Tiina Pitkänen

"Recent cartel cases - Sodium Chlorate and Aluminium Fluoride"* In June 2008, the Commission adopted two prohibition decisions against infringements of Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement and imposed fines totalling some €84 million. In both cases, the product (...)

"Recent cartel cases - Sodium Chlorate and Aluminium Fluoride"* In June 2008, the Commission adopted two prohibition decisions against infringements of Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement and imposed fines totalling some €84 million. In both cases, the product (...)

"An amended merger implementing regulation for a new merger regime"* A. Introduction The adoption of a new Merger Regulation by the Council on 20 January 2004, has made it necessary for the Commission to review the implementing measures which it had put in place under the old merger regime. (...)

"Mergers: Recent developments and important decisions"* The Commission opened an in-depth investigation on the proposed alliance between the Rotterdam Port Authorityand the container terminal operators Hutchisonand ECT. The container terminals at the deepsea ports of Felixstowe and Thamesport (...)

"Mergers: Recent developments and important decisions"* In KLM/Martinair, the European Commission decided to open a full investigation based on competition concerns regarding the supply of flights from Dutch airports (notably Amsterdam/Schiphol) to tour operators and individual ‘leisure’ (...)

"Mergers: Recent developments and important decisions"* In London Electricity/Electricité de France (EdF) the United Kingdom authorities both requested a referral under Article 9(4) and in parallel invoked Article 21(3) of the Merger Regulation, (the latter is based on the necessity to protect (...)