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Contents:
Articles
- The real economy — challenges for competition policy in periods of retrenchment | Bente Tranholm-Schwarz, Peter Ohrlander, Bruno Zanettin, Mercedes Campo and Georges Siotis
- Competition and the financial markets: The role of competition policy in financial sector rescue and restructuring | Jürgen Foecking, Peter Ohrlander and Ernst Ferdinandusse
- Competition and the financial markets | Stan Maes and Kamil Kiljanski
- Implementing an effects-base approach to Article 82 | Lucas Peeperkorn and Katja Viertio
- The new State aid temporary framework | Mercedes Campo
- Consumers at the heart of EU competition policy | John Madill and Adrien Mexis
- Preliminary results of Commission pharmaceutical sector inquiry raise competition concerns | Elena Kamilarova, Fabio Domanico and Alexander Riedl
- Finding the appropriate response for competitive Next Generation Access Networks - Results of the first notifications under the Article 7 consultation procedure | Olivier Bringer and Iratxe Gurpegui
- Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA): Self-regulation under competition scrutiny | Jean Allix, Dominique Forest and Dovile Vaigauskaite
- From the stable to the table: the Commission’s coordinated approach to combating soaring food prices in Europe | María Aguado Ruiz and Alina Burea
- The use of pricing analysis for market definition purposes: the Arjowiggins/M-real Zanders Reflex and Arsenal/DSP mergers | Daniel Donath
Antitrust
- The E.ON electricity cases: an antitrust decision with structural remedies | Philippe Chauve, Martin Godfried, Kristóf Kovács, Gregor Langus, Károly Nagy and Stefan Siebert
- Extension of postal monopolies: the Slovak law reserving hybrid mail delivery services to Slovenská Pošta infringedArticle 86 in conjunction with Article 82 | Thomas Brunhes
Cartels
- Commission imposes the highest-ever cartel fine ever (more than 1.3bn EUR) on four Carglass manufacturers | Sigyn Monke, Lorenzo Piazza and Stephan Simon
- Bringing light into the dark: Commission fines long lasting “Candle Wax” cartel with more than EUR 676 million | Lars Albath, Cecilia Nilsson-Bottka and Rainer Wessely
- The Banana Cartel decision | Vita Jukneviciute and Bjarke List
Mergers
- Mergers: Main Developments between 1 September and 31 December 2008 | Mary Loughran and John Gatti
- Fuel for thought — StatoilHydro/ConocoPhillips (Jet) | Jérôme Cloarec, Dag Johansson, Philippe Redondo, Daniel Donath, Elzbieta Glowicka and Cyril Hariton
- EdF/BE: Yin and Yang – why complementarity can be problematic | Miriam Driessen Reilly, Polyvios Panayides and Raphaël De Coninck
- Friesland Foods/Campina: a merger between two Dutch dairy cooperatives approved with a set of comprehensive remedies | Miguel de la Mano, Patrick D’Souza, Gregor Langus, Martine Lissens, Szabolcs Lorincz, Jean-Christophe Mauger, Fabio Polverino, and Axel Specker
- ABF/GBI Business: coordinated effects baked again | Andrea Amelio, Pablo Asbo, Miguel de la Mano, Ruben Maximiano and Viktor Porubsky
State aid
- Commission and Germany agree on better control for the use of State aid in the broadcasting sector | Lukas Repa and Nóra Tosics
- The first final decision involving a detailed economic assessment of R&D aid: the ITP case | Almorò Rubin de Cervin
Information section
- Organigram of the Competition Directorate-General
- Documents
- Speeches
- Press releases and memos
- Publications
- Competition cases covered in this issue
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