【一次資料集－Headline 2002（後半）】
2002 EC
For
the customer’s sake: The competitive effects of efficiencies in European merger
control – Enterprise Papers No.11 
[EC]
2002-12-31 FCC
FCC
Releases Ninth Annual Report on Competition in Video Markets
2002-12-27 JFTC
日本フエルト株式会社，市川毛織株式会社及び日本フイルコン株式会社の事業統合について
事前相談：「一定の取引分野」の画定、その市場でのシェアの変化、ユーザーの購買行動
2002-12-26 JFTC
新日本製鐵株式会社と住友金属工業株式会社によるステンレス事業の統合について
競争への影響の判断ポイント：有力な競争事業者、ユーザーの取引先変更の容易性、ユーザーの購買行動、国際的な競争圧力の存在
2002-12-26 JFTC
不公正な取引方法〔競争者に対する取引妨害〕―員外者の首都圏地区内における受注活動を不当に妨害―など
2002-12-24 総務省
報告内に、「衛星放送におけるプラットフォーム事業者の業務に関するガイドラインの内容として考えられる事項」あり
2002-12-24 JFTC
｢電気通信事業分野における競争の促進に関する指針｣の一部改定について
2002-12-23 US District Court for the District of Maryland
IN RE
Microsoft Corporation Antitrust Litigation, Sun Microsystems, Inc. v. Microsoft
Corporation
2002-12-23 JFTC
欧米のLeniency制度についてのリポートあり
2002-12-23 EC
M.3042
- SONY / PHILIPS / INTERTRUST - Decision: Art. 6(1)(b)
cf. press release: Commission
clears acquisition of Intertrust by Sony and Philips
2002-12-23 EC
NB: Just a remainder
2002-12-20 EC
Commission
appeals CFI ruling on Tetra Laval/Sidel to the European Court of Justice
Following 2002-10-25 CFI’s decision
2002-12-20 EC
COMP/38.173
- PO / The Football Association Premier League Limited - Publicity: Press
release - statement of objections
Commission
opens proceedings into joint selling of media rights to the English Premier
League
cf. 2002-06-03
2002-12-20 ITC
ITC
reaches decision on DTT transmission mode
ITC decides flexibility continues
cf. 2002-09-20,
08-09
2002-12-20 首相官邸サイト
企業・産業再生に関する基本指針 - 産業再生・雇用対策戦略本部決定
独占禁止法の企業結合審査の迅速化・手続きの明確化等及びそのための体制整備
実質、Failing Company Doctrine？
2002-12-19 EC
cf. 2002-12-11 EC: comprehensive reform of EU merger control / see the bottom of this
page [継続トピックス]
cf. 2002-12-06 EC, 2002-10-30 FTC,DOJ: US-EU
Best Practices on co-operation in merger investigations
2002-12-19 EC 
Discussion
Paper : Services of general economic interest and state aid – State Aid
2002-12-19 EC
NB: Just a remainder
2002-12-19 DCMS
Video-On-Demand
Code of Practice Issued
2002-12-18 EC
M.3007
- E.ON / TXU EUROPE GROUP - Decision: Art. 6(1)(b)
cf. 2002-12-19 EC’s press release: Commission
authorises acquisition by E.ON of some assets of TXU Europe
2002-12-18 CC
cf. 2002-12-10 DTI
2002-12-17 FCC
FCC
Releases Data On High-speed Services For Internet Access
2002-12-17 EC 
Convergence
between media and telecommunications: competition law and regulatory
perspectives
Speech by Miguel MENDES PEREIRA, GSM
Europe Plenary, Lisbon, Portugal, 29.11.2002
EU
competition law, convergence, and the media industry: Law Society of
England and Wales - London - 23.04.2002
2002-12-17 Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court
Court upholds injunction on E.on/Ruhrgas
merger
E.ON’s
press release: E.ON Continues to Fight for Acquisition of Ruhrgas
legality of the ministerial approval (exemption)
cf. 2002-09-19
2002-12-17 OFT 
OFT
concludes BSkyB investigation
Breach of Competition Act not found; three questions about
abuse of dominance were inquired – margin squeeze, mixed bundling, discounts
cf. Response
from BSkyB to decision by OFT
2002-12-17 ITC
ITC
multi-channel quarterly - Quarter 3, 2002
2002-12-16 JFTC
一部取引分野におけるdivestiture等
2002-12-13 EC
2002-12-12-13 EU
Copenhagen European Council – Presidency
Conclusions
Statement
of President Prodi following the successful conclusion of enlargement
negotiations
2002-12-12 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case
C-209/00 – State Aid
Commission of the European Communities v
Federal Republic of Germany
ECJ declares that Germany has failed to implement properly
the Commission's decision ordering the recovery of State aid granted to WestLB
2002-12-12 EC
Erkki
Liikanen’s speech, "Ambitions for Europe's Telecommunications Sector"
European Competitive Telecommunications
Association (ECTA) Brussels, 11th December 2002
2002-12-12 DTI
New
Consultation Documents issued – Re: Single GB electricity market
2002-12-12 OFT
2002-12-11 FTC
FTC Competition Director
Announces Best Practices for Merger Investigations
2002-12-11 JFTC
2002-12-11 EC
Commission
adopts comprehensive reform of EU merger control
Merger Review - Proposal for a
Council Regulation on the control of concentrations between undertakings
cf. see the bottom of this page [継続トピックス]
2002-12-11 EC
Price
decreases of up to 40% lead Commission to close telecom leased line inquiry
2002-12-11 EC
2002-12-11 EC
The
Commission concludes its examination of the Olympic Airways case – State
Aid
2002-12-11 EC
M.2283
- SCHNEIDER / LEGRAND - Decision: Aborted or withdrawn
cf. 2002-10-22 CFI
2002-12-10 DOJ
Statement
by R. Hewitt Pate on the Abandonment of the Hughes/Echostar Transation
2002-12-10 FTC
FTC Chairman Muris Outlines
Agency's Positive Agenda
2002-12-10 EC
M.2996
- RTL / CNN / TIME WARNER / N-TV - Art. 6(1)(b) - public
text of decision
Just a remainder
2002-12-10 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of
Justice in Case C-491/01
British American Tobacco (Investments)
Limited and Imperial Tobacco Limited v Secretary of State for Health
The ban on using certain descriptions on tobacco product
packaging such as "light" or "mild" applies only to
products marketed within the Community and not to those exported to non-member
countries
cf. EC’s press release: Court
of Justice confirms validity of Tobacco Products Directive
2002-12-10 DTI
Johnson
refers proposed acquisition of SMG's newspapers
Competition Minister Melanie Johnson today referred the
proposed acquisition of SMG's The Herald, Sunday Herald
and Evening Times to the Competition Commission
2002-12-10 OFT
BA
has not abused dominant position with lower booking payments
2002-12-10 BSkyB
Sky
Launches UK’s First Digital TV Games Controller
2002-12-09 ICN Updated!
A
Report on the First Annual Conference of The International Competition Network
[Library Link]
includes useful links to a lot of reports- Richard Whish’s
comment on limitation of collective dominance in Airtours and so forth
2002-12-09 EC 
Copyright:
report highlights successful EU-wide recognition of directors as
"authors" of films
EC supports the notion, “the principal director of a film or audiovisual
work as an author of the work” in line with the 1992 Directive on the Rental
and Lending Right and Certain Related Rights and considers all Member States
now recognizes this notion
Cf. 【研究報告書等】2002-05
Study on
the Conditions Applicable to Contracts Relating to Intellectual Property in the
European Union
2002-12-09 EC
Commission
launches Public Consultation on Open Platforms in Digital TV and 3G
cf. 2002-12-04 EC (prepared version)
2002-12-06 EC
EU-US
best practices on cooperation in merger cases - US-EU Merger Working Group
cf.2002-10-30 FTC, DOJ
2002-12-05 EC
The
integration of European capital market infrastructures and competition law
Speech by Mario MONTI, Commissioner for
Competition Policy
Association of Private Client Investment
Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS), Brussels, Belgium
2002-12-05 DCMS
Tessa
Jowell Adds New Conditions to BBC News 24
December 2002 - Independent Review of BBC
News 24
Tessa Jowell
publishes the Independent Review of BBC News 24 by Richard Lambert, together
with her response to the BBC
BBC News 24’s performance admitted satisfactory but new
conditions imposed （開始の経緯についての参考メモは【Personal
Archives】に）
cf. The
terms of reference for the independent review of BBC News 24 was published
on 21 March 2002 by Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell. Richard Lambert, former
Editor of the Financial Times will conduct the review. BBC NEWS 24:
Report on the BBC's Fulfilment of The Commitments Made in its Approval
2002-12-04 FCC
Media
Bureau Releases Additional Data Set for Media Ownership Study
2002-12-04 EC
Telecommunications
Council, Brussels, 5th December 2002
Agendas includes ‘Barriers to widespread
access to new services and application of information society through open
platforms in digital television and third generation mobile communications’ ---
A public consultation on the report will be launched in the next couple of
days: prepared
press release / prepared
report
Also includes ‘Implementation of the new
regulatory package on electronic communications (25 July 2003)’
2002-12-03 FCC
Jonathan
S. Adelstein Sworn in as FCC Commissioner: statement
/ photo
2002-12-03 EC
State
Aid Scoreboard autumn 2002 update – Special edition on the candidate
countries
2002-12-03 ITC
Television
Audience Share Figures
2002-12-02 EC
Commission
opens in-depth probe into the acquisition of Telepiù by Newscorp
M.2876
- NEWSCORP / TELEPIU - Decision: Art. 6(1)(c)
cf. 2002-10-16（provisional
deadline was 2002-11-29）
December
2002-11-29 ITC
ITC
consults on television rights for World Cup Cricket
BskyB requests for consent to broadcast live and exclusive
coverage of the Cricket World Cup in 2003, which is a ‘Group B’ listed event
2002-11-28 ITC
ITC
Communications Bill Update
2002-11-27 EC
Commission
approves, subject to tough conditions, rescue aid for British Energy
2002-11-26 Council - Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry
and Research)
Antitrust Reform
2467th COMPETITIVENESS
[provisional version]
Results
of the Competitiveness Council, Brussels, November 26, 2002 [EC memorandum]
2002-11-26 EC
Landmark
reform simplifies and strengthens antitrust enforcement
Antitrust
Reform frequently asked questions
cf. see the bottom of this page [継続トピックス] （Modernisation of the
rules implementing Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treatyのパート）
cf. Hewitt
welcomes EU competition law reforms [DTI]
2002-11-25 Council - Transport, Telecommunications and Energy
Electricity and Gas Liberalisation
2465th Council -
TRANSPORT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS and ENERGY - Brussels, 25 November 2002
[provisional version]
«
La création du marché européen de l'énergie est une révolution » déclare Loyola
de Palacio
«La création du marché européen de
l'énergie est une révolution» déclare Loyola de Palacio
cf. Liberalisation
of European Energy Market to bring better deal for British business, says
Wilson [DTI]
electricity and gas market in EU will be liberalised by 2007
2002-11-25 FCC
Commission
Seeks Comment on Spectrum Policy Task Force Report
2002-11-25 ITC
ITC
publishes Review of UK Programme Supply Market
multi-angle analysis on programme supply market including
market definition and competition analysis, for Ofcom
cf. Tessa
Jowell Responds to ITC Programme Supply Review [DCMS]
cf. BBC
response to ITC Programme Supply Report [ITC]
2002-11-22 FTC
2002-11-22 総務省
電気通信事業法第３９条第３項に基づく平成電電株式会社の申請に係る裁定－固定電話発携帯電話着の料金設定－
cf. 2002-11-21 総務省サイト（電気通信事業紛争処理委員会）
2002-11-22 EC
Les
réformes en cours en matière de concurrence : mise en perspective (fr)
Speech by Mario MONTI, Commissioner for
Competition Policy, Cercle Fédéraliste européen, Brussels, Belgium, 22.11.2002
Regulation No.17（Implementation of
Articles 81 and 82）及びRegulation 4064/89（Merger Control）の改正について
cf. see the bottom of this page [継続トピックス]
2002-11-22 EC
"Convergence
and the challenges to Europe's broadcasting industry"
Mr Erkki Liikanen Member of the European
Commission, responsible for Enterprise and the Information Society
IDATE Conference on Telecom - Internet -
Media: Europe Moving On Montpelier, 22nd November 2002
2002-11-21 FTC
2002-11-21 FCC
Copps called for broadcasters’ inaction towards too many indecency
complaints and “a review of the potential correlation between increasing
indecency problems and increasing media consolidation”
2002-11-21 ITC
Futures
for public service broadcasters
submits four interesting scenarios: The Digital World: an all
digital industry / Goodbye TV: a shift from TV to other media / Global
challenge: UK TV dominated by global players / Back to basics: in hard times
consumers remain loyal to the major networks
2002-11-20 EC
Plenary Session Strasbourg, 20 November
2002
2002-11-20 EC
European
Commission requests the denunciation of the bilateral Open sky agreements
2002-11-20 EC
Financial
conglomerates: Commission welcomes the European Parliament's adoption of
Directive
2002-11-20 DTI-DCMS 
Press Release: Communications
Bill published [DTI site] / Communications
Bill published [DCMS site]
Communications
Bill [House of Commons site]
cf. BBC
response to publication of Communications Bill
2002-11-19 OFT
A
new Competition Act guideline Application to services relating to railways has been
published
2002-11-19 総務省サイト
－「電波有効利用政策研究会」最終報告書案の公表及び本案に対する意見の募集－
2002-11-18 JFTC
2002-11-18 OFT
A UK competition court
cases database, aiming to provide up-to-date information on competition law
judgments, is launched today on the OFT website. Legal practitioners are invited
to submit case listings for inclusion on the database.
2002-11-15 JFTC
「電気通信分野の制度改革及び競争政策の在り方」について－政府規制等と競争政策に関する研究会報告書－
2002-11-15 DOJ
Attorney
General Ashcroft Announces Designation of Interim Leadership Team in the Antitrust
Division
R. Hewitt Pate to Serve As Acting
Assistant Attorney General
2002-11-15 FTC
FTC Releases Health Care and
Competition Law and Policy Workshop Materials
2002-11-15 FCC
Working
Paper / Spectrum
Chart
2002-11-15 FCC
Spectrum
Policy Task Force Releases Report Setting Forth Recommendations for Spectrum
Policy Reform
2002-11-15 EC
2002-11-14 FCC
AT&T/Comcast merger case
2002-11-14 FCC
FCC
Adopts Order Granting Relief to Eligible Auction No. 35 Bidders
Nextwave case
2002-11-14 EC
Case M.2706 Merger Decision, Art 8(2) -
The report from the Hearing Officer has been appended to the end of the
document
related to Carnival/P&O Princess
[remainder]
2002-11-14 DCMS 
Tessa
Jowell sets out new regime for local radio ownership
speech at Westminster Media Forum
Thursday, 14 November
followed by the Queen’s State Opening of Parliament took
place on Wednesday 13 November 2002, “Legislation will be brought forward to
reform the broadcasting and telecommunications industry by promoting
competition and investment and giving powers to the Office of Communications”
2002-11-14 DTI
DTI
publishes response to gas market consultation
cf. 2002-03-13
Commission
closes investigation into UK/Belgium gas interconnector
2002-11-13 FCC
FCC
Grants Conditioned Approval of AT&T-Comcast Merger
Press Conference
(.ram-file)
cf. NCTA’s
statement (2002-11-14)
2002-11-12 DOJ
3G Patent Platform Partnership:
Press Release: Justice
Department Clears Way for Formation of Wireless Telecommunications Patent
Platforms
Business Review: Justice Department
Clears Way for Formation of Wireless Telecommunications Patent Platforms
2002-11-12 JFTC
改正独占禁止法の施行に伴う公正取引委員会規則の制定及び改正並びにガイドラインの策定について
2002-11-12 EC
Antitrust
clearance for licensing of patents for third generation mobile services
2002-11-11 EC / Council
The Council approved draft
Conclusions on the “ Television without Frontiers” (TWF) Directive
The formal adoption of the Conclusions
will take place at a forthcoming Council’ s session as an “A item” (points
adopted without discussion)
cf. 2461st Council
Meeting – Education, Youth and Culture -, agenda includes “Television
without Frontiers”
2002-11-11 BBC/ITC/BSC/Radio Authority
Multicultural
Broadcasting: Concept and Reality [ITC site] / BBC’s
press release
the report examined attitudes towards multicultural
broadcasting from two perspectives: that of the audience at large, including
minority ethnic groups, and that of practitioners from within the television,
radio and advertising industries
2002-11-08 U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Opinion
- Motion Picture Assn vs. FCC
annulled rules requiring major television broadcasters and
programmers to offer verbal video descriptions
2002-11-08 FTC
FTC Commissioner Thomas B.
Leary Speaks on the 'Ongoing Evolution' of Efficiencies in Antitrust Law
2002-11-08 DOJ
U.S. v. Microsoft
United States'
Submission of Third Revised Proposed Final Judgment
(Redlined Version)
Third Revised Proposed Final Judgment
2002-11-08 US-GAO(General Accounting Office)
Telecommunications: Additional
Federal Efforts Could Help Advance Digital Television Transition
2002-11-08 総務省（放送政策研究会）
マスメディア集中排除原則の在り方について[議事概要] 以降、数度つづく
2002-11-08 OFT
cf. The OFT website features a new
section on the Enterprise Act
cf. Enterprise
Bill Receives Royal Assent [DTI] / The
Enterprise Bill Receives Royal Assent [Competition Commission]
the competition
and consumer provisions will come into force in spring / summer 2003
2002-11-08 OFT
- a speech at the IBA/EC merger control conference
2002-11-08 EC
COM(2002) 612 final - The
Fifth Report from the Commission about the articles 4 & 5 of the
"Television without Frontiers" directive was adopted on 08.11.2002.
2002-11-08 EC
Review
of the EC Merger Regulation - forging a way ahead
Speech by Philip LOWE, European Merger
Control Conference, Conrad Hotel, Brussels, Belgium, 08.11.2002
2002-11-07 DOJ
Speeches: Global Competition
Convergence and Cooperation: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Presented by Deputy Assistant Attorney
General William J. Kolasky, at the American Bar Association Fall Forum,
Washington, D.C
2002-11-07 FCC
Spectrum
Policy Task Force Presents Recommendations for Spectrum Policy Reform
shift to more flexible policy framework
2002-11-07 FCC
FCC
Allocates Spectrum for Advanced Wireless Services and Proposes Licensing and
Service Rules
2002-11-07 EC
Merger
control in the European Union : a radical reform
Speech by Mario MONTI, Commissioner for
Competition Policy, European Commission/IBA Conference on EU Merger Control,
Brussels, Belgium, 07.11.2002
the reform package he will submit to the Commission in
December: the new EC Merger Regulation, Guidelines on the assessment of
dominance in horizontal mergers and so forth cf.2002-11-04
EC
2002-11-06 FCC
Commission
Denies Request for Production of Documents in AT&T-Comcast Merger
Proceeding, FCC 02-301
relation between access to documents and merger proceeding
2002-11-06 EC
Commission
adopts Regulation facilitating State aid for employment
2002-11-05 FCC
FCC's Media Bureau Adopts Procedures for
Public Access to Data Underlying Media Ownership Studies and Extends Comment
Deadlines for 2002 Biennial Regulatory Review of Commission's Media Ownership Rules
2002-11-05
総務省サイト（電気通信事業紛争処理委員会）
電気通信事業法第３９条第３項の規定に基づき平成電電株式会社から申請のあった裁定に係る答申について
2002-11-05 EC
Commission
clears acquisition by RTL of Holtzbrinck's stake in the German TV channel n-tv
M.2996
- RTL / CNN / TIME WARNER / N-TV - Decision: Art. 6(1)(b)
2002-11-05 ECJ
Judgment in the Cases of
C-466/98, C-467/98, C-469/98, C-471/98, C-472/98, C-475/98 and C-476/98
Commission of the European Communities v
United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and
Germany
ECJ confirmed this case falls within the exclusive external
competence of the Community and decides its incompatibility with Community Law
cf. 2002-01-31
Opinion of Advocate
General Tizzano in the Cases of C-466/98, C-467/98, C-468/98, C-469/98,
C-471/98, C-472/98, C-475/98 and C-476/98
AG Tizzano proposes that the Court of Justice should declare
that the “open skies” agreements are contrary to community law
2002-11-04 EC
Speech by Mario MONTI, Commissioner for
Competition Policy, Fordham Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law
& Policy, New York, 31.10.2002
including the review on two defeated cases, Schneider Legrand
and Tetra Laval / Sidel
2002-11-04 Oftel
Oftel proposes
new dispute resolution procedures
Beyond the EU requirement which only applies to disputes
resolved under the Framework Directive, Oftel will also set tight targets for disputes
considered under the Competition Act, own initiative investigations and
consumer complaints on unfair contract terms (The new procedures will ensure
that Oftel can resolve disputes within four months - as required by the new EU
directives)
2002-11-01 US District Court for the District of Columbia et al
United States of America
v. Microsoft Corporation / State of New York, et al. v. Microsoft Corporation
[consolidated page]
Press Release: Attorney
General Ashcroft Statement on the U.S. v. Microsoft Court Decision [DOJ]
District Court Opinion
on Final Judgment – Microsoft Legal News [MS]
2002-11-01 OFT
An
airline alliance between British Midland and United Airlines will provide benefits
to consumers that outweigh its anti-competitive effects, the OFT has ruled
2002-11 FCC
A
Proposal for a Rapid Transition to Market Allocation of Spectrum [FCC]
November
2002-10-31 JFTC
2002-10-31 DOJ
Justice
Department Files Suit to Block Echostar's Acquisition of Hughes Electronics
Merger of DirecTV and Dish Network Direct
Broadcast Satellite Television Systems Would Harm Consumers Across the United
States
cf. see 2002-10-18,
200-10-10 FCC
2002-10-31 ITC
Research:
New Communications Bill must 'defend' TV news
2002-10-30 FCC
"Broadband
Migration III: New Directions in Wireless Policy,"
Chairman Powell's Remarks at the Silicon
Flatirons Telecommunications Program University of Colorado at Boulder
2002-10-30 FTC, DOJ
The same content is also offered by DOJ: press
release, Best
Practices on Merger Investigation [DOJ]
2002-10-30 EC
COMP/36.321
- Omega/Nintendo+1, related to 35587 and 35706
COMP/35.706
- PO / Nintendo distribution, related to 36.321 Omega - Nintendo and 35.587 PO
Video games
COMP/35.587
- PO/Video games, related to 36.321 Omega - Nintendo and 35.706 Nintendo
Distribution
2002-10-29 EC
2002-10-29 DTI-DCMS 
DCMS press release: Government responds to Joint Committee on Draft Communications Bill
DTI press release: Government
responds to Joint Committee on Draft Communications Bill
2002-10-29 OFT
The
OFT has published its advice on the completed acquisition by Sweet and Maxwell
of Lawtel
2002-10-28 European Convention
Session plénière 28-29 octobre 2002 - Présentation par le
Président Giscard d'Estaing de l'avant projet d'un Traité constitutionnel
2002-10-28 EC
Commission
welcomes inaugural meeting of European Regulators' Group in Telecoms
2002-10-28 EC
Commission
clears GF-X air freight trading platform between several European airlines
cf. GF-X will provide an electronic
business to business (B2B) trading platform, which will facilitate the sale of
air freight capacity between air freight forwarders (the buyers) and air
freight carriers (the sellers).
2002-10-28 P&O Princess
P&O Princess
Cruises plc Welcomes Carnival DLC proposal
related to 2002-10-04、2002-07-24、My working paper
No.02-03
2002-10-25 FTC
FTC Competition
Director Speaks on Merger Matters
2002-10-25 FCC
COMSAT
and Intelsat Transfer (.doc-file)
2002-10-25 European Council
Presidency Conclusions,
Brussels European Council, 24 and 25 October 2002
decided the enlargement
2002-10-25 CFJ
Judgments of the Court of
First Instance in cases T-5/02 and T-80/02
Tetra Laval v Commission
Annuls a Commission decision prohibiting the Merger of Tetra
Laval and Sidel and the related divestiture decision
2002-10-22 FCC
"Digital
Television: The Time is Now," Chairman Powell's Remarks at the
Association for Maximum Television DTV Update Conference.
2002-10-22 CFI
Judgments of the Court of
First Instance in cases T-310/01 and T-77/02
Schneider Electric / Commission
The Court of First Instance annuls the Commission’s decisions
prohibiting the concentration between Schneider and Legrand and ordering them
to separate accordingly
Another blow to the Commission after the
Airtuors 2002-06-06
2002-10-22 Oftel
Oftel publishes
decision on ITV complaint
Oftel confirmed that the existing regime for the regulation
of conditional access services will be carried forward under the new European
Directives..related to the claim by ITV against BSkyB’s conditional access
charges
2002-10-22 Oftel
Terms
of supply of conditional access: Oftel guidelines
2002-10-21 ITC
Responses
to Programme Supply Consultation
2002-10-21 JFTC / 総務省サイト
「電気通信事業分野における競争の促進に関する指針」（改定原案）の公表について
「電気通信事業分野における競争の促進に関する指針」の見直しに関する意見募集
2002-10-19 EC
The Irish voted ‘Yes’ on the Nice Treaty
2002-10-18 FTC
FTC and DOJ to Hold
Roundtable Discussions To Conclude Hearings on Competition and Intellectual
Property Law and Policy – October 25th
FTC Announces Second
Workshop on Merger Remedies – October 23rd
2002-10-18 FCC
Full
Text of EchoStar-DirecTV Merger Application Hearing Designation Order
(.doc-file)
2002-10-18 OFT
OFT
consultation on mergers launched
2002-10-17 FCC
to place satellite carriers on equal footing with cable
operators; “the exclusivity rules”
cf. rules for Cable was extended2002-06-13
2002-10-16 FCC
2002-10-16 JFTC
電力会社による長期契約の解約等に伴う違約金等に関するフォローアップ調査について
自由化対象需要家との長期契約における私的独占の可能性について
2002-10-16 総務省サイト
サーバー型放送及び２．６ＧＨｚ帯衛星デジタル音声放送の導入に向けて－関係省令改正案について電波監理審議会へ諮問－
サーバー型放送、２.６ＧＨｚ帯衛星デジタル音声放送の導入等に係る省令案等に対する意見募集の実施
放送概念の一部拡張も
2002-10-16 EC
Progress
report concerning the reduction and reorientation of State aid -
Communication from the Commission to the Council
assessment of progress submitted under the 2001 Stockholm
European Council order; latest development on economic considerations in
developing regulations, modernization of state aid rules and so forth
2002-10-16 EC
M.2876
- NEWSCORP / TELEPIU - Notified
2002-10-16 EC
Text
of the Commission's decision of 8 October in case COMP/C2/38.014 (IFPI
Simulcasting)
cf. 2002-10-08 EC
2002-10-16 EC
Commission
approves UK energy efficiency aid
2002-10-16 EC
Commission
opens State aid investigation into the proposed reform of corporate taxation in
Gibraltar
2002-10-16 EC
2002-10-16 EC
Analytical
Framework for Merger Review - Speech by Mario MONTI, Commissioner for
Competition Policy
International
Competition Network Inaugural Conference, Naples, Italy, 28.09.2002
Different-worded competition-based standards of
review, Public interest considerations and so forth
2002-10-16 Carlton/Granada
Carlton
and Granada officially announced their merger; Granada
site / Carlton
site
2002-10-16 ITC
ITC
publishes new study of Television in the Nations and Regions
The report concludes that a successful future for
television in the nations and regions will depend on a regulatory regime which
places increasing emphasis on quality and investment rather than quantitative
assessment of output
2002-10-15 DTI
New
Spectrum Framework for Dynamic and Competitive Communications
Government agrees recommendations from Cave Review
cf. Government
Response to the Independent Review of Radio Spectrum Management - 15
October 2002 (-.doc file)
2002-10-14 BBC
BBC
to establish integrated international news division from December
new issue on State Aid?
2002-10-11 EC
Converging
technologies and regulations : broadcasting, datacasting, communications
Speech by
Herbert UNGERER, 23rd ETP Plenary Session, Brussels, Belgium, 19.09.2002
the main issue is to create competition conditions
that develop current consolidation into future growth not only for media but as
a condition for future broadband development
2002-10-10 FCC
FCC
Declines to Approve EchoStar-DirecTV Merger
News
Release / Powell
Statement / Press Conference
2002-10-09 FCC
FCC
Fines SBC Communications, Inc. $6 Million for Violations of Commission Merger
Condition
2002-10-09 EC - Enlargement
Candidate countries are Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and
Slovenia
2002-10-08 FCC
2002-10-08 EC
Commission
clears one-stop agreements for the licensing of TV and radio music via the
Internet
exemption granted by Commission on new license scheme under
which broadcasters can get a single ’one stop shop’ licence from royalty
collecting agencies to cover EEA by ‘simulcasting’
2002-10-08 CFI
Judgment Joined Cases T-185/00, T-216/00,
T-299/00, T-300/00 M6 v Commission: public
text / press
release
EBU press release[EBU
site] / my comment
applicants seek for annulment of Commission Decision
2000/400/EC of May 2000, Case IV/32.150-Eurovision, and CFI admitted their
position
2002-10-07 FTC
Agenda for
Public Workshop on Anticompetitive Efforts to Restrict Competition on the
Internet
2002-10-07 European Parliament - Committee on Economic and
Monetary Affairs
On
Market Abuse Directive [all meeting documents]
media fears the EU regulator could use the provision to
impose tough regulations of the press and insists the validity of
self-regulation under the freedom of press
Related documents:
2002-05-07 Commission
welcomes Council agreements on Market Abuse and Financial Conglomerates
Directives
2002-03-14 Commission
welcomes significant progress in European Parliament on Financial Services Action
Plan
2001-05-30 Financial
services: Commission proposes Directive on insider dealing and market
manipulation
2001-05-30 The
Market Abuse Directive - Frequently Asked Question
2002-10-07 EC
Ombudsman
calls on Commission to clarify data protection rules
2002-10-07 BBC
UK
History - UKTV joint venture fully approved by DCMS
2002-10-04 FTC
FTC Closes Cruise Line
Merger Investigations
Vote Supporting Staff and Bureau
Recommendations Allows Proposed Carnival/Princess and Royal Caribbean/Princess Transactions
to Proceed
cf. 2002-07-24、My working paper No.02-03
2002-10-04 EC
Commission
closes certain proceedings against IMS Health
2002-10-04 OFT
2002-10-03 DOJ
Charles
A. James to Step Down as Assistant Attorney General of The Antitrust Division
cf. Statement by his friend
[FTC]
2002-10-03 OFT
John
Vickers discusses the relationship between economic analysis and public policy,
focusing on competition law, especially mergers, in a speech at Oxford
University
Contribution of Game Theory, its influence on Merger policy,
SLC v Dominance test
2002-10-03 EC
Commission
report reveals patchy progress in opening of electricity and gas markets
2002-10-03 BBC
Freeview
to launch on 30 October
cf. 2002-08-06
BBC and BSkyB was granted a new digital license
2002-10-02 EC
Commission
clears aid for a new investment project in favour of Fibre Ottiche Sud –
State Aid [R&D]
2002-10-02 EC
Commission
approves proposed aid in favour of Rapid Eye AG – State Aid [R&D]
2002-10-02 EC
Commission
approves some aid measures and opens investigation into others in connection
with renewable energy production and energy conservation in Tuscany – State
Aid [Environment]
2002-10-02 EC
Coal: the Commission authorises aid to the
German, French coal industry for 2002
2002-10-02 OFT
Airtours,
Thomson and First Choice give consumers fairer contracts following OFT action
October
2002-09-30 FCC
FCC Releases Twelve Studies on
Current Media Marketplace: Research Represents Critical First Step in FCC’s
Fact Finding Mission
cf. press
release / public
notice
including a thesis with negative appraisal against ‘fin-syn’
rule
2002-09-30 FCC(related
to the above)
FCC Releases Twelve Studies on
Current Media Marketplace: Research Represents Critical First Step in FCC’s
Fact Finding Mission [FCC]
including Broadcast
Television: Survivor in a Sea of Competition (.doc-file)– OPP Working Paper
No.37
2002-09-30 EC
Speech
of Viviane Reding about the media in a democratic society - conference
opening in Luxembourg (only available in FR)
reconciling freedom of expression with the protection of human
rights / pluralism and media concentrations from the viewpoint of competition
cf. Speech
by Viviane REDING (in English!)[Council of Europe site]
2002-09-30 JFTC
私的独占のおそれ－市場における地位・状況、総合的事業能力、当該運賃水準、新規参入者に及ぼす影響等からみて（JAL/JASの対応） 2002-09-26参照
2002-09-28,
29 ICN
press release: Progress
Made on Merger Review Issues and Competition Advocacy
FTC press release: Chairman Timothy J. Muris
Promotes Effective Competition Advocacy at International Competition
Network Conference in Naples, Italy
Press Release: Assistant
Attorney General Charles A. James Encourages Merger Process Reform at
International Competition Network Conference in Naples, Italy
ICN announced a series of best practice proposals and reports
aimed at improving merger review and competition advocacy throughout the world
2002-09-28,
29 AGCM
The Italian Competition Authority will
host the first annual conference of the International Competition Network
(Naples, September 28-29)
2002-09-27 FTC
The Commission, with the concurrence of
the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release
of The Twenty-Fourth
Annual Report to Congress Regarding the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Premerger
Notification Program
2002-09-27 JFTC
2002-09-27 総務省サイト
免許上のサービス内容確定
2002-09-27 EC
AV Policy - Independent study (Contractor: Arthur Andersen)
The
Economics of Antitrust in the Telecommunications Sector
held
at Brussels, Monday, 16 September 2002
European
Commission, Centre Albert Borschette, 36 rue Froissart, 1040 Brussels, Room 0 D
new telecom regulatory framework, market definition,
collective dominance, access…Economics of Antitrust in telecom sector
2002-09-27 ITC
ITC
Imposes£10,000 Financial Penalty on B4U Channel
imposed a financial penalty of ｣10,000 on B4U
("Bollywood For You") Channel for breaches of the ITC Programme Code
by scheduling three films during the day whose content was unsuitable before
the 9pm watershed
2002-09-26 FTC
FTC Testifies on Internet
Competition
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade
Commission Regarding Possible "State Impediments To E-Commerce,"
Presented by Ted Cruz, Director of the
Office of Policy Planning, Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and
Consumer Protection of the Committee On Energy and Commerce, United States
House of Representatives
2002-09-26 FCC
The Commission Seeks Public Comment in the
2002 Biennial Review of Telecommunications Regulations Within the Purview of
the following Bureaus and Offices:
International
Bureau / Wireline
Competition Bureau / Office
of Engineering and Technology / Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau / Consumer
& Governmental Affairs Bureau
2002-09-26 JFTC
「私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律の一部を改正する法律の施行期日を定める政令案」及び「私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律施行令の一部を改正する政令案」について
2002-09-26 JFTC
私的独占のおそれ－市場における地位・状況、総合的事業能力、当該運賃水準、新規参入者に及ぼす影響等からみて（ANAの対応）
2002-09-26 EC
Key
features of the EC notification system and procedural requirements for mergers,
an overview
material for ICN meeting
2002-09-26 EC
Merger Case: M.2830
- LUFTHANSA CARGO / AIR FRANCE FINANCE / BRITISH AIRWAYS / GLOBAL FREIGHT
EXCHANGE / JV
just remainder of mine
2002-09-26 ITC
ITC
imposes £10,000 fine on Kanal 5
Swedish broadcaster Kanal 5, for transmitting a sexually
explicit image throughout daytime television, including during programmes
likely to appeal to children
2002-09-26 DTI
cf. related to 2002-09-09
2002-09-26 OFT
But considering the situation of independent producers,
admitted the BBC did meet the requirement that independent programmes were of
satisfactory range and diversity in terms of both hours broadcast and cost of
acquisition
2002-09-26 OFT
2002-09-25 NCTA
Testimonies to the House Subcommittee on
Telecommunications and the Internet
testimonies to be delivered, by Michael Willner, Vice
Chairman and CEO of Insight Communications, and Lana Corbi, President and
CEO of Crown Media United States,
to the
House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
the Internet regarding the digital TV transition
both oppose the ‘Dual and Multiple Must Carry’
cf. Tauzin Issues
Statement on Digital Television Bill [September 19, 2002]
2002-09-25 DTI-DCMS
OFCOM Board Appointed
2002-09-25 OFT
cf. 2002-09-16
2002-09-24 FCC
FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps Calls
for National Discussion of Ethics in Government and Consolidation in the Media
Seeks Further Action on the Public
Interest Obligations of Digital TV Broadcasters
2002-09-24 FCC
2002
Biennial Regulatory Review
-- Reveiw of the Commission's Broadcast
Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996
2002-09-24 EC
ENLARGEMENT
AND COMPETITION POLICY -
Article by Jean-François PONS, EPP-ED Group Bureau, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
16.09.2002
2002-09-24 DTI
Government
Consults on Case for Investment Aid Scheme for the Coal Industry
2002-09-23 EC
Merger case M.2706
- CARNIVAL CORPORATION / P&O PRINCESS - Art. 8(2) - public
text of decision available
cf. 2002-07-24
related documents
2002-09-23 EC
JV case JV.47
- CANAL+ / LAGARDERE / LIBERTY MEDIA / MULTITHEMATIQUE - Art. 6(1)(b) - public
text of decision available (fr)
cf. 2000-06-22
related press release
2002-09-23 ITC
Striking
a Balance: control of children's media
cf. Striking
a Balance: the control of children's media consumption [BBC]
2002-09-21 NAB
cf. (perhaps) related to the speculation
DOJ will oppose the merger
2002-09-20 ITC
ITC
interim decision on DTT transmission mode
interim decision for ‘16-QAM’2002-08-09
2002-09-20 DOJ
— Conference Marks Unprecedented Meeting
of Over 50 Jurisdictions to Discuss Antitrust Issues
2002-09-20 DOJ
Speech: The
International Competition Network Guiding Principles for Merger Review
Presented at the International Bar
Association Sixth Annual Competition Conference by Deputy Assistant Attorney
General William J. Kolasky
2002-09-20 FTC
Conference Marks Unprecedented Meeting of
Over 50 Jurisdictions to Discuss Antitrust Issues
2002-09-20 FTC
FTC Staff Provides the FDA
with Comments On First Amendment Commercial Speech Doctrine
Doctrine Called "Fully Compatible
with FTC's Vigorous Consumer Protection Program"
2002-09-20 EC
Future
directions for EU Competition Policy
Speech by Philip LOWE, The International
Bar Association, Fiesole ,Italy, 20.09.2002
2002-09-19 FTC
FTC Provides Senate with
Overview of Antitrust Activities
Commission Has Pursued Aggressive Law
Enforcement Program, Chairman Tells Committee
2002-09-19 DOJ
Statement of
Assistant Attorney General Charles A. James Concerning Antitrust Enforcement
Oversight
Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust,
Competition, and Business and Consumer Rights, Committee on the Judiciary,
United States Senate
2002-09-19 JFTC
政府規制と競争政策に関する研究会第１回電気通信事業ワーキンググループ議事概要
「欧州委員会による市場分析及び『有力な市場』の評価に関するガイドライン」（公取委訳） 2002-07-09
「OFTELによる市場競争の評価に関するガイドライン」（公取委訳） 2002-08-05
2002-09-19 Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
Ministererlaubnis E.ON/
Ruhrgas unter Verschärfung der Auflagen bestätigt
Ministerial
approval for Ruhrgas acquisition tied to much tougher requirements [E.ON]
(maybe) final approval for E.ON / Ruhrgas Merger 2002-07-05
“Ministerial permission” 2002-09-25?
Mario Monti was said that the merger is outside the commission’s jurisdiction
2002-09-19 EC
2002-09-18 FCC
2002-09-18 JFTC
改正独占禁止法の施行に伴う制定・改正する公正取引委員会規則及びガイドラインの原案の公表について
「５％ルール」の例外規定等
2002-09-18 EC
Commission
endorses UK proposals on urban postal network – State Aid
the resources dedicated to this new project do not
exceed the net additional costs of the related public service
2002-09-18 EU
2002-09-18 ITC
Television
& Beyond: ITC publishes major new study
2002-09-18 OFT
warning against the allegation that they stop parallel
imports of CDs from other European countries
2002-09-17 DOJ
Speech: Recent
Developments and Future Challenges at the Antitrust Division
Before the Dallas Bar Association Dallas,
Texas by Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Division Charles A. James
2002-09-17 JFTC
北海道国際航空株式会社と全日本空輸株式会社の業務提携について
failing company, independency of each decision-making
2002-09-17 EC
A
Global Competition Policy ? - Speech by Mario MONTI, Commissioner for
Competition Policy, Copenhagen, Denmark, 17.09.2002
2002-09-17 EC
2002-09-17 DCMS
Tessa
Jowell gives approval to BBC3
cf. BBC
welcomes approval for BBC THREE [BBC] 2002-06-28
2002-09-17 CC
2002-09-17 CC
Competition
Commission Consults on New Guidance
Enterprise
Bill Site - materials
Competition Commission begins its formal consultation on the
guidance it is required to publish about its new competition tests and
procedures that will come into force when the Enterprise Bill becomes law.
2002-09-16 EC
a new Directive aiming to replace, by a single text, all
existing «liberalisation » Directives in the telecommunications sector
previously adopted by the Commission
--- Official Journal C 96, 27.03.2001,
pages 2-7, press
release 2001-07-12
2002-09-16 OFT
Aberdeen
Journals Ltd has been fined £1.328 million for abusing a dominant market
position
Predatory Pricing occurs when a dominant undertaking
incurs losses with the intention of removing a rival and/or deterring other
potential competitiors
2002-09-14 EC
COMP/38.464
- TF
1 + Eurosport SA + Consortium Eurosport - Carlsberg notice
2002-09-13 DOJ
U.S. v. Archer-Daniels-Midland
Company, and Minnesota Corn Processors, LLC -- Competitive Impact Statement
2002-09-13 総務省サイト
中部電力株式会社に対する第一種電気通信事業の許可についての答申
2002-09-13 総務省サイト
長期増分費用モデルの見直しを踏まえた接続料算定の在り方について－情報通信審議会の答申
2002-09-13 JFTC
株式会社日立製作所によるインターナショナル・ビジネス・マシーンズ・コーポレーションのハードディスクドライブ事業の統合について
競争の実質的制限を妨げる要因 cf. 2002-08-05
European Commission
2002-09-13 OFT
2002-09-13 Oftel
Oftel publishes guidelines
on access obligations to communications networks
Imposing
access obligations under the new EU Directives
2002-09-12 EC
The
fight against Cartels Summary - Speech by Mario MONTI, Commissioner for
Competition Policy, EMAC, Brussels, Belgium, 11.09.2002
2002-09-12 EC
Commission
clears gas supply contracts between German gas wholesaler WINGAS and
EDF-Trading
COMP/36.559 - British
Gas+Wingas+1 - Publicity: Press release – other
Long-term gas supply contracts in the wholesale sector can be
compatible with European Competition Law
2002-09-12 DCMS
New
report maps out future for film industry
2002-09-12 FCC
Commission
Seeks Comment on Disposition of Down Payments and Pending Applications for
Licenses Won During Auction No. 35 for Spectrum
Formerly Licensed to Nextwave Personal Communications
Inc.
2002-09-12 FCC
FCC
Initiates Third Biennial Review of Broadcast Ownership Rules
2002-09-12 ICN
Final
Analytical Framework for Merger Review Discussion paper
2002-09-11
Anniversary of September
11th [Whitehouse site]
2002-09-10 FTC
2002-09-10 EC
COMP/38.370
- Network sharing UK - Art. 19(3) notice
3G Network Sharing cf. 2002-08-09
Case in Germany
2002-09-10 Oftel
cf.
expects to announce a decision in November
2002-09-10
Vertical
Integration and Media Regulation in the New Economy, Christopher S. Yoo,
Vanderbilt University - School of Law [SSRN]
2002-09-09 DOJ
Speech by Deborah
Platt Majoras, DAAG - Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Presented
at the Health Care and Competition Law and Policy Workshop Federal Trade
Commission Washington, DC
2002-09-09 EC
Car
taxation: Commission presents new strategy
2002-09-09 DTI
British
Energy – Government Announcement
cf.
Notification of this loan under EU state aid legislation is underway
2002-09-06 JFTC
優越的地位の濫用
2002-09-06 DOJ
Justice
Department Requires Restructuring of Acquisition By Aggregate Industries PLC of
Wakefield Materials Co. -
Divestiture of Boston Area Ready-Mix Concrete Facility Preserves
Competition
2002-09-06 DOJ
cf. related documents are on DOJ site
2002-09-06 OFT
2002-09-05 FCC
FCC
Convenes Federal-State Joint Conference on Regulatory Accounting Issues
cf. Press
Statement of Chairman Powell
2002-09-04 総務省サイト
「長期増分費用モデルの見直しを踏まえた接続料算定の在り方について」の答申草案に対する意見募集の結果
2002-09-04 EC
cf. M.2881
- KONINKLIJKE
BAM NBM / HBG - Decision: Art. 6(1)(b), Decision: Art. 9
2002-09-04 Oftel
Propelling
the broadband bandwagon - Strategic policy research [Oftel]
2002-09-03 EC
Commission
clears Bertelsmann's buy of Zomba - Decision: Art. 6(1)(b)
2002-09-02 OFT
September
2002-08-30 U.S. v. Visa U.S.A., Inc.,
Mastercard International, Inc., and Visa International, Inc.: Brief for the
United States (Final Version) [DOJ site]
2002-08-30 With Conditions, FTC
Approves Merger of Phillips and Conoco [FTC]
2002-08-30 Update on the
Competition Act 1998 consultation draft guideline on intellectual property
rights [OFT]
2002-08-29 Echostar wins Gemstar patent suit
[USITC]
cf.
2002-06-21
2002-08-28 Federal Trade
Commission Announces Formation of Merger Litigation Task Force [FTC]
2002-08-28 竹中大臣経済財政諮問会議後記者会見要旨 [内閣府サイト]
公取委、内閣府移管の方向で検討へ
2002-08-28 ITC
publishes revised advertising standards code [ITC]
2002-08-27 Granada and
Carlton Merger Talks Terminated (.doc-file) [Granada web site]
But ITC still wants them to clarify co-operation plan after
this announcement
2002-08-27 Ministers
to withdraw from competition aspects of EC merger cases [DTI]
introduce transparency
cf.
Enterprise
Bill
2002-08-27 Competition
Act clarities for transport operators [OFT]
2002-08-23 OECD Issues Guidelines
for the Security of Information Systems and Networks: Towards a Culture of
Security [FTC]
cf.
2002-08-07 OECD
Governments Launch Drive to Improve Security of Online Networks [OECD]
2002-08-23 Delta
Air Lines Signs Marketing Agreement with Continental Airlines and Northwest
Airlines [Delta Air]
2002-08-23 Special
fiscal treatment of banking foundations which do not carry out an economic
activity is not state aid [EC]
2002-08-23 The
OFT is consulting on the guidance it proposes to issue on the application
of the competition test provided in the Transport Act 2000 and Transport
(Scotland) Act 2001 [OFT]
2002-08-22 Satement
of FCC Chairman Michael Powell on FCC Investigation of WNEW-FM [FCC]
Letter
of Inquiry and Complaint Letter
2002-08-22 BT v.
Prodigy – Case #00cv09451 [US District Court of the Southern
District of New York]
US court rejects BT's hyperlink patent claim
2002-08-21 A
study into the UK licensed taxi services market, worth over £2 billion, was
launched [OFT]
2002-08-20 Tessa
Jowell announces review of TV programme production sector [DCMS]
An economic overview of how the programme supply
market works, covering intellectual property rights, cost characteristics,
funding, market structures, and scope for competition aiming to produce an
informed overview of the market, and to identify the main issues and concerns
requiring further attention. This initial review will provide a good foundation
for subsequent discussion in Parliament as the Communication Bill goes through
and for further consideration by OFCOM.
ITC
to undertake overview of programme supply market [ITC]
A
final report will be delivered to the Secretary of State in the late autumn,
for subsequent publication
cf.
Programme
supply review: ITC Guidance notes - 05/09/02
2002-08-19 Robert
Sachs, President & CEO of NCTA remarks to progress & freedom foundation,
ASPEN Summit [NCTA]
Regulation on Cable, DBS, telephone company
2002-08-19 Statement
of Commissioner Michael J. Copps on Complaints Received Regarding Radio
Broadcast of Sex Act in St. Patrick's Cathedral [FCC]
2002-08-19 Is
it time for an International Agreement on Antitrust ? - Speech by
Jean-François PONS, Frauenchiemsee, Germany, 03.06.2002 [EC]
2002-08-16 Commission
refers the assessment of Vía Digital's merger with Sogecable to the Spanish
Competition Authorities [EC]
reference process under Article 9.2 (a) of the Merger
Regulation
2002-08-16 ITC
grants DTT licences to the BBC & Crown Castle [ITC]
cf.
2002-08-19 BBC
and Crown Castle name "Freeview"
2002-08-16 The
OFT is consulting on the guidance it is
required to publish about the reforms to consumer protection legislation
once the Enterprise Bill becomes law [OFT]
2002-08-13 Rediscovering
Coordinated Effects, Speech by Charles A. James AAG, Antitrust Division,
U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ]
Presented at the American Bar Association Annual
Meeting, Section of Antitrust Law, Washington, DC
refinement of coordinated effects analysis and some
developments in other fields
2002-08-13 AGCM approved conditionally the case
Eridania / Seci-Sadam and Coprob-Finbieticola [AGCM-Italian antirust
authority]
collective dominant position analyzed on (1) product
homogeneity; (2) market transparency; (3) significant symmetries among the
market leaders
2002-08-12 Can the
International Competition Network Help Tame the Growing Multinational Merger
Thicket? [DOJ]
Speech by William J. Kolasky DAAG, Antitrust
Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Presented at the 2002 American Bar Association Annual
Meeting (Section of Antitrust Law), Washington, DC
cf.
2002-03-18,
The speaker regards this speech as the part II of the former speech
cf.
ICN web page
2002-08-09 Letter from
Chairman Powell to Rep. Markey re DTV Transition, August 9, 2002 [Rep. Markey Site]
Powell hinted the introduction of ‘digital must-carry’
2002-08-09 FCC
Chairman Michael K. Powell Outlines Critical Elements Of Future Spectrum Policy
[FCC]
Shift from “command and control” model
to market based mechanisms
2002-08-09 Commission
rejects complaint against International Olympic Committee by swimmers banned
from competitions for doping [EC]
Commission
sees State aid to tyre manufacturer Continental's Portuguese subsidary in
compliance with EU rules –State Aid [EC]
COMP/38.369
- Network sharing Germany – Notice pursuant to Article 19(3) [EC]
2002-08-09 ITC
consults on options for change in DTT transmission [ITC]
All multiplexes adopt ’16-QAM’?
ITC
reviews nominated news provider for ITV News [ITC]
2002-08-09 An
airline alliance between British Midland and United Airlines could
provide benefits to consumers that would outweigh possible anti-competitive
effects, according to a provisional finding by the OFT [OFT]
OFT is proposing to grant an individual exemption under
Article 81(3)
2002-08-08 Microsoft Settles FTC
Charges Alleging False Security and Privacy Promises [FTC]
2002-08-08 FCC
Introduces Phase-In Plan for DTV Tuners [FCC]
FCC
Explores Digital Broadcast Copy Protection [FCC]
2002-08-08 Commission
clears de-merger of cross-Channel ferry operator P&O Stena Line [EC]
2002-08-08 Oftel confirms
new prices for broadband services [Oftel]
2002-08-08 The OFT is consulting
on the guidance it is required to publish about the making of super-complaints
once the Enterprise Bill becomes law [OFT]
2002-08-08 モバイルインターネットサービス株式会社による他人の土地等の使用権設定の協議認可申請に対する処分
[総務省サイト]
東京電力株式会社に対する会計処理基準の提示
[総務省サイト]
2002-08-07 中長期における電波利用の展望と行政が果たすべき役割 －電波政策ビジョンの策定について情報通信審議会に諮問－[総務省サイト]
2002-08-06 NCTA Submits Reply
Comments to the FCC Regarding Classification of Cable Modem Services as an
'Information Service' [NCTA-US]
cf.
2002-03-14
FCC’s press release
2002-08-06 President
Bush Signs Trade Act of 2002 [White House]
2002-08-06 Commission
clears separate sale of Blu's business assets subject to commitments [EC]
2002-08-05 Commissionner
Liikanen's speech at the European Ministerial Conference in Ljbljana
(.doc-file) [EC]
At
European Ministerial Conference, Ljubljana, 4 June 2002
2002-08-05 Justice
Department Issues Microsoft Consent Decree Compliance Advisory [DOJ]
Milestones
Approach for Meeting Settlement Terms [Microsoft Corporation]
2002-08-05 Commission
clears take-over of IBM's hard-disk drive business by Hitachi [EC]
2002-08-05 Oftel's market
review guidelines: criteria for the assessment of significant market power
[Oftel] 
2002-08-02 「通信産業実態調査
設備投資調査」（平成14年3月実施）の結果 [総務省サイト]
2002-08-02 DTI
Invites Applications for the Role of Great Britain System Operator
[DTI-Ofgem]
Key conclusions
and invitation for applications published by DTI and Ofgem
2002-08-01 BetterCare Group
Limited v Director General of Fair Trading [CAT] Newly
added!
North & West’s activities in running its statutory
residential homes and engaging in the contracting out of social care to
independent providers are for the purposes of the Competition Act 1998 to be
regarded as economic activities for the purpose of deciding whether North &
West is an undertaking within the meaning of section 18(1) of the Act
2002-07 BBC’s Fair Trading
Bulletin March – May 2002, issued July 2002 [BBC]
2002-07 Study
on "Market Definitions for Regulatory Obligations in Communications
Markets", prepared by Squire Sanders and Dempsey [EC] 
examines and analyses markets in the electronic
communications sector with a view to defining relevant markets for ex-ante
regulation and attempts to develop guiding principles or criteria for
identifying candidate markets for ex-ante regulation
2002-07-31 UK's
response to the Commission's draft Recommendation on Relevant Markets [Oftel] 
2002-07-31 The
Joint Committee published its Report
on the draft Communications Bill [UK Parliament] 
cf.
Following
statement by the Ministers of DTI, DCMS
2002-07-30 Chairman
Powell's Testimony to Senate Commerce Committee: "Six Critical Steps for
Telecom Industry Recovery" [FCC site]
2002-07-30 FTC Recommends
Legislative Changes to Hatch-Waxman Act
-
Recommendations Seek to Maintain Incentives to Innovate and Facilitate Entry of
Generic Drugs [FTC]
2002-07-30 モバイルインターネットサービス株式会社による東日本旅客鉄道株式会社の土地等の使用に関する協議認可案件について
[総務省サイト]
2002-07-30 Legislation
and Regulation in the Transatlantic Framework Telecoms and Media -Speech by
Herbert UNGERER [EC] 
at
Executive Forum on the Telecommunications Industry, European Union Centre of
the University System of Georgia, Atlanta, USA, 17.06.2002
2002-07-30 ITC
issues further commendations on draft Communications Bill [ITC] 
2002-07-29 FTC Staff Comments on FERC's
Efforts to Develop Standard Market Design for Wholesale Electric Power
[FTC]
2002-07-28 Commission
creates Radio Spectrum Policy Group and European Regulators Group [EC] 
2002-07-26 The
interaction of officials of the European institutions and officials from the
Member States [EC]
Speech
by Alexander SCHAUB, the Dutch Permanent Representation, Brussels, Belgium,
09.07.2002
2002-07-26 Regulators Publish
Statement On Joint Working [UK] 
2002-07-25 「適正な電力取引についての指針」の改定について [JFTC-METI]
2002-07-25 David
Currie is appointed the new chair of OFCOM [Ofcom] 
2002-07-24 Request
by Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association to Commence Rulemaking
to
Establish
Fair Location Information Practices [FCC]
Location information and privacy concerns
2002-07-24 電気通信役務利用放送の業務に係る登録の実施
[総務省サイト]
2002-07-24 入札談合等関与行為の排除及び防止に関する法律（法律案）[衆議院サイト]
▼成立した法律は官報に掲載されています…が、一定期限で有料サイトへ移行します
cf.
2002-08-21 平成１４年度の入札談合防止に関する発注官庁等との協力・研修について[同法の図説含む]
2002-07-24 Commission
clears Carnival's takeover bid for P&O Princess [EC]
cf.
P&O Princess Cruises plc and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd: A
report on the proposed merger [Competition Commission - UK]
2002-04-11 Commission
launches detailed investigation into the takeover of P&O Princess by
Carnival Corporation [EC]
FTC now
examines the two bids
Commission
clears takeover of Sulzer Textil by Promatech subject to divestments [EC]
First joint referral under the Merger Regulation
2002-07-24 Oftel welcomes
BT’s decision to accept new measures to increase competition [Oftel]
cf.
Protecting
consumers by promoting competition: Oftel's conclusions - 20 June 2002
2002-07-23 FCC
Releases Data on Local Telephone Competition [FCC]
2002-07-22 Competition and
Antitrust: A Productivity-Based Approach by Michael E. Porter [Harvard Business School]
cf.
Competition
and Antitrust (.pdf-file presentation)
2002-07-21 Statement
by Chairman Powell on WorldCom Bankruptcy Filing [FCC]
cf.
2002-07-22 Letter
from Chairman Powell to WorldCom
cf.
2002-07-26 FCC Assures
WorldCom Customers Concerning Continuation of Phone Service
2002-07-19 Letter to
FCC Chairman Powell regarding intent to draft an omnibus DTV bill while
emphasizing the FCC is not relieved of its obligation and responsibility to
resolve issues in this area [US Committee on Energy and Commerce Democrats]
2002-07-18 Commission
launches discussion on best practice guidelines for divestiture commitments in
merger cases [EC]
2002-07-17 Commission
adopts comprehensive reform of competition rules for car sales and servicing
(IP/02/1073) [EC]
The
Commission Regulation for a new motor vehicle Block Exemption
Questions
and Answers - Background information on press release IP/02/1073
once
the Enterprise Bill becomes law
[OFT]
2002-07-15 Implementing
Spectrum Trading - A Consultation Document [RA] 
2002-07-12 Chairman
Michael K. Powell Responds to CE Industry's Failure to Make Real Commitments on
DTV Tuners [FCC]
2002-07-12 Alleged
anti-competitive agreement between a number of telecommunications network
operators [OFT]
2002-07-11 Statement
by FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell: DTV Plan Update -- Progress For Consumers
[FCC]
press
release / Industry letters
OPP
Working Paper No.36 [submitted on 2002-07-04] [FCC] 
cf.
Challenges of Convergence
(.ppt-file)
2002-07-11 COM(2002)
384 final
2002-07-11 Ofgem Consults on
Regulatory Issues Arising From NGC and Transco merger [Ofgem]
cf.
refer to 2002-05-13 Views of
interested parties sought by 28 August
2002-07-10 Commission
clears merger between Telia and Sonera subject to conditions [EC]
First case between two incumbent telecoms companies in Europe
which moreover are neighbours
2002-07-10 Consultation
draft guidance on the OFT's intended approach to market investigation
references once the Enterprise Bill becomes law [OFT]
2002-07-10 地域金融機関を中心とした合併等を促進する施策について [金融庁]
2002-07-09 Powell
Appointed to Corporate Fraud Task Force (.doc-file) [FCC]
cf.
from Whitehouse
MCI//WorldCom
2002-07-09 Commission
issues market power assessment Guidelines for electronic communications
[EC]
COMMISSION
GUIDELINES on market analysis and the assessment of SMP under the Community
regulatory framework for
Electronic
communications networks and services
cf.
refer to 2002-03-07 press release 
2002-07-08 Getting
competition in local access - Speech by Mario MONTI at the Public hearing sector
enquiry local loop unbundling [EC]
2002-07-05 “Ministerial
permission” for the acquisition of Ruhrgas AG by E.on [Germany]
Comment on
Ministerial Authorisation of Eon/Ruhrgas [BkartA]
cf.
2002-01-21 Bundeskartellamt
prohibits E.ON/Gelsenberg (Ruhrgas) merger
’Global player’, ‘national champion’ and national competition
2002-07-04 Consultation
draft guidance on the OFT's intended approach to competition disqualification
orders when the Enterprise Bill becomes law [OFT]
2002-07-04 ITC
Announces a Conditional Decision on Digital Terrestrial Television
to
award Multiplex Service Licence B to the BBC and Multiplex Service Linceces C
and D to Crown Castle [ITC]
BBC’s
press release / BSkyB’s
press release
Industrial policy [digital-switchover] and competition
2002-07-04 A
new Standard for Predatory Pricing – Presentation at the IBC Conference on
Postal Services [EC]
speech
by Tilman LÜDER
cf. 2001/354/EC: Commission
Decision of 20 March 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 82 of the EC
Treaty
(Case
COMP/35.141 Deutsche Post AG) (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under
document number C(2001) 728)
press
release: 2001-03-20 Antitrust
proceedings in postal sector result in Deutsche Post separating competitive
parcel services from letter monopoly
Predatory pricing, cross-subsidisation and incremental cost
test
2002-07-03 Revised Data
Set Involving Experimental Economics Study Examining Horizontal Concentration in
the Cable Industry [FCC]
originally
released on 2002-06-03
For the ease of cross-ownership rules
2002-07-02 Costs
suffered by airlines following the attacks of 11 September 2001 - The
European Commission authorises the aid proposed by Germany [EC]
State Aid and Airlines after 9.11
2002-07-01 FCC
Chairman Michael Powell Today Commences 2nd Term As FCC Commissioner
(.doc-file) [FCC]
2002-07-01 Commission
raises competition concerns about co-operation agreement between Air France and
Alitalia [EC]
cf.
Airline alliance faces slot surrender [Financial Times 2002-07-02]
2002-07-01 Oftel
sets out commitment to Competition Act [Oftel]
2002-07 The
Potential Relevance to the United States of the European Union’s Newly Adopted
Regulatory Framework for Telecommunications [FCC]
（以下、詳細版は【一次資料集－Headline
2002（前半）】にあります）
2002-06-30 Commission
clears joint control of Stream by Telecom Italia and News Television [EC]
2002-06-28 Administrative Law Judge Bars
Distributors of Three Tenors Media from Agreeing to "Fix, Raise, or
Stabilize" Prices [FTC]
いわゆる“三大テノール”
2002-06-26 新たな分野における特許と競争政策に関する研究会報告書 [JFTC]
2002-06-24 Competition
policy and broadcasting – A speech at the IEA conference on The Future of
Broadcasting By John Vickers [OFT]
2002-06-19 Speech to the Social Market
Foundation Conference on Public Service Broadcasting and the Communications
Bill [DCMS]
2002-06-18 Commission
launches public consultation on product and service markets in electronic
communications sector [EC]
cf.
refer to 2002-03-07 press release 
2002-06-14 累積生産集中度及びハーフィンダール指数並びに累積出荷集中度（平成１１・１２年）について [JFTC]
2002-06-13 Report
to the Seville European Council on the status of work on the guidelines for
state aid and services of general economic interest [EC]
2002-06-06 Airtours
v. Commission - Case T-342/99 [CFI]
Collective dominance and tacit collusion
2002-06-04 Review
of the EC Merger Regulation – Roadmap for the reform project - speech by
Mario Monti [EC]
speech
by Christian HOCEPIED [EC]
2002-06-03 Horizontal
Concentration in the Cable Television Industry: An Experimental Analysis –
OPP Working Paper [FCC]
cf.
Media Bureau seeks comment on the paper the same day, 2002-07-03 Revised Data
Set Released
2002-06-03 Commission
welcomes UEFA's new policy for selling the media rights to the Champions League
2002-06 The
development of targets for consumer savings arising from competition policy
[OFT]
Part
I – chapter 1-7, Part
II – chapter 8-10
2002-05-29 競争政策を考える懇談会 取りまとめ[METIサイト]
2002-05-08 The
pricing of conditional access services and related issues [Oftel] 
2002-05-07 The draft Communications Bill
published [DTI-DCMS] 
-
Joint Committee on
the draft Communications Bill [UK Parliament]
2002-05-01 Comparative
Review of Content Regulation - A McKinsey Report for the Independent
Television Commission (.doc-file) [ITC]
Study contract No. ETD/2000 /B5-3001/E/69, commissioned by the European Commission’s Internal Market Directorate-General
2002-04-30 GEMO
– Case C-126/01 Opinion of Advocate General - State Aid [EC] Now wait for the decision - definition of ‘State Aid’ 
related
to ‘Ferring’ case
2002-04-24 Coordinated Effects
in Merger Review: From Dead Frenchmen to Beautiful Minds and Mavericks –
speech by William J. Kolasky [DOJ]
Good
explanation on ‘Mavericks’
2002-04-11 ECJ
– Order of the President of the Court
NDC
Health Corporation and NDC Health v IMS Health Inc. and Commission
2002-03-20 ソフトウェアライセンス契約等に関する独占禁止法上の考え方―ソフトウェアと独占禁止法に関する研究会中間報告― [JFTC]
2002-03-19 Altmark
Trans - Case C-280/00 Opinion of Advocate General - State Aid [EC] Now wait for the decision - definition of ‘State Aid’ 
related
to ‘Ferring’ case
2002-03-07 New
Regulatory Framework for electronic communications infrastructure and
associated services [EC]
adopted
by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers [will apply from 25
July 2003]
published
in OJ
L 108, of 24.04.2002 - consisting of four Directives and one Decision 
2002-03-06 Radio Spectrum Management Review
[an independent review for DTI and HM Treasury]
reported
by the team led by Prof. Marin Cave 
2002-03 Innovation
and Competition Policy – Economic Discussion Paper [OFT]
Report
prepared for the Office of Fair Trading by Charles River Associates
Part
II – case studies (including BiB)
2002-02-19 Fox
Television Stations v. FCC [United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT] 
NTSO (National Television Station Ownership Rule) was
remanded to the FCC for further consideration whether to repeal or modify /
CBCO (Cable/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rule) was vacated. :see 2003-02-26 [CBCO
was erased by FCC]
2002-02-14 Digital
Rights – Background, Systems, Assessment – Commission Staff Working Paper [EC]
cf.
2001-05-22 Directive
