Competition Policy Newsletter | Number 3 (Autumn 2004)

Contents:

Articles

• Following an in-depth investigation the Commission approved the creation of the Sony/BMG music recording joint venture on 19 July 2004 by Peter EBERL
• Presumed margin squeeze for broadband access in Germany: settlement with Deutsche Telekom by Joachim LÜCKING
• Commission authorizes restructuring aid to Alstom under conditions by Christophe GALAND, Erwan MARTEIL, Alberto BACCHIEGA, Françoise MALBO and Eva VALLE
• France Télécom bénéficie de deux aides d'Etat illégales par Davide GRESPAN, Olivia REYMOND et Christina SIATERLI

Opinions and comments

• The European Court of Justice clarifies the powers of the Council in State aid cases by Koen VAN DE CASTEELE
• La Cour de justice précise les notions de ressources d'État et d'imputabilité à l'État: l'affaire Pearle BV par Alain ALEXIS

Competition day in Amsterdam 22 October

European Competition Network 

• Energy day: First sectoral high-level meeting within the ECN by Robert KLOTZ and Harold NYSSENS

Antitrust 

• Commission imposes fine on Topps for preventing parallel imports of Pokémon stickers and cards by Christoph HERMES
• Overview of EU securities trading and post-trading arrangements in the EU of 25 Member States by Rosalind BUFTON and Eduardo MARTINEZ RIVERO
• Two important rejection decisions on excessive pricing in the port sector by Michel LAMALLE, Lenita LINDSTRÖM-ROSSI and Antonio Carlos TEIXEIRA
• Liberal professions and recommended prices: the Belgian architects case by Sandra DE WAELE

Merger control

• Commission revises notices following adoption of the new merger regulation by Guillaume LORIOT, Justin MENEZES and Oliver KOCH
• Merger control: Main developments between 1 May and 31 August 2004 by Mary LOUGHRAN and John GATTI

State aid 

• Conditional decisions and EC State aid law: The MobilCom case by Sabine CROME and Annette SÖLTER
• Revision of the State aid Rescue and restructuring Guidelines by Eva VALLE and Koen VAN DE CASTEELE
• La révision de la Carte italienne des aides à finalité régionale suite aux calamités naturelles en Italie par Riccardo VUILLERMOZ
• State aid in the water sector: second circuit water — Belgium by Melvin KOENIGS
• The Commission opens investigation procedure regarding aid to Polish steel company Huta Czestochowa by Max LIENEMEYER
• Commission approves aid for minimising chlorine transport by Anne Theo SEINEN

Information section

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