The EU Commission launches a sector inquiry into the sale of sports rights to Internet and 3G mobile operators

"Using the instrument of sector-wide inquiries: inquiry into content for 3G services"*1. The importance of a proactive approach in the antitrust field, especially regarding emerging markets DG Competition has launched a comprehensive rethinking of the use of its instruments. This has been spread across the different fields of competition law, with the new Merger Regulation, the new anti-trust Regulation 1/2003 [1] and current changes regarding State Aid. This more proactive approach has in particular prompted the move towards increased decentralization in the antitrust field, as implemented by Regulation 1/2003. As well as reducing unnecessary administrative burdens that fall on companies, such changes in operating procedures allow the Commission to free resources that can be

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  • French National Institute of Industrial Property (Courbevoie)
  • Hellenic Competition Commission (Athens)

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Alain Crawford, Panayotis Adamopoulos, The EU Commission launches a sector inquiry into the sale of sports rights to Internet and 3G mobile operators, 30 January 2004, e-Competitions January 2004, Art. N° 36888

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