Competition Policy Newsletter | Number 2 (2007)

Contents:

Articles

• Community rules on State aid - a practical handbook, by Eliška KUTENIČOVÁ
• Co-operation between competition agencies worldwide in cartel investigations: by Stephen RYAN
• Revision of the Notice on merger remedies by Johannes LUEBKING

Opinions and comments 

• A closer look at vertical mergers by Pierre LAHBABI and Sophie MOONEN
• Modelling competitive electricity markets: are consumers paying for a lack of competition? by Philippe CHAUVE and Martin GODFRIED

International cooperation 

• New EU-US cooperation agreement in air transport by Michael GREMMINGER

Antitrust

• Broadband competition in Malta: are two access providers enough? by Olivier BRINGER and Stefan KRAMER

Cartels 

• Cartel fined in the elevators and escalators sector by Andrés FONT GALARZA, Gyula CSEREY, René PLANK, Eline Vanessa POST
• Cartel fined in the gas insulated switchgear sector by Marisa TIERNO CENTELLA, Maurits PINO and Jindrich KLOUB

Merger control 

• Merger control: Main developments between 1 January and 30 April 2007 by Mary LOUGHRAN and John GATTI 51 Schneider/APC: a textbook first-phase case with creation of dominant position and structural remedies by Antoni VASSILEFF

State aid

• “Groupements d’intérêt économique fiscaux”: le régime fiscal français de financement de certains biens d’équipement constitue une aide d’État par Barbara JANKOVEC
• Premier cas d’application du nouvel encadrement communautaire des aides d’Etat à la recherche, au développement et à l’innovation: l’aide de l’Agence française de l’innovation industrielle au programme NeoVal par Isabelle NEALE-BESSON and Jean-Charles DJELALIAN
• Du nouveau dans le dossier des centres de coordination belges par Jean-Marc HUEZ
• Increased transparency and efficiency in public service broadcasting: Recent cases in Spain and Germany by Pedro DIAS and Alexandra ANTONIADIS
• Commission approves aid to an innovative regional equity platform for SMEs in the UK’s West Midlands to overcome market failure in risk capital by Radoš HORÁČEK and Zsuzsanna LANTOS

Information section

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