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Issue 2008-3

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Competition policy newsletter 2008-2

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Articles

Application of Article 21 of the Merger Regulation in the E.ON/Endesa case
by Lucrezia BUSA and Elisa ZAERA CUADRADO
The White Paper on damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules
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Helping to combat climate change: new State aid guidelines for environmental protection
by Alexander WINTERSTEIN and Bente TRANHOLM SCHWARZ

Opinions and comments

The E.ON seals case — €38 million fine for tampering with Commission seals
by Oliver KOCH and Dominik SCHNICHELS
Revolution or evolution in telecoms? Sub-national markets in sector-specific regulation when competition develops unevenly
by Olivier BRINGER and Konrad SCHUMM
State aid: Commission orders reimbursement of loans for 17 R&D projects in the aeronautical sector in Italy
by Almorò RUBIN DE CERVIN

Antitrust

The Commission’s sector inquiry into business insurance: outcome and next steps
by Sean GREENAWAY

Cartels

The synthetic rubber cartel cases
by Almorò RUBIN DE CERVIN

Merger control

Mergers: Main developments between 1 January and 30 April 2008
by Mary LOUGHRAN and John GATTI
Bargaining and two-sided markets: the case of Global Distribution Systems (GDS) in Travelport´s acquisition of Worldspa by Stefano VANNINI
Cookson/Foseco: merger of foundry industry suppliers reviewed in parallel by the EU and the US
by Thomas MEHLER and Patrick D’SOUZA
Google/DoubleClick: The first test for the Commission’s non-horizontal merger guidelines
by Julia BROCKHOFF, Bertrand JEHANNO, Vera POZZATO, Carl-Christian BUHR, Peter EBERL and Penelope PAPANDROPOULOS
The Thomson/Reuters merger investigation: a search for the relevant markets in the world of financial data
by Vincenzo BACCARO

State aid

State aid to IBIDEN Hungary: Assessing the relevant market in the context of a large investment project
by Evelina TUMASONYTĖ, Živilė DIDŽIOKAITĖ and András TARI
State aid issues in the privatisation of public undertakings - Some recent decisions
by Loredana VON BUTTLAR, Zsófia WAGNER and Salim MEDGHOUL

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