Competition Policy Newsletter | Number 3 (2010)

Contents:

Articles 

• Inability to Pay – First cases and practical experiences by Philip Kienapfel and Geert Wils

Antitrust

• The Commission’s GDF and E.ON Gas decisions concerning long-term capacity bookings by Ricardo Cardoso, Sandra Kijewski, Oliver Koch, Patrick Lindberg and Károly Nagy
• The new competition framework for vertical agreements in the motor vehicle sector by John Clark, Stephan Simon and Axel Bierer
• The European Court of Justice confirms approach in De Beers commitment decision by Harald Mische and Blaž Višnar
• British Airways, Iberia and American Airlines: airline cooperation and consolidation under review by the Commission by Emmanuelle Mantlik, Daniel Mes, Tatyana Panova, Anatoly Subočs, Axel Specker and Lucia Bonova

Cartels 

• The Bathroom fittings and fixtures cartel by Liane Wildpanner and Caroline Teyssié
• Reduced fines outside the scope of the Leniency Notice: The Power Transformers case by Gerald Berger and Markus Schmillen

Mergers

• Mergers: main developments between 1 May and 31 August 2010 by John Gatti
• Yes, we can (prohibit) – The Ryanair/Aer Lingus merger before the Court by Oliver Koch

State Aid 

• State aid: main developments between 1 May and 31 August 2010 by Koen Van de Casteele
• Commission takes negative decision in the Alcoa case by Elisabetta Garofalo and Nicolas Imbert

Information section 

• Organigram of the Competition Directorate-General 60 Speeches 60 Press releases and Memos
• Publications
• Competition cases covered in this issue

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