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Dennekontakt spænder fra detaljerede sagsrelaterede drøftelser til behandling af mere generelle, undertidenteoretiske, konkurrencepolitiske spørgsmål.
These contacts rangefrom detailed case-related discussions to more general, sometimes theoretical, competition policy-relatedmatters.
Der er også tale om forholdsvis hyppige møder og kontakterpå højt plan.
High-level meetings and contacts also occur with reasonable frequency.
Samarbejdet er fortsat af betydelig gensidig nytte med hensyn til at styrke de respektivehåndhævelsesaktiviteter, undgå unødige konflikter eller uoverensstemmelser i forbindelse med dissehåndhævelsesaktiviteter og skabe bedre forståelse for modpartens konkurrencepolitik.
The cooperationcontinues to be of considerable mutual benefit to both sides, in terms of enhancing our respectiveenforcement activity, avoiding unnecessary conflicts or inconsistencies between those enforcementactivities, and in terms of better understanding each other’s competition policy regimes.
I løbet af 2000 undersøgte man samtidig det hidtil største antal transaktioner på begge sider af Atlanten.
During 2000, an unprecedentedly large number of proposed operations were scrutinised simultaneouslyon both sides of the Atlantic.
Iforbindelse med efterforskningen af disse påtænkte fusioner er der næsten daglig kontakt mellem deansatte i GD for Konkurrences Merger Task Force og det amerikanske DoJ og FTC.
With regard to the investigation of these proposed mergers, staff-levelcontacts between the Competition DG’s Merger Task Force, on the one hand, and the US DoJ and FTC,on the other, take place virtually on a daily basis.
Naturligvis ersamarbejdet mest effektivt, når parterne giver EU’s og USA’s myndigheder tilladelse til at udveksle deoplysninger, de afgiver, ved at give afkald på deres ret til fortrolighed, hvilket nu sker ofte.
Of course, cooperation is most effective where theparties involved agree to permit the EU and US authorities to share the information they provide, bymeans of a waiver of their confidentiality rights, and this now frequently occurs.
Det transatlantiske samarbejde var i 2000 særligt intensivt inden for den store »nye økonomi« og iforbindelse med fusioner i multimediesektoren, især i sagerne AOL/Time Warner, Time Warner/EMI og MCI WorldCom/Sprint.
Transatlantic cooperation during 2000 was particularly intensive with regard to the big ‘new economy’and multimedia merger cases, notably in the AOL/Time Warner, Time Warner/EMI and MCI WorldCom/Sprint merger cases.
Efter at de fusionerende parter havde givet afkald på deres ret til fortrolighed,vurderede de to myndigheder i vidt omfang sagens materielle aspekter i nært samarbejde med hinanden.Repræsentanter fra DoJ (MCI WorldCom/Sprint) og FTC (AOL/Time Warner, Time Warner/EMI)overværede de mundtlige høringer af de fusionerende parter, og der var tale om regelmæssigetelefonsamtaler, e-breve, udveksling af dokumenter og andre kontakter mellem sagsbehandlerne.
Having obtained waivers from the merging parties, assessment of muchof the substance of the cases was carried out in close cooperation between the agencies. Representativesfrom the DoJ (MCI WorldCom/Sprint) and the FTC (AOL/Time Warner, Time Warner/EMI) attended theoral hearings of the parties intending to merge, and there were regular telephone calls, e-mails, exchangesof documents, and other contacts between the case teams.
I sagerne AOL/Time Warner og Time Warner/EMI drejede drøftelserne sig for begge sidersvedkommende mest om vurderingen af de påtænkte transaktioners virkninger for konkurrencen påmusikmarkederne (f.eks. musikindspilninger, musikudgivelser og onlinedistribution via Internettet). Tilsidst blev aftalen mellem Time Warner/EMI ophævet på grund af Kommissionens indsigelser, og
In the AOL/Time Warner and Time Warner/EMI cases, discussion between staff on both sides focusedmost closely on the assessment of the effects that the proposed transactions would be likely to have on
305 parterne trak deres anmeldelse tilbage.
293 competition in the music markets (e.g. recorded music, music publishing and online distribution throughthe Internet).
Kommissionen godkendte fusionen mellem AOL og Time Warnerpå betingelse af, at den tyske mediekoncern Bertelsmann trak sig ud af sine joint ventures med AOL.
Ultimately, in the light of the objections advanced by the Commission to the proposedtransaction, the Time Warner/EMI deal was terminated and the parties withdrew their notification; the Commission gave its conditional approval to the AOL/Time Warner merger, subject to the exit of the German media group Bertelsmann from joint ventures with AOL.
Internettet erverdensomspændende af natur. Udbydere af internetadgang og -tjenester, udbydere af internetindhold ogslutbrugere kræver alle universel konnektivitet til worldwide web.
The Internet is global innature: Internet access and service providers, Internet content providers, end-customers, all demanduniversal connectivity to the worldwide web.
Allerede i 1998 fastslog Kommissionen i forbindelse med sin undersøgelse af fusionen mellem WorldCom og MCI, at der findeset globalt marked for komplet (universel) internetkonnektivitet, og at virkningen af denne fusion mellemto amerikanske virksomheder ikke blot berørte amerikanske forbrugere, men blandt andre også deeuropæiske.
The Commission had found already in 1998, when itinvestigated the merger between WorldCom and MCI, that there is a global market for top-level(universal) Internet connectivity and that the impact of this merger between these two US companiesaffected not only US consumers but also inter alia European Union consumers.
I MCI WorldCom/Sprint-sagen fastslog Kommissionen igen, at et af de relevante markedervar markedet for universel internetkonnektivitet.
In MCI WorldCom/Sprint, the Commission again found that one of the relevant markets was the top-level Internet connectivity market.
MCI WorldCom/Sprint er den første og hidtil enestepåtænkte fusion med en amerikansk virksomhed, som Kommissionen har nedlagt forbud mod.
MCI WorldCom/Sprint was the first and to date the only proposed mergerinvolving a US company to be prohibited by the Commission.
Der var endvidere tale om et tæt samarbejde mellem Kommissionen og FTC i forbindelse med Boeing/Hughes-fusionen.
There was also close cooperation between the Commission and the FTC in relation to the Boeing/Hughesmerger.
Til sidst godkendte Kommissionen fusionen efter en tilbundsgåendeundersøgelse, og efter at parterne havde afgivet tilsagn, der fjernede Kommissionens tidligerebetænkeligheder om, at transaktionen kunne skabe eller styrke en dominerende stilling på markeder for GEO-satellitter og opsendelsestjenester.
In the end, the Commission cleared the merger after an indepth investigation and after theparties’ offer of undertakings which dismissed its earlier concerns that the operation might lead to thecreation or the strengthening of a dominant position on GEO satellites and launch services markets.
Kommissionen arbejdede tæt sammen med FTC under behandlingen af AstraZeneca/Novartis-fusionen, især for at finde en fælles løsning på problemerne på markederne for fungicider til korn og herbicider tilmajs.
The Commission cooperated closely with the FTC in the treatment of the AstraZeneca/Novartis mergercase, in particular so to a find a common solution to the problems identified in the markets for cerealfungicides and maize herbicides.
Samarbejdet viste sig at være særligt nyttigt for begge myndigheder, fordi de havde fået sammetilsagn for at fjerne de konkurrencemæssige betænkeligheder på forskellige regionale markeder.
Cooperation proved particularly useful for both authorities because theyhad been offered the same commitment in order to solve competition concerns on different regionalmarkets.
I dennesag, der omhandlede globalt frasalg af både Novartis’ strobilurin-aktiviteter og AstraZenacas acetochloraktiviteter, var samarbejdet mellem myndighederne nødvendigt for at sikre, at de endelige godkendtetilsagn ikke var modstridende, og at køberen var acceptabel for begge myndigheder.
In this particular case of worldwide divestitures of both Novartis’ strobilurin business and AstraZenaca’s acetochlor products, cooperation between the authorities was needed to ensure that thefinal commitments accepted were not contradictory and that the buyer would be acceptable to bothauthorities.
Da FTC havdekrævet, at der skulle findes en køber af disse aktiviteter, inden man kunne godkende aftalen, var parterneallerede begyndt at opfylde deres tilsagn om at lede efter en køber, inden Kommissionen godkendtetilsagnet.
In fact, in view of the FTC’s request to have a ‘buyer upfront’ for these businesses beforeapproving the deal, the parties had already started to implement the commitment of looking for a buyerbefore the commitment could be finally accepted by the Commission.
I forbindelse med Alcoa/Reynolds-fusionen arbejdede sagsbehandlerne på begge sider af Atlanten(Kommissionen og DoJ) tæt sammen. Der var desuden tale om samarbejde mellem Kommissionen og decanadiske og australske konkurrencemyndigheder.
In the Alcoa/Reynolds merger case, the case teams on both sides of the Atlantic (Commission and DoJ) worked closely together; indeed, there was also cooperation between the Commission and the Canadianand Australian competition authorities.
Repræsentanter for de amerikanske og canadiskemyndigheder deltog i den mundtlige høring af de fusionerende parter.
Representatives of the US and Canadian authorities participatedin the oral hearing of the merging parties.
Kommissionen godkendte til sidstfusionen på betingelse af omfattende frasalg.
The merger was ultimately cleared by the Commission subjectto significant divestitures.
I årets løb har der været mere og mere kontakt mellem Kommissionen og de amerikanskeantitrustmyndigheder i ikke-fusionssager generelt.
During the course of the year, there has been an increased level of contact between the Commission andthe US antitrust agencies in non-merger cases generally.
På det såkaldte B2B-marked (business-to-business)havde Kommissionen f.eks. en række uformelle drøftelser med FTC’s sagsbehandlere om Covisint (enkomponentleverandør oprettet af de seks største producenter af reservedele til biler).
Regarding the socalled B2B market place‘Covisint’ (a supplier exchange set up by six major manufacturers of automobile spare parts), forexample, the Commission had a number of informal exchanges of view with the FTC case teaminvestigating the same venture.
Hvad angår undersøgelser af karteller, er kontakten mellem myndighederne mindre hyppig.
With regard to cartel investigations, inter-agency contacts are less frequent.
Det skyldes,at vi i henhold til de nugældende samarbejdsordninger ikke er i stand til at udveksle fortroligeoplysninger, når kilden ikke udtrykkelig har givet afkald på sin ret til at bevare fortroligheden af alleoplysninger, myndighederne ligger inde med. Alligevel er samarbejdet mellem EU og USA omkartelsager blevet markant forbedret i det seneste år.
This is explained by the factthat we are not, under our current cooperation arrangements, able to exchange confidential information inthe absence of express waivers from the source of any information in the agencies’ possession. That
BERETNING OM ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE I DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION
APPLICATION OF THE COMPETITION RULES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION having been said, cooperation between the EU and United States in cartel matters has improved markedlyover the past year; indeed, contacts between the relevant sections of the Commission and the DoJ havebecome commonplace.
1.3.Administrative ordninger for deltagelse
1.3.Administrative arrangements on attendance (AAA)
Kommissionen vedtog den 31. marts 1999 en konkret formulering af de administrative ordninger mellem EU’s og USA’s konkurrencemyndigheder om partnernes gensidige deltagelse i visse faser af de
The Commission adopted on 31 March 1999 a text setting forth administrative arrangements between thecompetition authorities of the European Communities and of the United States concerning reciprocalattendance at certain stages of the procedures in individual cases involving the application of their
190 procedurer, der indledes på grundlag af deres respektive konkurrenceregler(
190 respective competition rules(
Disse ordninger blev indgået som led i aftalerne mellem De Europæiske Fællesskaber og USA’s regering om håndhævelsen afderes konkurrencelovgivning og navnlig bestemmelserne om koordinering af håndhævelsesaktiviteter.
These arrangements were concluded in the framework of the agreements between the European Communities and the government of the United States concerningenforcement of their competition rules, and in particular the provisions regarding coordination ofenforcement activities.
De nye administrative ordninger blev for første gang formelt anvendt i december 1999, hvorrepræsentanter for FTC deltog i Kommissionens afhøring i BOC/Air Liquide-fusionssagen.
The new administrative arrangements were formally invoked for the first time in December 1999, whenrepresentatives of the US FTC attended the Commission’s oral hearing in the BOC/Air Liquide mergercase.
I 2000 deltogrepræsentanter fra både DoJ og FTC i en række mundtlige høringer (TimeWarner/EMI, AOL/TimeWarner, WorldCom MCI/Sprint, Alcoa/Reynolds), mens Kommissionens tjenestemænd for første gang overværedeet såkaldt »pitch meeting« mellem DoJ og de fusionerende parter (WorldCom MCI/Sprint).
In 2000, representatives from both the US DoJ and FTC attended several oral hearings (TimeWarner/EMI, AOL/TimeWarner, WorldCom MCI/Sprint, Alcoa/Reynolds), whereas a Commissionofficial attended for the first time a ‘pitch meeting’ between the DoJ and the merging parties during thecourse of the year (WorldCom MCI/Sprint).
Efter det årlige bilaterale møde mellem Kommissionen (GD for Konkurrence), FTC og DoJ, der blevafholdt den 5. oktober 1999 i Bruxelles, blev det besluttet at nedsætte en ny EU/US arbejdsgruppe for atstyrke det transatlantiske antitrustsamarbejde.
Following the annual bilateral meeting between the Commission (Competition DG ), the FTC and the DoJ, held in Brussels on 5 October 1999, it was agreed that a new EU–US Working Group on intensifiedtransatlantic antitrust cooperation should be set up.
Det var opfattelsen, at selv om samarbejdet mellem EU og USA var meget vellykket i fusionssager,kunne det stadig forbedres, navnlig på baggrund af den nuværende fusionsbølge og den eksponentiellestigning i store grænseoverskridende transaktioner.
It was felt that, while EU–US cooperation in merger cases is very successful, there is still scope forimprovement, particularly in view of the current merger wave and the exponential increase in large-scalecross-border transactions.
På længere sigt kunne arbejdsgruppen få udvidet sitmandat til også at omfatte undersøgelser af andre konkurrencemæssige spørgsmål af fælles interesse.
In the longer term, the working group could be further mandated to study othercompetition issues of common concern.
Hidtil har arbejdsgruppen koncentreret sig om det første emne (afhjælpning).
To date, the working group has been focusing its energies on the first topic (remedies).
I løbet af året (2000) foregikder omfattende trepartsdrøftelser (Kommissionen/DoJ/FTC), herunder et møde og en række tele/videokonferencer.
During the courseof last year (2000), there were extensive tri-partite (Commission/DoJ/FTC) discussions, including ameeting and a number of tele/video-conferences.
Drøftelserne har været af gensidig nytte for alle tre myndigheder, og Kommissionen havde særlig
The deliberations have been mutually beneficial to allthree authorities, and were particularly helpful to the Commission in its preparation of the recently
191 stor glæde af dem ved udarbejdelsen af den netop vedtagne meddelelse om tilsagn i fusionssager(
191 adopted notice on commitments in merger cases(
Det forventes, at EU/US arbejdsgruppen vil drøfte oligopolistisk dominans i løbet af 2001.
It is expected that the EU–US working group will proceed to study oligopolistic dominance during 2001.
De bestemmelser om »positive comity« (positiv behandling), der er fastsat i artikel V i 1991-aftalen(192),blev for første (og hidtil eneste) gang bragt i anvendelse af DoJ i 1997.
The positive comity instrument provided for in Article V of the 1991 Agreement(
Efter en anmodning fra DoJ iværksatte Kommissionen en undersøgelse,og i februar 1999 udsendte den en klagepunktsmeddelelse mod Air France på grundlag af et mindre antalaf de oprindelige påstande.
) was invoked, for the first, and so far only, time by the US DoJ in 1997.
Undersøgelsen blev afsluttet i juli 2000(193), efter at Air France haveaccepteret en adfærdskodeks, der gav Sabre samme vilkår som CRS Amadeus, som Air France varmedejer af, og andre CRS’er. Sabre havde tidligere indgået lignende aftaler med SAS og Lufthansa.
The DoJ had requested that the Commissioninvestigate under the EU competition rules possible anticompetitive conduct by four European carriers(Air France, SAS, Lufthansa and Iberia) that owned or were affiliated with the Amadeus computer
XXIX beretning om konkurrencepolitikken, KOM(2000) 618 endelig udg., s. 5.Kommissionens meddelelse om løsninger, der er acceptable i henhold til Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 4064/89 og Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 447/98, EFT C 68 af 2.3.2001, s. 3-11.Anmodningen blev indgivet inden indgåelse i 1998 af aftalen mellem EU og USA om »positive comity«.Se Kommissionens pressemeddelelse IP/00/835, af 25.7.2000.
5.Commission notice on remedies acceptable under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 and under Commission Regulation (EC) No 447/98, OJ C 68, 2.3.2001. pp. 3–11.The request was made prior to the conclusion of the 1998 EU–US Positive Comity Agreement.
Denne form for innovativt samarbejde åbner mulighed for rimelig fordeling af byrderne mellemmyndigheder i forskellige dele af verden.
Sabre, a CRS at the time owned by American Airlines, hadcomplained to the US DoJ about the allegedly exclusionary behaviour of these Amadeus owners andaffiliates.
Især positive comity gør det muligt at lade et potentieltkonkurrenceproblem behandle af den myndighed, der har de bedste muligheder for at indsamleoplysninger og eventuelt pålægge sanktioner.
Following the DoJ request, the Commission launched an investigation and, in 1999, issued astatement of objections against Air France, on the basis of a small number of the original allegations. The
1.6.Kontakter på højt plan
193 investigation was concluded successfully in July 2000(
I løbet af 2000 var der tale om en lang række bilaterale kontakter på højt plan mellem Kommissionen ogde relevante amerikanske myndigheder.
), after Air France agreed to a code of good behaviour offering SABRE equivalent terms to those offered to its partly owned CRS Amadeus, as wellas to other CRSs.
Mario Monti aflagde i juni sit første længerevarende officiellebesøg som konkurrencekommissær i Washington og benyttede lejligheden til at mødes med blandt andreledende folk fra administrationen og kongressen.
Innovative cooperation of this kind heralds the possibility of sensible burden-sharing between agencieslocated in different parts of the world.
Det årlige bilaterale møde mellem Kommissionen og DoJ/FTC blev holdt i Washington i juli.
Positive comity, in particular, allows a possible competitionproblem to be dealt with by the agency best-placed, notably in terms of fact-finding or the possibleimposition of sanctions, to do so.
I årets løb blev der også holdt møder mellem Kommissionen ogdet amerikanske transportministerium, US Federal Communications Commission og US Federal Maritime Commission (alle disse amerikanske myndigheder har et vist ansvar for konkurrencepolitiskespørgsmål i deres respektive sektorer).
There were numerous high-level bilateral contacts between the Commission and the relevant USauthorities during the course of 2000: Commissioner Monti paid a first, extensive official visit to Washington as Competition Commissioner in June, and used the occasion to meet inter alia with keymembers of the Administration and Congress figures; the annual Commission/US DoJ/US FTC bilateralmeeting was held in Washington in July; meetings also took place during the course of the year betweenthe Commission and the US Department of Transportation, the US Federal Communications Commission and the US Federal Maritime Commission (all of which US authorities have someresponsibility for the management of competition policy issues in their respective sectors).
1.7.Statistiske oplysninger a)
1.7.Statistical information a)
Kommissionen gav meddelelse i 104 sager i perioden 1. januar 2000 — 31. december 2000.
There was a total of 104 notifications made by the Commission between 1 January 2000 and31 December 2000.
Sagerne eropdelt i fusionssager og ikke-fusionssager og anført i bilag 1.
The cases are divided into merger and non-merger cases and are listed in Annex 1.
Kommissionen modtog 58 meddelelser fra de amerikanske myndigheder i samme periode, heraf 32 fra DoJ og 26 fra FTC.
The Commission received a total of 58 notifications from the US authorities during the same period. Inall, 32 were received from the DoJ and 26 from the FTC.
Bilag 2 indeholder en liste over disse sager, igen opdelt i fusionssager og ikkefusionssager.
A list of these cases is found in Annex 2, againbroken down into merger and non-merger cases.
Kommissionen gav 85 fusionsmeddelelser ogde amerikanske myndigheder 49.
There were 85 mergernotifications made by the Commission and 49 by the US authorities.
I henhold til aftalens artikel II kan der gives meddelelse i forskellige faser afproceduren, hvorfor der altså kan være givet mere end én meddelelse om samme sag.
Under Article II of the agreement, notifications may be madeat various stages of the procedure and no more than one notification may be made concerning the samecase.
Tabel 1 er en oversigt over de meddelelser, der er givet i henhold til aftalen mellem EU og USA fra 1991i perioden 1. januar 2000 — 31. december 2000.
Table 1 sets out in figures the number of cases notified under the 1991 EC–US Agreement during theperiod from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000.
Tabel 2 er en oversigt over de meddelelser, der er givetsiden den 23. september 1991.
Table 2 sets out in figures the number of casesnotified since 23 September 1991.
SAGER, HVOR DER ER GIVET MEDDELELSE194
CASES NOTIFIED194
I alt58
DoJ 32
SAGER, HVOR DER ER GIVET MEDDELELSE
CASES NOTIFIED
I henhold til den fortolkningsmeddelelse, som De Europæiske Fællesskaber har tilsendt de amerikanskemyndigheder, og den erklæring om gennemsigtighed, Kommissionen afgav over for Rådet den 10. april1995, skal Kommissionen efter at have fremsendt meddelelse til de amerikanske konkurrencemyndigheder informere den eller de medlemsstater, hvis interesser berøres, om de meddelelser,Kommissionen har modtaget fra de amerikanske konkurrencemyndigheder.
The text of the interpretative letter sent by the European Communities to the United States as well as thestatement on transparency made by the Commission to the Council on 10 April 1995, provides that the Commission, after notice to the US competition authorities, will inform the Member State or Member States, whose interests are affected, of the notifications sent to it by the US antitrust authorities.
Når Kommissionenmodtager meddelelser fra de amerikanske myndigheder, videresendes de således omgående til derelevante kontorer i GD for Konkurrence og samtidig i kopi til den eller de eventuelle medlemsstater,hvis interesser berøres.
Thus,when notifications are received from the US authorities, they are forwarded immediately to the relevantsections in the Competition DG and at the same time copies are sent to the Member States, if any, whoseinterests are affected.
Når GD for Konkurrence giver meddelelser til de amerikanske myndigheder,sendes der på tilsvarende vis samtidig kopier heraf til den eller de medlemsstater, hvis interesser berøres.
Equally, at the same time that the Competition DG makes notifications to the USauthorities, copies are sent to the Member State(s) whose interests are affected.
I de fleste tilfælde informerer de amerikanske myndigheder også medlemsstaterne direkte, jf. OECD’s
In most instances, the US authorities also notify the Member States directly, under the OECD