SEC(2004)658 - Part One - XXXIIIrd Report on Competition Policy - 2003

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Report from the Commission - Part One - XXXIIIrd Report on Competition Policy - 2003
 
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  • 1. 
    Case COMP/D-2/C.37.685.

     
  • 2. 
    Press release IP/03/1025, 16.7.2003.

     
  • 3. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 4. 
    OJ L 162, 19.6.2001; hereinafter 'the Mandate'.

     
  • 5. 
    Article 13(1) of the Mandate. A copy of the report is given to the responsible Director and the Director-General for Competition.

     
  • 6. 
    Article 6 of the Mandate.

     
  • 7. 
    Press release IP/03/717, 21.5.2003.

     
  • 8. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 9. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 10. 
    The intention to create such a post was first announced in December 2002, when a package of reforms concerning the control of mergers in the EU was adopted.

     
  • 11. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.468.

     
  • 12. 
    OJ C 235, 1.10.2003.

     
  • 13. 
    The draft texts were published for public consultation in OJ C 243, 10.10.2003.

     
  • 14. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 15. 
    Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21.12.1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings.

     
  • 16. 
    OJ L 162, 19.6.2001; hereinafter 'the Mandate'.

     
  • 17. 
    Hearing Officer's Mandate, Preamble, recitals 1-3.

     
  • 18. 
    At present, the two appointed Hearing Officers are Serge Durande and Karen Williams.

     
  • 19. 
    Article 2(1) of the Mandate.

     
  • 20. 
    Article 2(2) of the Mandate.

     
  • 21. 
    According to Article 3(3) of the Mandate, the Hearing Officer may present observations on any matter arising out of any Commission proceeding to the competent member of the Commission. This is a means by which he seeks to ensure that, in the preparation of draft Commission decisions, due account is taken of all the relevant facts, whether favourable or unfavourable to the parties concerned, including the factual elements related to the gravity of any infringement (Article 5 of the Mandate). This requires, in line with Article 3(2) of the Mandate, that the Hearing Officer is kept informed by the Director responsible for investigating the case about the development of the procedure.

     
  • 22. 
    In this respect, the French job title 'Conseiller Auditeur' is more appropriate to describe the full reality of the function than the English term 'Hearing Officer'.

     
  • 23. 
    According to Article 12(2) of the Mandate, the Hearing Officer shall be fully responsible for the conduct of the hearing. In preparing it, the Hearing Officer usually asks the responsible case -team to provide a comprehensive table which clearly spells out all the arguments of the parties in response to the Commission's objections and the answers which are given to them.

     
  • 24. 
    Only approximately one fifth of the addressees of a statement of objections waived this right to an oral hearing.

     
  • 25. 
    Article 6 of the Mandate.

     
  • 26. 
    Article 12(3) of the Mandate. It is important to note, however, that the hearing cannot operate as a substitute for a statement of objections. If the Commission advances new allegations of infringements or new essential facts, different from those contained in the statement of objections, it has to issue a supplementary statement of objections and conduct a new hearing.

     
  • 27. 
    Article 13(1) of the Mandate. A copy of the report is given to the responsible Director and the Director-General for Competition.

     
  • 28. 
    e.g. access to the file, time limits for replying to the statement of objections and the proper conduct of the oral hearing.

     
  • 29. 
    In this respect, the interim report has to be distinguished from the Hearing Officer's final report under Article 15 of the Mandate, which is concerned exclusively with respect for the right to be heard and the related question of whether the draft decision deals only with objections in respect of which the parties have been afforded the opportunity of making known their views. The final report is prepared on the basis of the draft decision that is submitted to the Advisory Committee. In contrast to the interim report, it is also communicated, together with the decision, to the addressee of the decision and is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

     
  • 30. 
    Article 10 of the Mandate.

     
  • 31. 
    Only information disclosed to the undertaking can be relied on by the Commission in its final decision. Therefore, the Hearing Officer must also take into account that the enforcement of competition law can be unduly impaired by third parties' claims to confidentiality.

     
  • 32. 
    This procedure is laid down in Article 9 of the Mandate. It is equivalent to that described by the Court of Justice in AKZO II (Case 53/85, AKZO v Commission
     
  • 33. 
    In this context, the Court of First Instance is currently addressing an interesting issue. In the Bank Austria Creditanstalt case (T-198/03 R), a recent Court order (of 7.11.2003) has identified an ambiguity in Article 9(3) of the Mandate, questioning whether the Hearing Officer has to decide also whether or not parts of a Commission decision, being not part of the decision's 'main content', should be published under Article 21 of Regulation 17.

     
  • 34. 
    Notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel cases (OJ C 45, 19.2.2002).

     
  • 35. 
    More detail is provided in the XXXIInd Annual Report on Competition Policy (2002).

     
  • 36. 
    In cases decided in 2003 as well as in a number of ongoing investigations, the 1996 Notice is applied, since the undertakings had applied for leniency before the 2002 Notice entered into force.

     
  • 37. 
    Joined Cases T-125/03 and T-253/03 Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd. and Akcros Chemicals Ltd. v Commission. While the President of the Court of First Instance issued an order rejecting partially interim measures on 30.10.2003, the main actions in these court cases are still pending.

     
  • 38. 
    To ensure that its position was clearly stated, the Commission intervened, by submitting amicus curiae briefs, before a number of US courts. It intervened firstly before the US District Court for the District of Columbia concerning the ongoing Vitamins litigation. Secondly, before the US District Court for the District of Northern California concerning the Methionine litigation; in this case, the Commission's stance on the non-discoverability of corporate statements submitted to the Commission within the framework of its leniency programme was confirmed by the court at final instance. And thirdly, before the US Supreme Court in the AMD v Intel case. This last case, although it does not concern directly the issue of discoverability, has potential repercussions for the efficacy of the EU leniency programme and hence for the discoverability of corporate statements.

     
  • 39. 
    Case COMP/F-3/38.279; OJ L 209 of 19.8.2003.

     
  • 40. 
    Council Regulation No 26/62 of 4.4.1962 applying certain rules on competition to production of and trade in agricultural products, OJ 30 of 20.4.1962.

     
  • 41. 
    Cases T-217/03, T-245/03, T-252/03.

     
  • 42. 
    Case COMP/E-1/37.370.

     
  • 43. 
    Case COMP/E-2/38.359.

     
  • 44. 
    Case COMP/E-2/37.857.

     
  • 45. 
    Organic peroxides are double oxygen bond organic chemical products for the production of plastic and rubber.

     
  • 46. 
    Case COMP/E-1/38.240.

     
  • 47. 
    Cases T-220/00, T-223/00, T-224/00 and T-230/00.

     
  • 48. 
    Case T-224/00.

     
  • 49. 
    Case COMP/D-2/34.466 Commission Decision 1999/271/EC of 9.12.1998 pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty, OJ L 109 of 27.4.1999, p. 24; CFI judgements of 11.12.2003 in Cases T-56/99 Marlines/ Commission, T-59/99 Ventouris Group/Commission, T-61/99 Adriatica/Commission, T-65/99 Strintzis/Commission and T-66/99 Minoan/Commission.

     
  • 50. 
    Case COMP/D-2/38.477.

     
  • 51. 
    Council Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87, OJ L 374 of 31.12.1987, p. 1, laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector, as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1284/91 of 14.5.1991 (OJ L 122, 17.5.1991, p. 2) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2410/92 of 23.7.1992 (OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p.18); The Regulation provides that notified agreements are automatically exempted for a maximum period of six years, if the Commission does not object within 90 days starting from the publication of a summary of the agreement by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Union. In this case, the summary was published in OJ C 306 of 10.12.2002.

     
  • 52. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 53. 
    Cases COMP/D-3/35.470 and COMP/D-3/35.473.

     
  • 54. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 55. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 56. 
    DSD: Commission decisions of 20.4.2001, OJ L 166 of 21.6.2001, p. 1, and of 17.9.2001, OJ L 319 of 4.12.2001, p. 1; Eco Emballages: Commission decision of 15.6.2001, OJ L 233 of 31.8.2001, p. 37.

     
  • 57. 
    Case COMP/C-1/38.370 O2 UK Limited/T-Mobile UK Limited - UK Network Sharing Agreement, OJ L 200 of 7.8.2003 and press release IP/03/589, 30.4.2003; Case COMP/C-1/38.369 T-Mobile Deutschland/O2 Germany - Network Sharing Rahmenvertrag, press release IP/03/1026, 16.7.2003.

     
  • 58. 
    Case COMP/F-1/37.975.

     
  • 59. 
    Commission decision of 16.7.2003, press release IP/03/1028 of 16.7.2003.

     
  • 60. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 61. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 62. 
    Exemption decision with conditions/obligations of 23.7.2003 in Case COMP/C-2/37.398, press release IP/03/1105, 24.7.2003.

     
  • 63. 
    Cases COMP/C-3/37.228 Ingman Disc
     
  • 64. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 65. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 66. 
    Case COMP/C-1/38.170, OJ L 56 of 24.2.2004, p.76.

     
  • 67. 
    Press release IP/03/1438, 23.10.2003.

     
  • 68. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 69. 
    Case COMP/C-1/37.451, 37.578, 37.579, OJ L 263 of 14.10.2003, p. 9.

     
  • 70. 
    Press release IP/03/717, 21.5.2003.

     
  • 71. 
    Case COMP/C-1/38.233.

     
  • 72. 
    Press release IP/03/1025, 16.7.2003.

     
  • 73. 
    Wanadoo has brought an action for annulment of this decision before the Court of First Instance: Case T-340/03.

     
  • 74. 
    OJ L 360, 21.12.1982.

     
  • 75. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.044.

     
  • 76. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.044 NDC Health/IMS Health, decision of 3.7.2001, OJ L 59 of 28.2.2002.

     
  • 77. 
    IMS's '1860 brick structure' segments Germany into 1 860 sales zones or 'bricks'.

     
  • 78. 
    Order of 26.10.2001, in Case T-184/01R and Order of 11.4.2002, in Case C-481/01P(R), the President of the Court of Justice dismissing NDC's appeal against the order of the President of the Court of First Instance.

     
  • 79. 
    Judgment of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court (Frankfurter Oberlandesgericht) of 17.9.2002 in Case 11 U 67/2000.

     
  • 80. 
    Opinion of Advocate General Tizzano of 2.10.2003 in Case C-418/01 IMS Health GmbH
     
  • 81. 
    Case COMP/D-1/37.685.

     
  • 82. 
    Directive 91/440/EEC requires the formation of an international grouping, an association of at least two train operators based in different Member States, to operate cross-border passenger or freight services, OJ L 237 of 24.8.1991.

     
  • 83. 
    As a result of its market investigation, the Commission also concluded, for a number of reasons, that GVG could not provide traction by itself on the Italian market.

     
  • 84. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 85. 
    OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 37.

     
  • 86. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 87. 
    OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 57.

     
  • 88. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 89. 
    OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 1.

     
  • 90. 
    For further details reference is made to the notice on Directive 2003/54-55 and Regulation No 1228/03, prepared by DG Energy and Transport.

     
  • 91. 
    COM(2003)741 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to the gas transmission networks.

     
  • 92. 
    Press release IP/ 03/566, 24.4.2003.

     
  • 93. 
    Case COMP/E-3/37.708; Press release IP/ 01/578, 20.4.2001.

     
  • 94. 
    Case COMP/E-3/36.702; Press release IP/ 02/1084, 17.7.2002.

     
  • 95. 
    Press release IP/ 03/566, 24.4.2003.

     
  • 96. 
    Case COMP/E-3/37..811; Press release IP/ 03/1345, 6.10.2003.

     
  • 97. 
    Press release IP/ 03/1129, 29.7.2003.

     
  • 98. 
    Press release IP/ 03/547, 16.4.2003.

     
  • 99. 
    Press release IP/ 03/566, 24.4.2003.

     
  • 100. 
    Case COMP/M.2947; Press release IP/ 03/825, 11.6.2003.

     
  • 101. 
    Directive 2002/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10.6.2002 amending Directive 97/67/EC with regard to the further opening to competition of Community postal services, OJ L 176, 5.7.2002, p.21.

     
  • 102. 
    OJ L 108, 24.4.2002.

     
  • 103. 
    OJ L 249, 17.9.2002.

     
  • 104. 
    COM (2003) 715 final.

     
  • 105. 
    IP/03/1572, 19.11.2003.

     
  • 106. 
    Commission Recommendation 2003/311/EC of 11.2.2003 on relevant product and services markets within the electronic communications sector susceptible to ex ante regulation , OJ L 114 of 8.5.2003.

     
  • 107. 
    Commission Recommendation 2003/561/EC of 23.7.2003 on notifications, time limits and consultations provided for in Article 7 of Directive 2002/21/EC, OJ L 190 of 30.7.2003 and press release IP/03/1089, 23.7.2003.

     
  • 108. 
    Commission Directive 90/388/EEC of 28.6.1990 on competition in the markets for telecommunications services, as amended by Commission Directive 95/51/EC of 18.10.1995 concerning the abolition of the restrictions on the use of cable television networks for the provision of already liberalized telecommunications services and Commission Directive 96/19/EC of 13.3.1996 concerning the implementation of full competition in telecommunications markets.

     
  • 109. 
    Case C-97/01.

     
  • 110. 
    UK agreement: OJ L 200 of 7.8.2003 and press release IP/03/589, 30.4.2003; German agreement: OJ L 75 of 12.3.2004, p. 32 and press release IP/03/1026, 16.7.2003.

     
  • 111. 
    Press release IP/03/717, of 21.5.2003 and OJ L 263 of 14.10.2003, p. 9.

     
  • 112. 
    Press release IP/03/1025, 16.7.2003.

     
  • 113. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 114. 
    OJ C 217 of 12.9.2003.

     
  • 115. 
    Commission decision 2000/74/EC of 14.7.1999 in Case IV/D-2/34.780 Virgin/British Airways, OJ L 30 of 4.2.2000, p. 1-24, upheld in Case T-219-99 British Airways v Commission (Judgment of 17.12.2003).

     
  • 116. 
    Case COMP/D-2/C.37.685.

     
  • 117. 
    Currently a requirement of EU law for those intending to provide cross-border railway passenger services.

     
  • 118. 
    OJ C 233 of 30.9.2003, p. 8.

     
  • 119. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 120. 
    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 823/2000 of 19.4.2000 on the application of Article 81 (3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices between liner shipping companies (consortia), OJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 24.

     
  • 121. 
    Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16.12.2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty, OJ L 1 of 4.1.2003, p. 1.

     
  • 122. 
    Commission decision of 19.3.2000 in Case IV/34.018 Far East Trade Tariff Charges and Surcharges Agreement (FETTCSA), OJ L 268, 20.10.2000, p. 1.

     
  • 123. 
    The Commission has lodged an appeal against the judgment before the Court of Justice.

     
  • 124. 
    Commission decision of 16.9.1998 in Case IV/35.134 Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), OJ L 95, 9.4.1999, p. 1.

     
  • 125. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 126. 
    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 of 31.7.2002 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices in the motor vehicle sector, OJ L 203 of 1.8.2002.

     
  • 127. 
    Case COMP/F-2/38.554 PO/Audi Deutschland.

     
  • 128. 
    Case COMP/F-2/Case 38.730 BP Lubricants.

     
  • 129. 
    Available online at europa.eu.int/comm/competition/ car_sector/distribution/faq_fr.pdf.

     
  • 130. 
    DG Competition's explanatory brochure is available in the 11 official languages in hard copy or on the Internet (europa.eu.int/comm/competition/ car_sector/). It is not legally binding. See also Commission press release IP/02/1392, 30.9.2002.

     
  • 131. 
    Press releases IP/03/290, 27.2.2002, and IP/03/1117, 25.7.2002.

     
  • 132. 
    Press release IP/01/1051, 23.7.2001.

     
  • 133. 
    Segments A and B (small cars), C (medium-sized cars), D (upper-medium cars), E (executive cars), F (luxury cars) and G (multi-purpose vehicles, sports cars).

     
  • 134. 
    Case C-338/2000 P Volkswagen AG c./v Commission.

     
  • 135. 
    Case T-62/98 Volkswagen v Commission, judgment of 6.7.2000.

     
  • 136. 
    Case COMP/F2/35.733 Volkswagen, Commission decision of 28.1.1998 imposing a fine, OJ L 124, 25.4.1998, p. 60.

     
  • 137. 
    Case T-368/00 General Motors Nederland BV, Opel Nederland BV c./v Commission.

     
  • 138. 
    Case COMP/F-2/36.653 Opel, Commission decision of 20.9.2000, OJ L 59, 28.2.2001, p. 1.

     
  • 139. 
    Case T-208/01, judgment of 3.12.2003.

     
  • 140. 
    Case COMP/F-2/36.693 Volkswagen, Commission decision of 29.6.2001, OJ L 262 of 2.10.2001.

     
  • 141. 
    Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2003 of 27.2.2003 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices in the insurance sector, OJ L 53 of 28.2.2003.

     
  • 142. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 143. 
    Case COMP/D-1/38.096.

     
  • 144. 
    Cases COMP/D-1/34.324, COMP/D-1/34.579, COMP/D-1/35.578, COMP/D-1/36.518 and COMP/D-1/38.580.

     
  • 145. 
    A MIF is an interbank payment made for each transaction carried out with a payment card.

     
  • 146. 
    Case COMP/D-1/29.373 Visa International, OJ L 318 of 22.11.2002.

     
  • 147. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 148. 
    Press release IP/03/1748, 16.12.2003.

     
  • 149. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 150. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 151. 
    Case COMP/C-2/38.287.

     
  • 152. 
    Commission - notice - guidelines on vertical restraints (2000/C 291/01), OJ C 291, 13.10.2000, p. 1.

     
  • 153. 
    Case COMP/M.2876.

     
  • 154. 
    See Article 6(1) of the Treaty and Article 2 of the draft European Constitution.

     
  • 155. 
    Title II, Article 11.

     
  • 156. 
    See the Amsterdam Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States, annexed to the Amsterdam Treaty.

     
  • 157. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 158. 
    'Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by this Regulation and compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law plurality of the media shall be regarded as legitimate interests '

     
  • 159. 
    See e.g. Cases COMP/M.469 MSG Media, OJ L 364, 31.12.1994, COMP/M.553 RTL/Veronica, OJ L 294, 19.11.1996, COMP/M.993 Bertelsmann/Kirch/Premiere, OJ L 053, 31.7.1999.

     
  • 160. 
    See for example, case COMP/M.2876 Newscorp/Telepiù.

     
  • 161. 
    See the UEFA Champions League Case decision COMP/C-2/37.398.

     
  • 162. 
    See also points 197 to 209 of the XXXIInd Report on Competition Policy (2002).

     
  • 163. 
    'Competition in Professional Services: New Light and New Challenges', Bundesanwaltskammer - Berlin, Germany, 21.3.2003.

     
  • 164. 
    These and other related documents are accessible at: europa.eu.int/comm/competition/ liberalization/conference/libprofconference.htm.

     
  • 165. 
    See the reply to an oral question in the European Parliament on the subject of 'Market regulations and competition rules for the liberal professions' (O-63/03).

     
  • 166. 
    Case C-198/01, Judgment of 9.9.2003.

     
  • 167. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.549

     
  • 168. 
    C 35/2003 ex N 90/2002.

     
  • 169. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.468.

     
  • 170. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 171. 
    The HHI is an internationally recognised measure of market concentration.

     
  • 172. 
    See further europa.eu.int/comm/competition/ mergers/review/merger_control_comments.html

     
  • 173. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 174. 
    COMP/M.2416 Tetra Laval/Sidel, 13.1.2003.

     
  • 175. 
    Press releaseIP/02/1952.

     
  • 176. 
    Case COMP/M.2922 Pfizer/Pharmacia, 27.2.2003.

     
  • 177. 
    Case COMP/M.3091Konica/Minolta, 11.7.2003.

     
  • 178. 
    Case COMP/M.3161CVRD/CAEMI, 18.7.2003.

     
  • 179. 
    Case COMP/M.3149
     
  • 180. 
    Case COMP/M.3197 Candover/Cinven/Bertelsmann, 29.7.2003.

     
  • 181. 
    Case COMP/M.3235 Teijin/Zeon, 12.8.2003.

     
  • 182. 
    Case COMP/M.3225 Alcan/Pechiney (II), 29.9.2003.

     
  • 183. 
    In 1999, Alcan and Pechiney had already notified a friendly merger for regulatory clearance. The deal triggered many competition concerns and was the subject of an in-depth investigation. The plan was abandoned in March 2000, after the companies disagreed on the undertakings to submit to the Commission.

     
  • 184. 
    Case COMP/M.3056 Celanese/Degussa, 11.6.2003.

     
  • 185. 
    Case COMP/M.2621 SEB/Moulinex II, 11.11.2003.

     
  • 186. 
    Case COMP/M.2861 Siemens/Drägerwerk/JV.

     
  • 187. 
    Case COMP/M.2876 Newscorp/Telepiù, 2.4.2003.

     
  • 188. 
    Case COMP/M.2903 DaimlerChrysler/Deutche Telekom/JV, 30.4.2003.

     
  • 189. 
    Case COMP/M.2947 Verbund/EnergieAllianz, 11.6.2003.

     
  • 190. 
    Case T-350/03.

     
  • 191. 
    Case COMP/M.2972 DSM/Roche, 23.7.2003.

     
  • 192. 
    Case COMP/M.3083 GE/Instrumentarium, 2.9.2003.

     
  • 193. 
    Cases COMP/M.3075 ECS/Intercommuncale Iveka, COMP/M.3076 ECS/Intercommunale IGAO, COMP/M.3077 ECS/Intercommunale Intergem, COMP/M.3078 ECS/Intercommuncale Gaselwest, COMP/M.3079 ECS/Intercommunale Imewo, COMP/M.3080 ECS/Intercommunale Iverlek, all 13.2.2003.

     
  • 194. 
    Case COMP/M.3130-Arla/Express Dairies.

     
  • 195. 
    Case COMP/M.2978-Lagardère/Natexis/VUP.

     
  • 196. 
    Case COMP/M.3248-BAT/Tabacchi Italiani, 23.10.2003.

     
  • 197. 
    Case T-114/02 BaByliss v Commission; Case T-117119/02 Royal Philips Electronics N.V. v Commission.

     
  • 198. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 199. 
    The intention to create such a post was first announced in December 2002, when a package of reforms concerning the control of mergers in the EU was adopted.

     
  • 200. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 201. 
    Case T-342/00 Petrolessence SA, Société de gestion de restauration Routière SA v Commission.

     
  • 202. 
    Case COMP/M.1628 TotalFina/Elf Aquitaine, 9.2.2002.

     
  • 203. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 204. 
    Case T-374/00 Verband der freien Rohrwerke e.V. v Commission.

     
  • 205. 
    Case COMP/M.2045 Salzgitter/Mannesmannroehren-Werke, 5.9.2000, and Case COMP/ECSC.1336 Salzgitter/Mannesmannroehren-Werke, 14.9.2000.

     
  • 206. 
    Case C-170/02 P Schlüsselverlag J. S. Moser GmbH and Others v Commission.

     
  • 207. 
    Case T-3/02 Schlüsselverlag J. S. Moser GmbH and Others v Commission.

     
  • 208. 
    Approved by the competent national court (OLG Wien) on 26.1.2001.

     
  • 209. 
    Joined Cases T-346 and T-347/02 Sogecable/Canalsatélite Digital/Via Digital v Commission.

     
  • 210. 
    The intention to create such a post was first announced in December 2002, when a package of reforms concerning the control of mergers in the EU was adopted.

     
  • 211. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 212. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 213. 
    The draft texts were published for public consultation in OJ C 243, 10.10.2003.

     
  • 214. 
    Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21.12.1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings.

     
  • 215. 
    Case T-158/00 ARD v Commission.

     
  • 216. 
    Case COMP/JV.37 BSkyB/KirchPayTV, 21.3.2000.

     
  • 217. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 218. 
    The intention to create such a post was first announced in December 2002, when a package of reforms concerning the control of mergers in the EU was adopted.

     
  • 219. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 220. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 221. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 222. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 223. 
    The intention to create such a post was first announced in December 2002, when a package of reforms concerning the control of mergers in the EU was adopted.

     
  • 224. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.468.

     
  • 225. 
    OJ C 235, 1.10.2003.

     
  • 226. 
    The draft texts were published for public consultation in OJ C 243, 10.10.2003.

     
  • 227. 
    OJ L 288 of 9.10.1999, pp. 2-18.

     
  • 228. 
    OJ C 317 of 30.12.2003, p. 11.

     
  • 229. 
    OJ L 202, 18.7.1998, p. 1.

     
  • 230. 
    The TDM is an exceptional and limited measure that was difficult to propose from a competition point of view. Regarding the interpretation of the TDM, it is clear from the Regulation itself that aid may only be authorised where there has been competition for the contract from a Korean yard offering a lower price. In practical terms when assessing the Member States' schemes it was important to decide on the type of evidence needed to demonstrate competition for the contract. The Commission had to strike a balance between ensuring that this requirement is met, without imposing such difficult conditions as to make the TDM unworkable. Until now, the Commission has approved TDM schemes for Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and France.

     
  • 231. 
    See paragraph 15 of the Framework.

     
  • 232. 
    See XXXIInd Report on Competition Policy (2002)

     
  • 233. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 234. 
    OJ C 263 of 1.11.2003.

     
  • 235. 
    OJ C 190 of 12.8.2003, p.3.

     
  • 236. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 237. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 238. 
    OJ C 74 of 10.3.1998, pp. 9-31 (98/C 74/06).

     
  • 239. 
    OJ C 74 of 10.3.1998.

     
  • 240. 
    See also Chapter V on international activities.

     
  • 241. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 242. 
    N 707/2002.

     
  • 243. 
    N 708/2002.

     
  • 244. 
    Judgments of the Court of Justice of 2.7.1974 in Case C-173/73 Italy v Commission and of 22.3.1977 in Case C-78/76 Steinike v Germany.

     
  • 245. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 246. 
    OJ C 37 of 3.2.2001, p. 3.

     
  • 247. 
    N 35/2003, OJ C 227 of 27.9.2003.

     
  • 248. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 249. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 250. 
    C 53/2002.

     
  • 251. 
    Case C-482/99; see also France v. Commission 'Stardust Marine',
     
  • 252. 
    N 511/2002.

     
  • 253. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 254. 
    OJ C 235 of 21.8.2001.

     
  • 255. 
    N 597/2002.

     
  • 256. 
    Case N 152/2003.

     
  • 257. 
    In its judgment in Altmark (Case C-280/00, paragraph 93), the Court of Justice stressed the importance, when it comes to determining the compensation for the costs incurred in the discharge of public service obligations, of "a public procurement procedure which would allow for the selection of the tenderer capable of providing those services at the least cost to the community. This principle is applicable by analogy to the scheme in question.

     
  • 258. 
    N 46/2003.

     
  • 259. 
    N 40/2003.

     
  • 260. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 261. 
    NN 34/2003.

     
  • 262. 
    C 143/99.

     
  • 263. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 264. 
    OJ C 37 of 3.2.2001.

     
  • 265. 
    OJ L 250 of 4.10.2003.

     
  • 266. 
    C 47/2002.

     
  • 267. 
    C 58/2003.

     
  • 268. 
    N 703/b/2002.

     
  • 269. 
    OJ C 288 of 8.9.1999, pp. 2-18.

     
  • 270. 
    C 52/2003.

     
  • 271. 
    See summary of Case NN 101/2002 in the XXXIInd Report on Competition Policy (2002-point 409).

     
  • 272. 
    C 70/2001, C 518/2003.

     
  • 273. 
    OJ C 37 of 3.2.2001, p.3-15.

     
  • 274. 
    C 44/2003 ex NN 158/2001

     
  • 275. 
    OJ C 189 of 9.8.2003.

     
  • 276. 
    E 50/2201.

     
  • 277. 
    C/2003/42/3.

     
  • 278. 
    OJ C 197/2003 of 28.8.2003 (N 694/2002).

     
  • 279. 
    C 60/2002 (ex N 747/2001).

     
  • 280. 
    OJ C 37 of 3.2.2001, pp. 3-15.

     
  • 281. 
    See also decision of 9.7.2003 in Case N 762/2002 - Italy (Marche): Measures to promote the reduction of polluting emissions and energy consumption and the production of renewable energy. Note: 75% for photovoltaic energy.

     
  • 282. 
    N 492, N 493, 494/B and 497/03.

     
  • 283. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 284. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 285. 
    C/2002/3569.

     
  • 286. 
    C 61/2002, OJ L 314/2003 of 8.11.2003.

     
  • 287. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 288. 
    C 12/2003 ex N 778/2002.

     
  • 289. 
    For the same reasoning see the Commission decision in Case on State aid N 74/B/2002 - Finland, OJ C 59 of 14.3.2003, p. 23, and in particular point 3.2.2 of the decision.

     
  • 290. 
    N 385/2002.

     
  • 291. 
    C 20/2002.

     
  • 292. 
    OJ C 45 of 17.2.1996, p.5.

     
  • 293. 
    N 453/2002.

     
  • 294. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 295. 
    N 247/2003.

     
  • 296. 
    C 64/2002.

     
  • 297. 
    N 322/2003.

     
  • 298. 
    Commission Regulation (EC) 68/2001, OJ L 10 of 13.1.2001, pp. 20-29.

     
  • 299. 
    N 527/2002

     
  • 300. 
    C 7/2003 ex N 107/2001.

     
  • 301. 
    OJ 74 of 10.3.1998, pp. 9-31 (98/C74/06).

     
  • 302. 
    EC 70/2001, OJ L 10 of 13.1.2001.

     
  • 303. 
    N/96/a and N/96/b/2003.

     
  • 304. 
    N 211/2003.

     
  • 305. 
    N 159/1996.

     
  • 306. 
    N 766/2002.

     
  • 307. 
    This method involves taking the costs incurred by the supplier of goods (or services) in a transaction between associated companies and then adding to those costs a cost-plus mark-up to obtain an appropriate profit in the light of the functions performed, assets used, risks assumed and market conditions. In the course of 2003, the Commission had occasion to express its opinion on the lawfulness of schemes based on the application of the cost-plus method in the following cases: Belgian coordination centres scheme, decision of 17.2.2003 (OJ L 282, 30.10.2003); Luxembourg finance companies scheme, decision of 16.10.2002 (OJ L 153, 20.6.2003); Vizcaya coordination centres scheme (Spain), decision of 6.2.2003 (OJ L 31, 6.2.2003); French headquarters and logistics centres scheme (not yet published); and the scheme for US foreign sales corporations in Belgium, decision of 25.6 2003 (not yet published).

     
  • 308. 
    This method is designed to avoid double taxation. No national tax is paid at all, irrespective of the amount of tax due abroad. The Commission ruled on the lawfulness of this method in its decision of 17.2.2003 on the Irish scheme applicable to the taxation of certain categories of foreign income (OJ L 204, 13.8.2003, p. 51)

     
  • 309. 
    See the above-mentioned case concerning coordination centres in Belgium and the case concerning aid for international financing activities in the Netherlands, decision of 17.2.2003 (OJ L 180, 18.7.2003), paragraphs 91 et seq.

     
  • 310. 
    Decision of 17.2.2003 on the Dutch international financing activities scheme (OJ L 180, 18.7.2003), and decision of 11.10.2002 on the aid scheme applicable to central corporate treasuries in France (not yet published).

     
  • 311. 
    Decision of 11.12.2002, OJ L 150 of 18.6.2003, p. 52.

     
  • 312. 
    Decision of 11.12.2002, OJ L 150 of 18.6.2003, p. 52.

     
  • 313. 
    See the above-mentioned case involving international financing activities in the Netherlands.

     
  • 314. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 315. 
    OJ L 282/2003, C 15/2002.

     
  • 316. 
    OJ L 282/2003, C 15/2002.

     
  • 317. 
    OJ L 282/2003, C 15/2002.

     
  • 318. 
    Order of the President of the Court of Justice of 26.6.2003 in joined Cases C-182/03R et C-217/03R.

     
  • 319. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 320. 
    OJ L 184 of 23.7.2003, pp. 17-18 (2003/531/EC).

     
  • 321. 
    OJ L 180 of 18.7.2003, p. 52.

     
  • 322. 
    OJ L 204 of 28.8.2003, C 54/2001.

     
  • 323. 
    See above.

     
  • 324. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 325. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 326. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 327. 
    C 45/2001.

     
  • 328. 
    C 30/2002.

     
  • 329. 
    N 261/2003 German Filmförderungsgesetz - FGG.

     
  • 330. 
    N 463/2003.

     
  • 331. 
    Council Regulation (EC) N 1177/2002 of 27.6.2002.

     
  • 332. 
    OJ L 252 of 4.10.2003, pp. 18-22 (2003/691/EC).

     
  • 333. 
    N 371/2001.

     
  • 334. 
    C 40/2000.

     
  • 335. 
    C 38/2003.

     
  • 336. 
    C 38/2002.

     
  • 337. 
    C 48/2003 ex N 791/2002.

     
  • 338. 
    C 30/2003.

     
  • 339. 
    OJ C 80/2003, NN 115/2002.

     
  • 340. 
    OJ C 288/2 of 9.10.1999.

     
  • 341. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 342. 
    OJ C 57/2003, NN 47/2002.

     
  • 343. 
    Financiamento de RTP pelo Estado, decision C (2003) 3526; Misure in favore della RAI, decision C (2003) 3528.

     
  • 344. 
    Aid to France 2 and France 3, decision C (2003) 4497.

     
  • 345. 
    Communication from the Commission on the application of state aid rules to public service broadcasting, OJ C 320 of 15.11.2001, p. 5.

     
  • 346. 
    OJ L 205 of 2.08.2002, p. 1.

     
  • 347. 
    Commission decision of 21.1.03, C(2003)244

     
  • 348. 
    Commission decision of 19.2.03, C(2003)526.

     
  • 349. 
    Commission decision of 19.2.03, C(2003)525.

     
  • 350. 
    Commission decision of 19.2.03, C(2003)524.

     
  • 351. 
    Commission decision of 5.11.03, C(2003)3910.

     
  • 352. 
    Commission decision of 7.5.03, C(2003)1295.

     
  • 353. 
    Commission decision of 27.5.03, C(2003)1668.

     
  • 354. 
    Commission decision of 24.6.03, C(2003)1908.

     
  • 355. 
    N 464/2003 (UK) Company Neutral Revenue Scheme (CNRS), Commission decision of 16.12.2003.

     
  • 356. 
    N 64/03 Italy (Trento) - Granting of aid in support of combined transport. Commission decision of 1.10.2003, OJ C 284/03.

     
  • 357. 
    N 623/02 Commission decision of 30.4.2003, OJ C 248/03.

     
  • 358. 
    N 810/02 Commission decision of 10.12.2003, not yet published.

     
  • 359. 
    Approved by the European Commission on 4.8.2003.

     
  • 360. 
    NN 155/03 Commission decision of 10.12.2003, not yet published.

     
  • 361. 
    C 62/2002 (ex N 221/2002) - United Kingdom - Ad hoc aid to CLYDEBoyd under the Freight Facilities Grant Scheme (FFG). Commission decision of 5.2.2003.

     
  • 362. 
    C 51/2002 (ex 840/01) - The Netherlands-Alkmaar container terminal. Commission decision of 24.6.2003, OJ L 327/03.

     
  • 363. 
    N 134/2001 - Italy (Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Draft Law No 106/1-A - 'Aid for the establishment of infrastructure and services in the goods transport sector, for the restructuring of road haulage and the development of combined transport'. Commission decision of 26.9.2003, OJ C 311/2003.

     
  • 364. 
    N 769/02 - Belgium - Rescue aid in favour of three entities ABX Logistics (F, D, NL). Commission decision of 21.1.2003.

     
  • 365. 
    NN 62/2003 - Belgium - Restructuring of ABX Logistics. Commission decision of 23.7.2003.

     
  • 366. 
    NN 122/2000 - France 'SERNAM 2: review of restructuring aid'. Commission decision of 30.4.2003.

     
  • 367. 
    N 353/2001- France- ADEME aid scheme in the field of transport.

     
  • 368. 
    C 11/2002 (ex N 382/2001)- Italy - Commission decision of 9.7.2003.

     
  • 369. 
    C 54/2003 (ex N 194/2002) - Germany- Compensation measures accompanied by the introduction of a mileage-based motorway user charge for heavy goods vehicles. Commission decision of 13.7.2003, OJ C/202/2003, 27.8.2003, p. 5.

     
  • 370. 
    N 588/2002 - UK - BSO Grant for long-distance bus services. Commission decision of 19.2.2003.

     
  • 371. 
    N 222/B/02 - Portugal - Commission decision of 4.2.2003, OJ C 148 of 25.6.2003, p. 7.

     
  • 372. 
    C 20/2003 (ex- N 433/2002) - Belgium - positive decision and initiation of procedure - Tax measures in favour of maritime transport, 19.3.2003.

     
  • 373. 
    N 737/2002 - France - Tonnage-based flat-rate taxation scheme in favour of maritime transport companies, 13.5.2003.

     
  • 374. 
    C 58/2002 - France - SNCM - Restructuring aid, final decision of 9.7.2003.

     
  • 375. 
    NN 126/2003 - Germany - Directive for the promotion of German maritime shipping of 5.5.2003 (Financial contributions for 2003), Commission decision of 1.10.2003.

     
  • 376. 
    N 19/2003 - Italy - Prolongation of a scheme to reduce employers' social security contributions in the coastal shipping sector, Commission decision of 11.3.2003; NN 135/2003 - Germany - Directive on reducing non-wage labour costs in the German maritime shipping sector, Commission decision of 26.11.2003.

     
  • 377. 
    COM (2001) 574.

     
  • 378. 
    Communication of 2.7.2002, COM (2002) 320 final.

     
  • 379. 
    Germany: NN 125/2002, decision of 20.8.2003, OJ C 230 of 26.9.2003. Austria: NN 124/2002, decision of 20.8.2003, OJ C 230, 26.9.2003. Belgium: NN 52/2002, decision of 20.8.2003, OJ C 230 of 26.9.2003. Denmark: NN 171/2002, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Spain: NN 169/2001, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Finland: NN 55/2003, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. France: NN 19/2002, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Greece: NN 145/2001, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Ireland: NN 32/2002, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Netherlands: NN 47/2003, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Portugal: NN 173/2001, decision of 20.8.2003, OJ C 230 of 26.9.2003. United Kingdom: NN 123/2002, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Sweden: NN 168/2002, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003.

     
  • 380. 
    Ireland: NN 38/2002, decision of 13.5.2003, OJ C 148 of 25.6.2003, p. 7; Netherlands: NN 39/2002, decision of 14.9.2003, not yet published.

     
  • 381. 
    Austria: C 65/2002 (ex N 262/2002), OJ L 222 of 5.9.2003, p. 33.

     
  • 382. 
    C 39/2003 (ex NN 119/2002), OJ C 199 of 23.8.2003, p. 3.

     
  • 383. 
    France: N 309/2002, decision of 19.3.2003, OJ C 148 of 25.6.2003, p. 7.

     
  • 384. 
    N 723/01, decision of 20.12.2001.

     
  • 385. 
    N 428/2002, OJ C 148 of 5.6.2003, decision of 19.3.2003 based on the Commission communication on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty and Article 61 of the EEA Agreement to state aids in the aviation sector, point 27, OJ C 350 of 10.12.1994, and the Commission's 1999 guidelines on aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty, OJ C 288 of 9.10.1999.

     
  • 386. 
    France: C 3/2003 (ex NN 42/2002), OJ C 88 of 11.4.2003, p. 2.

     
  • 387. 
    N 309/2002, OJ C 110 of 8.5.2003.

     
  • 388. 
    Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari.

     
  • 389. 
    Aid to Caraïbes Air Transport (CAT), OJ C 196 of 20.8.2003, decision of 2.4.2003; aid to Air Caraïbes (ex-CAT), N 474/2003 - France - Overseas investment programme 2003 - Air Caraïbes, decision of 16.12.2003; aid to Air Austral, N 427/2003 - France - Overseas investment programme 2003 - Air Austral, decision of 16.12.2003.

     
  • 390. 
    N 96a/2003 - France - Overseas programme law - Title I: measures in favour of employment, decision of 10.12.2003.

     
  • 391. 
    Belgium: C 76/2002 (ex NN 122/2002), OJ C 18 of 25.1.2003, p. 3.

     
  • 392. 
    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products, OJ L 1 of 3.1.2004.

     
  • 393. 
    NN 44/03 (ex- N 6/03) and N 389/03 Italy (Tuscany) 'Toscana promozione'; N 853/01 Spain; N 727/02 Spain (Madrid); N 829/01 Germany (Saxony); NN 166/02 and N 10/03 Italy (Mantova); N 145/02 Italy (Piemonte); N 434/02 Italy (Chamber of Commerce of Bologna); N 418/01 Italy (Veneto).

     
  • 394. 
    N 525/02 Germany ( Baden Württemberg) 'Biolabel B W'.

     
  • 395. 
    NN 44/03 (ex-N 6/03) Italy (Tuscany); NN 150/02 (ex-109/02) Italy (Tuscany).

     
  • 396. 
    N 260 A/02 Germany (Hessen); Aid 200/03 Germany (Lower Saxony); N 368/03 Germany (Saxony); Aid 442/02 Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) 'Promotion of Sales'; N 541/ 02 Germany (Baden-Württemberg); N 716/2002 UK (Wales) 'Meat quality advertising scheme'; N 166/02 France 'advertising of quality wines'.

     
  • 397. 
    N 166/02 France" advertising for quality wines"; N 658/02 UK 'Food from Britain'.

     
  • 398. 
    Community guidelines for state aid concerning TSE tests, fallen stock and slaughterhouse waste, OJ C 324 of 24.12.2002.

     
  • 399. 
    Aid N 436/03 Germany - 'Aid to compensate for drought damage'; Aid N 398/2003 Austria - 'Aid for the purchase of forage and forage replacement products'; Aid N 661/01 Italy (Sardinia) - 'Drought compensation, olives'; Aid N 353/02 Greece - 'Bad weather compensation'.

     
  • 400. 
    OJ C 232, 12.8.2000, p. 19.

     
  • 401. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 402. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 403. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 404. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 405. 
    OJ C 19 of 20.1.2001, p. 7

     
  • 406. 
    OJ C 265 of 4.11.2003, p. 17.

     
  • 407. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 408. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 409. 
    C 35/2003 ex N 90/2002.

     
  • 410. 
    Case C 27/99, ex NN 69/98, Decision 2003/193/EC, OJ L 77 of 24.3.2003, p. 21.

     
  • 411. 
    Judgment of the Court of Justice of 15.5.1997 in Case C-335/95 P.

     
  • 412. 
    2001/247/EC.

     
  • 413. 
    OJ L 89/01 of 29.3.2001, p. 28.

     
  • 414. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 415. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 416. 
    Case C-5/89 Commission v Germany
     
  • 417. 
    OJ L 209 of 19.8.2003.

     
  • 418. 
    C 29/2002.

     
  • 419. 
    Case T-233/99 Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Commission.

     
  • 420. 
    Joined Cases C-261/01 and C-262/01 Belgische Staat v Eugène van Calster and Felix Cleeren and Openbaar Slachthuis NV.

     
  • 421. 
    Moniteur belge of 17.4.1987.

     
  • 422. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 423. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 424. 
    Case 47/69 France v Commission
     
  • 425. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 426. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 427. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 428. 
    See paragraph 64 of the judgment.

     
  • 429. 
    Case C-126/01.

     
  • 430. 
    C 49/2002.

     
  • 431. 
    Case C-355/00.

     
  • 432. 
    Case C-280/2000.

     
  • 433. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 434. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 435. 
    N 475/03.

     
  • 436. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 437. 
    N 784/2002.

     
  • 438. 
    N 763/2002.

     
  • 439. 
    N 183/2003

     
  • 440. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 441. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 442. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 443. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 444. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 445. 
    See Section I.C.1 and Section IV.4 of the XXXIInd Report on Competition Policy (2002).

     
  • 446. 
    Report A5-0293/2003 of 10.9.2003 and Report A5-0295/2003 of 10.9.2003.

     
  • 447. 
    Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Commission of the European Communities regarding the application of their competition laws, OJ L 95, 27.4.1995, pp. 47 and 50.

     
  • 448. 
    OJ L 95, 27.4.1995, pp. 45 and 46.

     
  • 449. 
    Agreement between the European Communities and the Government of the United States of America on the application of positive comity principles in the enforcement of their competition laws, OJ L 173, 18.6.1998, pp. 26-31.

     
  • 450. 
    Agreement between the European Communities and the Government of Canada regarding the application of their competition laws, OJ L 175, 10.7.1999, p. 50.

     
  • 451. 
    Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Japan concerning cooperation on anticompetitive activities, OJ L 183, 22.7.2003, p. 12.

     
  • 452. 
    More information on the ICN is available on its web site: www.internationalcompetitionnetwork.org.

     
  • 453. 
    See www.internationalcompetitionnetwork.org/Final Report_16.6.2003.pdf.

     
  • 454. 
    At www.internationalcompetitionnetwork.org

     
  • 455. 
    In this paper, consumer protection will refer mainly to the protection of consumers' economic and legal interests, although in general it includes the protection of health and safety.

     
  • 456. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 457. 
    Case COMP/D-2/C.37.685.

     
  • 458. 
    Press release IP/03/1025, 16.7.2003.

     
  • 459. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 460. 
    OJ L 162, 19.6.2001; hereinafter 'the Mandate'.

     
  • 461. 
    Article 13(1) of the Mandate. A copy of the report is given to the responsible Director and the Director-General for Competition.

     
  • 462. 
    Article 6 of the Mandate.

     
  • 463. 
    Press release IP/03/717, 21.5.2003.

     
  • 464. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 465. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 466. 
    The intention to create such a post was first announced in December 2002, when a package of reforms concerning the control of mergers in the EU was adopted.

     
  • 467. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.468.

     
  • 468. 
    OJ C 235, 1.10.2003.

     
  • 469. 
    The draft texts were published for public consultation in OJ C 243, 10.10.2003.

     
  • 470. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 471. 
    Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21.12.1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings.

     
  • 472. 
    OJ L 162, 19.6.2001; hereinafter 'the Mandate'.

     
  • 473. 
    Hearing Officer's Mandate, Preamble, recitals 1-3.

     
  • 474. 
    At present, the two appointed Hearing Officers are Serge Durande and Karen Williams.

     
  • 475. 
    Article 2(1) of the Mandate.

     
  • 476. 
    Article 2(2) of the Mandate.

     
  • 477. 
    According to Article 3(3) of the Mandate, the Hearing Officer may present observations on any matter arising out of any Commission proceeding to the competent member of the Commission. This is a means by which he seeks to ensure that, in the preparation of draft Commission decisions, due account is taken of all the relevant facts, whether favourable or unfavourable to the parties concerned, including the factual elements related to the gravity of any infringement (Article 5 of the Mandate). This requires, in line with Article 3(2) of the Mandate, that the Hearing Officer is kept informed by the Director responsible for investigating the case about the development of the procedure.

     
  • 478. 
    In this respect, the French job title 'Conseiller Auditeur' is more appropriate to describe the full reality of the function than the English term 'Hearing Officer'.

     
  • 479. 
    According to Article 12(2) of the Mandate, the Hearing Officer shall be fully responsible for the conduct of the hearing. In preparing it, the Hearing Officer usually asks the responsible case -team to provide a comprehensive table which clearly spells out all the arguments of the parties in response to the Commission's objections and the answers which are given to them.

     
  • 480. 
    Only approximately one fifth of the addressees of a statement of objections waived this right to an oral hearing.

     
  • 481. 
    Article 6 of the Mandate.

     
  • 482. 
    Article 12(3) of the Mandate. It is important to note, however, that the hearing cannot operate as a substitute for a statement of objections. If the Commission advances new allegations of infringements or new essential facts, different from those contained in the statement of objections, it has to issue a supplementary statement of objections and conduct a new hearing.

     
  • 483. 
    Article 13(1) of the Mandate. A copy of the report is given to the responsible Director and the Director-General for Competition.

     
  • 484. 
    e.g. access to the file, time limits for replying to the statement of objections and the proper conduct of the oral hearing.

     
  • 485. 
    In this respect, the interim report has to be distinguished from the Hearing Officer's final report under Article 15 of the Mandate, which is concerned exclusively with respect for the right to be heard and the related question of whether the draft decision deals only with objections in respect of which the parties have been afforded the opportunity of making known their views. The final report is prepared on the basis of the draft decision that is submitted to the Advisory Committee. In contrast to the interim report, it is also communicated, together with the decision, to the addressee of the decision and is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

     
  • 486. 
    Article 10 of the Mandate.

     
  • 487. 
    Only information disclosed to the undertaking can be relied on by the Commission in its final decision. Therefore, the Hearing Officer must also take into account that the enforcement of competition law can be unduly impaired by third parties' claims to confidentiality.

     
  • 488. 
    This procedure is laid down in Article 9 of the Mandate. It is equivalent to that described by the Court of Justice in AKZO II (Case 53/85, AKZO v Commission
     
  • 489. 
    In this context, the Court of First Instance is currently addressing an interesting issue. In the Bank Austria Creditanstalt case (T-198/03 R), a recent Court order (of 7.11.2003) has identified an ambiguity in Article 9(3) of the Mandate, questioning whether the Hearing Officer has to decide also whether or not parts of a Commission decision, being not part of the decision's 'main content', should be published under Article 21 of Regulation 17.

     
  • 490. 
    Notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel cases (OJ C 45, 19.2.2002).

     
  • 491. 
    More detail is provided in the XXXIInd Annual Report on Competition Policy (2002).

     
  • 492. 
    In cases decided in 2003 as well as in a number of ongoing investigations, the 1996 Notice is applied, since the undertakings had applied for leniency before the 2002 Notice entered into force.

     
  • 493. 
    Joined Cases T-125/03 and T-253/03 Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd. and Akcros Chemicals Ltd. v Commission. While the President of the Court of First Instance issued an order rejecting partially interim measures on 30.10.2003, the main actions in these court cases are still pending.

     
  • 494. 
    To ensure that its position was clearly stated, the Commission intervened, by submitting amicus curiae briefs, before a number of US courts. It intervened firstly before the US District Court for the District of Columbia concerning the ongoing Vitamins litigation. Secondly, before the US District Court for the District of Northern California concerning the Methionine litigation; in this case, the Commission's stance on the non-discoverability of corporate statements submitted to the Commission within the framework of its leniency programme was confirmed by the court at final instance. And thirdly, before the US Supreme Court in the AMD v Intel case. This last case, although it does not concern directly the issue of discoverability, has potential repercussions for the efficacy of the EU leniency programme and hence for the discoverability of corporate statements.

     
  • 495. 
    Case COMP/F-3/38.279; OJ L 209 of 19.8.2003.

     
  • 496. 
    Council Regulation No 26/62 of 4.4.1962 applying certain rules on competition to production of and trade in agricultural products, OJ 30 of 20.4.1962.

     
  • 497. 
    Cases T-217/03, T-245/03, T-252/03.

     
  • 498. 
    Case COMP/E-1/37.370.

     
  • 499. 
    Case COMP/E-2/38.359.

     
  • 500. 
    Case COMP/E-2/37.857.

     
  • 501. 
    Organic peroxides are double oxygen bond organic chemical products for the production of plastic and rubber.

     
  • 502. 
    Case COMP/E-1/38.240.

     
  • 503. 
    Cases T-220/00, T-223/00, T-224/00 and T-230/00.

     
  • 504. 
    Case T-224/00.

     
  • 505. 
    Case COMP/D-2/34.466 Commission Decision 1999/271/EC of 9.12.1998 pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty, OJ L 109 of 27.4.1999, p. 24; CFI judgements of 11.12.2003 in Cases T-56/99 Marlines/ Commission, T-59/99 Ventouris Group/Commission, T-61/99 Adriatica/Commission, T-65/99 Strintzis/Commission and T-66/99 Minoan/Commission.

     
  • 506. 
    Case COMP/D-2/38.477.

     
  • 507. 
    Council Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87, OJ L 374 of 31.12.1987, p. 1, laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector, as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1284/91 of 14.5.1991 (OJ L 122, 17.5.1991, p.

    2) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2410/92 of 23.7.1992 (OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p.18); The Regulation provides that notified agreements are automatically exempted for a maximum period of six years, if the Commission does not object within 90 days starting from the publication of a summary of the agreement by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Union. In this case, the summary was published in OJ C 306 of 10.12.2002.

     
  • 508. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 509. 
    Cases COMP/D-3/35.470 and COMP/D-3/35.473.

     
  • 510. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 511. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 512. 
    DSD: Commission decisions of 20.4.2001, OJ L 166 of 21.6.2001, p. 1, and of 17.9.2001, OJ L 319 of 4.12.2001, p. 1; Eco Emballages: Commission decision of 15.6.2001, OJ L 233 of 31.8.2001, p. 37.

     
  • 513. 
    Case COMP/C-1/38.370 O2 UK Limited/T-Mobile UK Limited - UK Network Sharing Agreement, OJ L 200 of 7.8.2003 and press release IP/03/589, 30.4.2003; Case COMP/C-1/38.369 T-Mobile Deutschland/O2 Germany - Network Sharing Rahmenvertrag, press release IP/03/1026, 16.7.2003.

     
  • 514. 
    Case COMP/F-1/37.975.

     
  • 515. 
    Commission decision of 16.7.2003, press release IP/03/1028 of 16.7.2003.

     
  • 516. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 517. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 518. 
    Exemption decision with conditions/obligations of 23.7.2003 in Case COMP/C-2/37.398, press release IP/03/1105, 24.7.2003.

     
  • 519. 
    Cases COMP/C-3/37.228 Ingman Disc
     
  • 520. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 521. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 522. 
    Case COMP/C-1/38.170, OJ L 56 of 24.2.2004, p.76.

     
  • 523. 
    Press release IP/03/1438, 23.10.2003.

     
  • 524. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 525. 
    Case COMP/C-1/37.451, 37.578, 37.579, OJ L 263 of 14.10.2003, p. 9.

     
  • 526. 
    Press release IP/03/717, 21.5.2003.

     
  • 527. 
    Case COMP/C-1/38.233.

     
  • 528. 
    Press release IP/03/1025, 16.7.2003.

     
  • 529. 
    Wanadoo has brought an action for annulment of this decision before the Court of First Instance: Case T-340/03.

     
  • 530. 
    OJ L 360, 21.12.1982.

     
  • 531. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.044.

     
  • 532. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.044 NDC Health/IMS Health, decision of 3.7.2001, OJ L 59 of 28.2.2002.

     
  • 533. 
    IMS's '1860 brick structure' segments Germany into 1 860 sales zones or 'bricks'.

     
  • 534. 
    Order of 26.10.2001, in Case T-184/01R and Order of 11.4.2002, in Case C-481/01P(R), the President of the Court of Justice dismissing NDC's appeal against the order of the President of the Court of First Instance.

     
  • 535. 
    Judgment of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court (Frankfurter Oberlandesgericht) of 17.9.2002 in Case 11 U 67/2000.

     
  • 536. 
    Opinion of Advocate General Tizzano of 2.10.2003 in Case C-418/01 IMS Health GmbH
     
  • 537. 
    Case COMP/D-1/37.685.

     
  • 538. 
    Directive 91/440/EEC requires the formation of an international grouping, an association of at least two train operators based in different Member States, to operate cross-border passenger or freight services, OJ L 237 of 24.8.1991.

     
  • 539. 
    As a result of its market investigation, the Commission also concluded, for a number of reasons, that GVG could not provide traction by itself on the Italian market.

     
  • 540. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 541. 
    OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 37.

     
  • 542. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 543. 
    OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 57.

     
  • 544. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 545. 
    OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 1.

     
  • 546. 
    For further details reference is made to the notice on Directive 2003/54-55 and Regulation No 1228/03, prepared by DG Energy and Transport.

     
  • 547. 
    COM(2003)741 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to the gas transmission networks.

     
  • 548. 
    Press release IP/ 03/566, 24.4.2003.

     
  • 549. 
    Case COMP/E-3/37.708; Press release IP/ 01/578, 20.4.2001.

     
  • 550. 
    Case COMP/E-3/36.702; Press release IP/ 02/1084, 17.7.2002.

     
  • 551. 
    Press release IP/ 03/566, 24.4.2003.

     
  • 552. 
    Case COMP/E-3/37..811; Press release IP/ 03/1345, 6.10.2003.

     
  • 553. 
    Press release IP/ 03/1129, 29.7.2003.

     
  • 554. 
    Press release IP/ 03/547, 16.4.2003.

     
  • 555. 
    Press release IP/ 03/566, 24.4.2003.

     
  • 556. 
    Case COMP/M.2947; Press release IP/ 03/825, 11.6.2003.

     
  • 557. 
    Directive 2002/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10.6.2002 amending Directive 97/67/EC with regard to the further opening to competition of Community postal services, OJ L 176, 5.7.2002, p.21.

     
  • 558. 
    OJ L 108, 24.4.2002.

     
  • 559. 
    OJ L 249, 17.9.2002.

     
  • 560. 
    COM (2003) 715 final.

     
  • 561. 
    IP/03/1572, 19.11.2003.

     
  • 562. 
    Commission Recommendation 2003/311/EC of 11.2.2003 on relevant product and services markets within the electronic communications sector susceptible to ex ante regulation , OJ L 114 of 8.5.2003.

     
  • 563. 
    Commission Recommendation 2003/561/EC of 23.7.2003 on notifications, time limits and consultations provided for in Article 7 of Directive 2002/21/EC, OJ L 190 of 30.7.2003 and press release IP/03/1089, 23.7.2003.

     
  • 564. 
    Commission Directive 90/388/EEC of 28.6.1990 on competition in the markets for telecommunications services, as amended by Commission Directive 95/51/EC of 18.10.1995 concerning the abolition of the restrictions on the use of cable television networks for the provision of already liberalized telecommunications services and Commission Directive 96/19/EC of 13.3.1996 concerning the implementation of full competition in telecommunications markets.

     
  • 565. 
    Case C-97/01.

     
  • 566. 
    UK agreement: OJ L 200 of 7.8.2003 and press release IP/03/589, 30.4.2003; German agreement: OJ L 75 of 12.3.2004, p. 32 and press release IP/03/1026, 16.7.2003.

     
  • 567. 
    Press release IP/03/717, of 21.5.2003 and OJ L 263 of 14.10.2003, p. 9.

     
  • 568. 
    Press release IP/03/1025, 16.7.2003.

     
  • 569. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 570. 
    OJ C 217 of 12.9.2003.

     
  • 571. 
    Commission decision 2000/74/EC of 14.7.1999 in Case IV/D-2/34.780 Virgin/British Airways, OJ L 30 of 4.2.2000, p. 1-24, upheld in Case T-219-99 British Airways v Commission (Judgment of 17.12.2003).

     
  • 572. 
    Case COMP/D-2/C.37.685.

     
  • 573. 
    Currently a requirement of EU law for those intending to provide cross-border railway passenger services.

     
  • 574. 
    OJ C 233 of 30.9.2003, p. 8.

     
  • 575. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 576. 
    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 823/2000 of 19.4.2000 on the application of Article 81 (3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices between liner shipping companies (consortia), OJ L 100, 20.4.2000, p. 24.

     
  • 577. 
    Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16.12.2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty, OJ L 1 of 4.1.2003, p. 1.

     
  • 578. 
    Commission decision of 19.3.2000 in Case IV/34.018 Far East Trade Tariff Charges and Surcharges Agreement (FETTCSA), OJ L 268, 20.10.2000, p. 1.

     
  • 579. 
    The Commission has lodged an appeal against the judgment before the Court of Justice.

     
  • 580. 
    Commission decision of 16.9.1998 in Case IV/35.134 Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA), OJ L 95, 9.4.1999, p. 1.

     
  • 581. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 582. 
    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 of 31.7.2002 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices in the motor vehicle sector, OJ L 203 of 1.8.2002.

     
  • 583. 
    Case COMP/F-2/38.554 PO/Audi Deutschland.

     
  • 584. 
    Case COMP/F-2/Case 38.730 BP Lubricants.

     
  • 585. 
    Available online at europa.eu.int/comm/competition/ car_sector/distribution/faq_fr.pdf.

     
  • 586. 
    DG Competition's explanatory brochure is available in the 11 official languages in hard copy or on the Internet (europa.eu.int/comm/competition/ car_sector/). It is not legally binding. See also Commission press release IP/02/1392, 30.9.2002.

     
  • 587. 
    Press releases IP/03/290, 27.2.2002, and IP/03/1117, 25.7.2002.

     
  • 588. 
    Press release IP/01/1051, 23.7.2001.

     
  • 589. 
    Segments A and B (small cars), C (medium-sized cars), D (upper-medium cars), E (executive cars), F (luxury cars) and G (multi-purpose vehicles, sports cars).

     
  • 590. 
    Case C-338/2000 P Volkswagen AG c./v Commission.

     
  • 591. 
    Case T-62/98 Volkswagen v Commission, judgment of 6.7.2000.

     
  • 592. 
    Case COMP/F2/35.733 Volkswagen, Commission decision of 28.1.1998 imposing a fine, OJ L 124, 25.4.1998, p. 60.

     
  • 593. 
    Case T-368/00 General Motors Nederland BV, Opel Nederland BV c./v Commission.

     
  • 594. 
    Case COMP/F-2/36.653 Opel, Commission decision of 20.9.2000, OJ L 59, 28.2.2001, p. 1.

     
  • 595. 
    Case T-208/01, judgment of 3.12.2003.

     
  • 596. 
    Case COMP/F-2/36.693 Volkswagen, Commission decision of 29.6.2001, OJ L 262 of 2.10.2001.

     
  • 597. 
    Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2003 of 27.2.2003 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices in the insurance sector, OJ L 53 of 28.2.2003.

     
  • 598. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 599. 
    Case COMP/D-1/38.096.

     
  • 600. 
    Cases COMP/D-1/34.324, COMP/D-1/34.579, COMP/D-1/35.578, COMP/D-1/36.518 and COMP/D-1/38.580.

     
  • 601. 
    A MIF is an interbank payment made for each transaction carried out with a payment card.

     
  • 602. 
    Case COMP/D-1/29.373 Visa International, OJ L 318 of 22.11.2002.

     
  • 603. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 604. 
    Press release IP/03/1748, 16.12.2003.

     
  • 605. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 606. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 607. 
    Case COMP/C-2/38.287.

     
  • 608. 
    Commission - notice - guidelines on vertical restraints (2000/C 291/01), OJ C 291, 13.10.2000, p. 1.

     
  • 609. 
    Case COMP/M.2876.

     
  • 610. 
    See Article 6(1) of the Treaty and Article 2 of the draft European Constitution.

     
  • 611. 
    Title II, Article 11.

     
  • 612. 
    See the Amsterdam Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States, annexed to the Amsterdam Treaty.

     
  • 613. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 614. 
    'Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by this Regulation and compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law plurality of the media shall be regarded as legitimate interests '

     
  • 615. 
    See e.g. Cases COMP/M.469 MSG Media, OJ L 364, 31.12.1994, COMP/M.553 RTL/Veronica, OJ L 294, 19.11.1996, COMP/M.993 Bertelsmann/Kirch/Premiere, OJ L 053, 31.7.1999.

     
  • 616. 
    See for example, case COMP/M.2876 Newscorp/Telepiù.

     
  • 617. 
    See the UEFA Champions League Case decision COMP/C-2/37.398.

     
  • 618. 
    See also points 197 to 209 of the XXXIInd Report on Competition Policy (2002).

     
  • 619. 
    'Competition in Professional Services: New Light and New Challenges', Bundesanwaltskammer - Berlin, Germany, 21.3.2003.

     
  • 620. 
    These and other related documents are accessible at: europa.eu.int/comm/competition/ liberalization/conference/libprofconference.htm.

     
  • 621. 
    See the reply to an oral question in the European Parliament on the subject of 'Market regulations and competition rules for the liberal professions' (O-63/03).

     
  • 622. 
    Case C-198/01, Judgment of 9.9.2003.

     
  • 623. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.549

     
  • 624. 
    C 35/2003 ex N 90/2002.

     
  • 625. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.468.

     
  • 626. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 627. 
    The HHI is an internationally recognised measure of market concentration.

     
  • 628. 
    See further europa.eu.int/comm/competition/ mergers/review/merger_control_comments.html

     
  • 629. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 630. 
    COMP/M.2416 Tetra Laval/Sidel, 13.1.2003.

     
  • 631. 
    Press releaseIP/02/1952.

     
  • 632. 
    Case COMP/M.2922 Pfizer/Pharmacia, 27.2.2003.

     
  • 633. 
    Case COMP/M.3091Konica/Minolta, 11.7.2003.

     
  • 634. 
    Case COMP/M.3161CVRD/CAEMI, 18.7.2003.

     
  • 635. 
    Case COMP/M.3149
     
  • 636. 
    Case COMP/M.3197 Candover/Cinven/Bertelsmann, 29.7.2003.

     
  • 637. 
    Case COMP/M.3235 Teijin/Zeon, 12.8.2003.

     
  • 638. 
    Case COMP/M.3225 Alcan/Pechiney (II), 29.9.2003.

     
  • 639. 
    In 1999, Alcan and Pechiney had already notified a friendly merger for regulatory clearance. The deal triggered many competition concerns and was the subject of an in-depth investigation. The plan was abandoned in March 2000, after the companies disagreed on the undertakings to submit to the Commission.

     
  • 640. 
    Case COMP/M.3056 Celanese/Degussa, 11.6.2003.

     
  • 641. 
    Case COMP/M.2621 SEB/Moulinex II, 11.11.2003.

     
  • 642. 
    Case COMP/M.2861 Siemens/Drägerwerk/JV.

     
  • 643. 
    Case COMP/M.2876 Newscorp/Telepiù, 2.4.2003.

     
  • 644. 
    Case COMP/M.2903 DaimlerChrysler/Deutche Telekom/JV, 30.4.2003.

     
  • 645. 
    Case COMP/M.2947 Verbund/EnergieAllianz, 11.6.2003.

     
  • 646. 
    Case T-350/03.

     
  • 647. 
    Case COMP/M.2972 DSM/Roche, 23.7.2003.

     
  • 648. 
    Case COMP/M.3083 GE/Instrumentarium, 2.9.2003.

     
  • 649. 
    Cases COMP/M.3075 ECS/Intercommuncale Iveka, COMP/M.3076 ECS/Intercommunale IGAO, COMP/M.3077 ECS/Intercommunale Intergem, COMP/M.3078 ECS/Intercommuncale Gaselwest, COMP/M.3079 ECS/Intercommunale Imewo, COMP/M.3080 ECS/Intercommunale Iverlek, all 13.2.2003.

     
  • 650. 
    Case COMP/M.3130-Arla/Express Dairies.

     
  • 651. 
    Case COMP/M.2978-Lagardère/Natexis/VUP.

     
  • 652. 
    Case COMP/M.3248-BAT/Tabacchi Italiani, 23.10.2003.

     
  • 653. 
    Case T-114/02 BaByliss v Commission; Case T-117119/02 Royal Philips Electronics N.V. v Commission.

     
  • 654. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 655. 
    The intention to create such a post was first announced in December 2002, when a package of reforms concerning the control of mergers in the EU was adopted.

     
  • 656. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 657. 
    Case T-342/00 Petrolessence SA, Société de gestion de restauration Routière SA v Commission.

     
  • 658. 
    Case COMP/M.1628 TotalFina/Elf Aquitaine, 9.2.2002.

     
  • 659. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 660. 
    Case T-374/00 Verband der freien Rohrwerke e.V. v Commission.

     
  • 661. 
    Case COMP/M.2045 Salzgitter/Mannesmannroehren-Werke, 5.9.2000, and Case COMP/ECSC.1336 Salzgitter/Mannesmannroehren-Werke, 14.9.2000.

     
  • 662. 
    Case C-170/02 P Schlüsselverlag J. S. Moser GmbH and Others v Commission.

     
  • 663. 
    Case T-3/02 Schlüsselverlag J. S. Moser GmbH and Others v Commission.

     
  • 664. 
    Approved by the competent national court (OLG Wien) on 26.1.2001.

     
  • 665. 
    Joined Cases T-346 and T-347/02 Sogecable/Canalsatélite Digital/Via Digital v Commission.

     
  • 666. 
    The intention to create such a post was first announced in December 2002, when a package of reforms concerning the control of mergers in the EU was adopted.

     
  • 667. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 668. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 669. 
    The draft texts were published for public consultation in OJ C 243, 10.10.2003.

     
  • 670. 
    Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21.12.1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings.

     
  • 671. 
    Case T-158/00 ARD v Commission.

     
  • 672. 
    Case COMP/JV.37 BSkyB/KirchPayTV, 21.3.2000.

     
  • 673. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 674. 
    The intention to create such a post was first announced in December 2002, when a package of reforms concerning the control of mergers in the EU was adopted.

     
  • 675. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 676. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 677. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 678. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 679. 
    The intention to create such a post was first announced in December 2002, when a package of reforms concerning the control of mergers in the EU was adopted.

     
  • 680. 
    Case COMP/D-3/38.468.

     
  • 681. 
    OJ C 235, 1.10.2003.

     
  • 682. 
    The draft texts were published for public consultation in OJ C 243, 10.10.2003.

     
  • 683. 
    OJ L 288 of 9.10.1999, pp. 2-18.

     
  • 684. 
    OJ C 317 of 30.12.2003, p. 11.

     
  • 685. 
    OJ L 202, 18.7.1998, p. 1.

     
  • 686. 
    The TDM is an exceptional and limited measure that was difficult to propose from a competition point of view. Regarding the interpretation of the TDM, it is clear from the Regulation itself that aid may only be authorised where there has been competition for the contract from a Korean yard offering a lower price. In practical terms when assessing the Member States' schemes it was important to decide on the type of evidence needed to demonstrate competition for the contract. The Commission had to strike a balance between ensuring that this requirement is met, without imposing such difficult conditions as to make the TDM unworkable. Until now, the Commission has approved TDM schemes for Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and France.

     
  • 687. 
    See paragraph 15 of the Framework.

     
  • 688. 
    See XXXIInd Report on Competition Policy (2002)

     
  • 689. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 690. 
    OJ C 263 of 1.11.2003.

     
  • 691. 
    OJ C 190 of 12.8.2003, p.3.

     
  • 692. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 693. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 694. 
    OJ C 74 of 10.3.1998, pp. 9-31 (98/C 74/06).

     
  • 695. 
    OJ C 74 of 10.3.1998.

     
  • 696. 
    See also Chapter V on international activities.

     
  • 697. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 698. 
    N 707/2002.

     
  • 699. 
    N 708/2002.

     
  • 700. 
    Judgments of the Court of Justice of 2.7.1974 in Case C-173/73 Italy v Commission and of 22.3.1977 in Case C-78/76 Steinike v Germany.

     
  • 701. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 702. 
    OJ C 37 of 3.2.2001, p. 3.

     
  • 703. 
    N 35/2003, OJ C 227 of 27.9.2003.

     
  • 704. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 705. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 706. 
    C 53/2002.

     
  • 707. 
    Case C-482/99; see also France v. Commission 'Stardust Marine',
     
  • 708. 
    N 511/2002.

     
  • 709. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 710. 
    OJ C 235 of 21.8.2001.

     
  • 711. 
    N 597/2002.

     
  • 712. 
    Case N 152/2003.

     
  • 713. 
    In its judgment in Altmark (Case C-280/00, paragraph 93), the Court of Justice stressed the importance, when it comes to determining the compensation for the costs incurred in the discharge of public service obligations, of "a public procurement procedure which would allow for the selection of the tenderer capable of providing those services at the least cost to the community. This principle is applicable by analogy to the scheme in question.

     
  • 714. 
    N 46/2003.

     
  • 715. 
    N 40/2003.

     
  • 716. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 717. 
    NN 34/2003.

     
  • 718. 
    C 143/99.

     
  • 719. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 720. 
    OJ C 37 of 3.2.2001.

     
  • 721. 
    OJ L 250 of 4.10.2003.

     
  • 722. 
    C 47/2002.

     
  • 723. 
    C 58/2003.

     
  • 724. 
    N 703/b/2002.

     
  • 725. 
    OJ C 288 of 8.9.1999, pp. 2-18.

     
  • 726. 
    C 52/2003.

     
  • 727. 
    See summary of Case NN 101/2002 in the XXXIInd Report on Competition Policy (2002-point 409).

     
  • 728. 
    C 70/2001, C 518/2003.

     
  • 729. 
    OJ C 37 of 3.2.2001, p.3-15.

     
  • 730. 
    C 44/2003 ex NN 158/2001

     
  • 731. 
    OJ C 189 of 9.8.2003.

     
  • 732. 
    E 50/2201.

     
  • 733. 
    C/2003/42/3.

     
  • 734. 
    OJ C 197/2003 of 28.8.2003 (N 694/2002).

     
  • 735. 
    C 60/2002 (ex N 747/2001).

     
  • 736. 
    OJ C 37 of 3.2.2001, pp. 3-15.

     
  • 737. 
    See also decision of 9.7.2003 in Case N 762/2002 - Italy (Marche): Measures to promote the reduction of polluting emissions and energy consumption and the production of renewable energy. Note: 75% for photovoltaic energy.

     
  • 738. 
    N 492, N 493, 494/B and 497/03.

     
  • 739. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 740. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 741. 
    C/2002/3569.

     
  • 742. 
    C 61/2002, OJ L 314/2003 of 8.11.2003.

     
  • 743. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 744. 
    C 12/2003 ex N 778/2002.

     
  • 745. 
    For the same reasoning see the Commission decision in Case on State aid N 74/B/2002 - Finland, OJ C 59 of 14.3.2003, p. 23, and in particular point 3.2.2 of the decision.

     
  • 746. 
    N 385/2002.

     
  • 747. 
    C 20/2002.

     
  • 748. 
    OJ C 45 of 17.2.1996, p.5.

     
  • 749. 
    N 453/2002.

     
  • 750. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 751. 
    N 247/2003.

     
  • 752. 
    C 64/2002.

     
  • 753. 
    N 322/2003.

     
  • 754. 
    Commission Regulation (EC) 68/2001, OJ L 10 of 13.1.2001, pp. 20-29.

     
  • 755. 
    N 527/2002

     
  • 756. 
    C 7/2003 ex N 107/2001.

     
  • 757. 
    OJ 74 of 10.3.1998, pp. 9-31 (98/C74/06).

     
  • 758. 
    EC 70/2001, OJ L 10 of 13.1.2001.

     
  • 759. 
    N/96/a and N/96/b/2003.

     
  • 760. 
    N 211/2003.

     
  • 761. 
    N 159/1996.

     
  • 762. 
    N 766/2002.

     
  • 763. 
    This method involves taking the costs incurred by the supplier of goods (or services) in a transaction between associated companies and then adding to those costs a cost-plus mark-up to obtain an appropriate profit in the light of the functions performed, assets used, risks assumed and market conditions. In the course of 2003, the Commission had occasion to express its opinion on the lawfulness of schemes based on the application of the cost-plus method in the following cases: Belgian coordination centres scheme, decision of 17.2.2003 (OJ L 282, 30.10.2003); Luxembourg finance companies scheme, decision of 16.10.2002 (OJ L 153, 20.6.2003); Vizcaya coordination centres scheme (Spain), decision of 6.2.2003 (OJ L 31, 6.2.2003); French headquarters and logistics centres scheme (not yet published); and the scheme for US foreign sales corporations in Belgium, decision of 25.6 2003 (not yet published).

     
  • 764. 
    This method is designed to avoid double taxation. No national tax is paid at all, irrespective of the amount of tax due abroad. The Commission ruled on the lawfulness of this method in its decision of 17.2.2003 on the Irish scheme applicable to the taxation of certain categories of foreign income (OJ L 204, 13.8.2003, p. 51)

     
  • 765. 
    See the above-mentioned case concerning coordination centres in Belgium and the case concerning aid for international financing activities in the Netherlands, decision of 17.2.2003 (OJ L 180, 18.7.2003), paragraphs 91 et seq.

     
  • 766. 
    Decision of 17.2.2003 on the Dutch international financing activities scheme (OJ L 180, 18.7.2003), and decision of 11.10.2002 on the aid scheme applicable to central corporate treasuries in France (not yet published).

     
  • 767. 
    Decision of 11.12.2002, OJ L 150 of 18.6.2003, p. 52.

     
  • 768. 
    Decision of 11.12.2002, OJ L 150 of 18.6.2003, p. 52.

     
  • 769. 
    See the above-mentioned case involving international financing activities in the Netherlands.

     
  • 770. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 771. 
    OJ L 282/2003, C 15/2002.

     
  • 772. 
    OJ L 282/2003, C 15/2002.

     
  • 773. 
    OJ L 282/2003, C 15/2002.

     
  • 774. 
    Order of the President of the Court of Justice of 26.6.2003 in joined Cases C-182/03R et C-217/03R.

     
  • 775. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 776. 
    OJ L 184 of 23.7.2003, pp. 17-18 (2003/531/EC).

     
  • 777. 
    OJ L 180 of 18.7.2003, p. 52.

     
  • 778. 
    OJ L 204 of 28.8.2003, C 54/2001.

     
  • 779. 
    See above.

     
  • 780. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 781. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 782. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 783. 
    C 45/2001.

     
  • 784. 
    C 30/2002.

     
  • 785. 
    N 261/2003 German Filmförderungsgesetz - FGG.

     
  • 786. 
    N 463/2003.

     
  • 787. 
    Council Regulation (EC) N 1177/2002 of 27.6.2002.

     
  • 788. 
    OJ L 252 of 4.10.2003, pp. 18-22 (2003/691/EC).

     
  • 789. 
    N 371/2001.

     
  • 790. 
    C 40/2000.

     
  • 791. 
    C 38/2003.

     
  • 792. 
    C 38/2002.

     
  • 793. 
    C 48/2003 ex N 791/2002.

     
  • 794. 
    C 30/2003.

     
  • 795. 
    OJ C 80/2003, NN 115/2002.

     
  • 796. 
    OJ C 288/2 of 9.10.1999.

     
  • 797. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 798. 
    OJ C 57/2003, NN 47/2002.

     
  • 799. 
    Financiamento de RTP pelo Estado, decision C (2003) 3526; Misure in favore della RAI, decision C (2003) 3528.

     
  • 800. 
    Aid to France 2 and France 3, decision C (2003) 4497.

     
  • 801. 
    Communication from the Commission on the application of state aid rules to public service broadcasting, OJ C 320 of 15.11.2001, p. 5.

     
  • 802. 
    OJ L 205 of 2.08.2002, p. 1.

     
  • 803. 
    Commission decision of 21.1.03, C(2003)244

     
  • 804. 
    Commission decision of 19.2.03, C(2003)526.

     
  • 805. 
    Commission decision of 19.2.03, C(2003)525.

     
  • 806. 
    Commission decision of 19.2.03, C(2003)524.

     
  • 807. 
    Commission decision of 5.11.03, C(2003)3910.

     
  • 808. 
    Commission decision of 7.5.03, C(2003)1295.

     
  • 809. 
    Commission decision of 27.5.03, C(2003)1668.

     
  • 810. 
    Commission decision of 24.6.03, C(2003)1908.

     
  • 811. 
    N 464/2003 (UK) Company Neutral Revenue Scheme (CNRS), Commission decision of 16.12.2003.

     
  • 812. 
    N 64/03 Italy (Trento) - Granting of aid in support of combined transport. Commission decision of 1.10.2003, OJ C 284/03.

     
  • 813. 
    N 623/02 Commission decision of 30.4.2003, OJ C 248/03.

     
  • 814. 
    N 810/02 Commission decision of 10.12.2003, not yet published.

     
  • 815. 
    Approved by the European Commission on 4.8.2003.

     
  • 816. 
    NN 155/03 Commission decision of 10.12.2003, not yet published.

     
  • 817. 
    C 62/2002 (ex N 221/2002) - United Kingdom - Ad hoc aid to CLYDEBoyd under the Freight Facilities Grant Scheme (FFG). Commission decision of 5.2.2003.

     
  • 818. 
    C 51/2002 (ex 840/01) - The Netherlands-Alkmaar container terminal. Commission decision of 24.6.2003, OJ L 327/03.

     
  • 819. 
    N 134/2001 - Italy (Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Draft Law No 106/1-A - 'Aid for the establishment of infrastructure and services in the goods transport sector, for the restructuring of road haulage and the development of combined transport'. Commission decision of 26.9.2003, OJ C 311/2003.

     
  • 820. 
    N 769/02 - Belgium - Rescue aid in favour of three entities ABX Logistics (F, D, NL). Commission decision of 21.1.2003.

     
  • 821. 
    NN 62/2003 - Belgium - Restructuring of ABX Logistics. Commission decision of 23.7.2003.

     
  • 822. 
    NN 122/2000 - France 'SERNAM 2: review of restructuring aid'. Commission decision of 30.4.2003.

     
  • 823. 
    N 353/2001- France- ADEME aid scheme in the field of transport.

     
  • 824. 
    C 11/2002 (ex N 382/2001)- Italy - Commission decision of 9.7.2003.

     
  • 825. 
    C 54/2003 (ex N 194/2002) - Germany- Compensation measures accompanied by the introduction of a mileage-based motorway user charge for heavy goods vehicles. Commission decision of 13.7.2003, OJ C/202/2003, 27.8.2003, p. 5.

     
  • 826. 
    N 588/2002 - UK - BSO Grant for long-distance bus services. Commission decision of 19.2.2003.

     
  • 827. 
    N 222/B/02 - Portugal - Commission decision of 4.2.2003, OJ C 148 of 25.6.2003, p. 7.

     
  • 828. 
    C 20/2003 (ex- N 433/2002) - Belgium - positive decision and initiation of procedure - Tax measures in favour of maritime transport, 19.3.2003.

     
  • 829. 
    N 737/2002 - France - Tonnage-based flat-rate taxation scheme in favour of maritime transport companies, 13.5.2003.

     
  • 830. 
    C 58/2002 - France - SNCM - Restructuring aid, final decision of 9.7.2003.

     
  • 831. 
    NN 126/2003 - Germany - Directive for the promotion of German maritime shipping of 5.5.2003 (Financial contributions for 2003), Commission decision of 1.10.2003.

     
  • 832. 
    N 19/2003 - Italy - Prolongation of a scheme to reduce employers' social security contributions in the coastal shipping sector, Commission decision of 11.3.2003; NN 135/2003 - Germany - Directive on reducing non-wage labour costs in the German maritime shipping sector, Commission decision of 26.11.2003.

     
  • 833. 
    COM (2001) 574.

     
  • 834. 
    Communication of 2.7.2002, COM (2002) 320 final.

     
  • 835. 
    Germany: NN 125/2002, decision of 20.8.2003, OJ C 230 of 26.9.2003. Austria: NN 124/2002, decision of 20.8.2003, OJ C 230, 26.9.2003. Belgium: NN 52/2002, decision of 20.8.2003, OJ C 230 of 26.9.2003. Denmark: NN 171/2002, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Spain: NN 169/2001, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Finland: NN 55/2003, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. France: NN 19/2002, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Greece: NN 145/2001, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Ireland: NN 32/2002, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Netherlands: NN 47/2003, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Portugal: NN 173/2001, decision of 20.8.2003, OJ C 230 of 26.9.2003. United Kingdom: NN 123/2002, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003. Sweden: NN 168/2002, decision of 9.7.2003, OJ C 206 of 2.9.2003.

     
  • 836. 
    Ireland: NN 38/2002, decision of 13.5.2003, OJ C 148 of 25.6.2003, p. 7; Netherlands: NN 39/2002, decision of 14.9.2003, not yet published.

     
  • 837. 
    Austria: C 65/2002 (ex N 262/2002), OJ L 222 of 5.9.2003, p. 33.

     
  • 838. 
    C 39/2003 (ex NN 119/2002), OJ C 199 of 23.8.2003, p. 3.

     
  • 839. 
    France: N 309/2002, decision of 19.3.2003, OJ C 148 of 25.6.2003, p. 7.

     
  • 840. 
    N 723/01, decision of 20.12.2001.

     
  • 841. 
    N 428/2002, OJ C 148 of 5.6.2003, decision of 19.3.2003 based on the Commission communication on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty and Article 61 of the EEA Agreement to state aids in the aviation sector, point 27, OJ C 350 of 10.12.1994, and the Commission's 1999 guidelines on aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty, OJ C 288 of 9.10.1999.

     
  • 842. 
    France: C 3/2003 (ex NN 42/2002), OJ C 88 of 11.4.2003, p. 2.

     
  • 843. 
    N 309/2002, OJ C 110 of 8.5.2003.

     
  • 844. 
    Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari.

     
  • 845. 
    Aid to Caraïbes Air Transport (CAT), OJ C 196 of 20.8.2003, decision of 2.4.2003; aid to Air Caraïbes (ex-CAT), N 474/2003 - France - Overseas investment programme 2003 - Air Caraïbes, decision of 16.12.2003; aid to Air Austral, N 427/2003 - France - Overseas investment programme 2003 - Air Austral, decision of 16.12.2003.

     
  • 846. 
    N 96a/2003 - France - Overseas programme law - Title I: measures in favour of employment, decision of 10.12.2003.

     
  • 847. 
    Belgium: C 76/2002 (ex NN 122/2002), OJ C 18 of 25.1.2003, p. 3.

     
  • 848. 
    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products, OJ L 1 of 3.1.2004.

     
  • 849. 
    NN 44/03 (ex- N 6/03) and N 389/03 Italy (Tuscany) 'Toscana promozione'; N 853/01 Spain; N 727/02 Spain (Madrid); N 829/01 Germany (Saxony); NN 166/02 and N 10/03 Italy (Mantova); N 145/02 Italy (Piemonte); N 434/02 Italy (Chamber of Commerce of Bologna); N 418/01 Italy (Veneto).

     
  • 850. 
    N 525/02 Germany ( Baden Württemberg) 'Biolabel B W'.

     
  • 851. 
    NN 44/03 (ex-N 6/03) Italy (Tuscany); NN 150/02 (ex-109/02) Italy (Tuscany).

     
  • 852. 
    N 260 A/02 Germany (Hessen); Aid 200/03 Germany (Lower Saxony); N 368/03 Germany (Saxony); Aid 442/02 Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) 'Promotion of Sales'; N 541/ 02 Germany (Baden-Württemberg); N 716/2002 UK (Wales) 'Meat quality advertising scheme'; N 166/02 France 'advertising of quality wines'.

     
  • 853. 
    N 166/02 France" advertising for quality wines"; N 658/02 UK 'Food from Britain'.

     
  • 854. 
    Community guidelines for state aid concerning TSE tests, fallen stock and slaughterhouse waste, OJ C 324 of 24.12.2002.

     
  • 855. 
    Aid N 436/03 Germany - 'Aid to compensate for drought damage'; Aid N 398/2003 Austria - 'Aid for the purchase of forage and forage replacement products'; Aid N 661/01 Italy (Sardinia) - 'Drought compensation, olives'; Aid N 353/02 Greece - 'Bad weather compensation'.

     
  • 856. 
    OJ C 232, 12.8.2000, p. 19.

     
  • 857. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 858. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 859. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 860. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 861. 
    OJ C 19 of 20.1.2001, p. 7

     
  • 862. 
    OJ C 265 of 4.11.2003, p. 17.

     
  • 863. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 864. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 865. 
    C 35/2003 ex N 90/2002.

     
  • 866. 
    Case C 27/99, ex NN 69/98, Decision 2003/193/EC, OJ L 77 of 24.3.2003, p. 21.

     
  • 867. 
    Judgment of the Court of Justice of 15.5.1997 in Case C-335/95 P.

     
  • 868. 
    2001/247/EC.

     
  • 869. 
    OJ L 89/01 of 29.3.2001, p. 28.

     
  • 870. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 871. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 872. 
    Case C-5/89 Commission v Germany
     
  • 873. 
    OJ L 209 of 19.8.2003.

     
  • 874. 
    C 29/2002.

     
  • 875. 
    Case T-233/99 Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Commission.

     
  • 876. 
    Joined Cases C-261/01 and C-262/01 Belgische Staat v Eugène van Calster and Felix Cleeren and Openbaar Slachthuis NV.

     
  • 877. 
    Moniteur belge of 17.4.1987.

     
  • 878. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 879. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 880. 
    Case 47/69 France v Commission
     
  • 881. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 882. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 883. 
    ECCG is comprised of 18 members, one representing the consumer organisations of each Member State, and one for each of three European consumer organisations, AEC, ANEC and BEUC. Observers representing consumer organisations from Acceding Countries are already participating in the work of ECCG.

     
  • 884. 
    See paragraph 64 of the judgment.

     
  • 885. 
    Case C-126/01.

     
  • 886. 
    C 49/2002.

     
  • 887. 
    Case C-355/00.

     
  • 888. 
    Case C-280/2000.

     
  • 889. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 890. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 891. 
    N 475/03.

     
  • 892. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 893. 
    N 784/2002.

     
  • 894. 
    N 763/2002.

     
  • 895. 
    N 183/2003

     
  • 896. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 897. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 898. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 899. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 900. 
    Mr. Rivière y Martí has been working in DG Competition since 1989. In his previous position he was Advisor to the Policy Development and Coordination Directorate.

     
  • 901. 
    See Section I.C.1 and Section IV.4 of the XXXIInd Report on Competition Policy (2002).

     
  • 902. 
    Report A5-0293/2003 of 10.9.2003 and Report A5-0295/2003 of 10.9.2003.

     
  • 903. 
    Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Commission of the European Communities regarding the application of their competition laws, OJ L 95, 27.4.1995, pp. 47 and 50.

     
  • 904. 
    OJ L 95, 27.4.1995, pp. 45 and 46.

     
  • 905. 
    Agreement between the European Communities and the Government of the United States of America on the application of positive comity principles in the enforcement of their competition laws, OJ L 173, 18.6.1998, pp. 26-31.

     
  • 906. 
    Agreement between the European Communities and the Government of Canada regarding the application of their competition laws, OJ L 175, 10.7.1999, p. 50.

     
  • 907. 
    Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Japan concerning cooperation on anticompetitive activities, OJ L 183, 22.7.2003, p. 12.

     
  • 908. 
    More information on the ICN is available on its web site: www.internationalcompetitionnetwork.org.

     
  • 909. 
    See www.internationalcompetitionnetwork.org/Final Report_16.6.2003.pdf.

     
  • 910. 
    At www.internationalcompetitionnetwork.org

     
  • 911. 
    In this paper, consumer protection will refer mainly to the protection of consumers' economic and legal interests, although in general it includes the protection of health and safety.

     
  • 912. 
    Number of state aid cases closed by final decisions of the following type: no objection, positive decision, negative decision, conditional decision.

     
  • 913. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
  • 914. 
    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
  • 915. 
    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
  • 916. 
    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
  • 917. 
    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.