Traduction de «Commission de recours pour les questions de concurrence » (Français → Anglais) :

The US delegation explained that these constraints do not preclude representatives advising the DOT decision-maker in an active proceeding from discussing with representatives of the Commission such matters as (1) the state of competition in any markets based upon non-confidential data; (2) the impact of existing alliances or other cooperative ventures and the results of previously imposed conditions or other limitations to address competition issues; (3) general approaches to competition analysis or methodology; (4) past cases, ...[+++]including records and decisions; (5) substantive law, policies, and procedures applicable to any cases; (6) issues that might be raised by potential cases that have not been formally initiated, so long as DOT representatives do not ‘prejudge’ the facts or results of such cases; and (7) in active proceedings, what issues have already been raised by the parties and what non-confidential evidence has been provided for the record, again up to the point of potential ‘prejudgment’ of the facts and outcome.

At EU level, the example of the European Competition Network shows how a network formed by the Member States' competition authorities and the Commission can ensure the effective and consistent application of EU rules.

The Commission published in May 2004 a White Paper setting out principles underpinning EU policies in the area of services of general interest and addressing key issues such as the interface with internal market, competition and state aid rules, and the selection of the provider and consumer rights. The Commission will return to this issue later in 2005.

In this exercise it first has to be stressed that the Commission often leaves the question of geographic definition open if the merger in question does not raise any competition concern under any of the conceivable alternate market definitions.

- - - Arbitration Appeal can be made to the Appeal possible and Appeal Commission: this happens in only where the virtually all cases (where the competitive fare exceeds 105% of reference situation is such fare). that a pricing policy not in the consumers' interest might be justified. * * *

II THE COUNCIL INVITES THE COMMISSION: 1. To report to it periodically both regarding State aid, on the basis of exhaustive two-yearly surveys, and regarding enterprises' competition behaviour, so that the Council can, in good time, examine the future development and application of competition policy with respect to the competitiveness of Community industry, 2. To take these Council's considerations into account in the initiatives that the Commission will take in order to achieve greater effectiveness of Community rules on State subsidies and to increase its efforts towards international cooperation between competition authorities and to ...[+++] promote an effective application of competition rules at international level taking into account the reality of competition, in the best interest of the Union.