Competition Policy Newsletter | Number 2 (Summer 2005)

Contents:

Articles 

• Enforcement of State aid recovery decisions by Nuria MARIÑAS
• The practical impact of the exercise of the right to be heard: A special focus on the effect of Oral Hearings and the role of the Hearing Officers by Serge DURANDE and Karen WILLIAMS

Opinions and comments 

• Reforming state aid policy to best contribute to the Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs by Thibault KLEINER
• Conglomerate and vertical mergers in the light of the Tetra Judgement by Götz DRAUZ

Competition day 

• Report from the Competition day in Luxembourg, 3 May 2005
• Announcement of the coming Competition day in London, 15 September

Antitrust

• Reorganisation of cartel work in DG Competition by Anna SAARELA and Paul MALRIC-SMITH
• Joint selling of Bundesliga media rights — first Commission decision pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003 by Stefan WILBERT
• First collective dominance cases under the European consultation mechanism on electronic communications by Inge BERNAERTS and Stefan KRAMER
• The Maxmobil Judgement: the Court of Justice clarifies the role of complainants in Article 86 procedures by Christian HOCEPIED
• MasterCard and VISA modify network rules and increase transparency of cross-border interchange fees by Lukas REPA

Mergers control 

• Merger control: Main developments 1st January to 30th April 2005 by Mary LOUGHRAN and John GATTI
• Honeywell / Novar : When it comes to fire, vertical has a taste of horizontal by François-Xavier ROUXEL

State aid 

• No export aid to large firms outside the EU by Giorgio PERINI
• Commission’s proposal to phase out tax benefits for exempt companies in Gibraltar: Strict limits on existing as well as new beneficiaries by Radoš HORÁČEK
• Innovation aid to the shipbuilding industry by Jörg KÖHLI
• The Commission opens investigation procedure regarding aid to Polish car producer FSO (ex DAEWOO) by Jasmin BATTISTA
• Restructuring aid in favour of Chemische Werke Piesteritz GmbH by Sabine CROME
• Italian guarantee scheme for ship-finance: Commission signals thorough review of guarantee schemes by Luca PRETE and Max LIENEMEYER

Information section

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