Competition Policy Newsletter | Number 1 (Spring 2003)

Contents:

Articles 

• Regulation 1/2003: a modernised application of EC competition rules by Gianfranco ROCCA — Céline GAUER, Dorothe DALHEIMER, Lars KJOLBYE and Eddy DE SMIJTER
• Reform of the EU Merger Control System — a comprehensive package of proposals by Stephen A. RYAN
• Retail banking, social inclusion and public service by Nicola PESARESI and Odile PILLEY
• Commission adopts Regulation exempting State aid for employment from notification under Article 88(1) by Ben SLOCOCK
• Accession negotiations brought to successful conclusion by Janne KÄNKÄNEN

Opinions and Comments 

• Some reflections on the structure of the state aid rules in the Treaty of Rome by Ronald FELTKAMP

International cooperation

• Existing aid and enlargement by Georg ROEBLING
• European Competition Day in Athens by Ansgar HELD

Antitrust 

• Competition law analysis of patent licensing arrangements — the particular Case of 3G3P by Dessy CHOUMELOVA
• From discothèques to websites, a new approach to music copyright licensing: the Simulcasting decision by Miguel MENDES PEREIRA
• Commission fines Nintendo and seven of its European distributors for colluding to prevent parallel trade in Nintendo products by Augustijn VAN HAASTEREN and Miguel PEÑA CASTELLOT
• Commission clears online travel agency Opodo by Christine TOMBOY
• The revised TACA decision — the end of the conflict? by Eric FITZGERALD
• New explanatory brochure on Commission Block exemption regulation n° 1400/2002 on the motor vehicle sector: bringing competition rules closer to consumers and market operators by Manuel MARTINEZ LOPEZ
• Commission rules against the collusive behaviour of Christie's and Sotheby's by Ewoud SAKKERS
• La Commission détecte un cartel et inflige de lourdes amendes dans le secteur des plaques en plâtre par Erwan MARTEIL et Evelyne RIKKERS
• Commission adopts cartel decision imposing fines in food flavour enhancers (nucleotide) cartel by Sam PIETERS
• The specialty graphite price-fixing cartels by Andrés GARCIA BERMUDEZ 68 Commission fines participants in concrete reinforcing bars cartel by Flavio LAINA
• Aviation sector:
• 1. Commission closes investigation into Lufthansa/SAS/United Airlines and KLM/NorthWest alliances by Monique NEGENMAN
• 2. Investigation into air alliance between bmi british midland and United Airlines closed by Michael GREMMINGER
• 3. The Commission's approach towards global airline alliances — some evolving assessment principles by Michael GREMMINGER

Merger control 

• EC Merger control conference — highlights of proceedings by Mary LOUGHRAN
• Merger Control: Main developments between 1st September 2002 and 31th December 2002 by Mary LOUGHRAN, Kay PARPLIES and Rosemarijn SCHADE

State aid 

• Le système fiscal des Açores par Carlos TENREIRO
• Le nouveau régime d'aides de la zone franche de Madère par Carlos TENREIRO
• A scheme of the Land of Saxony in favour of small and medium enterprises: a clarification on the application of the block exemption regulation by Constanze STROPP
• Quand le soutien à l'emploi des jeunes en entreprises n'est pas une aide d'État par Andrée JALLON
• Eco-tax reliefs for companies in Denmark, Finland and Sweden after the Court ruling in Adria-Wien pipeline GmbH case by Madeleine INFELDT
• Aid in favour of Kahla Porzellan GmbH and Kahla/ Thüringen Porzellan GmbH by Eva VALLE
• France — Bull: Approbation conditionnelle de l'aide au sauvetage par Bernadette WILLEMOT

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