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Gerald Miersch

European Commission - DG COMP (Brussels)

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Gerald Miersch works in the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission. He is currently Head of Unit in the Cartels Directorate. He joined the European Commission in 1999 and worked in antitrust (media and services) and merger units. He studied law in Hamburg, Geneva and Cambridge. He wrote several articles on EU competition law.

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2144 Bulletin

Gerald Miersch, Michael Gremminger The EU Court of First Instance confirms packaging recycling system incumbent’s abuse of dominance (Duales System Deutschland)

24 May 2007 528

"The Court of First Instance confirms Duales System Deutschland’s abuse of dominance in the packaging recycling system"* I. Introduction On 24 May 2007 the CFI fully upheld two Commission decisions adopted in 2001 concerning the agreements set up by the German system for the collection and (...)

Gerald Miersch, Philip Kienapfel The EU Commission publishes a paper concerning issues of competition in waste management systems

22 September 2005 619

"Competition issues in waste management systems"* 1. Introduction On 22 September 2005, DG Competition published the ‘DG Competition Paper concerning issues of competition in waste management systems’ (the Paper) on its internet website. The Paper sets forth key competition issues, in (...)

Gerald Miersch, Maija Laurila, Michael Gremminger The EU Commission grants negative clearance for notified statutes and guarantee agreements and exempts the service agreements concerning the packaging waste recovery markets (DSD)

17 September 2001 265

"The Commission defines principles of competition for the packaging waste recovery markets"* I. Context The Commission has received notifications of a number of comprehensive, nation-wide packaging waste recovery systems. It has recently taken decisions with respect to two of them, namely (...)

Gerald Miersch, Maija Laurila, Michael Gremminger The EU Commission defines principles of competition for the packaging waste recovery markets (Eco-Emballages)

15 June 2001 299

Gerald Miersch, Michael Gremminger The EU Commission finds that the company which created ’Green Dot’ trademark, is restricting competition by abusing its dominant position in the market for organizing the collection and recycling of sales packaging in Germany (System Deutschland)

20 April 2001 433

"Commission acts against Duales System Deutschland AG for the abuse of a dominant position"* Introduction On April 20, 2001, the Commission adopted a decision finding that Duales System Deutschland AG (DSD), a company which created ‘The Green Dot’ (Der Grüne Punkt) trademark, is (...)

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