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Commission energy sector inquiry confirms serious competition problems

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union
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  • January 3 2007

The Commission has published its final report on the energy sector competition inquiry, concluding that consumers and businesses are losing out because of inefficient and expensive gas and electricity markets

Commission fines members of gas insulated switchgear cartel over 750 million

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union
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  • January 3 2007

The Commission has fined eleven groups of companies a total of 750 712 500 for participating in a cartel for gas insulated switchgear projects in violation of the EC Treaty’s ban on restrictive business practices (Article 81

Exotic fruit producers subject to surprise inspection

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union
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  • January 3 2008

Between 28 and 30 November 2007, the European Commission (Commission) undertook surprise inspections at a number of producers and importers of fresh exotic fruits

European competition inquiry

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 14 2007

The European Commission has published its interim report on the inquiry into the business insurance sector

Gun jumping investigation in SPVC sector

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 21 2007

The European Commission has confirmed that on 12 and 13 December 2007 it conducted dawn raids at the premises of two suspension polyvinyl chloride (SPVC) producers in the UK under Article 13 of the EC Merger Regulation

Polish regulator must carry out a new market analysis of retail access markets, says Commission

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, Poland
  • -
  • January 3 2007

The Commission issued a decision requiring the Polish telecom regulator, Urzad Regulacji Elektronicznej (UKE), to withdraw its draft measures for regulating retail access services

France Telecom fails in predatory pricing appeal

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • February 2 2007

The Court of First Instance (CFI) has dismissed the appeal lodged by the French telecommunications operator France Telecom (formerly Wanadoo) against the decision of the European Commission concerning predatory pricing in the ADSL internet market

Mergers: Schneider Electric divests to get merger through

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 16 2007

The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of American Power Conversion Corporation (APC) by the French group Schneider Electric

Akzo's divestment commitments ensure merger clearance

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 21 2007

The Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) by Akzo Nobel following commitments to divest certain activities

The unbundling regime

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 8 2007

In order to ensure non-discriminatory access to the network and avoid conflicts of interest it is necessary to separate the network business which is generally seen as a so-called natural monopoly from those activities of vertically integrated companies which compete on the market, namely production and supply