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Contents:
Articles
- La lutte contre les Cartels atteint sa vitesse de croisière en 2001 par Alexander SCHAUB
- EU enlargment and competition policy: where are we now? by Youri DEVUYST, Janne KÄNKÄNEN, Patrick LINDBERG, Irina ORSSICH and Georg ROEBLING
- The restructuring of the Italian banking sector: State aid cannot assist mergers by Sandro SANTAMATO
- Competition in the maritime transport sector: a new era by Jean-François PONS and Eric FITZGERALD
- Minority shareholdings, interlocking directorships and the EC Competition Rules — Recent Commission practice by Enzo MOAVERO-MILANESI and Alexander WINTERSTEIN
Opinions and comments
- The SNELPD Decision in the light of the previous Article 86(3) Decisions of the Commission by Christian HOCEPIED
- European Competition Day news by Ansgar HELD
International cooperation
- The creation of an International Competition Network by Yves DEVELLENNES and Georgios KIRIAZIS
- Competition policy makes it into the Doha Agenda by Yves DEVELLENNES and Georgios KIRIAZIS
Cartels
- Commission adopts eight new decisions imposing fines on hard-core cartels by François ARBAULT, Sari SUURNÄKKI, Francisco PEIRÓ, Barbara NIJS, Paul BRIDGELAND, Gerald BERGER, Maarit LINDROOS and Erwan MARTEIL
Antitrust
- New Notice on agreements of minor importance (de minimis Notice) by Luc PEEPERKORN
- Review of the block exemption Regulation on technology transfer agreements by Paolo CESARINI and Luc PEEPERKORN
- Commission confirms its policy line in respect of horizontal agreements on energy efficiency of domestic appliances by Manuel MARTÍNEZ LÓPEZ
- Commission clears the creation of three B2B e-marketplaces: ‘Covisint’, ‘Eutilia’ and ‘Endorsia’ by Elodie CLERC and John CLARK
- The fourth prohibition decision in the area of car distribution in four years: This time it's Mercedes' turn by Hubert GAMBS and Konrad SCHUMM
- Commission publishes a study on the future of motor vehicle distribution by Lazaros TSORAKLIDIS
- Commission exceptionally orders the licensing of a copyright to safeguard competition in the German pharmaceutical sales reports market by Graham ZEBEDEE and Corinne DUSSART-LEFRET
Merger control
- Green Paper on the review of the Merger Regulation by Anna PAPAIOANNOU, Ulrich DIEZ, Stephen RYAN and Dan SJÖBLOM
- Main developments between 1 September and 31 December 2001 by Neil MARSHALL and Carina JOERGENSEN
- Investigation into possible collective dominance in the publication paper industry by Valérie RABASSA, Stephan SIMON and Thibaut KLEINER
State aid
- Politique des aides d'état: La Commission contribue à plus de sécurité juridique pour le financement des Services d'intérêt économique général par Alain ALEXIS
- Aides fiscales: la Commission procède à l'examen approfondi du critère de la sélectivité dans le domaine de la fiscalité directe des entreprises par Mehdi HOCINE
- Waste treatment, recycling and state aid by Anne Theo SEINEN 90 Main developments between 1 September and 31 December 2001 by Paula ICARDI, Riccardo VUILLERMOZ, Madeleine INFELDT, Brice ALLIBERT and Anne FORT
Information section
- Organigramme — Direction générale Concurrence
- New documentation
- Press releases on competition
- Court of Justice/Court of First Instance
- Index of cases covered in this issue of the Competition Policy Newsletter
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