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Sec(2008) 2038 EN EN EN COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 16.6.2008 SEC(2008) 2038 COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Annex to the REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION Report on Competition Policy 2007 {COM(2008) 368} EN EN TABLE OF CONTENTS I – Instruments............................................................................................................................ 9 A – Antitrust – Articles 81, 82 and 86 EC ................................................................................. 9 1. Applicable rules........................................................................................................... 9 1.1. Continuing the fight against cartels.............................................................................. 9 1.2. Other agreements and concerted practices................................................................... 9 1.3. Abuse of dominant positions (Article 82 EC)............................................................ 10 1.4. State measures............................................................................................................ 10 2. Application of Articles 81, 82 and 86 EC.................................................................. 10 2.1. Cartels ........................................................................................................................ 10 2.2. Other agreements and concerted practices................................................................. 12 2.2.1. Antitrust enforcement in the financial services sector ............................................... 12 2.3. Abuse of dominant positions (Article 82 EC)............................................................ 13 2.3.1. Margin squeeze in a regulated sector......................................................................... 13 2.3.2. Commission Decision providing guidance on long-term agreements in the Distrigas case............................................................................................................................. 13 2.4. State measures............................................................................................................ 14 2.4.1. Full application of competition law in the regulated electronic communications sector .......................................................................................................................... 14 2.4.2. Effective use of the periodic penalty payments tool under Article 228 EC............... 15 2.4.3. Infringement proceedings concerning failure to implement the Financial Transparency Directive .............................................................................................. 16 3. Selected Court cases................................................................................................... 16 3.1. The CFI reiterates settled case law on refusal to supply in the Microsoft case ......... 16 3.2. The CFI upholds the Commission's decision on predatory pricing by Wanadoo...... 17 3.3. The CFI finds that Commission letters cannot be appealed in the context of the Article 7 procedure..................................................................................................... 18 3.4. CFI judgment in Akzo defines the limits of legal professional privilege ................... 19 3.5. CFI judgment in the DSD case concerning abuses within the German system for the collection and recycling of packaging waste ............................................................. 20 B – Merger control ................................................................................................................... 21 EN 2 EN 1. Applicable rules......................................................................................................... 21 1.1. Guidance on jurisdiction in merger control: Commission Consolidated Notice on Jurisdiction ................................................................................................................. 21 1.2. Guidance on the assessment of mergers: Commission Guidelines on Non-horizontal mergers....................................................................................................................... 22 1.3. Guidance on the assessment of mergers: draft Revised Commission Notice on Remedies.................................................................................................................... 23 2. Application of the merger control rules ..................................................................... 24 2.1. Overview.................................................................................................................... 24 2.2. Remedies in non-horizontal cases.............................................................................. 25 3. Selected Court cases................................................................................................... 26 3.1. Jurisdiction in merger cases ....................................................................................... 26 3.1.1. Cementbouw v Commission ...................................................................................... 26 3.2. Substantive assessment of mergers ............................................................................ 27 3.2.1. Sun Chemicals and others v Commission.................................................................. 27 3.3. Damages for alleged losses resulting from a Commission merger decision.............. 28 3.3.1. Schneider Electric v Commission .............................................................................. 28 C – State aid control................................................................................................................. 29 1. Applicable rules......................................................................................................... 29 2. Application of the State aid rules............................................................................... 30 2.1. Overview.................................................................................................................... 30 2.2. Applying regional aid rules........................................................................................ 31 2.3. Applying the State aid framework for Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I).................................................................................................................... 32 2.4. Assessing risk capital financing for SMEs................................................................. 33 2.5. Assessing training aid ................................................................................................ 33 2.6. Taxation cases............................................................................................................ 34 2.7. Aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty................................................ 34 2.8. Aid for environmental protection............................................................................... 35 2.9. Enforcing and monitoring State aid decisions ........................................................... 36 2.10. The application of State aid rules in particular sectors .............................................. 37 2.10.1. Steel............................................................................................................................ 37 EN 3 EN 2.10.2. Shipbuilding ............................................................................................................... 38 2.10.3. Coal ............................................................................................................................ 38 2.10.4. Agriculture ................................................................................................................. 39 2.10.5. Fisheries ..................................................................................................................... 39 3. Selected Court cases................................................................................................... 40 3.1. Definition of aid ......................................................................................................... 40 3.2. Procedural issues........................................................................................................ 40 3.3. Recovery of aid .......................................................................................................... 43 D - The role of competition policy in the wider policy framework ......................................... 44 II – Sector Developments......................................................................................................... 45 A – Energy ............................................................................................................................... 45 1. Overview of the sector ............................................................................................... 45 2. Policy developments .................................................................................................. 46 2.1. Antitrust enforcement................................................................................................. 47 2.2. Mergers: concurrent application of internal market and competition rules (Article 21 of the Merger Regulation).......................................................................................... 49 2.3. State aid: investigations opened in respect of regulated electricity tariffs that may favour certain undertakings.......................................................................................
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