【一次資料集－Headline 2007（前半）】
Europa – A Constitution
for Europe /
The members of
the Barroso Commission (2004-2009)
A New Start for Lisbon
Strategy / State
aid Action Plan
DG
Competition Up coming events
Monitoring
of the decision-making process between institutions
Single-Firm
Conduct and Antitrust Law / Antitrust Modernization
Commission
June
2007-06-30 EC
What
competition has done for Europe's citizens in the wake of globalisation
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
Nouvelle République – Colloque "Libéralisme vs
protectionisme : pour une Europe ouverte mais pas offerte", Paris, 30th
June 2007
’Last week's European Council recognised just that, when it
reconfirmed that, at the level of the Founding Treaties, a system
ensuring undistorted competition forms an integral part of the Internal Market.
This is why the Union has exclusive competence to set the necessary competition
rules – and why I am with you here today.’
2007-06-29 FTC
FTC
Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Sony BMG Music Entertainment
2007-06-29 FCC
Media Bureau Acts on Requests for Waiver of Rules on
Integrated Set-Top Boxes
2007-06-29 EC 
EU
Tube – Sharing the sights and sounds of Europe on YouTube
2007-06-29 EC 
2007-06-29 EC
2007-06-29 EC 
’In 2006, for the first time since the entry into force of
Regulation 1/2003, the Commission made use of this “amicus curiae” possibility,
by presenting observations to the Cour d’appel de Paris concerning the
interpretation of the motor vehicle block exemption regulation’
2007-06-29 EC
2007-06-29 Ofcom 
Ofcom Begins
Assessment Of BT Undertakings
2007-06-29 Ofcom
Statement
- Television channels required to provide television access services in 2008
2007-06-29 総務省
電気通信事業における会計制度の在り方に関する研究会（第７回）（平成１９年６月２８日）
現状の配賦ルールの詳細等
2007-06-29 US Supreme Court 
Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.,
No. 06-480
[551 U.S. --- (2007)]
’The Court has abandoned the rule of per se illegality for
other vertical restraints a manufacturer imposes on its distributors.’
2007-06-28 EC
規則1/2003号の履行
2007-06-28 EC
Competition:
Commission requests Malta to adjust import monopoly for petroleum products
Article 31 EC(forbids discrimination between Member States’
nationals with regard to commercial state monopolies)に基づき、義務違反訴訟のステップに
2007-06-28 EC
Competition:
Commission welcomes simplification of access to Luxembourg telecommunication
markets
2007-06-28 EC
State
aid: latest Scoreboard analyses harm done by illegal aid
Deggendorf判決に言及、’accelerated recovery of illegal and incompatible
aid’ [Commission…systematically order the suspension of payment of new aid
(even if compatible) to companies that had not repaid previous illegal and
incompatible aid.]
2007-06-28 EC
範囲が拡大された透明性指令の遵守
2007-06-28 EC 
State
aid: Commission endorses subsidies for digital equipment in Italy
2007-06-28 EC
How
best to complete the Single European Market for energy?
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
General Assembly of International Federation of
Industrial Energy Consumers (IFIEC), Brussels, 28th June 2007
2007-06-27 FTC
2007-06-27 FCC
Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control
of Licenses, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
2007-06-27 EC 
Speech
on the results of the European Council of 21-23 June 2007
José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European
Commission
European Parliament Plenary, Brussels, 27 June 2007
2007-06-27 EC 
Mergers:
Commission prohibits Ryanair’s proposed takeover of Aer Lingus
Introductory
remarks at press conference on Ryanair/Aer Lingus decision
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
Press conference, Brussels, 27th June 2007
remediesを不十分として却下
2007-06-27 EC
2007-06-27 EC
State
aid: Commission conditionally authorises €900 million state guarantee for
BAWAG-PSK
’not be in conformity with the behaviour of a private
investor under normal market conditions’
2007-06-27 EC
Self
regulation applied to interactive games: success and challenges
Viviane Reding.
Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media
ISFE Expert
Conference, Brussels, 26 June 2007
いわゆるco- and self-regulation regimeの一事例
2007-06-27 EC
Telecoms:
Commission to take Germany to Court over its "regulatory holiday" law
2007-06-27 EC
Airport
tax at Malta Airport: Commission takes Malta to the Court of Justice
2007-06-27 EC
2007-06-27 EC
sgei及びpublic security/public interestで正当化を主張したが、容れず
Free
movement of capital: Commission asks Poland to amend its law on special powers
2007-06-27 EC
Commission
takes action against Luxemburg and Ireland regarding EU rules on electricity
and gas
2007-06-27 EC
2007-06-27 EC
2007-06-27 BBC 
BBC
iPlayer to launch on 27 July
2007-06-26 ECJ
Judgments of the Court of Justice in Cases C-284/04,
C-369/04 T-Mobile Austria e.a.
VAT Directiveの適用について―’economic activity’か否か
2007-06-26 EC/European Council(2007-06-22) 
Scope
of Article 308 of the EC Treaty
2007-06-26 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Ineos CV´s Specialty PVC Business
by Vinnolit
2007-06-26 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Initial ESG by UTC
2007-06-26 EC
Competition
Policy: Achievements in 2006; Work Programme in 2007; Priorities for 2008
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee, Brussels, 26th June 2007
2007-06-26 Ofcom 
Ofcom to consult
on BSkyB’s proposed digital terrestrial television services
2007-06-26 Ofcom 
Ofcom’s Investigations
Programme [during the period between 1 October 2006 and 31 March 2007]
2007-06-26 総務省
「コンテンツ競争力強化のための法制度」の在り方について情報通信審議会に諮問
2007-06-26 内閣府 
「私的独占（排除型）については、違反金（＝違反行為抑止のための行政上の金銭的不利益処分）の対象とすることが適当である。不公正な取引方法については、違反金の対象とすることは…立場に分かれた」
2007-06-26 JFTC
2007-06-25 DOJ
Press Release: Telephone
Company in Pennsylvania Eliminates Provisions Restricting Competition to
Address Justice Department Concerns - Procompetitive Changes to Rural
Incumbent Telephone Company's Settlements with New Entrants Will Deter Misuse
of Regulatory Challenges and Benefit Rural Pennsylvania Telephone Customers
2007-06-25 EC 
いわゆる’listed events’
cf.2005-12-15
Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-33/01 Infront
WM v Commission
2007-06-25 EC 
Telecoms:
Commission insists access network competition must be maintained in Germany
2007-06-25 EC
EU
Roaming Regulation enters into force across all 27 Member States on 30 June
2007-06-25 EC
2007-06-25 総務省
公平負担のための受信料体系の現状と課題に関する研究会（第２回）
衛星契約の料額設定の考え方等あり
2007-06-21/22 European Council 
BRUSSELS EUROPEAN COUNCIL 21/22 JUNE 2007
(non-exhaustive memo) services of general economic
interest (cf. Article 16, as amended in the 2004 IGC) a Protocol
will be annexed to the Treaties; Insertion of an Article 2 on the values of
the Union (‘The Union shall establish an internal market. It shall work…a
highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social
progress…’; and ‘the following Protocol will be annexed to the Treaties:
“Protocol on internal market and competition” [a system ensuring that
competition is not distorted] ’)
Related Information:
2007-06-21 METI
2007-06-20 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Wolff by Dow Chemical
2007-06-20 OFT
OFT
accepts undertakings instead of reference in Flybe / BA Connect merger
2007-06-20 総務省 
2007-06-20 総務省
2007-06-20 JFTC 
行政機関による施策の企画・立案・実施に当たって、独占禁止法上又は競争政策上の問題を検討するに当たっての参照事例
2007-06-19 DOJ 
Press Release: Justice Department
Files Joint Status Report on Microsoft's Compliance with the Final Judgments
- Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Microsoft over Google Complaint
VistaのInstant Searchをめぐり、検索エンジンのlevel
playing field確保
2007-06-19 DOJ
Press Release: Department
of Justice Settles Lawsuit Against Federation of Physicians and Dentists -
Settlement Would Bar Conduct that Raised Fees Among Cincinnati-Area OB-GYNs,
Allows Patients to Receive the Benefits of Competition
2007-06-19 Ofcom 
Bringing broadcasters
in line with other spectrum users after digital switchover
AIP導入について
2007-06-19 総務省 
「通信・放送の総合的な法体系に関する研究会 中間とりまとめ」に対する意見募集
2007-06-19 JFTC
スカパー、J-SAT合併（有料放送デジタル配信事業を検討対象市場に、プラットフォーム事業を川上市場、伝送事業を川下市場として市場画定）
2007-06-18 US Supreme Court 
Newly added!
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Billing, No 05-1157 [551 U.S. --- (2007)]
’The securities law implicitly precludes the application of
the antitrust laws to the conduct alleged in this case.’
2007-06-18 EC
2007-06-18 OFT 
OFT
consults on revised guidance in merger cases
’de minimis’ライクな（’Exception to the duty to refer: markets of
insufficient importance’）ガイドライン改定案（IBA判決後、’significant prospect’から’realistic prospect’にrefer基準が変わり、marginalな案件が増加するおそれがあることへの対処（脱法行為ではないことは強調））
2007-06-18 JFTC
2007-06-18 BBC Trust 
BBC publishes
report on safeguarding impartiality in the 21st century
2007-06-15 EC
2007-06-15 METI
2007-06-14 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-127/05 Commission
v United Kingdom
2007-06-14 EC
Mergers:
HgCapital abandons proposed acquisition of Denton and withdraws notification
2007-06-14 EC
2007-06-14 Ofcom
Ofcom to consider
long-term options for Channel 4’s future
2007-06-13 EC
Mergers:
Commission clears proposed joint venture between Wärtsilä and Hyundai
2007-06-13 EC 
State
aid: Commission maintains current rules for film and TV production
2007-06-13 EC
State
aid: Commission opens investigation into regulated electricity tariffs in
France
2007-06-13 Ofcom 
Ofcom to analyse
gap in digital delivery of public service content - A new approach to
public service content in the digital age
2007-06-12 DOJ
Press Release: Justice
Department Reaches Agreement Requiring Divestitures in Merger of First Busey
Corporation and Main Street Trust Inc. - Divestitures Resolve Antitrust
Concerns and Ensure that Banking Services in Champaign County, Ill., will
Remain Competitive
2007-06-12 EC
2007-06-12 EC
Corporate
governance: Directive on shareholders' rights formally adopted
2007-06-12 CC 
CC
publishes BSkyB / ITV timetable and invites viewer responses
BSkyB / ITV: Administrative
timetable published
2007-06-11 DOJ
Press Release: Statement
of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on its Decision to Close its Investigation
of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.'s Acquisition of CBOT Holdings
Inc. - Investigation Finds that Combination Not Likely to Substantially
Reduce Competition
2007-06-11 EC 
Explanatory
Memorandum of DG Competition on the draft general block exemption
cf.2007-04-24
2007-06-11 CC 
“‘A Wise Man Proportions His Beliefs to the Evidence’: Scepticism
and Competition Policy”
CCについて―EA2002がもたらしたもの（political
controlからの離脱、CAT review、public interest基準からSLC基準に、Market
Investigationの強力さ（措置つき））
2007-06-09 EC Newly added!
CISAC
- Commission market tests commitments – Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003
’…shareholders, no matter where they are located in the EU,
can have their say about the ways companies are run and can hold management
accountable.’
2007-06-08 FCC
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio
Holdings Inc., Pleading Cycle Established.
2007-06-08 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Matador by Continental
2007-06-08 OFT
OFT
considers undertakings in lieu of reference in Lloyds/IPCC pharmacy merger
2007-06-07 EC
European
air traffic management: further steps towards the Single European Sky
2007-06-07 EC
Roaming:
Commission welcomes political agreement in today's EU Telecom Council
2007-06-07 EC
Competition:
Commission welcomes Court of Justice judgment in zinc phosphate case
2007-06-07 総務省 
「東・西ＮＴＴの業務範囲拡大に係る公正競争ガイドライン」の改正案に対する意見募集
2007-06-06 EC
Comments
received on Draft Commission Guidelines on the assessment of non-horizontal
mergers
2007-06-06 EC
2007-06-05 ECJ Newly added!
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-170/04 Rosengren
e.a.
’That prohibition means that a person wishing to import
alcohol from other Member States must do so exclusively through Systembolaget.’で自由移動阻害（正当化理由なし）
2007-06-05 EC 
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
GCLC/College of Europe Conference on "50 years
of EC Competition Law", Brussels, 5th June 2007
今日的課題のリスト
2007-06-05 Ofcom
Westminster Media
Forum – Keynote speech
ラジオにまつわるお話（デジタルラジオ、所有規制等）
2007-06-05 Ofcom
Change to BT’s regulatory
financial reporting obligations
2007-06-04 FCC/2nd Circuit
Statement of Chairman Kevin Martin on 2nd Circuit
Court of Appeals Indecency Decision
US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit Docket
#06-1760
2007-06-04 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of First Choice by TUI, subject to
conditions
2007-06-04 EC
Services
Directive: Commission consults service providers on codes of conduct
2007-06-04 EC
2007-06-04 内閣府
改正独占禁止法の施行状況について
2007-06-01 FTC
Children Not Seeing
More Food Ads on Television - FTC Releases Research on Children’s Exposure
to Television Advertising
2007-06-01 FTC
FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras Promotes Continued
Antitrust Convergence at ICN Conference
2007-06-01 DOJ
Press Release: International
Competition Network Presents Report on Unilateral Conduct and Announces Merger
Convergence Project - Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett Promotes
Antitrust Convergence on Substantive Merger Review Issues
2007-06-01 EC
Why
Greece needs broadband and why it needs it now – a European perspective
Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission
responsible for Information Society and Media
The International Conference "Exploring the
Global Dynamics of Broadband Internet", Athens, 1 June 2007
‘The Commission is currently in the final stage of its
work on concrete proposal for a new regulatory framework for Europe’s Telecom
sector.’
2007-06-01 EC
2007-06-01 EC
New
European Chemicals Agency starts operations as REACH enters into force
2007-06-01 総務省
ドミナント規制見直し、活用業務制度について等
2007-06-01 総務省
2007-06-01 CPRC
「差別対価と公正競争阻害性－トーカイ・日本瓦斯事件の法と経済学－」
2007-06-01 JFTC
政府規制等と競争政策に関する研究会（国際航空第3回）議事概要
May
2007-05-31 DOJ
Press Release: Justice Department
Requires Divestitures in $1.5 Billion Merger of Monsanto and Delta and Pine
Land - Divestiture of Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company, DPL Seed Lines,
and Other Assets Will Preserve Competition for Farmers Throughout Cotton Belt
2007-05-31 DOJ
Speech: The ICN Merger Working Group: Setting the Stage
for Convergence - Presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the
International Competition Network by Assistant Attorney General Thomas O.
Barnett
2007-05-31 FCC
FCC Adopts Rules for Digital Audio Broadcasting
Order
/ News
Release (3/22/07)
2007-05-31 EC
2007-05-31 Ofcom 
BBC Fair Trading Bulletinで係争中とされていたもの（*access
services to Channel 4： Chapter II/82条－市場画定ののち、dominant
positionなしを判断〔未だシェア基準最低は、BA/Virginの39.7％の模様－当ケースではin-house
supplyを含めても[30-40]％と認定、参入障壁等を勘案〕； Chapter
I/81条－一定期間はBlock
Exemption該当（合併前シェア30％超えず）、一定期間はガイドライン判断で違反なしと判断（シェアは[60-70]％まで伸張）〔シェア算定におけるin-house
production算入除外がひとつのポイント（垂直的制限に関するガイドラインでは算入せずと明記（para.98）、non-compete
obligationの判断（Delimitisテスト〔foreclosure（draft
decisionでは、中間財では生じにくいと判断したと記載）/contribution〕））〕；
*access services to BBC： CBSLによるBBC Broadcast買収に伴うancillary
restraints該当の判断後、併合（期間短縮で決着）； なお、事前にBBC GovernorsでIMSのcomplaintを却下してからのケース）
2007-05-31 総務省
2007-05-31 総務省
郵便・信書便制度の見直しに関する調査研究会（第４回）配付資料
2007-05-30 EC
Mergers:
Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed take-over of Denton by
HgCapital
2007-05-30 EC
State Aid:
Commission
approves Dutch aid for inland waterway transport
State
aid: Commission considers Welsh public sector network scheme does not constitute
state aid
2007-05-30 EC
The
International Competition Network – Achievements and Goals
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
International Competition Network (ICN) Annual
Conference, Moscow, 30th May 2007
2007-05-30 Ofcom
Changes
to BT’s regulatory financial reporting and audit requirements
2007-05-30 JFTC
2007-05-29 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Bandag by Bridgestone
2007-05-29 総務省
放送普及基本計画及び放送用周波数使用計画の各一部変更案等に係る意見募集の実施―平成２３年以後のＢＳ放送の在り方等（いわゆる追加４チャンネル）
2007-05-29 総務省
情報通信審議会 情報通信政策部会（第２５回）配付資料―「「外国人向けの映像による国際放送」の在り方とその推進方策」について【平成１８年８月１日付け 諮問第１０号】
2007-05-29 総務省
「電気通信事業分野における競争状況の評価２００６（案）」（戦略的評価）に対する意見募集
2007-05-28 総務省
「電気通信事業分野における競争状況の評価２００６（案）」（定点的評価）に対する意見募集
2007-05-25 EC
EU
Ministers commit to a vibrant European audiovisual sector without frontiers at
Cannes
2007-05-25 EC
Draft
Community guidelines for State aid for environmental protection
’balancing test’（三要件）、二段階assessmentの導入（SAAP,
risk capital等のアプローチに基づく）; 環境政策のlegal basisとして、Article 2 of EU, Article 6
of EC, Article 174(2) of ECを列挙; PPP（Polluter Pay Principle）では支えられない部分の補填として、state aidを認識
2007-05-25 BBC Trust/BBC
Independent
Panel report: impartiality of BBC business coverage
Press Release: BBC
responds to Trust report on BBC business coverage
MEMO: Recommendations – ‘needs to develop an extensive
training programme to address business and workplace issues’; ‘systematic
efforts should be made to treat the audience as workers and investors as well
as consumers’
2007-05-25 総務省
2007-05-24 EC 
Commission
welcomes political agreement on new Directive for Europe's audiovisual media
2007-05-24 EC
Antitrust:
Commission welcomes Court of First Instance judgments in German recycling cases
2007-05-24 DTI/CC/OFT/Ofcom 
Acquisition by British Sky Broadcasting plc of a
17.9% stake in ITV - Decision
by Secretary of State
BSKYB/ITV
Inquiry: CC invites evidence
OFT
welcomes reference of BSkyB's acquisition of stake in ITV to the Competition
Commission
MEMO: OFTによるCCへの移送テスト（市場画定では、潜在的新規参入者としてpay TV marketsを分離）（なお、media
public interest considerationについては、EA 2002 Section 44(3)(b)は除外されており、OFTは競争の観点のみレポート）/Ofcomによる’a
sufficient of persons with control of the media enterprises serving that
audience’ [DTI: Public Interest Intervention Notice]への判断レポート[EA
2002 section 44A]（判断「市場」は、UK cross-media audience for national news and
the UK TV audience for national news）
2007-05-23 ECJ AG(Poiares Maduro) Newly added!
Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-438/05 The
International Transport Workers' Federation et The Finnish Seamen's Union
’However, the fact that social policy is one of the aims of
the EC Treaty does not mean that measures taken in this field are
automatically excluded from the scope of the rules on freedom of movement’; ’As
to whether the actions in question strike a strike a fair balance between the
right to take collective action and the freedom of establishment, the Advocate
General notes that a coordinated policy of collective action among unions
normally constitutes a legitimate means to protect the wages and working
conditions of seafarers. However, collective action that has the
effect of partitioning the labour market and that impedes the hiring of seafarers
from certain Member States in order to protect the jobs of seafarers in other
Member States would strike at the heart of the principle of
non-discrimination on which the common market is founded.’
2007-05-23 ECJ AG Newly added!
Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-341/05 Laval
un Partneri
’Collective action must, however, be motivated by
public-interest objectives, such as the protection of workers and the fight
against social dumping, and must not be carried out in a manner that is
disproportionate to the attainment of those objectives.’
2007-05-23 EC
Commission
welcomes political agreement to cap mobile roaming charges in Europe as from
summer
2007-05-23 EC
2007-05-23 EC
Postal
Services: Call for Action
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal
Market and Services
Dinner-debate on the Third Postal Directive at the FFPI
(Free and Fair Post Initiative), Strasbourg, 23 May 2007
2007-05-22 FTC
FTC Testifies on
Market Forces, Competitive Dynamics, and Gasoline Prices - Initiatives to Protect
Competitive U.S. Gasoline Markets Detailed
2007-05-22 DOJ
Press Release: Justice
Department Reaches Settlement With the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association
and Its Subsidiary - Settlement Restores Competition for Temporary Nursing
Services in Arizona
2007-05-22 DOJ
Press Release: Justice
Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Daily Gazette Company and MediaNews
Group - Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Competition Between Owners of Charleston,
West Virginia's Only Two Daily Newspapers
2007-05-22 EC
2007-05-21 FTC/DOJ
Press Release: Texas
Hedge Fund Manager will Pay Civil Penalty for Violating Antitrust Premerger
Notification Requirements
2007-05-21 EC 
Two
years into the SAAP - State of Play and prospects
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition Policy
European State Aid Law Institute Conference,
Brussels, 21st May 2007
振り返り（Four guiding principles; Risk Capital Guidelinesの革新性（’Lisbon
year’））と、’top
ongoing priority’[General Block Exemption]の確認
2007-05-21 EC
Commission
reports on the application of State aid rules to the Coal Industry in the EU
2007-05-21 BBC/Ofcom 
Public
Value Test into BBC HDTV channel proposal begins
Ofcom begins
Market Impact Assessment of BBC’s proposed HDTV service
2007-05-18 OFT
OFT
refers anticipated acquisition by G4S Cash Services of Abbotshurst Group
(Security Plus)
2007-05-18 OFT
OFT
accepts undertakings instead of reference to the Competition Commission -
offered by Inchcape plc (Inchcape) to address the competition concerns which arose
from the acquisition by Inchcape of European Motor Holdings plc (EMH)
2007-05-17 DTI
£1.7bn
investment to keep Post Office network national – subject to state aid
clearance
2007-05-17 CC
Review
of methodologies in transport inquiries published
2007-05-16 DOJ
Speech: Recent Developments
in Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law - Presented at the American Conference
Institute's Third Annual In-House Counsel Forum on Pharmaceutical Antitrust by
Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett
2007-05-16 EC 
New
Commission Decision creates a single reference point for uniform EU radio
spectrum information
2007-05-16 EC 
2007-05-16 Ofcom
Ofcom publishes
code of practice on transitional arrangements for digital switchover
2007-05-16 JFTC
建設業におけるコンプライアンスの整備状況-独占禁止法を中心として
2007-05-15 DOJ
Press Release: Justice
Department Expresses Concerns to Tennessee State Legislature on Bill That Would
Deny Consumers Cash Rebates in Real Estate Transactions - Legislation Would
Cause Tennesseans to Pay Higher Real Estate Commissions, Department Says
2007-05-15 EC
Broadband
rollout and competition policy – what role for public funding?
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
‘Bridging the Broadband Gap’ Conference, Brussels,
15th May 2007
2007-05-15 Ofcom
Response to
Culture Media and Sport Committee questions on Call TV quiz services
Ed Richards, Ofcom Chief Executive, 15 May 2007
2007-05-15 OFT
OFT
issues statement of objection against Cardiff Bus for predatory behaviour
2007-05-14 EC
The
future of the Single Market
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal
Market and Services
Sofia University, Sofia, 14 May 2007
2007-05-14 EC 
Telecommunications:
Commission endorses the Polish regulator's modified market analysis of retail
access market – Article 7 procedure
2007-05-11 EC
2007-05-11 EC
Regulation 1/2003・11条6項（Commission’s
initiativeの優位）、Sector Inquiryの一部ではないことを強調
2007-05-11 EC
European
competition policy facing a renaissance of protectionism - which strategy for
the future?
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
St Gallen International Competition Law Forum, St
Gallen, 11th May 2007
Article 21 of ECMR, provision of subsidies等に言及
2007-05-11 JFTC
天然ガスエコ・ステーション建設工事の入札参加業者らに対する排除措置命令、課徴金納付命令等について
2007-05-10 EC
Competition:
Commission welcomes Court of Justice judgment in specialty graphite cartel case
2007-05-10 EC
2007-05-10 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Novelis by Hindalco
2007-05-10 EC
State
aid: Commission approves aid to OTE's early retirement scheme
State
aid: Commission endorses loan to Spanish lollipop producer Chupa Chups, but
vetoes subsidies
State
aid: Commission refers Italy to Court of Justice for failure to recover illegal
aid
2007-05-10 EC
2007-05-10 EC
EC条約151条
2007-05-10 EC Newly added!
Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission
responsible for Information Society and Media
2007-05-10 総務省
「次世代放送技術に関する研究会」報告書（案）に対する意見の募集
立体テレビ！
2007-05-09 OFT
Scottish
legal profession super-complaint
2007-05-08 DOJ/FTC
Press Release: U.S.
Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Issue Report on Competition
in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry - Agencies Make Recommendations to
Maintain Competition and Protect Consumers From Anticompetitive Conduct
2007-05-08 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Novelis by Hindalco
2007-05-08 EC
2007-05-08 EC
SEPA:
An opportunity for Europe – Role of the public sector
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal
Market and Services
SEPA Conference (Conference for Public
Administrations), Brussels, 8 May 2007
2007-05-07 FCC
Remarks
of FCC Chairman Martin to National Cable & Telecommunications Association
in Las Vegas, NV
2007-05-07 EC
2007-05-07 総務省
2007-05-04 DOJ
Press Release: Statement
of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on its Decision to Close Its
Investigation of Smithfield Inc.'s Acquisition of Premium Standard Farms Inc.
- Division Concludes Merged Firm is Not Likely to Harm Competition, Consumers
or Farmers
2007-05-04 FCC
FCC Seeks Comment to Ensure All Cable Customers
Receive Programming After the Digital Television Transition
2007-05-04 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of MyTravel Group by KarstadtQuelle
2007-05-04 DCMS/BBC Trust
Statement
by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell regarding the Digital Switchover Help Scheme
Response
from BBC Trust to DCMS announcement on Digital Switchover Help Scheme
2007-05-03 FCC
FCC Requires Retailers to Fully Inform Consumers
About Analog TV Equipment Limitations as Transition to Digital Approaches
2007-05-03 EC
Commission
supports worldwide free press
2007-05-03 EC
Mergers:
Commission opens in-depth inquiry into Travelport's proposed acquisition of
Worldspan
2007-05-03 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed merger between Statoil and Hydro
2007-05-03 EC
2007-05-03 OFT
OFT
refers football pools merger to the Competition Commission
2007-05-03 OFT
2007-05-02 FTC
FTC
Testifies Before U.S. Senate on Barriers to Entry of Generic Drugs - H.R.
1902 Called a “Fundamentally Sound” Approach to Eliminating Anticompetitive
Pharmaceutical Exclusion Payments
2007-05-02 EC
Internal
Market: Commission launches debate on future EU policy on retail financial
services
2007-05-01 CC
CC
orders price reduction following water merger
Mid-Kent Water/South-East Water inquiry: Final
report published
April
2007-04-30 DOJ
Press Release: Department
of Justice Will Not Oppose Standards-Setting Organization's Proposal on Patent
Information Policy
2007-04-30 BBC/BBC Trust 
BBC
welcomes approval for new on-demand services
Public
Value Test final conclusions
PVT終了、最終決定（MEMO: Timeline・各種ペーパー統一整理、同時にsyndication policyについてconsultation開始、iPlayerは単独Service Licenceの対象とならず）
cf.2007-01-31
Related consultation:
Public
consultation on the BBC Trust's draft on-demand syndication policy
2007-04-27 EC
"State
aid and globalisation – the competition perspective"
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
Informal Competitiveness Council, Würzburg, 28th
April 2007
’Intra-EU state aids discipline and an active trade policy
abroad are two sides of the same coin.’
2007-04-27 EC
Mergers:
Commission clears proposed acquisition of UGS by Siemens
2007-04-27 OFT/Ofcom/DTI 
OFT
reports to Secretary of State on BSkyB's acquisition in ITV
Ofcom completes
investigation into BSkyB’s shareholding in ITV plc
cf.2007-02-26
DTIへのresponse
DTI:
’The Secretary of State will now study the reports and
announce his decision on reference to the Competition Commission on or before
the statutory deadline of 26 May 2007. OFT and Ofcom will publish their reports
on or before this date.’
2007-04-27 BBC/BBC Trust
BBC
and ITV to launch a free-to-view satellite proposition
approval by BBC Trust [When considering non-service
applications from BBC management, it is for the Trust to decide how it will
consider the public interest and market impact issues. Clause 22 of the
Agreement]
2007-04-27 BBC
Balen
report: BBC successful in High Court challenge
Balen reportがFOI Act範囲外であることの確認
2007-04-27 総務省
MEMO: Virgin Media/BSkyB紛争、米MVPD垂直規制、Fin-Syn/TWFD等
2007-04-27 総務省
2007-04-27 JFTC
「知的財産の利用に関する独占禁止法上の指針」（原案）に対する意見募集について
2007-04-26 CFI/EC
Judgment of the Court of First Instance in joined
cases
T-109/02,T-118/02,T-122/02,T-125/02,T-126/02,T-128/02,T-129/02,T-132/02,T-136/02
Bolloré v Commission
Competition:
Commission welcomes Court of First Instance judgment in carbonless paper cartel
case
2007-04-26 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Coryton Refinery by Petroplus
2007-04-26 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Tussaud's by Merlin
2007-04-26 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Delvita by REWE group
2007-04-26 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Scandic by EQT
2007-04-26 EC
Culture:
Laureates of the 2007 "European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa
Nostra Awards"
2007-04-26 OFT
OFT
launches market study into personal current accounts
2007-04-26 BBC Newly added!
BBC
Trust announces Public Value Test into BBC HD Channel
2007-04-25 FCC
FCC Adopts Report on Violent Television Programming
and Its Impact on Children
2007-04-25 EC
State
aid: Commission takes note of abolition of unlimited state guarantee for Polish
Post Office
2007-04-25 EC
2007-04-25 CESE/CdR
2007-04-25 JFTC
2007-04-25 BBC
Press Release: BBC
Statements of Programme Policy 2007/2008
新ガバナンス枠組みに沿った形で記述を再編
2007-04-24 EC 
Mergers:
Commission launches public consultation on draft revised guidelines on remedies
2007-04-24 EC 
State
aid: Commission launches consultations on simplified rules for block exemptions
SAAPに基づく措置： 分野別一括適用除外規定を、新分野も加えつつ統合・簡素化； to adopt the final version of this
regulation before the summer of 2008
2007-04-24 EC 
2年間でcommitmentを履行する（同種の話は、アイルランド、オランダ（この２件はドイツのケースと同時）、ベルギーのケースがペンディング）； new media activitiesについて、”contribution to editorial competition”-test, 追加デジタルチャンネルについて、specifying the required focus on ”information,
culture and education”； 判断の基本枠組みは従来通り（Protocol, Communication）
cf.2005-03-03;
2006-07-20
2007-04-24 EC
Commission
authorizes the Netherlands to financially support the extension of the port of
Rotterdam
Maritime
transport: Commission authorises an aid scheme for Dutch shipowners to promote
innovation
Commission
approves InterFerryBoats restructuring plan
Airport
infrastructure: financing of Tallinn airport does not fall under competition
rules
European
Commission gives green light for State aid to the coal sector in Poland
2007-04-24 EC
2007-04-24 EC
2007-04-23 EC/COR
Internal
market not at odds with social Europe but benefits need to be better explained
2007-04-23 EC
2007-04-23 EC
2007-04-23 EC
2007-04-23 EC
Commission
authorises, subject to conditions, public service obligations on air routes to
Sardinia
2007-04-20 FTC
Chairman Issues
Commission’s Annual Report at ABA Spring Meeting - “The FTC in 2007: A
Champion for Consumers and Competition”
2007-04-20 DOJ
U.S. v. Mittal Steel:
Motion and Memorandum
of Plaintiff United States in Support of Entry of Final Judgment
Certificate of
Compliance with Provisions of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act
2007-04-20 EC
Competition:
study on electricity markets supports the results of the Commission's Sector
Inquiry
2007-04-20 経済財政諮問会議
第9回会議(平成19年4月20日) 成長力加速プログラム：その2（サービス革新戦略）
MEMO: ICT改革推進プログラム
2007-04-19 DOJ
Press Release: Sixth
Samsung Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Participating in DRAM Price-Fixing
Cartel - Executive Agrees to Serve Longest Sentence Ever Imposed Against a
Foreign Defendant Charged With Price Fixing
2007-04-19 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-444/05 Stamatelaki
〔先決裁定〕 第一義的に’Community law leaves intact the power of
the Member States to organise their social security systems’； しかし、unjustified restrictionsの存在
2007-04-19 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-381/05 De
Landtsheer Emmanuel
〔先決裁定〕 ’comparative advertising’の定義
2007-04-19 EC
2007-04-19 EC
Commission
to recover € 285.3 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States
2007-04-19 EC
2007-04-19 Ofcom
Ofcom research
into illegal broadcasting in the UK
2007-04-19 Ofcom
Voice of
the Listener and Viewer - Speech / presentation
AVMS Directive（改正TWFD）について、’an appropriate evolution of the current model and a
step towards a longer term vision for content regulation’と予測；そのほか部分規制論、self-regulationの混在等にも言及
2007-04-19 OFT
OFT
refers acquisition by Tesco of a former Co-op store in Slough to the
Competition Commission
2007-04-18 DOJ
Press Release: Justice
Department Requires Divestitures in Amsted Industries Inc.'s Purchase of FM
Industries - Divestitures Remedy Harm to Competition and Enables New
Competitor to Enter Market for Railroad Car Cushioning Units
2007-04-18 EC
The
European Commission wants better public access to documents of the EU
institutions
2007-04-18 EC
Competition:
Commission fines members of beer cartel in The Netherlands over €273 million
2007-04-18 EC
State
aid: Commissioner Kroes discusses Polish shipyard subsidies with Polish Prime
Minister
2007-04-18 EC
Europe's
Digital Library experts set to focus on copyright today
2007-04-18 OFT 
OFT
announces consultation on private actions in competition law
2007-04-17 DOJ/FTC 
Press Release: Department
of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Issue Report on Antitrust and
Intellectual Property - Report Examines Issues Central to the Intellectual
Property-Antitrust Interface and Discusses the Agencies' Antitrust Analysis of
Conduct Involving Intellectual Property Rights
2007-04-17 FCC
Commission Seeks Comment on the Status of Children’s
Television Programming
2007-04-17 Ofcom
Ofcom consults on
future of radio regulation and licensing
2007-04-16 FTC
New Mexico Court
Temporarily Blocks Western Refining’s Acquisition of Rival Energy Company Giant
Industries, Inc. - Companies Barred from Completing Transaction Pending
Preliminary Injunction Hearing
2007-04-16 FTC
FTC
Challenges Actavis Group's Proposed Acquisition of Abrika - To Restore
Competition, Actavis Must Divest Rights to Generic Isradipine Capsules
2007-04-16 FCC 
FCC Begins Inquiries on Broadband Data and Broadband
Deployment – 関連プレスリリースあり
2007-04-16 総務省
2007-04-13 FTC
FTC Files Complaint in Federal
District Court Seeking to Block Equitable Resources’ Acquisition of The Peoples
Natural Gas Company from Dominion Resources - Commission Seeking Temporary
Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
2007-04-13 FCC 
Broadcasters Pay $12.5 Million to Resolve Possible
"Payola" Violations – 関連プレスリリースあり
2007-04-13 DTI 
Anticipated
acquisition by General Electric of Smtihs Aerospace - Ian McCartney
publishes draft undertakings [ECMR Article 21(4); national security]
2007-04-12 FTC
FTC Issues Report
on Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children
FTC Files
Complaint in Federal District Court Seeking to Block Western Refining’s
Acquisition of Rival Energy Company Giant Industries, Inc.
- Commission Seeking Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
2007-04-12 EC 
New
vademecum of EU rules on State Aid
2007-04-12 EC
2007-04-12 Ofcom
Removing
regulation to promote new wireless services
2007-04-11 EC
2007-04-11 EC
2007-04-11 EC
2007-04-10 FTC
FTC
Approves Proposed Divestiture in Matter of Service Corporation International
2007-04-10 FTC
FTC Seeks to Block
Western Refining’s Proposed Acquisition of Giant Industries - Transaction
Would Reduce Competition in Supply of Gasoline and Other Bulk Light Petroleum
Products to Northern New Mexico
2007-04-10 DOJ
Press Release: Justice
Department Will Not Oppose Proposal by Trucking Companies for Benchmarking
Survey
2007-04-10 EC
Mergers:
Commission refers proposed acquisition of Ahold Polska by Carrefour to Polish
Competition Authority – ECMR Article 9
2007-04-06 JFTC
2007-04-05 DTI
Takeover
panel gets new powers
2007-04-05 BBC Trust
Sir Michael
Lyons appointed BBC Chairman
2007-04-04 EC
2007-04-04 EC
2007-04-04 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Van Gansewinkel by AVR
2007-04-04 EC
State aid:
Regional
airport infrastructure: Commission approves Polish aid to Lodz airport
Commission
approves public financing for Puglia regional airports in Italy
Community guidelines on financing of airports and start-up
aid to airlines departing from regional airports (OJ C312/1 [9.21.2005])に則って判断
State
aid: Commission partially endorses training aid to General Motors Belgium
2007-04-04 EC 
Commission
proposes raising the ceiling for “de minimis” aid in the agriculture sector
現行規則－Regulation (EC) No 1860/2004
2007-04-04 EC
Commission
unveils its vision for the future of the European Research Area
2007-04-04 Ofcom
今後赤字転落が見込まれるChannel 4のゆくえ
2007-04-04 OFT
OFT
launches market study into UK medicines distribution
2007-04-03 
AMC/DOJ/FTC
Antitrust Modernization
Commission Report and Recommendations
DOJ:
Press Release: Antitrust
Division Statement Regarding the Release of the Antitrust Modernization
Commission Report - Division Commends Commission's Review of Antitrust
Laws, Policies
FTC:
[non-exhaustive memo] Substantive Antitrust Standards (not
recommend legislative change to Sherman Act, Section 7 of Clayton Act, merger
enforcementにおいてさらなるeconomic foundationsのstudyを,
'offering of bundled discounts or rebates' 'unilateral refusals to deal with
rivals in the same market'について、'Clarity will be best achieved in the courts, rather
than through legislation'と総括); Repeal of Robinson-Patman Act; Patents and
Antitrust; Improving the Enforcement Process (DOJ/FTC間の振り分けのさらなる改善);
Private Litigation (Indirect/Direct Purchaser Litigationについては、最高裁判判決を覆す立法を提言);
Criminal Penalties; International Antitrust (‘dominant’ firm behaviorについての差異の懸念);
Immunities and Exemptions (‘many are vestiges of earlier antitrust enforcement
policies’, ‘only on the basis of compelling evidence that…important social
goals/market failure’, state action doctrine-FTC staff report支持);
Regulated Industries (‘The courts, of course, should interpret antitrust
“saving clauses” to give full effect to congressional intent that the antitrust
laws continue to apply’, ‘the DOJ or the FTC should have full antitrust full
antitrust merger enforcement’);
2007-04-03 EC
Patents:
Commission sets out vision for improving patent system in Europe
2007-04-03 EC 
2007-04-03 EC 
2007-04-03 EC
2007-04-03 Ofcom
Ofcom publishes
its Annual Plan for 2007/8
2007-04-03 DTI
2007-04-03 CC
Airport investigations: CC
invites evidence
CAAのreferenceとOFTのmarket
investigationのふたつ
2007-04-03 OFT
2007-04-03 OFT
2007-04-02 EC
Final
report of the study on the availability and robustness of electronic
communication networks is now available – Commission invites comments and
extends the deadline until 18 May
2007-04-02 Ofcom
The Communications
Market: Broadband
March
2007-03 CPRC
"Mergers
and Economic Performance: Do Efficiency Gains Justify Horizontal Mergers?"
2007-03-30 DOJ
2007-03-30 EC
2007-03-30 EC
Mergers:
Commission clears joint venture between Alstom UK and Balfour Beatty
2007-03-30 EC
More
competition and greater energy security in the Single European Market for
electricity and gas
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
High-Level Workshop on Energy Organised By German
Presidency, Berlin, 30 March 2007
2007-03-30 EC
ICT
drives 50% of EU growth, says Commission's annual report on the digital economy
2007-03-30 EC
2007-03-30 OFT 
OFT
refers BAA airports to the Competition Commission
2007-03-30 総務省 
番組問題への対応－「発掘！あるある大事典II」
cf. 関西テレビ「『発掘！あるある大事典II』に関するお知らせ」一覧
2007-03-30 総務省 
2007-03-30 総務省
2007-03-30 総務省
「コロケーションルールの見直し等に係る接続ルールの整備について」
- 情報通信審議会からの答申
2007-03-29 DOJ
Speech: Antitrust Issues in
Standard Setting - Presented at the 2nd Annual Seminar on IT
Standardization and Intellectual Property, China Electronics Standardization Institute,
Beijing, China by Hill B. Wellford, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General
2007-03-29 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-347/04 Rewe
Zentralfinanz
2007-03-29 EC
Telecoms:
Consumers have more choice but full potential of EU's internal market remains
unexploited
2007-03-29 Ofcom
Regulation of
Voice over IP services
2007-03-28 EC 
2007-03-28 EC
2007-03-28 JFTC
「企業結合審査に関する独占禁止法の運用指針」等の一部改定について
・別紙１
・別添
2007-03-27 FCC
FCC Approves Transfer of Univision Communications
Inc., and Enters Into $24 Million Consent Decree With Univision Concerning
Children's Programming Requirements
2007-03-27 総務省
２０１０年代のケーブルテレビの在り方に関する研究会（第１１回）
「２０１０年代におけるケーブルテレビを取り巻く市場動向」調査研究報告
2007-03-26 FCC
FCC Grants Application for Transfer of Control of
Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico, Inc. (TELPRI) From Verizon Communications,
Inc. to America Movil, S.A. de C.V.
2007-03-26 EC
The
Future of the Transatlantic Capital Market – Regulation, Risk, Governance
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal
Market and Services
Finance Dublin 8th Annual Conference, Dublin, 26
March 2007
NYSE-Euronext mergerに引き付けて（risk
managementベースのHedge Funds規制等、transatlanticの取り組み）
2007-03-26 EC
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
13th International Conference on Competition and the
14th European Competition Day, Münich, 26th March 2007
Sector Inquiriesについて（direct
remedyのあるUK market investigationにも言及）
2007-03-26 EC
2007-03-26 OFT
Completed
acquisition by Inchcape plc of European Motor Holdings plc
2007-03-25 EC
A
stronger Europe for a successful globalisation
José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European
Commission
50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, Berlin, 25
March 2007
2007-03-24 EC
2007:
When The Successes Of The Past Meet The Challenges Of The Future
José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission
Opening ceremony of concert to mark 50th anniversary
of the Treaties of Rome, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 24th March 2007
2007-03-23 EC 
2007-03-23 EC 
cf.2006-03-22
Commitments
Regulation 1400/2002 4条2項に規定されるtechnical
informationについてのcommitment decisionに向けて
2007-03-23 EC 
State
aid: Commission refers Spain to Court and requests Slovenia to fully implement
Financial Transparency Directive (Directive 80/723/EEC, 2000/52/EC)
2007-03-23 EC
国内法による競争法/規制法調整へのintervention
2007-03-23 EC
Improving
Europe's energy markets through more competition
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
Tischgespräch - Industrie-Club e.V. Düsseldorf,
Düsseldorf, 23rd March 2007
2007-03-23 METI
2007-03-23 METI
東芝ライテック株式会社に対する下請代金支払遅延等防止法の措置請求について
2007-03-23 総務省
株式会社スカイパーフェクト・コミュニケーションズ及びジェイサット株式会社の産業活力再生特別措置法に基づく事業再構築計画の認定
2007-03-23 総務省
「電気通信事業分野における市場画定２００６（案）」に対する意見募集の結果
2007-03-22 FCC
FCC Launches Inquiry into Broadband Market Practices
2007-03-22 FCC
FCC Adopts Rules for Digital Audio Broadcasting
2007-03-22 FCC
FCC Classifies Wireless Broadband Internet Access
Service as an Information Service
News
Release / Declaratory
Ruling
2007-03-22 FCC
FCC Initiates Rulemaking to Evaluate Access to
Multiple Dwelling Units for Video Providers
2007-03-22 FCC
FCC Approves Citadel/Disney Radio Transaction
2007-03-22 FCC
FCC Adopts Annual Report on State of Competition in
Satellite Industry
’FCC concludes that the commercial satellite services sector
continues to benefit U.S. consumers, government at all levels and American
industry by providing important connectivity and ongoing technology
innovation.’
2007-03-22 EC 
Special
euro coin issue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the EU
2007-03-22 EC
2007-03-22 EC 
New
round of infringement proceedings in electronic communications: What are the
issues?
2007-03-22 EC
2007-03-22 EC
Competition:
Commission refers Greece back to Court for failure to adopt new framework for
broadcasting services – Directive 2002/77/EC
2007-03-22 Ofcom
Public Service
Broadcasting Annual Report – under Section 264 of CA 2003 [assessment]
the first in an annual series / a factual account…rather than
a strategic review of the PSB landscape
2007-03-22 Ofcom
Inquiry into
premium rate telecoms services in television programmes
2007-03-22 OFT
OFT
closes door on cartel leniency in construction bid rigging cases in England
2007-03-22 BBC Trust
Statement
by the BBC Trust – Alan Johnston / BBC.com [in particular how advertising
revenue from BBC.com would be reinvested in BBC Global News and the BBC’s UK
public services] / Editorial standards
2007-03-22 総務省
2007-03-21 FCC
Remarks
of Chairman Martin at the Task Force on Media and Child Obesity Meeting in
Washington, DC.
2007-03-21 EC
State
aid: Commission extends formal investigation procedure regarding Belgian
coordination centres
State
aid: Commission opens in depth investigation into Hungarian intra-group
interest taxation
Commission
approves public financing of bus transport in Malta – Altmark test後、Regulation
1191/69/ECで判断
Commission
authorises aid to passengers on domestic routes in French Guiana
2007-03-21 EC
Commission
adopts new infringements package – 399 legal cases against Member States
2007-03-21 EC
European
rail market: Commission takes 10 Member States to the Court
2007-03-21 EC
2007-03-21 EC
Internal
Market: infringement proceedings against Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy,
Portugal and Spain - Italy, Portugal and Spain – Directive on rental and
lending rights
2007-03-21 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Nera by Thrane & Thrane
2007-03-21 EC
2007-03-21 EC
First
vote on Roaming in the European Parliament: Commission welcomes ambitious start
2007-03-21 EC
2007-03-20 EC
Mergers:
Commission launches in-depth investigation into proposed acquisition of Télé2
France by SFR
pay-TV sectorへの影響関連（水平、垂直とも）； 当事者からのundertakingsはreject（MEMO:
SFRはjointly
controlled by Vivendi and Vodafone）
2007-03-20 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves Thales' participation in DCN
2007-03-20 EC
’Private enforcement is not about creating a litigation
culture, it’s about creating European solutions to allow consumers and
companies to uphold their rights.’
2007-03-20 EC 
2007-03-20 EC
“Developments in competition policy since October 2006 – and a
look forward into 2007”
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
European Parliament, Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee, Brussels, 20 March 2007
2007-03-20 Ofcom
Dispute
between Rapture TV and Sky about EPG charges
2007-03-20 Ofcom 
Market investigation
into the pay TV industry
’it [Ofcom] will investigate the pay TV market…Following this
assessment Ofcom will decide whether to make a reference to the Competition
Commission’（原因は、loss of BSkyB channels on Virgin Media’s pay TV
platform; …Separately, DTT platformでのa new pay TV service）
cf.2007-02-16
[こちらのケース],
2007-02-26 [separate process (BSkyB/ITV)]
2007-03-20 DTI 
European
intervention notice issued in relation to proposed acquisition by General
Electric of Smiths Aerospace – ECMR Article 21(4); Section 67 of EA 2002
[National Security]
M.4561
[European Commission Case Notification]
2007-03-20 BBC/Ofcom
BBC
responds to Ofcom's consultation on the Digital Dividend Review
cf.2006-12-19
Ofcom
2007-03-20 総務省 
東日本電信電話株式会社及び西日本電信電話株式会社の活用業務の認可に係る制度の運用に関する再意見の募集の結果
今後の予定：意見を参考にしつつ、「東・西ＮＴＴの業務範囲拡大に係る公正競争ガイドライン」の見直し案の策定作業
2007-03-20 総務省
「郵便法施行規則の一部を改正する省令案」に対する意見公募の結果
cf.2006-01-31
2007-03-19 EC
Financial
services: Commission acts to improve efficiency of EU investment fund market
2007-03-16 EC
2007-03-16 EC
Telecommunications:
Commission welcomes the Italian regulator's decision to abandon the proposal to
regulate value-added services – Article 7 procedure
2007-03-16 EC
Mobile
TV: Commission urges industry and Member States to develop a proactive European
strategy
Mobile
TV: The time to act is now
Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission
responsible for Information Society and Media
Mobile TV Conference, International CeBIT Summit,
Hannover, Germany, 16 March 2007
2007-03-16 EC
Commission
urges Member States to speed up the construction of a single European sky
2007-03-15 ECJ 
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-95/04 P British
Airways v Commission
（しばしば講義で用いているケースの確定：現状、支配的地位認定のシェアが最低のケース； 競争関係必要説の否定のケースでもある…そのため、EC委員会プレスリリースでは、’The
judgment confirms the application of an approach under European competition law
based on the effects on the market(s) of the conduct in question.’とヘッダーに入れている（issueはtravel
agentのcommissionスキームのお話〔この点のみでappeal〕）；また、abuseについては、Continental
Canを引いて、cause
prejudice to consumers directlyのみならず、Article 3(1)(g)を指し、impact on effective
competition structureを指摘、プレスリリースでは”…whether they are capable, first, of making market
entry very difficult or impossible for competitors of the undertaking in a
dominant position and, secondly, of making it more difficult or impossible for
its co-contractors to choose between various sources of supply or commercial
partners”を引用）
Commission:
2007-03-15 EC
SESAR:
Progress report on the Single European Sky modernisation project
2007-03-14 EC 
Press
factsheet : Mobile Television - The EU switches on
2007-03-14 EC
cf.2005-02-22,
23; 2005-03-15
2007-03-14 BBC Trust 
BBC
Jam to be suspended - BBC Executive statement
そも嫌疑があったもの[最新のFair Trading
Bulletinまで]で、一度中断してPVTにかけることを決定（“監督”より、“規制機関”の顔）、そしてその後state aid
notifyを行うと発表
cf.2006-01-27
BBC [launched]
cf.2003-10-01
BBC [originally approved under state aid rules]
2007-03-13 ECJ 
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-432/05 Unibet
– effective judicial protection and national remedies
Full-text
[EU Law Blogメモあり]
2007-03-13 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-524/04 Test
Claimants in the Thin Cap Group Litigation
2007-03-13 EC
Kuneva
launches new Consumer Strategy and backs plans for collective redress
2007-03-13 EC 
supervisory authoritiesによる合併阻止基準（現行、sound and
prudent management）の明確化（自由移動での立法、関連競争法はArticle 21 of ECMR）
2007-03-13 Ofcom
Review of
ITV Networking Arrangements 2006 - Regulatory statement
Section 293 of CA2003に基づくもの；
‘Competition Test’ほかreview基準も付属
2007-03-13 CC 
House of Lords Select Committee on Regulators: Submission
from the Competition Commission
EC法適用がdesignateされていないこと、Regulatory
Referencesの不活性等 [appendixで、The Role of
Responsibilities of the Competition Commissionあり]
cf.2007-02-20
2007-03-12 EC
Evaluation
of the Single European Sky reveals positive impacts on air traffic management
in Europe
2007-03-12 EC
Financial
services: Commission adopts supplementary measures on company transparency
2007-03-09 FCC
FCC Grants in Part, Denies in Part, Qwest's Petition
for Forbearance From Enforcement of the Commission's Dominant Carrier Rules as
They Apply After Section 272 Sunsets - InterLATA
2007-03-09 EC 
New
"Audiovisual without Frontiers" Directive - Draft consolidated
amended version
Viviane: ‘I am confident that we will now achieve political
agreement on the new “Audiovisual Without Frontiers” Directive by the end of
May. Europe’s internal market would be truly open for providers and consumers
of audiovisual services by the end of 2008 at the latest.’ [On 12 February 2007
in Berlin, an informal Council prepared the ground for adoption of a common
position on the Directive on 24 May 2007]
2007-03-09 OFT
Competition
Appeal Tribunal upholds OFT decision in price fixing case
2007-03-09 総務省
2007-03-09 CPRC
不当廉売・差別対価規制の経済的根拠について（第8回公開セミナー）
ヤマト運輸対郵政公社等をケースとして
2007-03-08 EC 
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
Commission/IBA Joint Conference on EC Competition
Policy, Brussels, 8th March 2007
’we will issue a White Paper around the turn of the year’ /
‘the initiative is not about unnecessarily harmonising national procedural
rules applicable to tort actions’
2007-03-08 Ofcom 
Memorandum
of Understanding between The Office of Communications (Ofcom) and the BBC Trust
BBC TrustとOfcomの関係を規定（ただし、法的拘束力を持つものではない）； 各法の規定による管轄区分が整理されているので便利
2007-03-08 OFT 
2007-03-08 JFTC 
国土交通省、独立行政法人水資源機構及び農林水産省が発注する水門設備工事の入札参加業者らに対する排除措置命令、課徴金納付命令等について
入札談合等関与防止法（第三条）に基づき、国土交通大臣に対し、「改善措置要求」； 国土交通省及び水資源機構に対しそれぞれ「要請」
2007-03-07 FTC 
FTC
Provides U.S. Senate with Overview of Recent Antitrust Activities
Agency Has Focused Enforcement on Sectors of Economy
with Greatest Impact on Consumers
（上院への年次報告）アトランダムメモ： Rambus; Amicus Brief－Weyerhaeuser（predatory
biddingにおいてはBrooke Group基準を取らない（’fairness’,
’necessity’）とした巡回審の上訴審（2007-02-20
FTC/DOJの意見を容れる形で破棄自判））、Leegin Creative v. PSKS（垂直的なRPMについての
per se rule適用）、Credit Suissee（SECとの権限分担）;
Noerr-Pennington Noticeレポート
2007-03-07 DOJ 
Testimony: Oversight of the
United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division - Statement of
Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett before the Subcommittee on
Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, Committee on the Judiciary,
U.S. Senate
（上院への年次報告）アトランダムメモ： Verizon/MCI、SBC/AT&T－現在Tunney
Actに基づき、decreeがpublic
interestにかなうかどうか、裁判所の判断待ち; ‘Times have changed’（マーケットシェアと集中度の静的分析から、competitive
process（unilateral, coordinated, entry, efficiencies）をより綿密に分析;
DOJ/FTC水平合併コメンタリー; Sherman Act Section 2レビュー（chilling
effect抑止）; Competition Advocacy－Illinois Tool v.
Independent Ink（特許製品に関わるtyingにおけるmarket power推定）等）
2007-03-07 EC 
2005年4月20日のコミットメント履行と同時に、restructuring planへのaidのcompatibility（86条2項）認定
cf.2005-04-20
2007-03-07 EC 
State
aid: Commission endorses €460 million funding for UK Post Office Limited for
2007/8
2006年12月申告に基づく判断（Royal Mail傘下のPost Office Limitedに対するaid）
cf.2007-02-08
DTI, 2007-02-22
EC（対Royal
Mail）とは別件
2007-03-07 EC 
正式手続き’reasoned opinion’
cf.2006-01-31
2007-03-07 総務省 
競争評価アドバイザリーボード（第２回）（平成１９年２月２２日）
資料：米欧における電気通信事業分野の市場画定について（FCCにおける事業区分認定、AOL/TimeWarnerにおけるFTC/FCC審査、SBC/AT&T,
Verizon/MCIにおけるDOJ/FCC審査、AT&T/BellSouthにおけるDOJ/FTC審査、EUの電子通信規制パッケージ、市場分析とSMP規制等）
2007-03-06 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases
C-338/04, C-359/04, C-360/04 Placanica - under Article 234 EC
ライセンス規制について、proportionalityで判断（LRAが存在）、共同体法下におけるfailure to complete an administrative
formalityについては、may not apply a criminal penalty
2007-03-06 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-292/04 Meilicke
- under Article 234 EC
tax credit for dividends from German companies – unjustified
restriction on free movement of capital; cf. Judgment of the Court of Justice
in Case
C-35/98 Verkooijen [non-resident companyとの差を設けた先例] / Case
C-319/02 Mannninen [二重課税回避の規制を認めた先例－このケースでは該当せず]
2007-03-06 EC
翌日のFT: ‘work together’へ’significant shift’
2007-03-06 Ofcom
Consent for non-uniform charging for geographic
tariffing trials
2007-03-06 CC
Northern Ireland Personal Banking Investigation:
Provisional
Decisions on Remedies news release / Provisional
Decisions on Remedies paper
inquiry was referred by OFT on 26 May 2005 following ‘super complaint’
from Which? In conjunction with the General Consumer Council for Northern
Ireland, and an initial OFT study into the sector
2007-03-05 FCC 
FCC Adopts Rules to Ensure Reasonable Franchising
Process for New Video Market Entrants
ケーブルテレビとテレコム企業のいわゆるIPTVとの規制調整（level-playing
field形成）
2007-03-02 FCC
FCC Upheld assignment of KTFF (TV) license,
Porterville, CA, from Paxson to Univision
2007-03-02 総務省
「情報通信分野に係る研究機関における公的研究費の管理・監査の指針（案）」及び「情報通信分野における研究上の不正行為への対応指針（案）」に対する意見募集
2007-03-02 総務省
「長期増分費用モデル研究会」報告書案の公表及び本案に対する意見の募集
2007-03-02 総務省
「公益事業者の電柱・管路等使用に関するガイドライン」の見直しに対する意見募集の結果
2007-03-01 FCC
Time Warner Cable Request for Declaratory Ruling that
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers May Obtain Interconnection Under Section
251 of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended, to Provide Wholesale
Telecommunications Services to VoIP Providers
2007-03-01 FCC
Implementation of Section 629 of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2004 (National Broadcast Television Ownership)
2007-03-01 EC 
Mergers:
Commission opens in-depth investigation into Sony/BMG recorded music
joint-venture
CFI判決で無効となったケースの再検討
2007-03-01 EC
2007-03-01 Ofcom 
Completed
acquisition by British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC of a 17.9% shareholding in
ITV PLC
cf.2007-03-01
DTI
2007-03-01 JFTC
政府規制等と競争政策に関する研究会（国際航空第1回）議事概要
February
2007-02-28 総務省
「住民票の写しの交付制度等のあり方に関する検討会報告書」の公表
2007-02-28 JFTC
「一般消費者に対する景品類の提供に関する事項の制限」の一部改正について
2007-02-27 FTC
Commission
Approves Application for Proposed Divestiture in Matter of General Dynamics/SNC
2007-02-27 EC 
7月の提案に向けて
2007-02-27 EC
国内法化の状況及び、opt-out条項のゆくえについて（board
neutrality, breakthrough等）
2007-02-27 EC 
A
new Consumer Strategy: Consumers must lead the drive for growth and jobs
’Consumer Policy is just as important as competition policy
in making markets work’; ’informed and empowered consumers can turn up the
competitive pressure’
2007-02-27 BBC Trust
BBC
Trust reaches provisional decision on "Freesat"
PVT対象ではない”non-service” activity
2007-02-27 総務省
通信・放送の総合的な法体系に関する研究会（第７回） 〔コンテンツ関係の課題（第２回）〕
2007-02-27 経済財政諮問会議
いわゆる民間議員ペーパー「ＩＴによる生産性の加速を実現するために」のなかに、電波特区の創設及びデジタル・コンテンツ流通促進法制の整備
2007-02-27 CPRC
「市場画定の基本原理：『競争的牽制力』の『視覚化』」 - CPRC Discussion Paper
2007-02-26 EC
"The
Lives of the Others" wins an Oscar: A success co-funded by the EU's media
programme – MEDIA
2007-02-26 EC 
Commission
launches "fast track" infringement proceedings against Germany for
"regulatory holidays" for Deutsche Telekom – 6th
proceeding pending against Germany under EU telecom rules
2007-02-26 DTI 
British
Sky Broadcasting / ITV – Intervention Notice [media public interest]
Communications Act 2003によるEnterprise Act 2002改正箇所（Media Merger）に基づく措置（public
interest regimeでOFT〔Section 44 of EA〕、Ofcom〔Section 44A of EA〕がそれぞれリポートを作成、所管大臣がガイドラインのもとCCへの移送要否の決定・CCでの検討（Section 58(2C)(a) of EA〔考慮可能事項の限定列挙〕）、そして最終的なremedy決定に至る（途中で外れれば、一般の競争法手続きに移行））
2007-02-26 総務省
「競争セーフガード制度の運用に関するガイドライン」（案）に対する意見募集
指定電気通信設備制度及びＮＴＴグループに係る累次の公正競争要件等の有効性・適正性を確保する観点から、これらを「競争セーフガード制度」として定期的に検証するための運用指針
2007-02-23 総務省
「電気通信事業分野における市場画定２００６（案）」に対する意見募集
2007-02-23 総務省
「地方公共団体における入札契約適正化・支援方策について」の公表
2007-02-22 EC 
Mergers:
Commission clears proposed acquisition of ProSiebenSat.1 by KKR and Permira
equity investment fundsによる買収
2007-02-22 EC
State aid:
Commission
launches in-depth investigation of some aspects of the UK's funding of Royal
Mail
（ブログにメモあり）
Commission
endorses proposed public funding for North Yorkshire broadband network NYNET
Commission
declares operating aid to Nuova Mineraria Silius in Sardinia illegal and orders
recovery
2007-02-22 Ofcom
Ofcom publishes
final Statement on the television advertising of food and drink products to
children
Television
Advertising of Food and Drink Products to Children
[Modified Package 1] confined to HFSS(High Fat, Salt and
Sugar), defined by the FSA’s nutrient profiling scheme
2007-02-22 OFT
2007-02-22 OFT
デジタル衛星プラットフォームで市場画定、4to3合併の詳細検討事例
2007-02-22 BBC Trust 
BBC.com（海外向けサイトに広告掲載を検討）, Freesat（BSkyBキャリーからの脱却）について
2007-02-22 総務省
2007-02-21 EC 
Commission
presents policy priorities for 2008
A
vision for the single market of the 21st century
2007-02-21 EC
Mergers:
Commission clears proposed acquisition of six ConocoPhillips subsidiaries by
Lukoil
2007-02-21 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Gallaher by Japan Tobacco
2007-02-21 EC
Competition:
Commission fines members of lifts and escalators cartels over €990 million
2007-02-21 EC
’Altmark Package’（Article 86(2) EC）でcompatibility判断
2007-02-21 EC
2007-02-21 EC
State
aid: Commission opens in-depth inquiry into proposed restructuring aid to
Techmatrans
2007-02-21 EC
Commission
takes important step towards a single market for next generation wireless
devices
2007-02-21 Ofcom 
Consultation
on revised Ofcom Guidance for broadcasters on Codes of Practice
cf.2006-06-02
BBC/PACT
2007-02-21 総務省
電気通信事業における会計制度の在り方に関する研究会（第３回）（平成１９年２月２１日）
2007-02-20 DOJ
2007-02-20 FCC
FCC Seeks Comment on Sunset of Program Access
Exclusive Contract Prohibition
2007-02-20 EC
2007-02-20 EC
2007-02-20 EC
2007-02-20 BBC Trust 
Newly added!
Public consultation on the BBC's draft competitive
impact and fair trading framework and documents
フレームワークはp.5に図示； Charter, Article
23(c)に基づき、competitive impact of the BBC’s activities
on the wider marketを配慮、この観点から、TrustはStatement of policy
on competitive impact（“競争への影響”、公共サービス、商業サービス双方にかかる； パブコメ1）、statement of policy on
fair tradingを策定（“取引一般”、同じく双方にかかる； パブコメ2〔今後、BBC Executiveはdetailed guidelineを発出〕）、Code on cross and digital TV promotion（公共サービスのみにかかる； パブコメ3）を策定
2007-02-20 OFT
The
Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme - An OFT market study
2007-02-20 OFT
2007-02-20 総務省
総務省の問題意識から：「過去問題を起こした番組制作会社との契約については、一定期間又は二度と契約しない方針を明確にしている社は少なかった。」「半数の社では、企画の変更や取りやめは局プロデューサーの判断で可能だったが、上司の判断が必要な社もみられた。」「契約においては、放送番組の法令遵守に関するチェック機能が働くよう、果たすべき義務、責任範囲等やペナルティ条項を具体的かつ詳細に規定するべきではないか。また、番組制作過程全体に対して放送事業者の関与・監督が適切に行われるよう、番組制作会社から再委託を受けた番組制作会社に対しても、契約上、放送事業者が直接関与・監督できるようにしておくべきではないか。」「コンプライアンスの確保が局プロデューサーの重要な役割の一つであることを明確化するとともに、このコンプライアンスを確保するプロセスを詳細に定めておくべきではないか。また、当該プロセスを確実に実施したことを局プロデューサーより上位の経営サイドがチェックする方法も併せて導入すべきではないか。」
2007-02-20 総務省
新しい競争ルールの在り方に関する作業部会（第３回）（平成１９年２月１６日）
資料として、市場支配力の概念整理について、いわゆる企業グループによる市場支配力について、欧州の合併規制におけるレバレッジ理論の展開等
2007-02-19 EC
Getting
more from financial services markets: greater competition for a better deal for
consumers
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
The Future of Europe public lecture series, London
School of Economics, London, 19th February 2007
2007-02-19 EESC
Implementing the renewed Lisbon Strategy:
The
EESC urges the European Council to incorporate organised civil society as a
more active player
2007-02-19 EC
Shared
approach is improving social cohesion in Europe
EU
reform strategy delivering jobs, says new report
2007-02-19 OFT 
OFT announces
consultation on competition assessments in impact assessments
section 7 of Enterprise Act 2002(competition advocacy); 4つの質問を提示（Subsidiesガイドについても言及（拙稿範囲内）、2002年ガイドラインの置き換え）
2007-02-19 JFTC
東燃テクノロジー株式会社及び新日石エンジニアリング株式会社に対する審判審決について（国家石油備蓄会社発注の石油備蓄基地保全等工事入札談合）
「一定の取引分野」等
2007-02-16 FTC
Commission
Receives Highest Rating Available Under PART Assessment
2007-02-16 EC
2007-02-16 EC
2007-02-16 EC 
Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission
responsible for Information Society and Media
20th Plenary Meeting of the European Regulators
Group; Brussels, 15 February 2007
first option – strengthen the Commission’s role to achieve
the internal market objective in selected areas [“Commission say on remedies”]
/ second option – “a single European regulatory body”
2007-02-16 Ofcom 
Sky proposal to launch
new service on digital terrestrial television
BSkyB: Sky to launch new service on digital terrestrial television
’ Sky today announced that it is developing plans for the launch
of a subscription television service on digital terrestrial television (DTT)
this summer’
2007-02-16 総務省
番組基準に抵触する広告放送の実施について、ＣＳ放送事業者であるジュピターサテライト放送株式会社及び株式会社インタラクティーヴィーに対し、注意、要請を実施
cf.2007-02-01
JFTC
2007-02-16 内閣府
違反抑止のための行政上の金銭的不利益処分（違反金）と刑事罰の併科、違反金の算定方法について；違反金の対象となる行為類型等について
2007-02-15 FTC
FTC Testifies on
Patent Reform Recommendations
2007-02-15 EU Newly added!
EU
Agency for fundamental rights is due to take up its work on 1 March 2007
2007-02-15 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves planned acquisition of Scottish Power by Iberdrola
2007-02-15 EC
20th Plenary Meeting of the European Regulators
Group, Brussels, 15 February 2007
2007-02-15 EC
Competition:
Commissioner Kroes presents results of energy sector inquiry to Energy Council
2007-02-15 EC
2007-02-15 Ofcom
The setting of
access-related conditions upon Top Up TV Limited
2007-02-15 金融庁 
企業会計審議会の意見書の公表について - 財務報告に係る内部統制の評価及び監査の基準並びに同実施基準
2007-02-14 EC
Public
hearing of the business insurance sector inquiry
2007-02-14 OFT
OFT refers
anticipated acquisition by MDA of Quest Associates to the Competition
Commission
2007-02-14 JFTC
「農業協同組合の活動に関する独占禁止法上の指針」（原案）に対する意見募集について
2007-02-13 ECJ AG 
Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-112/05 Commission
v Germany
VW法の扱いについての法務官意見（German Government’s approach is not based
on overriding reasons relating to the public interest）
2007-02-13 EC 
invited to submit comments by 12th May
2007-02-13 EC
EU-Switzerland:
State aid decision on company tax regimes
2007-02-13 EC
Competition:
Commission has carried out inspections in the power transformers sector
2007-02-13 Ofcom
Ofcom begins
children's programming review
2007-02-13 Ofcom
2007-02-13 Ofcom
2007-02-13 総務省
「ＭＶＮＯに係る電気通信事業法及び電波法の適用関係に関するガイドライン」の改正
2007-02-12 EC
MEDIA
2007: €755 million boost for Europe's film industry
Factsheet
61 : MEDIA 2007 (2007-2013) A big push for Europe's audiovisual industry
2007-02-12 Ofcom
Report
on the implementation of BT's Undertakings
2007-02-12 DCMS
Government
publishes World Cup study
2007-02-09 EC
EU-supported
films "top of the bill" at Berlin Film Festival 2007
2007-02-09 EC
2007-02-09 EC
Higher
taxes feed fatter government
Charlie McCREEVY, European Commissioner for Internal
Market and Services
Irish Taxation Institute/Revenue Commissioners Joint
Conference, Kilkenny, 9 February 2007
2007-02-09 CC
Hamsard 2786 Ltd / Academy Music Holdings Ltd: Notice
of proposal to accept undertakings and draft
undertakings for public consultation published
2007-02-09 CC
Svitzer
must sell off Liverpool operation
SvitzerWijsmuller A/S /Adsteam Marine Limited: Final
report and notice
of acceptance of interim undertakings published
2007-02-09 OFT
Statement
regarding expansion of OFT investigation into interchange fees
2007-02-09 JFTC
2007-02-08 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-3/06 P Groupe
Danone v Commission
EC委員会の’wide discretion’の確認
2007-02-08 EC
Mergers:
Commission clears planned acquisition of APC by Schneider Electric, subject to
conditions
2007-02-08 EC
2007-02-08 EC
State
aid: Commission decides tax reductions on regional production in Sicily
constitute illegal aid
2007-02-08 EC
SME
retailers take to e-commerce but it’s strictly national
2007-02-08 DTI
Board
appointments to the Office of Fair Trading
2007-02-08 DTI
Government
agrees financing framework for Royal Mail
2007-02-07 EC
2007-02-07 EC
2007-02-07 EC
2007-02-07 EC
2007-02-07 OFT
House of Lords
rejects appeal in price fixing of toys and games and replica football kit cases
2007-02-07 OFT
OFT considers
undertakings from Flybe Group Ltd instead of reference to the Competition
Commission
2007-02-07 OFT
OFT has published its response to the report by DTI
and HMT on concurrency
competition powers in sectoral regulation
2007-02-06 EC
Commission
study points the way forward for better regulation of new media and the digital
economy
2007-02-05 FTC
FTC Issues Final Opinion
and Order in Rambus Matter
Remedy Seeks to Restore Ongoing Competition in
Computer Memory Technologies Markets
2007-02-05 EC
'A
new European Energy Policy; reaping the benefits of open and competitive
markets'
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
Energy conference: E-world energy & water, Essen,
5th February 2007
2007-02-05 OFT
Framing and enforcing criminal sanctions in the
Regulations implementing the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive - See Reports /
OFT response to consultations
2007-02-05 総務省
2007-02-05 総務省
新しい競争ルールの在り方に関する作業部会（第２回）（平成１９年１月２３日）
指定電気通信設備制度（ドミナント規制）の見直しに係る検討アジェンダ（案）、現行の指定電気通信設備制度・競争評価等における市場画定について、米欧における電気通信事業分野の市場画定について、ＩＰ化の進展に対応した市場画定の在り方について、「独占の梃子（monopoly leverage）」に関連して独占禁止法上問題となった主な事例、市場画定と競争法（林構成員提出資料） 等
2007-02-02 DTI
Review
of undertakings given by BAE systems
2007-02-01 FCC
Testimony Prepared for Full Senate Commerce Committee
Hearing on Accessing the Communications Marketplace: A View From the FCC
2007-02-01 EC
Ex-post
Review of Merger Control Decisions - Study carried out by LEAR
2007-02-01 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of aluminium assets of Glencore and
Sual by EN+
2007-02-01 EC
Internal
Market Scoreboard: Best result ever
2007-02-01 Ofcom 
BBC
iPlayer Market Impact Assessment: Consumer Survey
cf.2007-01-23,
2007-01-31
2007-02-01 OFT/Ofcom
OFT announces
appointment of Sean Williams in Executive Director role
Sean Williams to
stand down from Ofcom Board to take up new role at OFT
2007-02-01 JFTC
コラムジャパン株式会社及びジュピターチャンネル株式会社に対する排除命令について
・別添1「排除命令書」（コラムジャパン㈱）
・別添写し1～3
・別添写し4
January
2007-01-31 FCC
FCC Releases Data on Local Telephone Competition
2007-01-31 FCC
FCC Releases Data on High Speed Services for Internet
Access
2007-01-31 EC
Competition:
Commission sector inquiry finds major competition barriers in retail banking
Introductory
Remarks on Final Report of Retail Banking Sector Inquiry
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
Press conference, Brussels, 31st January 2007
2007-01-31 EC 
Mergers:
infringement procedure against Spain for not lifting unlawful conditions
imposed on E.ON’s bid for Endesa – Article 21 of ECMR
cf.2006-12-20
2007-01-31 EC
Mergers:
Commission sends new preliminary assessment to Italy on measures blocking
Abertis-Autostrade merger – Article 21 of ECMR
cf.2006-11-07
2007-01-31 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of Eurotecnica by MAN Ferrostaal
2007-01-31 EC
2007-01-31 OFT
Anticipated
acquisition by BT Group plc of PlusNet plc
2007-01-31 BBC Trust 
BBC
Trust reaches Provisional Conclusions on BBC on-demand proposals
cf.2006-10-10
2007-01-31 JFTC 
企業結合審査に関する独占禁止法の運用指針」等の一部改正（案）に対する意見募集について
2007-01-30 EC
CDs’ Embedded Content Protection Software Posed
Security Risks, Limited CD Use, and Monitored Users’ Listening Habits on their
Computers, Without Consumer Consent
2007-01-30 CFI/EC
Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case
T-340/03 France Télécom v Commission
Competition:
Commission welcomes judgment of the Court of First Instance in French broadband
case
2007-01-30 DTI
Equipping
the single market for the 21st century
2007-01-29 EC
Mergers:
Commission clears proposed acquisition of Corus by Companhia Siderurgica Nacional
2007-01-29 EC
Mergers:
Commission approves proposed acquisition of PLI by Philips
2007-01-29 DCMS
Gambling
ad ban plans published
2007-01-29 総務省
日本及び諸外国のコンテンツ関係規律
2007-01-26 総務省
放送法施行規則の一部を改正する省令案等に係る意見募集の実施
– CSデジタル放送のハイビジョン化
2007-01-26 総務省
2007-01-26 総務省 
Ｐ２Ｐネットワークの在り方に関する作業部会
(第３回)
2007-01-26 総務省 
電気通信事業における会計制度の在り方に関する研究会（第２回）（平成１９年１月２５日）
英国における電気通信事業に関する会計制度の現状について等（「規制枠組み」から記述）
2007-01-25 FTC
To Protect Competition, Carlyle and Riverstone Must
Make Their Investment in Magellan Midstream Holdings Passive and Restrict Flow
of Sensitive Information
2007-01-25 FTC
FTC Issues Updated
Horizontal Merger Investigation Data Report
Analyzes Transactions Occurring in Fiscal Years
1996-2005
2007-01-25 DOJ
Speech: Merger Review: A
Quest for Efficiency - Presented at the New York State Bar Association by
Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett
Merger Enforcement:
A Quest for Efficiency - Slide presentation
2007-01-25 ECJ
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-278/05 Robins
e.a.
2007-01-25 EC
2007-01-25 EC
State
aid: Commission opens investigation into regulated electricity tariffs in Spain
State
aid: Commission orders Germany to recover €5.2 million illegal aid granted to
Biria group
State
aid: Commission opens investigation into Danish scheme to improve SME access to
risk capital
2007-01-25 EC
Over
400% growth for creative content online, predicts Commission study – an
opportunity for Europe
2007-01-25 DCMS
Government
Publishes Independent Review of Licensing Fees
放送ではありません（笑）
2007-01-24 EC
State aid cases:
Maritime
transport – tonnage tax: Commission opens investigation concerning Denmark
Commission
approves public financing of the infrastructure at Tortolì-Arbatax airport
Insurance:
Commission scrutinises exemption of Irish Voluntary Health Insurance Board from
EU rules
Commission
authorises German scheme to promote environmentally friendly heavy vehicles
2007-01-24 EC
State
aid: Commission approves regional aid maps 2007-2013 for Bulgaria, Cyprus and
Romania
2007-01-24 EC 
Mediaset:
Decoder:
no advantage for broadcasters but only for consumers / Mediaset to appeal
against refunds
2007-01-24 EC
Competition:
Commission fines members of gas insulated switchgear cartel over 750 million
euros
2007-01-24 EC
2007-01-24 EC
Commission
proposes a landmark regulatory package for airports
2007-01-24 EC
2007-01-24 EC
2007-01-24 Ofcom 
Ofcom examines
the public service potential of digital media
2007-01-24 総務省
資料中、「コンテンツビジネスの多様化」（配信/検索、生成/保存、消費/編集）
2007-01-23 FTC 
FTC Issues Updated
Franchise Rule
2007-01-23 FCC
FCC Announces List of Participants on Task Force on
"Media and Childhood Obesity: Today and Tomorrow"
Webpage: Task
Force on Media & Childhood Obesity
2007-01-23 Ofcom/BBC
Trust 
Likely market
impact of BBC’s proposed on-demand services
BBC
Trust receives Ofcom’s Market Impact Assessment of iPlayer
MEMO (non-exhaustive): total welfare approach [at 8
(Williamson-Canada)] ; The nature of the demand for iPlayer – creation and
substitution [at 157]
cf.2006-10-10
2007-01-23 CC
Live
music venues in London to be sold if deal to go ahead
Hamsard 2786 Ltd / Academy Music Holdings Ltd: Final
report published
2007-01-23 CC
Groceries market inquiry: Emerging
thinking published
2007-01-22 FTC/DOJ
垂直型のRPMは当然違法か / 事業法と反トラスト法の関係（事業法が認める違反行為の範囲）
2007-01-19 CAT
Newly
added!
VIP
Communications Limited (in administration) v Office of Communications -
Judgment on admissibility
CAT concluded that it had full jurisdiction under paragraph
3(2) of Schedule 8 of the Competition Act to replace, as appropriate, Ofcom's
decision with its own finding that the Chapter II prohibition and/or Article 82
had been infringed; （Napp v. DGFT [2002] CAT 1が先例, para 3(1) of
Schedule 8 of the Competition Act 1998 [Competition Billの審議にも言及]）
2007-01-19 FTC
Commission
Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Johnson & Johnson/Pfizer
cf.2006-12-12
2007-01-19 OFT
OFT clears
NASDAQ's bid for the London Stock Exchange
NASDAQ/LSEの競争関係、検討対象市場（section
33, EA 2002）、Jurisdiction（Article 22, ECMR）等
2007-01-18 DOJ
Speech: Efficiency in
Analysis of Antitrust, Standard Setting, and Intellectual Property
2007-01-18 EC
Mergers:
Commission clears proposed acquisition of Sportfive by Lagardère
2007-01-18 EC
Auditors'
liability: Commission consults on possible reform of liability rules in the EU
2007-01-18 Ofcom
Speech by Ed Richards, Chief Executive, Ofcom
2007-01-18 DCMS/BBC
Oral
Statement on Licence Fee by the Secretary of State
Statement
from the BBC Trust on the Licence Fee
2007-01-18 内閣府
不公正な取引方法に対する措置の在り方について
2007-01-17 Council/EP
EP
Plenary – Presentation of Presidency Programme by Federal Chancellor Merkel
MEMO: ‘Safeguarding employment and shaping Europe’ social
future: Further developing the European Social Model’(Intensifying their
corporation is the primary way in which the Member States and the EU must
demonstrate their commitment to a social Europe) [2007.02.08 Ministerial
Conference on the European Social Model: Joining Forces for a Social Europe],
‘Modern cultural and media policy’ (TWFD改正に継続努力), ‘More legal
certainty for citizens and business’ (契約法、会社法等)
2007-01-17 EC
Presentation
of the Working programme of the German Presidency
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European
Commission
European Parliament, Strasbourg, 17 January 2007
2007-01-17 OFT
2007-01-17 総務省
2007-01-17 総務省
2007-01-16 EC
Media
Pluralism - A 'three-step plan'
Three Steps: Commission Staff Working Paper on Media
Pluralism / independent study on media pluralism in the EU Member States (in
2007) / Commission Communication on the indicators for media pluralism in the
EU Member States (in 2008)
2007-01-16 EC
2007-01-16 CC
Understanding
past merger remedies: report on case study research
2007-01-16 総務省
2007-01-15 EC
How
is the Single Market perceived? How can it be made to work better? -
Eurobarometer
2007-01-15 EC
2007-01-15 BBC
Trust
Licence
Fee Payers to help set the BBC's agenda
2007-01-15 総務省 
コンテンツ取引市場の形成に関する検討会（第２回・第３回）配付資料
資料：英国ＢＢＣにおける放送番組の公募の例、内部統制・企業改革法を考える、コンテンツの評価の事例 等
2007-01-12 ECJ
New
judges at the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities
2007-01-12 OFT
正式手続き入り
2007-01-12 OFT
Economic Research - Productivity
and competition
2007-01-11 AMC
Tentative
Recommendations / Executive
Summary
特記：Immunities & Exemptions, Regulated
Industries, State Action [Findings & Recommendations]／Memo: welfare standardに関して意見割れる（”consumer
welfare”-5, “total welfare”-4, “long-run consumer welfare”-1）、現在のbundlingに関する判断基準について、LePageを挙げて’…may prohibit conduct that is procompetitive or competitively neutral’、特記に関連して、societal goals/market failureに限定しての措置を原則、’market participant’ doctrine採用、Trinkoについては、’it does not displace the role of the
antitrust laws in regulated industries’と解釈、”public interest”基準について不断の見直し（…関連して思い出したDOJ/FTC管轄分配メモランダム）
2007-01-11 FCC
Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service
Eligible for Compensation from Interstate TRS Fund
2007-01-11 EC
The
EU agrees on a joint action to tackle disruptions in oil supplies from Russia
2007-01-10 EC
2007-01-10 EC
Competition:
Commission energy sector inquiry confirms serious competition problems
Follow-up Action: 競争法での対応[vertically
integrationとcross-border integrationの認識]及びreinforced regulatory measuresへの言及
Introductory
remarks on Final Report of Energy Sector Competition Inquiry
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
Press Conference Brussels, 10th January 2007
2007-01-10 Ofcom
Modifications
to Spectrum Pricing
2007-01-10 Ofcom
2007-01-09 ECJ
Newly added!
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-1/05 Jia
[preliminary ruling]
2007-01-09 EC
2007-01-09 EC
Commission
convenes the Oil Supply Group to address oil supply disruptions to the EU
2007-01-09 総務省
報告事項：「「外国人向けの映像による国際放送」の在り方とその推進方策」【平成18年8月1日諮問第１０号】に関する検討状況報告（「映像国際放送の在り方に関する検討委員会」中間取りまとめ）について
2007-01-08 EC
State
aid: Commission report highlights benefits to Member States of block exemption
Regulations - an evaluation report of the first five years of operation of
the block exemption Regulations for state aid
2007-01-08 EC
Mergers:
Commission clears proposed acquisition of Symbol by Motorola
2007-01-08 EC
Key
developments in European competition policy over the past two years
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition
Policy
European American Press Club, Paris, 8th January 2007
2007-01-08 EC
2007-01-08 EC
Direct
taxes: Commission requests Greece to end discrimination against non-Greek
partnerships
2007-01-08 OFT
Anticipated
acquisition by Irish News Ltd of Farm Week assets from Johnston Press plc
2007-01-08 BBC
Trust
Recruitment
process for new BBC Chairman begins
2007-01-08 EC
2007-01-03 FTC
FTC
Receives Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestiture from General Dynamics
Corporation
2007-01-03 EC
Commission has
published a new call for tender for the provision of a study related to the
impact assessment of the White Paper on actions for damages
2007-01-01 EU
Bulgaria and Romania latest to join the EU
50th anniversary of the
Rome treaties
from the the past 
2006-12-13 MEP
Audiovisual Media Services Directive
MEPs
set new rules on TV commercials and product placement
Report
***I [Codecision procedure (first reading) majority of the votes cast]
(A6-0399/2006)
2006-09-29 総務省
諸外国も含め、通信・放送法体系の概観資料あり
2006-11-17 EC
State Aid reform
State
Aid reform: modernising the current framework
EVANS Lowri, Deputy Director General, DG
Competition
London, King's College & European State Aid Law
Institute
SAAP4つの柱、とくにrefined economic approach, ‘balancing test’の解説（Risk Capital Guidelineにつづき、framework on
R&D&I）、effective procedureとしてRegional Aidのblock exemption採択済、まもなくde minimis proposal、最終的にはGeneral Block
Exemption； 87条1項の’aid’の定義については、’no discretion, no scope for balancing
negative with positive effects’； ‘selective’要素を持たないtaxへの警戒感、加盟国におけるエンフォースメント等
2006-07-19 EC
State
aid: Commission adopts Guidelines on state aid to support risk capital
investments in SMEs
SAAPに沿った、閾値再設定（light assessment / detailed assessment）－’balancing
test’はこれが第一例
2006-10-18 JFTC
内閣府設置法第58条第8項に言及
2006-07-21 JFTC
「郵政民営化関連法律施行に伴う郵便事業と競争政策上の問題点について」の公表について
MEMO: 独占領域を有する事業者のケースに際して、私的独占又は不当廉売行為の適用に関する考え方の明確化―スタンドアローンコスト方式を支持（独占領域の範囲の経済は独占領域で還元、競争分野においては競争業者と同条件で競争）
2006-09-15 EC
Non-Horizontal
Mergers Guidelines: Ten Principles
2006-07-25-26 AMC
Supplemental
Discussion Outline re: Mergers in Regulated Industries
Supplemental
Discussion Memorandum re: Mergers in Regulated Industries
DOJ/FTC専権・regulatory agencyアドバイザリーのパターン（FERC）、共管のパターン〔１・DOJ/FTC結論が’binding’；２・DOJ/FTCに一定のウェイト；３・競争問題に特定のウェイトなし（FCC）〕、regulatory
agency専権・DOJ/FTCアドバイザリーのパターン（STB[Surface
Transportation Board]）； Banking agencies, Natural Gas, Electronic Utility
Companies, FCC, STB等について事例研究
2006-07-13 AMC
Supplemental
Discussion Memorandum re: State Action - Sovereign Compulsion
”Sovereign Compulsion”テストの検証
Discussion
Outline re: Immunities & Exemptions
Discussion
Memorandum re: Immunities & Exemptions
Appendix
A, Immunities & Exemptions
適用除外立法についての検証； Newspaper Preservation Act, Soft
Drink Interbrand Competition Act等を紹介
2006-07-19 House
of Lords Crehan
Inntrepreneur Pub
Company (CPC) & Ors v. Crehan [2006] UKHL 38 (19 July 2006)
‘Thus the divisive question arises: should the trial judge in
this case have treated the Commission's factual assessment of the UK beer
market in its Whitbread, Bass and Scottish and Newcastle decisions as
effectively binding upon him although not formally so?’ (para.7)
cf.2004-05-21 Court
of Appeal; cf.ECJ
Courage v Crehan (Case C-453/99)
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