Competition Policy Newsletter | Number 1 (2011)

Contents:

Featured Article 

• Standard‑setting from a competition law perspective by Ruben Schellingerhout

Antitrust

• The new EU Competition Rules on Horizontal Co‑operation Agreements by Alexandra Boutin, Anna Emanuelson, Henning Leupold and Donncadh Wood
• Payment cards: Visa debit card fees go down by Annamaria Marchi, Gabor Gal
• Strategic underinvestment and gas network foreclosure – the ENI case by Frank Maier‑Rigaud, Federica Manca and Ulrich von Koppenfels
• SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) at the crossroads of competition enforcement and regulation by Dominique Forest

Mergers

• Main developments between 1 September and 31 December 2010 by John Gatti

State aid

• Main developments between 1 September and 31 December 2010 by Alessandra Forzano and Alfredo Gómez Alvarez
• Prolongation of the State aid temporary framework by Mercedes Campo 45 State Aid Control in a Stability Programme Country: The Case of Greece by Yassine Boudghene, Matthaeus Buder, Zetta Dellidou, Violeta Iftinchi, Max Lienemeyer, Christos Malamataris, Danila Malvolti
• State aid to broadband: primer and best practices by Filomena Chirico and Norbert Gaál

Information section

• Organigram of the Competition Directorate‑General (1 November 2011)
• Speeches
• Press releases and memos
• Publications
• Electronic subscription service
• Competition cases covered in this issue C

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