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• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1795 of 20 November 2018 laying down procedure and criteria for the application of the economic equilibrium test pursuant to Article 11 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Published: 2018-11-20
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: carriage of passengers, EU competition policy, market access, provision of services, rail network, services contract, services of general interest, tendering
• Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive practices and dominant positions at its meeting on 3 May 2019 concerning a draft decision in Case AT.40134 — AB InBev Beer Trade Restrictions Rapporteur: Germany2019/C 407/04

  • Published: 2019-05-03
  • Corporate Author(s): Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
  • Subject: beer, Belgium, control of restrictive practices, dominant position, EU competition policy, import restriction, Netherlands, packaging, restrictive trade practice, sanction (EU)
• Fitness check of the 2012 State Aid Modernisation package*, the Guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings and of the Communication on State aid for Short term export credit insurance (*General Block Exemption Regulation no 651/2014, De minimis Regulation no 1407/2013 , Regional aid guidelines, Risk finance aid guidelines, Communication on state aid for important projects of common European interest, Energy and environmental aid guidelines, Rescue and restructuring aid guidelines, Airports and aviation aid guidelines, RDI aid framework)

  • Published: 2019-02-07
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Competition (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: EU competition policy
• Summary of Commission Decision of 7 December 2018 relating to a proceeding under Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.40461 — DK/DE Interconnector) (notified under document C(2018) 8132)

  • Published: 2018-12-07
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Competition (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: control of restrictive practices, Denmark, dominant position, electrical energy, energy grid, energy transport, EU competition policy, Germany, sanction (EU)
• Case C-307/18: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Competition Appeal Tribunal, London (United Kingdom) made on 7 May 2018 — Generics (UK) Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline plc, Xellia Pharmaceuticals ApS, Alpharma, LLC, formerly Zoetis Products LLC, Actavis UK Ltd and Merck KGaA v Competition and Markets Authority

  • Published: 2018-05-07
  • Corporate Author(s): Court of Justice (Court of Justice of the European Union)
  • Subject: civil proceedings, competition, EU competition policy, generic drug, launching of a product, market access, patent, restriction on competition
• Joined Cases C-457/16 P and C-459/16 P to C-461/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 — Global Steel Wire, SA (C-457/16 P), Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC SL (C-459/16 P), Trefilerías Quijano SA (C-460/16 P), Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías SA (C-461/16 P) v European Commission (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European prestressing steel market — Infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Attributability of unlawful conduct of subsidiaries to their parent company — Definition of ‘undertaking’ — Evidence for the finding of an economic unit — Presumption of actual exercise of decisive influence — Successive undertakings — Amount of the fine — Ability to pay — Conditions — Observance of the rights of the defence)

  • Published: 2017-10-26
  • Corporate Author(s): Court of Justice (Court of Justice of the European Union)
  • Subject: cartel, control of restrictive practices, EU competition policy, financial solvency, fine, parent company, rights of the defence, steel, subsidiary
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  Reflection paper on harnessing globalisation
  

  On 1 March 2017, the European Commission presented a White Paper on the future of Europe. It is the starting point for an honest and wideranging debate on the Union's future at 27. To further contribute to the discussion, the European Commission is putting forward a number of reflection papers o...

  On 1 March 2017, the European Commission presented a White Paper on the future of Europe. It is the starting point for an honest and wideranging debate on the Union's future at 27. To further contribute to the discussion, the European Commission is putting forward a number of reflection papers on key topics that will define the coming years. This paper on harnessing globalisation is the second in the series. It aims to make a fair and evidence-based assessment of what globalisation means for Europe and Europeans.

  • Published: 2017-06-08
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Communication (European Commission)
  • Subject: cultural identity, customs and traditions, distribution of wealth, economic consequence, economic growth, environmental impact, EU competition policy, EU Member State, European Union, globalisation, international cooperation, isolationism, social impact, the EU's international role
• Case T-813/16: Action brought on 21 November 2016 — Abes v Commission

  • Published: 2016-11-21
  • Corporate Author(s): General Court (Court of Justice of the European Union)
  • Subject: Central Portugal, control of State aid, EU competition policy, intra-EU trade, investment, Portugal, restriction on competition, State aid
• COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL to empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market

  • Published: 2017-03-22
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Competition (European Commission) ; European Commission
  • Subject: cartel, competition, competition law, dominant position, economic sector, EU competition policy, infringement of EU law, single market
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  Study on the financing models for public services in the EU and their impact on competition
  Final report

  In order to ensure that certain ‘public services’ are guaranteed and available for the public, Member States can impose specific obligations on public or private service providers. The objective of this study is to assess how public services are financed and when those arrangements may create co...

  In order to ensure that certain ‘public services’ are guaranteed and available for the public, Member States can impose specific obligations on public or private service providers. The objective of this study is to assess how public services are financed and when those arrangements may create competition problems. The two key tasks are: (i) the identification of the provided public services and the development of a typology of used financing models and (ii) the identification of (potential) competition and efficiency problems for the selected sectors/countries and subsequent mapping to the financing models. This study focuses on the service provision in three sectors (waste, hospitals, broadband) within seven countries and is based on publically available information. The identification and description of the provided public services and their financing models (first key task) is primarily based on the assessment of the actual public intervention. Beside the financial mechanisms, attention is also paid to regulation and public ownership. With regard to the second key task, the main focus is on the (risk of) overcompensation and cross-subsidisation. This is in line with the general (state aid) principle that public service providers should not ‘profit’ from the fact that they carry out this service.

  • Published: 2016-10-12
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Competition (European Commission) ; ECORYS
  • Personal Author(s): Bergen, Kimberley van den ; Til, Harry van ; Haffner, Robert ; Meindert, Lars ; Price, Katelyn ; Batura, Olga
  • Subject: competition, EU competition policy, financing, medical institution, new technology, provision of services, public service, report, waste