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At bevare og udvikle mediepluralismen er et af EU’s grundlæggende offentlige mål sammen medbevarelsen af den kulturelle mangfoldighed og den frie adgang for EU’s borgere til alle former formedieplatforme.
The cooperation continues to be of considerable mutualbenefit to both sides, in terms of enhancing the respective enforcement activity, avoiding unnecessaryconflicts or inconsistencies between those enforcement activities, and in terms of better understandingeach other’s competition policy regimes.
Dette er en følge af EU’s klare tilsagn om at beskytte mediepluralismen og friheden til at afgive og
Cooperation is most effective where the partiesinvolved agree to permit the EU and US authorities to share the information they provide by means of awaiver, which now frequently occurs.
), og som indgår i artikel 11 i chartret om grundlæggende rettigheder, artikel 10 i den europæiske menneskerettig-
Another example is the Bulk liquids shipping case, where the Commission, in ajoint effort with the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the Norwegian authorities, undertook inspectionssimultaneously with the DoJ.
Kommissionen har ved en række lejligheder gjort det klart, at den finder mediepluralisme
This included fruitful exchanges ofviews on a number of topics dealt with by the guidelines, such as efficiencies and market concentration
), men at kontrollen med mediekoncentration især påhviler medlemsstaterne.
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Medlemsstaterne har fortsat rettil at udstede nationale love om kontrollen over medieejerskab, hvilket f.eks. kommer til udtryk i
Cooperation with the US authorities will continue to focus on specific policy projects of bothagencies.
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688.There were a total of 56 formal notifications made by the Commission during the year.
En række medlemsstater har indført tilsyn med mediernes ejerskab af hinanden og ejerskab afforskellige former for medier og har valgt forskellige fremgangsmåder og/eller kombinationer afbegrænsninger af publikumsandele, aktiekapital og antal licenser.
689.The cooperation agreement between the European Communities and the Government of Canada (343) was signed at the EU/Canada summit in Bonn on 17 June 1999 and entered into force upon signature.
Europa-Parlamentet har behandlet emnet mediepluralisme og kontrol med mediekoncentrationen ien række initiativer og beslutninger.
691.Contacts between the Commission and its Canadian counterpart, the Canadian Competition Bureau, were frequent and fruitful.
Anvendelsen af konkurrencepolitiske instrumenter i mediesektoren er begrænset til at analysereden underliggende markedsstruktur og de økonomiske virkninger af medievirksomhedernesadfærd samt kontrol med statsstøtte. Den kan ikke erstatte den nationale kontrol med mediekoncentration og foranstaltninger for at sikre mediepluralisme — og har heller ingen intentionerherom.
692.A high-level bilateral meeting between Director-General Philip Lowe and the Canadian Commissioner for competition, Konrad von Finckenstein, took place on 12 May.
Formålet med at anvende konkurrencereglerne er blot at løse problemer, der opstår, når derskabes eller styrkes dominerende stillinger på de respektive markeder, og at føre kontrol medudelukkelse af potentielle konkurrenter på disse markeder.
693.There were a total of seven formal notifications made by the Commission during the year. The Commission received a total of six formal notifications from the Canadian authorities during the sameperiod.
Gennem anvendelse af principperne fra kontrollen med karteller og fusioner kan konkurrencepolitikken imidlertid yde et væsentligt bidrag til at opretholde og udvikle mediepluralismen både påde traditionelle tv-markeder og på andre radio- og tv-markeder og inden for nye medier.
694.The cooperation agreement between the European Community and Japan was signed in Brusselson 10 July and entered into force on 9 August (344).
Åbnemarkeder skaber grobund for pluralisme inden for tv, de trykte medier og de nye medier.
Agreement between the European Communities and the Government of Canada regarding the application of their competitionlaws, OJ L 175 of 10.7.1999, p.
Jf. EF-traktatens artikel 6, stk. 1, og artikel 2 i udkastet til en forfatning for Europa.Del II, artikel 11.Se protokol om offentlig radio- og tvvirksomhed i medlemsstaterne knyttet som bilag til Amsterdam-traktaten.»[M]edlemsstaterne [kan] træffe passende foranstaltninger til at beskytte andre legitime interesser end de i denneforordning anførte, som er forenelige med fællesskabsrettens generelle principper og øvrige bestemmelser. Somlegitime interesser […] betragtes […] mediernes pluralitet.«
698.During 2003, the Commission engaged in cooperation with the competition authorities of anumber of other OECD countries, most notably Australia and New Zealand.
Streng anvendelse af kartel- og fusionsreglerne har medvirket hertil på især to måder, nemlig vedat kontrollere ophobningen af markedsstyrke ved hjælp af fusionsforordningen, hvilket er sket konsekvent i en række tidligere sager (1).
703.On 21 May, Commissioner Monti held a meeting with the head of the Korea Fair Trade Commission, Dr Kang. The collaboration between the competition agencies of the Republic of Korea andthe European Commission is excellent, and we often share common views in multilateral competitionforums.
De vilkår, der er stillet i forbindelse med den senere tidsfusioner (2) og for at sikre aktører adgang til de vigtigste sportsbegivenheder (3) og premiumfilm, er eksempler herpå.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission is organising the annual conference of theinternational competition network that will take place in Seoul in 2004. In the latter context, bothagencies hold regular contacts to exchange views on competition issues of common interest.
Ved at anvende konkurrencereglerne strengt på mediesektoren uden at overskride sit mandat letter Kommissionen adgangshindringerne for tv-selskaberne og for nye aktører og forebygger dermedmarkedsafskærmning og uønskede koncentrationer.
704.In the Andean region, the Commission provided funding of over EUR 2 million to a three-yearproject, launched in March, to improve and harmonise Bolivian, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Venezuelan legislation on competition and support the institutions responsible for its control andapplication.
Parallelt med håndhævelsen af statsstøttedisciplinen i denne sektor yder anvendelsen af kartelreglerneog fusionskontrollen derfor et vigtigt bidrag til at sikre EU’s borgere fri adgang til alle former formedieplatforme.
The aim of the project is to improve the region’s legislative, administrative and judicialcontext for competition law, support the Andean institutions responsible for the application and control ofprovisions on the subject, and promote a culture of competition.
Se f.eks. sag COMP/M.469, MSG Media (EFT L 364 af 31.12.1994), COMP/M.553, RTL/Veronica (EFT L 294af 19.11.1996), COMP/M.993, Bertelsmann/Kirch/Premiere (EFT L 53 af 31.7.1999).Se f.eks. sag COMP/M.2876, Newscorp/Telepiú.Se beslutningen om UEFA Champions League, sag COMP/C-2/37.398.
More information on the ICN is available on its web site: www.internationalcompetitionnetwork.org.See www.internationalcompetitionnetwork.org/Final%20Report_ 16June2003.pdf.
187.I 2003 var de liberale erhvervs regulering af erhvervsydelser i de forskellige medlemsstaterfortsat under lup (121).
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Formålet med at gøre status herover var at få en god forståelse for reguleringen af de liberale erhverv og virkningerne heraf.
Finally, the report considerswhich steps may be taken to make external assistance to such processes more effective.
188.Konkurrencekommissær Mario Monti lancerede en sådan statusopgørelse ved en tale, han holdt tilden tyske advokatsammenslutning den 21. marts (122).
707.The Commission also played an active role in the ICN’s ongoing work in the merger field. Fordetails, see the merger section under Section II.5.1.
Han forklarede, at denne sektor kunne yde et vigtigt bidrag til Lissabon-dagsordenen om at gøre Europa til den mest dynamiske videnbaserede økonomi iverden inden 2010.
In addition, as part of a new tool kit to supportthe advocacy work of agencies, the Commission had prepared a CD-ROM setting out its own advocacyinitiatives.
Han spurgte derefter, hvad der hindrer udviklingen af nyskabende og mere konkurrencedygtige tjenester.
These and other materials are now made available through an online database, or ‘informationcentre’, via the ICN web site (347).
Alle interesserede parter blev opfordret til at fremsætte deres bemærkninger.
709.Finally, ICN members in Merida decided to launch a new work project that will discuss antitrustenforcement in the regulated sectors.
189.En uafhængig undersøgelse foretaget for KWienblev offentliggjort af GD for Konkurrence for at sætte gang i debatten.
710.As regards the subject of competition in the WTO, the WTO ministerial meeting in Cancún in September ended with no decisions being taken, and consequently no formal negotiations on a WTOagreement on competition were launched.
Derer ingen beviser for, at markederne fungerer dårligt i lande med forholdsvis mindre regulering.
711.The Commission was very active in the OECD Competition Committee in 2003.
Tværtimodvar konklusionen på undersøgelsen, at større frihed i erhvervene ville give en større samlet værditilvækst.
The Competition Committee includes a Bureau (the Director-General of the Commission’s Competition DGbeing a member) and several working parties on issues such as competition and regulated sectors and theinternational aspects of competition, mergers and cartels.
190.Man modtog næsten 250 svar på spørgeskemaet om statusopgørelsen over de liberale erhverv fraen række interesserede parter, og en oversigt blev offentliggjort på GD for Konkurrences hjemmeside.Desuden udarbejdede man en oversigt over den hidtidige regulering på grundlag af undersøgelsen ogbemærkningerne fra de interesserede parter (123).
712.The Commission also participated in competition-related OECD meetings such as the Global Forum on Competition that meets once a year with non-OECD members, the joint sessions of the Competition Committee with the Committees on Consumer Policy and Trade, the Special Group on Regulatory Policy and the Amsterdam conference on access pricing in infrastructure sectors that was cosponsored by the newly established Netherlands Centre of Excellence for Economic Regulation.
Forskellene i reguleringsgrad fremgår af nedenstående:
(ii) regulation of access services;
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192.Det fremgik af indlæggene, at det ville være nyttigt med en velovervejet modernisering af detraditionelle regler.
On thebasis of the investigations that are currently open, the Commission expects to issue a significant numberof decisions and statements of objections in 2004, in line with the trend in the previous three years.
Forbrugerrepræsentanterne understregede især behovet for gennemsigtige ogbegrundede regler og opsplitning af prisen i bestanddele.
723.The fight against hardcore cartels can only produce results if there is credible deterrence for(potential) offenders, which implies a high probability of detection of such ‘conspiracies against thecustomer’ and the imposition of sufficiently tough sanctions.
194.Kommissionen vil fortsat fremme lige vilkår for højtuddannede erhvervsdrivende for dermed atstyrke mobiliteten over grænserne og en sund konkurrence til fordel for såvel erhvervene somforbrugerne.
This is coupled with a reinforcement of the cooperation and networking between the Commission and the Member States of the European Union, particularly by means of exchangingconfidential information within the European competition network.
Samtidig bekræfter Kommissionen sit tilsagn om at respektere de restriktive erhvervsbestemmelser og former for selvregulering, der synes at være begrundede af hensynet til almenvellet (124).
Lastly, international cooperation ofvarious levels of intensity between cartel agencies, be it case specific or more generally in relation to theestablishment of best practices, will continue to grow.
Se svar på en mundtlig forespørgsel i Europa-Parlamentet om markedsregulering og konkurrenceregler for de liberaleerhverv (O-63/03).
In the second part of theyear, the challenge will be the application of these new instruments including the guidelines on theassessment of horizontal mergers and the best practice guidelines.
195.Samarbejdet med de øvrige konkurrencemyndigheder fortsatte endvidere og blev udvidet.Regulering af erhvervstjenesteydelser blev drøftet på møder mellem generaldirektørerne for de nationalekonkurrencemyndigheder den 18. juni og den 19. november.
New texts envisaged include: revised guidelines on rescue and restructuring aid, onthe communication on reference rates (including the establishment of reference rates for the new Member States before 1 May 2004), on the current communication on cinema, as well as the guidelines relating toexport credit insurance.
Der blev afholdt et ekspertmøde den26. november, hvor man drøftede resultaterne af statusopgørelsen.
In parallel with the review of the Structural Fund regulations being undertakenby the Regional Policy DG, the State aid rules on national regional aid will be revised in particular.
196.Domstolens dom af 9. september i sagen Consorzio Industrie Fiammiferi (125) synes relevant fordenne sektor, hvor medlemsstaterne ofte godkender bestemmelser, der begrænser konkurrencen.
731.The European Commission expects to have a leading role in a new international competitionnetwork (ICN) working group on cartels, and EU competition policy will be reviewed by the OECD in2004.
For atgive EU’s konkurrenceregler fuld virkning skal en national konkurrencemyndighed ophæve en nationallov, der kræver, at virksomheder udviser adfærd, som er i strid med EF-traktatens artikel 81, og kræve, atvirksomhederne ophører hermed.
It will also be involved in the negotiation of competition chapters withcandidate countries Bulgaria and Romania, as well as conducting assessments of the competitionregimes in Turkey, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Således udsendteman den 3. november en klagepunktsmeddelelse i en ex officio-sag om den belgiske arkitektsammenslutnings anbefalede takster (126).
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Sag C-198/2001, dom af 9.9.2003.Sag COMP/D-3/38.549.
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Hoechst was granted a 50 %reduction.
198.I 2003 faldt antallet af fusioner og overtagelser anmeldt til Kommissionen fortsat og nåede ned pådet niveau, man oplevede i slutningen af 1990’erne.
The fine on SGL was reduced on the grounds that it found itself in a very difficult financial situation andthat heavy fines had already been imposed on it for simultaneous cartel activities.
I forhold til de 279 fusioner, der blev anmeldt i 2002,hvilket allerede var udtryk for en lille tilbagegang i forhold til 2001 (335), var der i 2003 kun212 anmeldelser (se diagrammet).
The Commissionconsidered that, under these exceptional circumstances, imposing the full amount of the fine on SGL wasnot necessary to achieve deterrence.
199.Ud over denne nedgang i det samlede antal anmeldelser gik også den procentvise andel af desager, der gav anledning til alvorlig tvivl om deres konkurrencevirkninger og derfor krævede entilbundsgående undersøgelse (anden fase) mundende ud i en beslutning efter fusionsforordningensartikel 8, også lidt tilbage, fra ni sager i 2002 til otte i 2003.
The Wanadoo case also raised the question whether it was timely and opportune for the Commission tointervene on a market at a nascent stage. At the end of the year 2000, the high-speed Internet market in France numbered around 200 000 customers and was well beyond the initial phase of pure technical andmarketing experiments.
Alle disse otte fusioner blev i sidste instansgodkendt, enten fordi de deltagende virksomheder afgav tilsagn, der fjernede de oprindeligekonkurrenceproblemer (6 sager), eller fordi de konkurrenceproblemer, der i første omgang var blevetpåvist, ikke blev bestyrket af den tilbundsgående undersøgelse (2 sager).
Since mid-2000, it had engaged on a path of accelerated growth. However, it istrue that this market will continue to grow and that it definitely had not reached a phase of maturity at thedate the decision was taken.
200.I 2003 vedtog Kommissionen i alt 231 endelige beslutninger, heraf otte efter tilbundsgåendeandenfaseundersøgelser (ingen af dem blev forbudt, 2 blev godkendt uden betingelser, og 6 blevgodkendt på visse nærmere betingelser), og 11 beslutninger, hvor Kommissionen godkendte en fusion pånærmere betingelser efter en indledende undersøgelse (første fase).
The Commission considered that nothing in Article 82 or in the case-law provides for an exception to theapplication of the competition rules to sectors which are not yet fully mature or which are considered to beemerging markets. To subordinate the application of the competition rules to a complete stabilisation of themarket would be to deprive the competition authorities of the power to act in time before the abusesestablished have exerted their full effect and the positions unduly acquired have thus been finallyconsolidated.
203 andre fusioner blev godkendt iførste fase.
The intervention of the Commission was all the more justified as first-mover advantages areconsiderable in this type of sector.
110 (51 %) af disse førstefasebeslutninger blev truffet efter den forenklede procedure, derblev indført i september 2000.
Indeed, one of the aims of the predation strategy carried out by Wanadoowas to be the first to conquer the high-speed market and to be in the eyes of the general public the one thatsucceeds in introducing technological innovation.
Desuden traf Kommissionen i ni tilfælde beslutning om at henvise enfusion efter fusionsforordningens artikel 9.
As a matter of fact, Wanadoo, even after the end of theabusive period, is still in a position to cash in on these reputation effects and other first-mover advantages.
Reform af fusionskontrollen
The non-compete obligation of the more than 3 000 other outlets which operators lease or sublease (
201.Den 27. november nåede Rådet til politisk enighed om en ny, omarbejdet fusionsforordning, der ivid udstrækning indeholdt de reformer, Kommissionen havde foreslået i december 2002.
During the autumn of 2002, a large number of former Audi dealers and repairers complained to the Commission about the refusal by Audi to conclude agreements, before the end of the transitional period,with undertakings that fulfilled the qualitative criteria for being authorised Audi repairers.
Disse reformerdrejer sig om de materielle kriterier i artikel 2, procedurespørgsmål såsom anmeldelsestidspunkt,undersøgelsesfrister og Kommissionens beslutningsbeføjelser samt om sagernes fordeling mellemnationale myndigheder inden for EU.
The new BER has the objective of increasing competition for both the sale of new motor vehicles and theprovision of repair and maintenance services. With regard to the latter area, one of the measuresenshrined in the new BER is the reorganisation of the link between the sale of new vehicles and theprovision of after-sales service.
202.Fusionsforordningen blev oprindeligt vedtaget i 1989 og trådte i kraft den 21. september 1990.Den indeholdt en bestemmelse om, at den skulle tages op til fornyet overvejelse med jævnligemellemrum, og i december 2001 indledte Kommissionen en høringsrunde, der mundede ud i, at der åretefter blev vedtaget en forslagspakke med vidtrækkende forslag til forbedring af EU’s fusionskontrol.
Based on the information available on the market shares of authorised repairers and of Audi, on the onehand, and the independent repairers, on the other, the Commission observed that the market share of the Audi network on the market for after-sales service for Audi cars was above the 30 % threshold specifiedin Article 3(1) of the BER. Consequently, Audi had to establish a qualitative selective distribution systemin order to be covered by the BER.
Udover forslagene om ændring af fusionsforordningen omfattede disse reformer også en række ikkelovgivningsmæssige foranstaltninger, der tog sigte på at gøre beslutningsprocessen mere strømlinet og isærdeleshed styrke de økonomiske analyser og tilgodese kontradiktionsretten på en mere effektiv måde.De fleste af disse reformer er nu på plads, bl.a. er der nu blevet ansat en chefkonkurrenceøkonom, og derer blevet etableret paneler, der skal granske de konklusioner, undersøgelsesholdene er kommet frem til,med friske øjne.
Under a lease or sublease agreement which lasts for at least nine years, Interbrew owns the outlet and lets it to anindependent operator or it is the principal lessee of this outlet and sublets it to such an operator.COMP 38.554.Commission Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 of 31.7.2002 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories ofvertical agreements and concerted practices in the motor vehicle sector, OJ L203, 1.8.2002.
203.Formålet med den af Kommissionen foreslåede reform var at sikre, at de materielle kriterier ifusionsforordningen kommer til at gælde for alle konkurrenceskadelige fusioner, samtidig med at kravetom retssikkerhed fortsat opfyldes.
In the Audi case, the Commission furthermore had to examine whether the manufacturer was obliged toestablish such a qualitative distribution system already before the end of the transitional period.
Kommissionen havde med sin grønbog givet startskuddet til en debatom, hvor effektivt de materielle kriterier i fusionsforordningens artikel 2 (dominanstesten) fungerede, isærdeleshed sammenlignet med den SLC-test (»substantial lessening of competition«), der bruges i flereandre jurisdiktioner, hvor de kriterier, der lægges til grund, drejer sig om mindskelse af konkurrencen.Blandt hovedargumenterne til fordel for en overgang til SLC-testen var, at disse kriterier ifølge deresnatur var bedre egnet til at tackle alle de mange og meget komplicerede konkurrenceproblemer, somfusioner kan give anledning til, og specielt at der kan være et eller flere »huller« i de nugældendekriterier.
Article10 of the BER states that the prohibition laid down in Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty shall not applyduring the period from 1 October 2002 to 30 September 2003 in respect of agreements already in forceon 30 September 2002 which do not satisfy the conditions for exemption provided for in the new BERbut which satisfy the conditions for exemption provided for in the old BER (27).
Men på den anden side var det også en udbredt opfattelse, at hvis man indførte helt nye kriterier,kunne hele den retspraksis, som bl.a.
The agreements between Audi and its authorised repairers which related purely to after-sales service could not benefit from thetransitional period.
EU-domstolene havde opbygget i årenes løb, gå tabt, hvilket villemindske retssikkerheden.
In the case at issue, Audi agreed to apply a system of qualitative selective distribution with regard to itsafter-sales service in order to benefit from the new block exemption.
Kommissionen endte med at foreslå, at de hidtidige kriteriers anvendelsesområde blev afklaret bedre.
In addition, Volkswagen AG committed itselfto ensuring that the same policy would also be followed by all the other brands of the Volkswagen group.