| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: Press and Communication Service |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | IP/01/698 (15.5.01) |
| Publication Date | 15/05/2001 |
| Content Type | News |
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The 30th Annual Report on Competition Policy shows that competition policy activity ran high in 2000 as the European Commission continued to update and modernise its rules and practice in the antitrust and merger fields, while keeping pace with the increasing number of mergers and acquisitions. The number of new cases in 2000 was 1,206, of which 564 were in the area of state aid control, 345 were merger notifications and 297 were antitrust cases. The overall figure remained broadly stable (1,249 cases in 1999) reflecting a drastic reduction of antitrust notifications following adoption of a number of so-called block exemption regulations. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://ec.europa.eu/competition/publications/annual_report/index.htm |
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| Subject Categories | Internal Markets |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
