryan

      págs. 9-13

      

    • Retail banking, social inclusion and public service

      Nicola Pesaresi, Odile Pilley

      págs. 14-20

      

    • Commission adopts Regulation exempting State aid for employment from notification under Article 88(1)

      Ben Slocock

      págs. 21-23

      

    • Accession negotiations brought to successful conclusion

      Janne Känkänen

      págs. 24-28

      

  • Opinions and Comments

    • Some reflections on the structure of the state aid rules in the Treaty of Rome

      Ronald Feltkamp

      págs. 29-32

      

  • International Cooperation

    • Existing aid and enlargement

      George Roebling

      págs. 33-38

      

    • European Competition Day in Athens

      Ansgar Held

      págs. 39-40

      

  • Antitrust

    • Competition law analysis of patent licensing arrangements - the particular Case of 3G3P

      Dessy Choumelova

      págs. 41-43

      

    • From discothèques to websites, a new approach to music copyright licensing: the Simulcasting decision

      Miguel Mendes Pereira

      págs. 44-49

      

    • Commission fines Nintendo and seven of its European distributors for colluding to prevent parallel trade in Nintendo products

      Augustijn Van Haasteren, Miguel Angel Peña Castellot

      págs. 50-53

      

    • Commission clears online travel agency Opodo

      Christine Tomboy

      págs. 54-55

      

    • The revised TACA decision - the end of the conflict?

      Eric Fitzgerald

      págs. 56-58

      

    • New explanatory brochure on Commission Block exemption regulation nº 1400/2002 on the motor vehicle sector. bringing competition rules closer to consumers and market operators

      Manuel Martinez Lopez

      págs. 59-60

      

    • Commission rules against the collusive behaviour of christie´s and Sotherby´s

      Ewoud Sakkers

      págs. 61-62

      

    • La Commission détecte un cartel et inflige de lourdes amendes dans le secteur des plaques en plâtre

      Erwan Marteil, Evelyne Rikkers

      págs. 63-64

      

    • Commission adopts cartel decision imposing fines in food flavour enhancers (nucleotide) cartel

      Sam Pieters

      pág. 65

      

    • The specialty graphite price-fixing cartels

      Andrés Garcia Bermudez

      págs. 66-67

      

    • Commission fines participants in concrete reinforcing bars cartel

      Flavio Laina

      págs. 68-69

      

    • 1. Commission closes investigation into Lufthansa/SAS/United Airlines and KLM/NorthWest alliances

      Monique Negenman

      págs. 70-73

      

    • Aviation sector:

      pág. 70

      

    • 2. Investigation into air alliance between bmi british midland and United Airlines closed

      Michael Gremminger

      pág. 74

      

    • 3. The Commission´s approach towards global airlines alliances - some evolving assessment principles

      Michael Gremminger

      págs. 75-80

      

  • Merger Control

    • EC Merger control conference - highlights of proceedings

      Mary Loughran

      págs. 81-83

      

    • Merger control: Main developments between 1st September 2002 and 31th December 2002

      Mary Loughran, Kay Parplies, Roosmarijn Schade

      págs. 84-92

      

  • State Aid

    • Le système fiscal des Açores

      Carlos Tenreiro

      págs. 93-95

      

    • Le nouveau régime d´aides de la zone franche de Madère

      Carlos Tenreiro

      págs. 96-98

      

    • A scheme of the Land of Saxony in favour of small and medium enterprises: a clarification on the application of the block exemption regulation

      Constanze Stropp

      págs. 99-100

      

    • Quand le soutien à l´emploi des jeunes en entreprises n´est pas une aide d´État

      Andrée Jallon

      págs. 101-102