April 2000

Anticompetitive practices

27 Apr 2000

The EU Commission publishes draft guidelines concerning horizontal cooperation agreements

Joachim Lücking

European Commission - DG COMP (Brussels)

Belgium 3 contributions 968 visits

"HORIZONTAL CO-OPERATION AGREEMENTS: Ensuring a modern policy"* After the successful reform of the EC competition rules on vertical restraints, the Commission is now focusing on updating its policy on collaboration agreements between competitors (horizontal co-operation agreements). These (...)

19 Apr 2000

The EU Commission adopts regulation renewing the block exemption for liner shipping consortia

Charles Williams

European Commission - DG COMP (Brussels)

Belgium 4 contributions 873 visits

"Adoption of Regulation 823/2000 renewing the block exemption for liner shipping consortia"* Commission Regulation (EC) No 823/2000 of 19 April 2000 contains a block exemption for liner shipping consortia valid for five years. It renews the block exemption contained in Commission Regulation (...)

14 Apr 2000

The EU Court of First Instance states that the application for interim measures must be assessed in order to prevent serious and irreparable damage to the party applying for those measures (Institut des mandataires agréés)

European Court of Justice

European Court of Justice (Luxembourg)

Luxembourg 314 contributions 81238 visits

Case T-144/99 R Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office v Commission of the European Communities* The urgency of an application for interim measures must be assessed in relation to the necessity for an interim order to prevent serious and irreparable (...)

Unilateral Practices

6 Apr 2000

The EU Court of Justice fines a soda-ash manufacturer for requiring customers to enter into long-term indefinite requirements contracts and granting fidelity and top-slice rebates designed to exclude competitors from the market (ICI)

European Court of Justice

European Court of Justice (Luxembourg)

Luxembourg 314 contributions 81238 visits

Case C-286/95 P Commission of the European Communities v Imperial Chemical Industries plc (ICI)* 1. The authentication of acts provided for in the first paragraph of Article 12 of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure is intended to guarantee legal certainty by ensuring that the text adopted by (...)

State Aid

11 Apr 2000

The EU Commission approves the 8th survey on State Aid in Union

European Commission

European Commission - DG COMP (Brussels)

Belgium 1229 contributions 2517003 visits

"Main developments between 1st January and 31st May 2000 - Eight Survey on State Aid in the EU"* In April 2000 the Commission approved the Eighth Survey on State Aid in the EU, COM (2000)205. As with previous editions, the coverage of the Survey was extended further and, for the first time, (...)

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