Competition policy newsletter

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  Año 2004, Número 2

  • Articles

    • Regulation 1/2003 and the Modernisation Package fully applicable since 1 May 2004

      Céline Gauer, Lars Kjolbye, Dorothe Dalheimer, Eddy de Smijter, Dominik Schnichels

      págs. 1-6

      

    • Leniency following Modernisation: safeguarding Europe´s leniency programmes

      Stephen Blake, Dominik Schnichels

      págs. 7-13

      

    • Commission adopts new safe harbour for licensing of patents, know-how and software copyright

      Luc Peeperkorn, Lars Kjolbye, Donncadh Woods

      págs. 14-16

      

    • Existing State aid in the acceding countries

      Pedro Dias

      págs. 17-18

      

  • Opinions and Comments

    • The Commission´s state aid policy on activities of public service broadcasters in neighbouring markets

      Stefaan Depypere, Nynke Tigchelaar

      págs. 19-22

      

    • Competition day

      págs. 23-26

      

  • International

    • Eu-China Dialogue on Competition formalised with the signature of Terms of Reference on May 6 2004

      Andrés Font Galarza

      pág. 27

      

    • The launch of the new ICN Cartel Working Group

      George Roebling

      págs. 28-30

      

  • Antitrust

    • Private enforcement of Community competition law: modernisation and the road ahead

      Donncadh Woods, Ailsa Sinclair, David Ashton

      págs. 31-37

      

    • Competition and the water sector

      Alexander Gee

      págs. 38-40

      

    • Access to gas pipelines: lessons learnt from the Marathon case

      Mariano Fernandez Salas, Sophie Moonen, Robert Klotz, Dominik Schnichels

      págs. 41-43

      

    • Commission adopts Decision in the microsoft case

      Nicholas Banasevic, Jean Huby, Miguel Pena Castellot, Oliver Sitar, Henri Piffaut

      págs. 44-48

      

    • The Clearstream decision: the application of Article 82 to securities clearing and settlement

      Eduardo Martínez Rivero, Rosalind Bufton

      págs. 49-51

      

    • Market analyses under the New Regulatory Framework for electronic communications: context and principles behind the Commission´s first veto decision

      Luca Di Mauro, András Inotai

      págs. 52-55

      

    • Commission exempts vertical restraints in the Nordic pay-TV sector: Telenor/Canal+/Canal Digital

      Hanns Peter Nehl

      págs. 56-62

      

    • Using the instrument of sector-wide inquiries: Inquiry into content for 3G services

      Alain Crawford, Panayotis Adamopoulos

      págs. 63-65

      

    • New developments in the aviation sector. Consolidation and competition: recent competition cases

      Carsten Bermig, Michel Lamalle, Oliver Stehmann

      págs. 66-70

      

    • Professional services: more competition, more competitiviness, more consumer orientation

      Filippo Amato, Ben Collins, Sandra de Waele, Ruth Paserman

      págs. 71-74

      

  • Merger Control

    • Merger control: main developments 1 January to 30 April 2004

      págs. 75-78

      

    • An amended merger implementing regulation for a new merger regime

      Thalia Lingos, Mary Loughran, Tina Pitkanen, Mario Todino

      págs. 79-84

      

    • Air Liquide/Messer: addressing the changes brought about by the concetration in the industrial gases industry

      Guillaume Loriot, Henri Piffaut, François-Xavier Rouxel

      págs. 85-90

      

  • State Aid

    • Reform of procedural rules for state aid cases

      Annette Matthias-Werner

      págs. 91-93

      

    • Enforcement of State aid control in the banking sector: Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG

      Elke Graeper, Stefan Moser

      págs. 94-96

      

    • Commission´s negative decision on Gibraltar corporation tax reform: findings on regional and material selectivity

      Rados Horacek

      págs. 97-101

      

    • More than 40 % of aid intensity for investments in solar photovoltaic energy

      Giorgio Perini

      págs. 102-104

      

    • The new German ship-financing guarantee schemes: Commission gives green light

      Kai Struckmann, Max Lienemeyer

      págs. 105-108

      

    • Temporary defensive mechanism to shipbuilding extended by one year

      Andrea Cierna

      págs. 109-110

      

    • Information section

      pág. 111