COM(2010)282 - Report on Competition Policy 2009 SEC(2010)666

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Legal instrument	Report
Decision making procedure	Own-initiative procedure (INI)
reference by COM-number457	COM(2010)282
Additional COM-numbers	SEC(2010)666
procedure number459	2010/2137(INI)
CELEX number460	52010DC0282

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• 1. 

  Draft report on the Report on competition policy 2008 (2009/2173(INI)), Ms. Sophia in 't Veld (rapporteur - ALDE Group - NL) .
  
   
• 2. 

  SEC (2010) 666.
  
   
• 3. 

  ec.europa.eu/competition/index_en
  
   
• 4. 

  Communication from the Commission - The application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis. (OJ C 270, 25.10.2008, p. 8).
  
   
• 5. 

  Commission Communication Recapitalisation of financial institutions in the current financial crisis: limitation of the aid to the minimum necessary and safeguards against undue distortions of competition. (OJ C 10, 15.1.2009, p. 2).
  
   
• 6. 

  Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden..
  
   
• 7. 

  Denmark, Finland, France, Italy Poland, Portugal and Sweden.
  
   
• 8. 

  Germany, United Kingdom, Greece, Austria , Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.
  
   
• 9. 

  ING, KBC, Parex Banka, Anglo Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish BankFortis, Dexia, Nord LB, IKB, Kaupthing Bank Finland, Ethias, SdB, Banco Privado Portugues, Hypo Real Estate, WestLB, Fionia, HSH Nordbank, Hypo Tirol, LBBW, Kaupthing Luxemburg, Caisse d'Epargne/Banque Populaire, Mortgage Bank of Latvia, Northern Rock, Commerzbank, Lloyds Banking Group, BAWAG, Hypo Group Alpe Adria and RBS.
  
   
• 10. 

  IP/09/711.
  
   
• 11. 

  Communication from the Commission on the Treatment of Impaired Assets in the Community Banking sector (OJ C 72, 26.3.2009, p. 1).
  
   
• 12. 

  IP/09/743 .
  
   
• 13. 

  Communication from the Commission 'The return to viability and the assessment of restructuring measures in the financial sector in the current crisis under the State aid rules' (OJ C 195, 19.8.2009, p. 9).
  
   
• 14. 

  IP/09/1729 .
  
   
• 15. 

  Case COMP/M.5508 SOFFIN/Hypo Real Estate.
  
   
• 16. 

  OJ C 83, 7.4.2009, p. 1. The Commission applies the Temporary Framework from 17 December 2008, the date on which it agreed in principle its content.
  
   
• 17. 

  Communication from the Commission
   
• 18. 

  Communication from the Commission amending the Temporary Community Framework for State aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis (OJ C 261, 31.10.2009, p. 2).
  
   
• 19. 

  Communication from the Commission amending the Temporary Community Framework for State aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis (OJ C 303, 15.12.2009, p. 6).
  
   
• 20. 

  Excluding temporary measures in the agricultural sector.
  
   
• 21. 

  N11/2009 (France), N72/2009 (United Kingdom), N140/2009 (Spain), N426/2009 (Germany), N542/2009 (Italy).
  
   
• 22. 

  See for instance N23/2009 (France), N71/2009 (United Kingdom), N27/2009 (Germany), N117/2009 (Flemish region/Belgium), N286/2009(Romania) for the guarantee schemes, N38/2009 (Germany), N15/2009 (France), N257/2009 (United Kingdom) for the subsidised loan schemes.
  
   
• 23. 

  See www.bundesregierung.de/nn_774/Content/DE/Artikel
  
   
• 24. 

  See www.gouvernement.fr/gouvernement
  
   
• 25. 

  Case N 80/2009 Volvo Cars, a subsidiary of Ford, applied for a EUR 200 million loan from EIB for a EUR 2 billion project for
   
• 26. 

  See point 6 of the Communication from the Commission
   
• 27. 

  Communication from the Commission - Criteria for the compatibility analysis of State aid to disadvantaged and disabled workers subject to individual notification (OJ C 188, 11.8.2009, p. 6).
  
   
• 28. 

  The maximum volume of Commission approved measures set up by Member States in 2008 to stabilise the financial markets amounted to
   
• 29. 

  State Aid Action Plan
   
• 30. 

  Communication from the Commission - Criteria for the compatibility analysis of training State aid cases subject to individual notification (OJ C 188, 11.8.2009, p. 1).
  
   
• 31. 

  Communication from the Commission - Criteria for the compatibility analysis of State aid to disadvantaged and disabled workers subject to individual notification (OJ C 188, 11.8.2009, p. 6).
  
   
• 32. 

  Communication from the Commission concerning the criteria for an in-depth assessment of regional aid to large investment projects (OJ C 223, 16.9.2009, p. 3).
  
   
• 33. 

  C 46/2008.
  
   
• 34. 

  ec.europa.eu/services_general_interest
  
   
• 35. 

  Communication on certain legal aspects relating to cinematographic and other audiovisual works, OJ C 43, 16.2.2002, p. 6.
  
   
• 36. 

  Communication concerning the State aid assessment criteria of the Commission communication on certain legal aspects relating to cinematographic and other audiovisual works (Cinema Communication) of 26 September 2001, OJ C 31, 7.2.2009, p. 1.
  
   
• 37. 

  Prolongation of Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty (OJ C 156, 9.7.2009, p. 3).
  
   
• 38. 

  Communication on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting of 2 July 2009, OJ C 257, 27.10.2009.
  
   
• 39. 

  Community Guidelines for the application of State aid rules in relation to rapid deployment of broadband networks, OJ C 235, 30.9.2009, p. 7.
  
   
• 40. 

  Code of Best Practice for the conduct of State aid control procedures (OJ C 136, 16.6.2009, pp. 13-20).
  
   
• 41. 

  Notice from the Commission on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain types of State aid (OJ C 136, 16.6.2009, pp. 3-12).
  
   
• 42. 

  This is due to the fact that the Commission cannot always quantify the aid amount to be recovered (in such cases, Commission Decisions include information enabling the Member State to determine the aid amount).
  
   
• 43. 

  OJ C 85, 9.4.2009, p. 1.
  
   
• 44. 

  Judgment in Case T-376/07, Germany v. Commission , 25.11.2009.
  
   
• 45. 

  OJ C 323, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
  
   
• 46. 

  OJ L 214, 9.8.2008, p. 3.
  
   
• 47. 

  OJ C 82, 1.4.2008, p. 1.
  
   
• 48. 

  OJ C 194, 18.8.2006, p. 2.
  
   
• 49. 

  124 aid measures; more information will be available in 2010 on the basis of the national annual reports for 2009.
  
   
• 50. 

  OJ C 54, 4.3.2006.
  
   
• 51. 

  Decisions to be found at: ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/regional_aid
  
   
• 52. 

  In the energy sector: Case N538/2008 Ersol Thin Film, Case N453/2008 Sunfilm AG, Case N539/2008 ASI Industries/Ersol Solar Energy, Case N180/2009 EnPlus Centrale Termoelettrica di San Severo. In the automotive sector: Case N473/2008 Ford España, Case N671/2008 Aid to Mercedes Benz Manufacturing Hungary, Case N635/2008 Fiat Sicily, Case N674/2008 Volkswagen Slovakia. In the paper industry: Case N203/2008 Hamburger Spremberg GmbH.
  
   
• 53. 

  Case N113/2009 Aid to Audi Hungaria Motor Ltd, Case N588/2008 Petróleos de Portugal
   
• 54. 

  Case N357/2008 Fri-el Acerra s.r.l.
  
   
• 55. 

  Case C21/2008 Sovello Ag (formerly EverQ) and Case N46/2008 Aid to Dell Poland.
  
   
• 56. 

  Case N563/2008 Aid for German hard coal in 2008 (OJ C 199, 25.8.2009, p. 1).
  
   
• 57. 

  Case N347/2009
   
• 58. 

  Case NN20/2009, ex N647/2008 Aid for the coal sector in 2008-2010 (OJ C 234, 29.9.2009, p. 5).
  
   
• 59. 

  OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p.1.
  
   
• 60. 

  ec.europa.eu/energy/coal/consultations
  
   
• 61. 

  Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007-2013 (OJ C 319, 27.12.2006, p. 1.
  
   
• 62. 

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2007 of 21 December 2007 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 to de minimis aid in the sector of agricultural production (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 35).
  
   
• 63. 

  COM(2009)206 final, accompanied by a Staff Working Paper, SEC(2009)574 final.
  
   
• 64. 

  COM(2008)165 final, see ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/actionsdamages
  
   
• 65. 

  Cases COMP/39406 Marine Hoses ; COMP/39401 E.on/GDF ; COMP/39396 Calcium Carbide ; COMP/37956 Concrete reinforcing bars (re-adoption) ; COMP/39129 Power Transformers and COMP/38589 Heat Stabilisers .
  
   
• 66. 

  Includes entities not fined such as immunity applicants. If more than one legal entity of the same group were subject to the decision, they are counted as one.
  
   
• 67. 

  See Annual Competition Report 2007, p. 43.
  
   
• 68. 

  See IP/09/1432.
  
   
• 69. 

  With the re-adoption decision the Commission imposed a fine of EUR 83 250 million, reducing the fine for one of the undertakings from EUR 16 140 million to EUR 14 350 million because of a shift in the latter's relative size. See IP/09/1389.
  
   
• 70. 

  Case COMP/39416 Ship Classification .
  
   
• 71. 

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2003 of 27 February 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, 28.2.2003, p. 8).
  
   
• 72. 

  Commission Notice
   
• 73. 

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2658/2000 of 29 November 2000 on the application of Article 81(3) to categories of specialisation agreements, OJ L 304, 5.12.2000, p. 3.
  
   
• 74. 

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2659/2000 of 29 November 2000 on the application of Article 81(3) to categories of research and development agreements, OJ L 304, 5.12.2000, p. 7.
  
   
• 75. 

  ec.europa.eu/competition/index_en
  
   
• 76. 

  OJ L 256, 29.9.2009, p. 31.
  
   
• 77. 

  OJ C 45, 24.2.2009, p. 7.
  
   
• 78. 

  See Press Release IP/09/200, 2.2.2009.
  
   
• 79. 

  See Press Release IP/09/1182, 23.7.2009. The successful resolution of this case follows a previous infringement procedure against the Czech Republic where similar problematic legislation was also repealed in 2007.
  
   
• 80. 

  Case COMP/39562 Slovakian postal Law (OJ C 322, 17.12.2008, p. 10). See also Press Release IP/08/1467, 7.10.2008.
  
   
• 81. 

  OJ C 243, 10.10.2009, p. 5.
  
   
• 82. 

  Communication from the Commission - The application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis. (OJ C 270, 25.10.2008, p. 8).
  
   
• 83. 

  Communication from the Commission to the Council, Report on the functioning of Regulation No 139/2004, and the accompanying Commission staff working paper, 18 June 2009 (COM(2009)281 final).
  
   
• 84. 

  For more detail, see the Focus Chapter within this Report.
  
   
• 85. 

  ISIN are the global identifiers for securities and are governed by the International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) standard 6166. They are indispensable for a number of operations that financial institutions carry out (for instance, reporting to authorities or clearing and settlement) and cannot be substituted by other identifiers for securities. See also MEMO/09/508.
  
   
• 86. 

  RICs are short, alphanumerical codes that identify securities and their trading locations. They are used to retrieve information from Thomson Reuters' real-time datafeeds, for example real-time information on stock prices at a certain exchange. See also IP/09/1692 of 10.11.2009.
  
   
• 87. 

  Following the new methodology, the maximum weighted average MIF per transaction is now reduced to 0.30% for consumer credit cards and to 0.20% for consumer debit cards.
  
   
• 88. 

  See IP/09/515 and MEMO/09/143.
  
   
• 89. 

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2003 of 27 February 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, 28.2.2003, p. 8).
  
   
• 90. 

  Joint statement by the European Commission and the European Central Bank clarifying certain principles underlying a future SEPA direct debit (SDD) business model, SEC(2009)397.
  
   
• 91. 

  OJ L 266, 9.10.2009, p. 11.
  
   
• 92. 

  Applicability of Article 81 of the EC Treaty to multilateral interbank-payments in SEPA Direct Debit SEC (2009)1472.
  
   
• 93. 

  Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16).
  
   
• 94. 

  Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 63).
  
   
• 95. 

  OJ L 211, 14.8.2009.
  
   
• 96. 

  Communication from the Commission: Inquiry pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 into the European gas and electricity sectors (Final report) (COM(2006)851 final, 10.1.2007), and DG Competition report on energy sector inquiry (SEC(2006)1724, 10.1.2007).
  
   
• 97. 

  See IP/09/410, 18.3.2009.
  
   
• 98. 

  Case COMP/39316.
  
   
• 99. 

  Case COMP/39386 Long term electricity contracts in France .
  
   
• 100. 

  See MEMO/09/394.
  
   
• 101. 

  Communication from the Commission - The application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis. (OJ C 270, 25.10.2008, p. 8).
  
   
• 102. 

  Case COMP/39401. See IP/09/1099, 8.7.2009.
  
   
• 103. 

  Case COMP/39351. See MEMO/09/191, 23.4.2009.
  
   
• 104. 

  See IP/09/1425, 6.10.2009.
  
   
• 105. 

  Case COMP/M.5496 Vattenfall/Nuon decision.
  
   
• 106. 

  Case COMP/M.5467 RWE/Essent.
  
   
• 107. 

  Case COMP/M.5549 EDF/Segebel.
  
   
• 108. 

  Case COMP/M.5512 Electrabel/E.ON (certain assets) and M.5519 E.ON/Electrabel acquired assets.
  
   
• 109. 

  Cases COMP/39388 and COMP/39389 E.ON electricity.
  
   
• 110. 

  Case C17/2007 (ex NN19/07) Regulated electricity tariffs in France (OJ C 96, 25.4.2009, p. 18).
  
   
• 111. 

  MEMO/09/394, 15.9.2009.
  
   
• 112. 

  Case C36b/2006 Preferential electricity tariff
   
• 113. 

  Case N143/2009 Aid scheme to encourage electricity generation from large commercial wind, solar, photovoltaic systems and biomass (OJ C 247, 15.10.2009, p. 2).
  
   
• 114. 

  Case N359/2008 Supplement for electricity generated by incinerating biomass (OJ C 179, 1.8.2009, p. 1); Case N354/2008 Supplement for electricity from new wind turbines (OJ C 143, 24.6.2009, p. 6); Case N356/2008 Supplement for electricity generated with bio gas (OJ C 151, 3.7.2009, p. 16).
  
   
• 115. 

  Case N446/2008 Second amendment of the Green Electricity Act 2008 (OJ C 217, 11.9.2009, p. 12).
  
   
• 116. 

  C24/2009 (ex N446/2008) Second amendment of the Green Electricity Act 2008 (OJ C 217, 11.9.2009, p. 12).
  
   
• 117. 

  Case C41/2006 Modification of the
   
• 118. 

  Case N327/2008 NOx tax reductions for large polluters and companies reducing pollution, and tax reductions for biogas and biomass.
  
   
• 119. 

  Case C5/2009 (ex N210/2008) Exemption from environmental taxes for ceramic producers .
  
   
• 120. 

  Case N629/2008 Carbon Reduction Committment (CRC) .
  
   
• 121. 

  Case N57/2008 Operating aid for biofuels
   
• 122. 

  Case N372/2007 Support for biofuel (OJ C 106, 8.5.2009, p. 14).
  
   
• 123. 

  Case N607/2008 Tax reductions for biofuels (Bulgaria) .
  
   
• 124. 

  Case N461/2008 Law on Combined Heat and Power Stations (CHP) (OJ C 109, 13.5.2009, p. 1).
  
   
• 125. 

  Case N485/2008 Aid Scheme for District Heating and Cooling Infrastructure and Cooling Installations (AT) (OJ C 191, 14.8.2009, p. 1).
  
   
• 126. 

  Case N54/2009 Aid for modernisation of heating distribution networks in Poland (OJ C 204, 29.8.2009, p. 2).
  
   
• 127. 

  Case N55/2009 Aid for constructing and modernisation of electricity connection networks for renewable energies in Poland (OJ C 206, 1.9.2009, p. 3).
  
   
• 128. 

  Case N56/2009 Aid for modernisation and replacement of electricity distribution networks in Poland (OJ C 206, 1.9.2008, p. 4).
  
   
• 129. 

  Case N74/2009 CCS Demonstration Competition
   
• 130. 

  Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis (OJ C 83, 7.4.2009, p. 1).
  
   
• 131. 

  Case N11/2009 Régime temporaire de prêts bonifiés pour les entreprises fabriquant des produits verts (OJ C 106, 8.5.2009, p. 22).
  
   
• 132. 

  Case N426/2009 Federal Framework for low interest loans for the production of green products (OJ C 225, 18.9.2009, p. 2).
  
   
• 133. 

  Case N140/2009 Competitiveness plan of the automotive sector
   
• 134. 

  Case N542/2009 Aid for the production of green products.
  
   
• 135. 

  Case N72/2009 Temporary Aid for the production of green products (OJ C 145, 25.6.2009, p. 7).
  
   
• 136. 

  Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33), Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 7), Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002 p. 21), Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51), Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37). These Directives have recently been amended by Directives 2009/140/EC and 2009/136/EC (OJ L 337, 18.12.2009, p. 37 and 11).
  
   
• 137. 

  Case AT/2009/970 concerning the Austrian Wholesale broadband access market
  
   
• 138. 

  Termination rates are wholesale tariffs charged by the operator of a called party to the operator of the calling party's network. The tariffs have a considerable impact on consumers' phone bills and are therefore subject to price regulation by the national regulatory authorities. Commission Recommendation 2009/396/EC of 7 May 2009 on the regulatory treatment of fixed and mobile termination rates in the EU (OJ L 124, 20.5.2009).
  
   
• 139. 

  Out of which EUR 1.5 billion constituted as State aid within the meaning of Article 107 TFEU.
  
   
• 140. 

  Commission decision of 30 September 2009 on N331/2008 ' Réseau à très haut débit en Hauts-de-Seine '. Not yet published.
  
   
• 141. 

  MEMO/09/203, 27.4.2009.
  
   
• 142. 

  Case COMP/37990 Intel (OJ C 227, 22.9.2009, p. 13).
  
   
• 143. 

  T-286/09 Intel v Commission (OJ C 220, 12.9.2009, p. 41).
  
   
• 144. 

  The decision and the commitments are published on the website of the Directorate-General for Competition under 'Antitrust cases'.
  
   
• 145. 

  All the documents are available at ec.europa.eu/competition/sectors/media
  
   
• 146. 

  The Commission had sent to Italy a Reasoned Opinion in this case on 18.7.2007.
  
   
• 147. 

  Case C-25/2004 DVB-T Berlin Brandenburg . This judgment was appealed by Germany in December. The appeal also concerned the issue of technology neutrality
  
   
• 148. 

  Cases T-8/06, T-21/06, T-24/06.
  
   
• 149. 

  Communication on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting of 2 July 2009, OJ C 257, 27.10.2009.
  
   
• 150. 

  Case E4/2008.
  
   
• 151. 

  Commission Communication of 8 July 2009 on the Executive Summary of the Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry Report, press release IP/09/1098.
  
   
• 152. 

  See Case C-501/06 GlaxoSmithKline v. Commission (2009), available at: eur-lex.europa.eu. In March 1998, GSK notified to the Commission its pricing policy for 82 medicines in Spain applicable to Spanish wholesalers. According to the notified policy GSK charged a different price to wholesalers depending on the final destination of the product, i.e. if the product was intended for consumption in Spain a lower price would apply, and if exported, a higher price was charged. A number of wholesalers and wholesaler associations lodged complaints against this policy with the Commission, which in May 2001, adopted a decision declaring that GSK had infringed Article 81(1) EC.
  
   
• 153. 

  See Case COMP/M.5476 Pfizer / Wyeth .
  
   
• 154. 

  Case NN54/2009 Association bruxelloise des institutions des soins de santé privées asbl (ABISSP) vs. Belgique. The public version of this decision is not yet available. It will be displayed as soon as it has been cleansed of any confidential information.
  
   
• 155. 

  Case N582/08 Health Insurance intergenerational solidarity relief (Ireland). Final decision C(2009)3572 final (OJ C 186, 8.8.2009).
  
   
• 156. 

  Case COMP/39510 LABCO/ONP .
  
   
• 157. 

  Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger services by rail and road and repealing Council regulations (EEC) No. 1191/69 and No. 1107/70 (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007).
  
   
• 158. 

  Case C42/2007 (OJ L 327, 12.12.2009).
  
   
• 159. 

  Case N395/2008 (OJ C 125, 5.6.2009).
  
   
• 160. 

  N457/2009.
  
   
• 161. 

  Case N517/2009.
  
   
• 162. 

  Cases N151/2009, N152/2009 (OJ C 164, 16.7.2009).
  
   
• 163. 

  Case N462/2009.
  
   
• 164. 

  Case COMP/M.5480.
  
   
• 165. 

  Case COMP/M.5557 SNCF / CDPQ / Keolis / Effia .
  
   
• 166. 

  Case N175/2009 (OJ C 246, 14.10.2009).
  
   
• 167. 

  Cases N409/2008, N410/2008 and N411/2008 (OJ C 106, 8.5.2009).
  
   
• 168. 

  Case N324/2009 (OJ C 299, 9.12.2009).
  
   
• 169. 

  Case N420/2008 (OJ C 183, 5.8.2009).
  
   
• 170. 

  Communication from the Commission providing guidance on State aid to ship management companies (OJ C 132, 11.6.2009).
  
   
• 171. 

  Case N219/2009 (OJ C 196, 20.8.2009).
  
   
• 172. 

  Cases N120/2009 (OJ C 232, 26.9.2009), N67/2009 (OJ C 232, 26.9.2009) and N300/2009 (OJ C 299, 9.12.2009).
  
   
• 173. 

  Case C22/2007 (OJ L 119, 15.5.2009).
  
   
• 174. 

  Case C2/2008 (OJ L 228, 1.9.2009).
  
   
• 175. 

  Case C5/2007 (OJ L 315, 2.12.2009).
  
   
• 176. 

  Case N457/2008 (OJ C 106, 8.5.2009).
  
   
• 177. 

  Case N325/2007 (OJ C 53, 6.3.2009).
  
   
• 178. 

  Case C34/2007.
  
   
• 179. 

  Cases N169/2008, N105/2008, N168/2008 and C21/2009.
  
   
• 180. 

  Case N385/2009.
  
   
• 181. 

  Case N614/2008 (OJ C 122, 30.5.2009).
  
   
• 182. 

  Case C16/2008, not yet published.
  
   
• 183. 

  Case COMP/M.5346 APMM/Broström .
  
   
• 184. 

  Regulation (EC) No 80/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on a Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2299/89 (OJ L 35, 4.2.2009).
  
   
• 185. 

  Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 70, 14.3.2009).
  
   
• 186. 

  Regulation (EC) no 545/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 amending Regulation (EEC) no 95/93 on common rules for the allocation of slots at community airports (OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 24).
  
   
• 187. 

  Case COMP/M.5364 Iberia/Vueling/Clickair .
  
   
• 188. 

  Case COMP/M.5335 Lufthansa/Brussels Airlines.
  
   
• 189. 

  Case COMP/M.5403 Lufthansa/bmi.
  
   
• 190. 

  Case COMP/M.5440 Lufthansa/Austrian Airlines .
  
   
• 191. 

  See Press Release MEMO/09/168, 20.4.2009.
  
   
• 192. 

  See Press Release MEMO/09/430, 2.10.2009.
  
   
• 193. 

  Case NN72/2008, not yet published.
  
   
• 194. 

  Case C6/2009.
  
   
• 195. 

  Case N83/2009, not yet published.
  
   
• 196. 

  Case N487/2009.
  
   
• 197. 

  Case E4/2007 (OJ C 83, 7.4.2009).
  
   
• 198. 

  Case C36/2007 Complaint against the German State for unlawful State aid to Deutsche Post (OJ C 245, 19.10.2007 p. 21).
  
   
• 199. 

  Case C20/09 (ex N763/02) La Poste (OJ C 176, 29.7.2009, p. 17).
  
   
• 200. 

  Case C7/07 (ex NN82/06 and NN83/06) Alleged aid in favour of Royal Mail (OJ L 210, 14.8.2009, p. 16).
  
   
• 201. 

  Case C56/2007 Garantie d'Etat illimitée - La Poste (France).
  
   
• 202. 

  Case COMP/M.5152.
  
   
• 203. 

  Global auto report, Scotia Bank, www.scotiacapital.com/English/bns_econ
  
   
• 204. 

  ACEA, New registrations by country www.acea.be/index.php/news/news_detail
  
   
• 205. 

  For more information, see the Focus Chapter within this Report.
  
   
• 206. 

  N98/2009 Training aid to Scania , OJ 147, 27.6.2009, p. 6.
  
   
• 207. 

  Case C39/2008 (ex N148/2008) Training Aid to Ford Craiova, Romania .
  
   
• 208. 

  N80/2009 State guarantees in favour of Volvo Cars , OJ C 172, 24.7.2009, p. 2.
  
   
• 209. 

  N478/2009 Individual State Guarantee for Ford Romania S.A .
  
   
• 210. 

  N671/2008. See IP/09/1147.
  
   
• 211. 

  N473/2008. See IP/09/958.
  
   
• 212. 

  Case N635/2008 FIAT Termini Imerese.
  
   
• 213. 

  Case C31/2009 (ex N113/2009) Audi Hungaria Motor Kft.
  
   
• 214. 

  Commission Communication on The Future Competition Law Framework applicable to the Motor Vehicle sector of 22 July 2009 (COM(2009) 388 final)
  
   
• 215. 

  Commission Regulation 1400/2002 of 31 July 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, 1.8.2002, pp 30-41.
  
   
• 216. 

  ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications
  
   
• 217. 

  ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets/milk/report2009
  
   
• 218. 

  2003/709/EC decision of 9 October 2003.
  
   
• 219. 

  The ECCG Competition Subgroup consists of one national consumer organisation representative per EU Member State, plus one representative from the European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC) and two from EEA observers (Iceland and Norway). The Commission provides the secretariat for the Subgroup.
  
   
• 220. 

  The Report is available at ec.europa.eu/competition/ecn/documents
  
   
• 221. 

  ec.europa.eu/competition/index_en
  
   
• 222. 

  Communication from the Commission - The application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis. (OJ C 270, 25.10.2008, p. 8).
  
   
• 223. 

  Draft report on the Report on competition policy 2008 (2009/2173(INI)), Ms. Sophia in 't Veld (rapporteur - ALDE Group - NL) .
  
   
• 224. 

  ec.europa.eu/competition/index_en
  
   
• 225. 

  Case at Paris Court of Appeal, No RG 2008/23812, Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique . The case has given rise to a request for a preliminary ruling in accordance with Article 267 TFEU; see Case C-439/09.
  
   
• 226. 

  Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Korea concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities (OJ L 202, 4.8.2009, p. 36).
  
   
• 227. 

  Framework Agreement of 26 May 2005 on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission; Protocol of Cooperation between the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee of 7 November 2005; Protocol on the Cooperation Arrangements between the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions of 17 November 2005.
  
   
• 228. 

  The EFC prepares the work for the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) and includes a European Central Bank representative.
  
   
• 229. 

  Draft report on the Report on competition policy 2008 (2009/2173(INI)), Ms. Sophia in 't Veld (rapporteur - ALDE Group - NL) .
  
   
• 230. 

  SEC (2010) 666.
  
   
• 231. 

  ec.europa.eu/competition/index_en
  
   
• 232. 

  Communication from the Commission - The application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis. (OJ C 270, 25.10.2008, p.
  
  8).
  
   
• 233. 

  Commission Communication Recapitalisation of financial institutions in the current financial crisis: limitation of the aid to the minimum necessary and safeguards against undue distortions of competition. (OJ C 10, 15.1.2009, p.
  
  2).
  
   
• 234. 

  Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden..
  
   
• 235. 

  Denmark, Finland, France, Italy Poland, Portugal and Sweden.
  
   
• 236. 

  Germany, United Kingdom, Greece, Austria , Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.
  
   
• 237. 

  ING, KBC, Parex Banka, Anglo Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish BankFortis, Dexia, Nord LB, IKB, Kaupthing Bank Finland, Ethias, SdB, Banco Privado Portugues, Hypo Real Estate, WestLB, Fionia, HSH Nordbank, Hypo Tirol, LBBW, Kaupthing Luxemburg, Caisse d'Epargne/Banque Populaire, Mortgage Bank of Latvia, Northern Rock, Commerzbank, Lloyds Banking Group, BAWAG, Hypo Group Alpe Adria and RBS.
  
   
• 238. 

  IP/09/711.
  
   
• 239. 

  Communication from the Commission on the Treatment of Impaired Assets in the Community Banking sector (OJ C 72, 26.3.2009, p.
  
  1).
  
   
• 240. 

  IP/09/743 .
  
   
• 241. 

  Communication from the Commission 'The return to viability and the assessment of restructuring measures in the financial sector in the current crisis under the State aid rules' (OJ C 195, 19.8.2009, p.
  
  9).
  
   
• 242. 

  IP/09/1729 .
  
   
• 243. 

  Case COMP/M.5508 SOFFIN/Hypo Real Estate.
  
   
• 244. 

  OJ C 83, 7.4.2009, p. 1. The Commission applies the Temporary Framework from 17 December 2008, the date on which it agreed in principle its content.
  
   
• 245. 

  Communication from the Commission
   
• 246. 

  Communication from the Commission amending the Temporary Community Framework for State aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis (OJ C 261, 31.10.2009, p.
  
  2).
  
   
• 247. 

  Communication from the Commission amending the Temporary Community Framework for State aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis (OJ C 303, 15.12.2009, p.
  
  6).
  
   
• 248. 

  Excluding temporary measures in the agricultural sector.
  
   
• 249. 

  N11/2009 (France), N72/2009 (United Kingdom), N140/2009 (Spain), N426/2009 (Germany), N542/2009 (Italy).
  
   
• 250. 

  See for instance N23/2009 (France), N71/2009 (United Kingdom), N27/2009 (Germany), N117/2009 (Flemish region/Belgium), N286/2009(Romania) for the guarantee schemes, N38/2009 (Germany), N15/2009 (France), N257/2009 (United Kingdom) for the subsidised loan schemes.
  
   
• 251. 

  See www.bundesregierung.de/nn_774/Content/DE/Artikel
  
   
• 252. 

  See www.gouvernement.fr/gouvernement
  
   
• 253. 

  Case N 80/2009 Volvo Cars, a subsidiary of Ford, applied for a EUR 200 million loan from EIB for a EUR 2 billion project for
   
• 254. 

  See point 6 of the Communication from the Commission
   
• 255. 

  Communication from the Commission - Criteria for the compatibility analysis of State aid to disadvantaged and disabled workers subject to individual notification (OJ C 188, 11.8.2009, p.
  
  6).
  
   
• 256. 

  The maximum volume of Commission approved measures set up by Member States in 2008 to stabilise the financial markets amounted to
   
• 257. 

  State Aid Action Plan
   
• 258. 

  Communication from the Commission - Criteria for the compatibility analysis of training State aid cases subject to individual notification (OJ C 188, 11.8.2009, p.
  
  1).
  
   
• 259. 

  Communication from the Commission - Criteria for the compatibility analysis of State aid to disadvantaged and disabled workers subject to individual notification (OJ C 188, 11.8.2009, p.
  
  6).
  
   
• 260. 

  Communication from the Commission concerning the criteria for an in-depth assessment of regional aid to large investment projects (OJ C 223, 16.9.2009, p.
  
  3).
  
   
• 261. 

  C 46/2008.
  
   
• 262. 

  ec.europa.eu/services_general_interest
  
   
• 263. 

  Communication on certain legal aspects relating to cinematographic and other audiovisual works, OJ C 43, 16.2.2002, p. 6.
  
   
• 264. 

  Communication concerning the State aid assessment criteria of the Commission communication on certain legal aspects relating to cinematographic and other audiovisual works (Cinema Communication) of 26 September 2001, OJ C 31, 7.2.2009, p. 1.
  
   
• 265. 

  Prolongation of Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty (OJ C 156, 9.7.2009, p.
  
  3).
  
   
• 266. 

  Communication on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting of 2 July 2009, OJ C 257, 27.10.2009.
  
   
• 267. 

  Community Guidelines for the application of State aid rules in relation to rapid deployment of broadband networks, OJ C 235, 30.9.2009, p. 7.
  
   
• 268. 

  Code of Best Practice for the conduct of State aid control procedures (OJ C 136, 16.6.2009, pp. 13-20).
  
   
• 269. 

  Notice from the Commission on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain types of State aid (OJ C 136, 16.6.2009, pp. 3-12).
  
   
• 270. 

  This is due to the fact that the Commission cannot always quantify the aid amount to be recovered (in such cases, Commission Decisions include information enabling the Member State to determine the aid amount).
  
   
• 271. 

  OJ C 85, 9.4.2009, p. 1.
  
   
• 272. 

  Judgment in Case T-376/07, Germany v. Commission , 25.11.2009.
  
   
• 273. 

  OJ C 323, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
  
   
• 274. 

  OJ L 214, 9.8.2008, p. 3.
  
   
• 275. 

  OJ C 82, 1.4.2008, p. 1.
  
   
• 276. 

  OJ C 194, 18.8.2006, p. 2.
  
   
• 277. 

  124 aid measures; more information will be available in 2010 on the basis of the national annual reports for 2009.
  
   
• 278. 

  OJ C 54, 4.3.2006.
  
   
• 279. 

  Decisions to be found at: ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/regional_aid
  
   
• 280. 

  In the energy sector: Case N538/2008 Ersol Thin Film, Case N453/2008 Sunfilm AG, Case N539/2008 ASI Industries/Ersol Solar Energy, Case N180/2009 EnPlus Centrale Termoelettrica di San Severo. In the automotive sector: Case N473/2008 Ford España, Case N671/2008 Aid to Mercedes Benz Manufacturing Hungary, Case N635/2008 Fiat Sicily, Case N674/2008 Volkswagen Slovakia. In the paper industry: Case N203/2008 Hamburger Spremberg GmbH.
  
   
• 281. 

  Case N113/2009 Aid to Audi Hungaria Motor Ltd, Case N588/2008 Petróleos de Portugal
   
• 282. 

  Case N357/2008 Fri-el Acerra s.r.l.
  
   
• 283. 

  Case C21/2008 Sovello Ag (formerly EverQ) and Case N46/2008 Aid to Dell Poland.
  
   
• 284. 

  Case N563/2008 Aid for German hard coal in 2008 (OJ C 199, 25.8.2009, p.
  
  1).
  
   
• 285. 

  Case N347/2009
   
• 286. 

  Case NN20/2009, ex N647/2008 Aid for the coal sector in 2008-2010 (OJ C 234, 29.9.2009, p.
  
  5).
  
   
• 287. 

  OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p.1.
  
   
• 288. 

  ec.europa.eu/energy/coal/consultations
  
   
• 289. 

  Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector 2007-2013 (OJ C 319, 27.12.2006, p. 1.
  
   
• 290. 

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2007 of 21 December 2007 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 to de minimis aid in the sector of agricultural production (OJ L 337, 21.12.2007, p. 35).
  
   
• 291. 

  COM(2009)206 final, accompanied by a Staff Working Paper, SEC(2009)574 final.
  
   
• 292. 

  COM(2008)165 final, see ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/actionsdamages
  
   
• 293. 

  Cases COMP/39406 Marine Hoses ; COMP/39401 E.on/GDF ; COMP/39396 Calcium Carbide ; COMP/37956 Concrete reinforcing bars (re-adoption) ; COMP/39129 Power Transformers and COMP/38589 Heat Stabilisers .
  
   
• 294. 

  Includes entities not fined such as immunity applicants. If more than one legal entity of the same group were subject to the decision, they are counted as one.
  
   
• 295. 

  See Annual Competition Report 2007, p. 43.
  
   
• 296. 

  See IP/09/1432.
  
   
• 297. 

  With the re-adoption decision the Commission imposed a fine of EUR 83 250 million, reducing the fine for one of the undertakings from EUR 16 140 million to EUR 14 350 million because of a shift in the latter's relative size. See IP/09/1389.
  
   
• 298. 

  Case COMP/39416 Ship Classification .
  
   
• 299. 

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2003 of 27 February 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, 28.2.2003, p.
  
  8).
  
   
• 300. 

  Commission Notice
   
• 301. 

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2658/2000 of 29 November 2000 on the application of Article 81(3) to categories of specialisation agreements, OJ L 304, 5.12.2000, p. 3.
  
   
• 302. 

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2659/2000 of 29 November 2000 on the application of Article 81(3) to categories of research and development agreements, OJ L 304, 5.12.2000, p. 7.
  
   
• 303. 

  ec.europa.eu/competition/index_en
  
   
• 304. 

  OJ L 256, 29.9.2009, p. 31.
  
   
• 305. 

  OJ C 45, 24.2.2009, p. 7.
  
   
• 306. 

  See Press Release IP/09/200, 2.2.2009.
  
   
• 307. 

  See Press Release IP/09/1182, 23.7.2009. The successful resolution of this case follows a previous infringement procedure against the Czech Republic where similar problematic legislation was also repealed in 2007.
  
   
• 308. 

  Case COMP/39562 Slovakian postal Law (OJ C 322, 17.12.2008, p. 10). See also Press Release IP/08/1467, 7.10.2008.
  
   
• 309. 

  OJ C 243, 10.10.2009, p. 5.
  
   
• 310. 

  Communication from the Commission - The application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis. (OJ C 270, 25.10.2008, p.
  
  8).
  
   
• 311. 

  Communication from the Commission to the Council, Report on the functioning of Regulation No 139/2004, and the accompanying Commission staff working paper, 18 June 2009 (COM(2009)281 final).
  
   
• 312. 

  For more detail, see the Focus Chapter within this Report.
  
   
• 313. 

  ISIN are the global identifiers for securities and are governed by the International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) standard 6166. They are indispensable for a number of operations that financial institutions carry out (for instance, reporting to authorities or clearing and settlement) and cannot be substituted by other identifiers for securities. See also MEMO/09/508.
  
   
• 314. 

  RICs are short, alphanumerical codes that identify securities and their trading locations. They are used to retrieve information from Thomson Reuters' real-time datafeeds, for example real-time information on stock prices at a certain exchange. See also IP/09/1692 of 10.11.2009.
  
   
• 315. 

  Following the new methodology, the maximum weighted average MIF per transaction is now reduced to 0.30% for consumer credit cards and to 0.20% for consumer debit cards.
  
   
• 316. 

  See IP/09/515 and MEMO/09/143.
  
   
• 317. 

  Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2003 of 27 February 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, 28.2.2003, p.
  
  8).
  
   
• 318. 

  Joint statement by the European Commission and the European Central Bank clarifying certain principles underlying a future SEPA direct debit (SDD) business model, SEC(2009)397.
  
   
• 319. 

  OJ L 266, 9.10.2009, p. 11.
  
   
• 320. 

  Applicability of Article 81 of the EC Treaty to multilateral interbank-payments in SEPA Direct Debit SEC (2009)1472.
  
   
• 321. 

  Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16).
  
   
• 322. 

  Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 63).
  
   
• 323. 

  OJ L 211, 14.8.2009.
  
   
• 324. 

  Communication from the Commission: Inquiry pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 into the European gas and electricity sectors (Final report) (COM(2006)851 final, 10.1.2007), and DG Competition report on energy sector inquiry (SEC(2006)1724, 10.1.2007).
  
   
• 325. 

  See IP/09/410, 18.3.2009.
  
   
• 326. 

  Case COMP/39316.
  
   
• 327. 

  Case COMP/39386 Long term electricity contracts in France .
  
   
• 328. 

  See MEMO/09/394.
  
   
• 329. 

  Communication from the Commission - The application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis. (OJ C 270, 25.10.2008, p.
  
  8).
  
   
• 330. 

  Case COMP/39401. See IP/09/1099, 8.7.2009.
  
   
• 331. 

  Case COMP/39351. See MEMO/09/191, 23.4.2009.
  
   
• 332. 

  See IP/09/1425, 6.10.2009.
  
   
• 333. 

  Case COMP/M.5496 Vattenfall/Nuon decision.
  
   
• 334. 

  Case COMP/M.5467 RWE/Essent.
  
   
• 335. 

  Case COMP/M.5549 EDF/Segebel.
  
   
• 336. 

  Case COMP/M.5512 Electrabel/E.ON (certain assets) and M.5519 E.ON/Electrabel acquired assets.
  
   
• 337. 

  Cases COMP/39388 and COMP/39389 E.ON electricity.
  
   
• 338. 

  Case C17/2007 (ex NN19/07) Regulated electricity tariffs in France (OJ C 96, 25.4.2009, p. 18).
  
   
• 339. 

  MEMO/09/394, 15.9.2009.
  
   
• 340. 

  Case C36b/2006 Preferential electricity tariff
   
• 341. 

  Case N143/2009 Aid scheme to encourage electricity generation from large commercial wind, solar, photovoltaic systems and biomass (OJ C 247, 15.10.2009, p.
  
  2).
  
   
• 342. 

  Case N359/2008 Supplement for electricity generated by incinerating biomass (OJ C 179, 1.8.2009, p.
  
  1); Case N354/2008 Supplement for electricity from new wind turbines (OJ C 143, 24.6.2009, p.
  
  6); Case N356/2008 Supplement for electricity generated with bio gas (OJ C 151, 3.7.2009, p. 16).
  
   
• 343. 

  Case N446/2008 Second amendment of the Green Electricity Act 2008 (OJ C 217, 11.9.2009, p. 12).
  
   
• 344. 

  C24/2009 (ex N446/2008) Second amendment of the Green Electricity Act 2008 (OJ C 217, 11.9.2009, p. 12).
  
   
• 345. 

  Case C41/2006 Modification of the
   
• 346. 

  Case N327/2008 NOx tax reductions for large polluters and companies reducing pollution, and tax reductions for biogas and biomass.
  
   
• 347. 

  Case C5/2009 (ex N210/2008) Exemption from environmental taxes for ceramic producers .
  
   
• 348. 

  Case N629/2008 Carbon Reduction Committment (CRC) .
  
   
• 349. 

  Case N57/2008 Operating aid for biofuels
   
• 350. 

  Case N372/2007 Support for biofuel (OJ C 106, 8.5.2009, p. 14).
  
   
• 351. 

  Case N607/2008 Tax reductions for biofuels (Bulgaria) .
  
   
• 352. 

  Case N461/2008 Law on Combined Heat and Power Stations (CHP) (OJ C 109, 13.5.2009, p.
  
  1).
  
   
• 353. 

  Case N485/2008 Aid Scheme for District Heating and Cooling Infrastructure and Cooling Installations (AT) (OJ C 191, 14.8.2009, p.
  
  1).
  
   
• 354. 

  Case N54/2009 Aid for modernisation of heating distribution networks in Poland (OJ C 204, 29.8.2009, p.
  
  2).
  
   
• 355. 

  Case N55/2009 Aid for constructing and modernisation of electricity connection networks for renewable energies in Poland (OJ C 206, 1.9.2009, p.
  
  3).
  
   
• 356. 

  Case N56/2009 Aid for modernisation and replacement of electricity distribution networks in Poland (OJ C 206, 1.9.2008, p.
  
  4).
  
   
• 357. 

  Case N74/2009 CCS Demonstration Competition
   
• 358. 

  Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis (OJ C 83, 7.4.2009, p.
  
  1).
  
   
• 359. 

  Case N11/2009 Régime temporaire de prêts bonifiés pour les entreprises fabriquant des produits verts (OJ C 106, 8.5.2009, p. 22).
  
   
• 360. 

  Case N426/2009 Federal Framework for low interest loans for the production of green products (OJ C 225, 18.9.2009, p.
  
  2).
  
   
• 361. 

  Case N140/2009 Competitiveness plan of the automotive sector
   
• 362. 

  Case N542/2009 Aid for the production of green products.
  
   
• 363. 

  Case N72/2009 Temporary Aid for the production of green products (OJ C 145, 25.6.2009, p.
  
  7).
  
   
• 364. 

  Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33), Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p.
  
  7), Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002 p. 21), Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51), Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37). These Directives have recently been amended by Directives 2009/140/EC and 2009/136/EC (OJ L 337, 18.12.2009, p. 37 and 11).
  
   
• 365. 

  Case AT/2009/970 concerning the Austrian Wholesale broadband access market
  
   
• 366. 

  Termination rates are wholesale tariffs charged by the operator of a called party to the operator of the calling party's network. The tariffs have a considerable impact on consumers' phone bills and are therefore subject to price regulation by the national regulatory authorities. Commission Recommendation 2009/396/EC of 7 May 2009 on the regulatory treatment of fixed and mobile termination rates in the EU (OJ L 124, 20.5.2009).
  
   
• 367. 

  Out of which EUR 1.5 billion constituted as State aid within the meaning of Article 107 TFEU.
  
   
• 368. 

  Commission decision of 30 September 2009 on N331/2008 ' Réseau à très haut débit en Hauts-de-Seine '. Not yet published.
  
   
• 369. 

  MEMO/09/203, 27.4.2009.
  
   
• 370. 

  Case COMP/37990 Intel (OJ C 227, 22.9.2009, p. 13).
  
   
• 371. 

  T-286/09 Intel v Commission (OJ C 220, 12.9.2009, p. 41).
  
   
• 372. 

  The decision and the commitments are published on the website of the Directorate-General for Competition under 'Antitrust cases'.
  
   
• 373. 

  All the documents are available at ec.europa.eu/competition/sectors/media
  
   
• 374. 

  The Commission had sent to Italy a Reasoned Opinion in this case on 18.7.2007.
  
   
• 375. 

  Case C-25/2004 DVB-T Berlin Brandenburg . This judgment was appealed by Germany in December. The appeal also concerned the issue of technology neutrality
  
   
• 376. 

  Cases T-8/06, T-21/06, T-24/06.
  
   
• 377. 

  Communication on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting of 2 July 2009, OJ C 257, 27.10.2009.
  
   
• 378. 

  Case E4/2008.
  
   
• 379. 

  Commission Communication of 8 July 2009 on the Executive Summary of the Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry Report, press release IP/09/1098.
  
   
• 380. 

  See Case C-501/06 GlaxoSmithKline v. Commission (2009), available at: eur-lex.europa.eu. In March 1998, GSK notified to the Commission its pricing policy for 82 medicines in Spain applicable to Spanish wholesalers. According to the notified policy GSK charged a different price to wholesalers depending on the final destination of the product, i.e. if the product was intended for consumption in Spain a lower price would apply, and if exported, a higher price was charged. A number of wholesalers and wholesaler associations lodged complaints against this policy with the Commission, which in May 2001, adopted a decision declaring that GSK had infringed Article 81(1) EC.
  
   
• 381. 

  See Case COMP/M.5476 Pfizer / Wyeth .
  
   
• 382. 

  Case NN54/2009 Association bruxelloise des institutions des soins de santé privées asbl (ABISSP) vs. Belgique. The public version of this decision is not yet available. It will be displayed as soon as it has been cleansed of any confidential information.
  
   
• 383. 

  Case N582/08 Health Insurance intergenerational solidarity relief (Ireland). Final decision C(2009)3572 final (OJ C 186, 8.8.2009).
  
   
• 384. 

  Case COMP/39510 LABCO/ONP .
  
   
• 385. 

  Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger services by rail and road and repealing Council regulations (EEC) No. 1191/69 and No. 1107/70 (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007).
  
   
• 386. 

  Case C42/2007 (OJ L 327, 12.12.2009).
  
   
• 387. 

  Case N395/2008 (OJ C 125, 5.6.2009).
  
   
• 388. 

  N457/2009.
  
   
• 389. 

  Case N517/2009.
  
   
• 390. 

  Cases N151/2009, N152/2009 (OJ C 164, 16.7.2009).
  
   
• 391. 

  Case N462/2009.
  
   
• 392. 

  Case COMP/M.5480.
  
   
• 393. 

  Case COMP/M.5557 SNCF / CDPQ / Keolis / Effia .
  
   
• 394. 

  Case N175/2009 (OJ C 246, 14.10.2009).
  
   
• 395. 

  Cases N409/2008, N410/2008 and N411/2008 (OJ C 106, 8.5.2009).
  
   
• 396. 

  Case N324/2009 (OJ C 299, 9.12.2009).
  
   
• 397. 

  Case N420/2008 (OJ C 183, 5.8.2009).
  
   
• 398. 

  Communication from the Commission providing guidance on State aid to ship management companies (OJ C 132, 11.6.2009).
  
   
• 399. 

  Case N219/2009 (OJ C 196, 20.8.2009).
  
   
• 400. 

  Cases N120/2009 (OJ C 232, 26.9.2009), N67/2009 (OJ C 232, 26.9.2009) and N300/2009 (OJ C 299, 9.12.2009).
  
   
• 401. 

  Case C22/2007 (OJ L 119, 15.5.2009).
  
   
• 402. 

  Case C2/2008 (OJ L 228, 1.9.2009).
  
   
• 403. 

  Case C5/2007 (OJ L 315, 2.12.2009).
  
   
• 404. 

  Case N457/2008 (OJ C 106, 8.5.2009).
  
   
• 405. 

  Case N325/2007 (OJ C 53, 6.3.2009).
  
   
• 406. 

  Case C34/2007.
  
   
• 407. 

  Cases N169/2008, N105/2008, N168/2008 and C21/2009.
  
   
• 408. 

  Case N385/2009.
  
   
• 409. 

  Case N614/2008 (OJ C 122, 30.5.2009).
  
   
• 410. 

  Case C16/2008, not yet published.
  
   
• 411. 

  Case COMP/M.5346 APMM/Broström .
  
   
• 412. 

  Regulation (EC) No 80/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on a Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2299/89 (OJ L 35, 4.2.2009).
  
   
• 413. 

  Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 70, 14.3.2009).
  
   
• 414. 

  Regulation (EC) no 545/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 amending Regulation (EEC) no 95/93 on common rules for the allocation of slots at community airports (OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 24).
  
   
• 415. 

  Case COMP/M.5364 Iberia/Vueling/Clickair .
  
   
• 416. 

  Case COMP/M.5335 Lufthansa/Brussels Airlines.
  
   
• 417. 

  Case COMP/M.5403 Lufthansa/bmi.
  
   
• 418. 

  Case COMP/M.5440 Lufthansa/Austrian Airlines .
  
   
• 419. 

  See Press Release MEMO/09/168, 20.4.2009.
  
   
• 420. 

  See Press Release MEMO/09/430, 2.10.2009.
  
   
• 421. 

  Case NN72/2008, not yet published.
  
   
• 422. 

  Case C6/2009.
  
   
• 423. 

  Case N83/2009, not yet published.
  
   
• 424. 

  Case N487/2009.
  
   
• 425. 

  Case E4/2007 (OJ C 83, 7.4.2009).
  
   
• 426. 

  Case C36/2007 Complaint against the German State for unlawful State aid to Deutsche Post (OJ C 245, 19.10.2007 p. 21).
  
   
• 427. 

  Case C20/09 (ex N763/02) La Poste (OJ C 176, 29.7.2009, p. 17).
  
   
• 428. 

  Case C7/07 (ex NN82/06 and NN83/06) Alleged aid in favour of Royal Mail (OJ L 210, 14.8.2009, p. 16).
  
   
• 429. 

  Case C56/2007 Garantie d'Etat illimitée - La Poste (France).
  
   
• 430. 

  Case COMP/M.5152.
  
   
• 431. 

  Global auto report, Scotia Bank, www.scotiacapital.com/English/bns_econ
  
   
• 432. 

  ACEA, New registrations by country www.acea.be/index.php/news/news_detail
  
   
• 433. 

  For more information, see the Focus Chapter within this Report.
  
   
• 434. 

  N98/2009 Training aid to Scania , OJ 147, 27.6.2009, p. 6.
  
   
• 435. 

  Case C39/2008 (ex N148/2008) Training Aid to Ford Craiova, Romania .
  
   
• 436. 

  N80/2009 State guarantees in favour of Volvo Cars , OJ C 172, 24.7.2009, p. 2.
  
   
• 437. 

  N478/2009 Individual State Guarantee for Ford Romania S.A .
  
   
• 438. 

  N671/2008. See IP/09/1147.
  
   
• 439. 

  N473/2008. See IP/09/958.
  
   
• 440. 

  Case N635/2008 FIAT Termini Imerese.
  
   
• 441. 

  Case C31/2009 (ex N113/2009) Audi Hungaria Motor Kft.
  
   
• 442. 

  Commission Communication on The Future Competition Law Framework applicable to the Motor Vehicle sector of 22 July 2009 (COM(2009) 388 final)
  
   
• 443. 

  Commission Regulation 1400/2002 of 31 July 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, 1.8.2002, pp 30-41.
  
   
• 444. 

  ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications
  
   
• 445. 

  ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets/milk/report2009
  
   
• 446. 

  2003/709/EC decision of 9 October 2003.
  
   
• 447. 

  The ECCG Competition Subgroup consists of one national consumer organisation representative per EU Member State, plus one representative from the European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC) and two from EEA observers (Iceland and Norway). The Commission provides the secretariat for the Subgroup.
  
   
• 448. 

  The Report is available at ec.europa.eu/competition/ecn/documents
  
   
• 449. 

  ec.europa.eu/competition/index_en
  
   
• 450. 

  Communication from the Commission - The application of State aid rules to measures taken in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis. (OJ C 270, 25.10.2008, p.
  
  8).
  
   
• 451. 

  Draft report on the Report on competition policy 2008 (2009/2173(INI)), Ms. Sophia in 't Veld (rapporteur - ALDE Group - NL) .
  
   
• 452. 

  ec.europa.eu/competition/index_en
  
   
• 453. 

  Case at Paris Court of Appeal, No RG 2008/23812, Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique . The case has given rise to a request for a preliminary ruling in accordance with Article 267 TFEU; see Case C-439/09.
  
   
• 454. 

  Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Korea concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities (OJ L 202, 4.8.2009, p. 36).
  
   
• 455. 

  Framework Agreement of 26 May 2005 on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission; Protocol of Cooperation between the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee of 7 November 2005; Protocol on the Cooperation Arrangements between the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions of 17 November 2005.
  
   
• 456. 

  The EFC prepares the work for the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) and includes a European Central Bank
   
• 457. 

  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.
   
• 458. 

  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.
   
• 459. 

  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.
   
• 460. 

  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.
   
• 461. 

  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.