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CR Focus 29th July 2008
 
European Notifications and Publications
Mergers - Invitation to Comment

EMCC >>>more>>>

KLM/Martinair >>>more>>>

Mondi/Loparex Assets >>>more>>>

Mergers Cleared

Porsche/Volkswagen >>>more>>>

State Aid

EC publishes Community Guidelines on State Aid for Railway Undertakings >>>more>>>

EC approves German State Aid for infrastructure at Leipzig Halle Airport but prohibits certain guarantees for DHL operation >>>more>>>

EC opens formal investigation into German aid regarding financial arrangements to Munich Airport's Terminal 2 >>>more>>>

Aid No: C 26/08 - Italian aid to Alitalia >>>more>>>

Miscellaneous

EC opens public consultation on functioning of Regulation 1/2003, which sets out procedural rules for investigating anticompetitive conduct >>>more>>>

COMP/M.4731: Google/DoubleClick - Rapporteur: Belgium - Opinion of the Advisory Committee, Final Report of the Hearing Officer and Summary of the Commission Decision dated 11 March 2008 >>>more>>>

EC invites tenders for study on counterfactual scenarios to restructuring State aid >>>more>>>

EC invites tenders for study on quantification of harm suffered by victims of competition law infringements >>>more>>>

 

UK Notifications & Publications
Consultations

Ofcom: "Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Communication Services on Aircraft) (Exemption) Regulations 2008" >>>more>>>

Ofgem: "Delivering the electricity distribution structure of charges project: decision on a common methodology for use of system charges from April 2010, consultation on the methodology to be applied across DNOs and consultation on governance arrangements" >>>more>>>

OFT opens consultation into Competition Guidance for the Bus Sector >>>more>>>

CAT

BCL Old Co Limited (2) DFL Old Co Limited (3) PFF Old Co Limited (4) Deans Foods Limited v (1) BASF AG (2) BASF plc (3) Frank Wright Limited >>>more>>>

Grampian Country Food Group v Sanofi-Aventis and others >>>more>>>

Independent Media Support Limited v Office of Communications >>>more>>>

Rapture Television plc v Office of Communications >>>more>>>

Telefonica O2 UK Limited v Office of Communications >>>more>>>

Tesco v Competition Commission >>>more>>>

Mergers Cleared

Interfloor Limited/Stikatak Limited >>>more>>>

Miscellaneous

Ofcom publishes new simpler and shorter Advertising Code >>>more>>>

Ofgem publishes document setting out types of initiatives energy suppliers can include towards the social spend commitments agreed with Government >>>more>>>

Ofgem publishes Annual Report 2007-2008 >>>more>>>

 
European Notifications and Publications
Mergers - Invitations to Comment

COMP/M.4922: EMCC - electricity transmission systems, power exchanges. Interested parties should submit their comments by 3 August 2008. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.5141: KLM/Martinair - air transport, freight and passenger. Interested parties should submit their comments by 1 August 2008. To read the notification, click here.

COMP/M.5155: Mondi/Loparex Assets - manufacture of paper and packaging products. Interested parties should submit their comments by 2 August 2008. To read the notification, click here.

Mergers Cleared

COMP/M.5250: Porsche/Volkswagen - manufacture and distribution of passenger cars and commercial vehicles. To read the press release, click here.

State Aid

The European Commission has published Community Guidelines on State Aid for Railway Undertakings. To read the document, click here.

The European Commission has approved the German State Aid for infrastructure at Leipzig Halle Airport but has prohibited certain guarantees for the operation of DHL at the airport as this would distort competition. To read the press release, click here.

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into the German aid into financial arrangements with regard to Munich Airport's Terminal 2. To read the press release, click here.

Aid No: C 26/08 (ex NN 31/08) - Italian aid in the form of a loan of EUR 300 million to Alitalia. Interested parties should submit their comments by 22 August 2008. To read the notification, click here.

Miscellaneous

The European Commission has opened a public consultation on the functioning of Regulation 1/2003, which sets out the procedural rules for investigating anticompetitive conduct. Interested parties should submit their comments by 30 September 2008. To read the press release, click here and here.

The Opinion of the Advisory Committee, Final Report of the Hearing Officer and Summary of the Commission Decision dated 11 March 2008 in COMP/M.4731: Google/DoubleClick - Rapporteur: Belgium. To read the documents, click here, here, and here.

The European Commission has invited tenders for a study on counterfactual scenarios to restructuring State aid: observed developments
when no aid is granted to firms in difficulty To the documents, click here.

The European Commission has invited tenders for a study on the quantification of the harm suffered by victims of competition law infringements. To read the documents, click here.

 
UK Notifications & Publications
Consultations

Ofcom has opened a consultation into its proposal to make the Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Communication Services on Aircraft) (Exemption) Regulations 2008. Interested parties should submit their comments by 29 August 2008. To read the consultation, click here.

Ofgem has opened a consultation into "Delivering the electricity distribution structure of charges project: decision on a common methodology for use of system charges from April 2010, consultation on the methodology to be applied across DNOs and consultation on governance arrangements". Interested parties should submit their comments by 19 August 2008. To read the notification, click here.

The OFT has opened a consultation into Competition Guidance for the Bus Sector. Interested parties should submit their comments by 17 October 2008. To read the consultation, click here.

CAT

BCL Old Co Limited (2) DFL Old Co Limited (3) PFF Old Co Limited (4) Deans Foods Limited v (1) BASF AG (2) BASF plc (3) Frank Wright Limited. The CAT has published the Transcript of Hearing of Preliminary Issue on whether the claim for damages is time barred. To read the document, click here.

Grampian Country Food Group v Sanofi-Aventis and others. The CAT has published the Order of the Tribunal and Claim for Damages. To read the documents, click here and here.

Independent Media Support Limited v Office of Communications. The CAT has published two Orders of the Tribunal and its Ruling refusing Permission to Appeal. To read the documents, click here, here and here.

Rapture Television plc v Office of Communications. The CAT has published its judgment refusing Rapture TV permission to appeal. To read the judgment, click here.

Telefonica O2 UK Limited v Office of Communications. The CAT has published the transcript of the hearing of the preliminary issue (Days 1 and 2) as to whether the CAT has jurisdiction to hear the appeal. To read the transcripts, click here and here.

Tesco v Competition Commission. The CAT has published the Summary of Application. To read the Summary, click here.

Mergers Cleared

Interfloor Limited/Stikatak Limited - flooring accessories. To read the decision, click here.

Miscellaneous

Ofcom has published a new simpler and shorter Advertising Code. To read the press release, click here and here.

Ofgem has published a document setting out the types of initiatives energy suppliers can include towards the social spend commitments agreed with Government, specifying that social tariffs must be as good as the supplier's lowest tariff. To read the document, click here.

Ofgem has published its Annual Report 2007-2008. To read the report, click here.