資料保管庫

Brian L. Roberts, the Chief Executive Officer of Comcast Corporation, has agreed to pay a $500,000 penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act (HSR Act) in connection with his acquisitions of Comcast stock between 2007 and 2009

2011-12-16　EC

Antitrust: Commission opens proceedings against two manufacturers of refrigerants used in car air conditioning

2011-12-16　OFT

OFT considers local betting shop divestments in Betfred/Tote merger

The OFT is considering an offer from Betfred to divest a betting shop in each of 25 local areas to resolve competition concerns raised by its acquisition of the Tote

2011-12-16　総務省

東日本大震災アーカイブ国際合同シンポジウム「東日本大震災アーカイブの最前線と国境・世代を超えた挑戦」の開催

2011-12-15　EC/ECA

ECA issues special report No 15/2011 on whether the Commission’s procedures ensure effective management of state aid control

2011-12-15　FTC

FTC Challenges Graco Inc.'s Proposed Acquisition of Rival ITW Finishing LLC

Two Firms Control a Dominant Share of North American Markets for Key Industrial Equipment Used to Apply Paint and Liquid Finishes

2011-12-14　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Belgian health company Omega Pharma by private equity fund manager Waterland and Belgian Alychlo

2011-12-14　EC

Antitrust: Commission market tests Thomson Reuters' commitments on Reuters Instrument Codes

Commission has concerns that Thomson Reuters is abusing its dominant market position in the market for consolidated real-time datafeeds by prohibiting customers from using RICs for retrieving data from alternative providers and mapping them for such a purpose to alternative symbols

2011-12-14　EC

Antitrust: Commission makes IBM's commitments legally binding to ensure competition in mainframe maintenance market

IBM commits to make spare parts and technical information swiftly available, under commercially reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, to independent mainframe maintainers

2011-12-14　Ofcom

Ofcom decides not to refer advertising trading market to Competition Commission

Ofcom today concluded its review of TV advertising trading. The review, which examined the way TV advertising is bought and sold, found no clear evidence of harm to consumers – whether TV viewers, advertisers or end users of products advertised on TV

2011-12-14　OFT

OFT launches market study into private motor insurance

The OFT has today launched a market study into private motor insurance in the UK which will focus on the provision of third party vehicle repairs and credit hire replacement vehicles to claimants.

2011-12-14　JFTC

新日本製鐵株式会社と住友金属工業株式会社の合併計画に関する審査結果について

2011-12-13　Ofcom

Review of Regulatory Conditions - Postal Regulation

2011-12-13　CC

Cost of Equity for Regulated Companies: An international Comparison of Regulatory Practices by Professor Sudi Sudarsanam

2011-12-13　CC

Heathrow Consultation and Information Protocol

2011-12-13　CC

Waste merger could be reversed

2011-12-13　JFTC

日本トイザらス株式会社に対する排除措置命令及び課徴金納付命令について

・参考

・別添（排除措置命令書）

2011-12-12　EC

Using technology to support freedom

Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda

Press conference on "No disconnect Strategy" Brussels, 12 December 2011

Arab Spring…

2011-12-12　OFT

OFT statement on CAT judgment in tobacco case

’The restraints that the OFT now wishes to prove are not part of, or within the Infringing Agreements condemned in the Decision’ (CAT summary) (The CAT has a full merits review which enables it to take a fresh look at decisions, and to hear witness evidence, including new evidence not presented to the OFT, as in these appeals.)

2011-12-09　EC

State aid: Commission approves extension of Danish winding-up scheme for credit institutions

2011-12-09　EC

State aid: Commission opens investigation into aid granted to Austrian bank ÖVAG

2011-12-09　EC

Digital Agenda: EU Telecoms Council: expected decision on radio spectrum to open the way for growth in the sector

2011-12-09　DCMS

Plans for releasing publicly-held spectrum

Update published on releasing 500 MHz of public sector spectrum

2011-12-09　OFT

Completed acquisition by Capita Group plc of Vertex Private Sector

2011-12-09　総務省

政策評価・独立行政法人評価委員会による「勧告の方向性」

平成23年度末に中期目標期間が終了する独立行政法人の主要な事務及び事業の改廃に関する勧告の方向性について.

2011-12-09　総務省

基幹放送普及計画及び基幹放送用周波数使用計画の一部を変更する告示案に係る電波監理審議会への諮問及びその答申並びに意見募集の結果

「総務省として検討した結果、栃木県及び群馬県におけるNHKによる地域放送の充実の需要等を踏まえ、両県におけるNHKの県域放送を実施することとすることが適当と判断したため、基幹放送普及計画及び基幹放送用周波数使用計画の各一部を変更するものです。」

2011-12-09　総務省

外国人向けテレビジョン国際放送の放送番組を有線テレビジョン放送事業者に放送と同時に提供する業務の認可

―　日本放送協会の放送法第20条第2項第8号の業務の認可　―.

2011-12-09　総務省

日本電信電話株式会社の剰余金の処分（中間配当）の決議の認可

（第十一条　会社及び地域会社の定款の変更、合併、分割及び解散の決議並びに会社の剰余金の処分（損失の処理を除く。）の決議は、総務大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。 2　（略））

2011-12-08　FTC

FTC Puts Conditions on LabCorp's Acquisition of Rival Orchid Cellmark, Inc.

Settlement Protects Competition, Requires LabCorp to Sell Paternity Testing Assets

2011-12-08　DOJ

Press Release

Wachovia Bank N.A. Admits to Anticompetitive Conduct by Former Employees in the Municipal Bond Investments Market and Agrees to Pay $148 Million to Federal and State Agencies

2011-12-08　FCC

McDowell: 2012-The Year of UN Regulation of the Internet?

AN OUTLINE OF A POSSIBLE 2012 FCC AGENDA: Our media ownership notice of proposed rulemaking is poised to launch soon; The indecency issue is sure to generate headlines in 2012 / …

2011-12-08　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of energy company Nuon's Belgian assets by ENI

2011-12-08　CJ

Judgment in Case C-81/10 P France Télécom v Commission

Press release

The Court confirms the judgment of the General Court finding that France Télécom benefited from State aid incompatible with the common market each year from 1994 to 2002; The Commission’s decision finding that that aid existed and ordering its recovery is valid

2011-12-08　CJ

Judgments in Cases C-272/09 P KME Germany AG and Others, C-386/10 P Chalkor AE Epexergasias Metallon and C-389/10 P KME Germany AG and Others v Commission

Press release

‘the Courts cannot use the Commission’s margin of discretion – either as regards the choice of factors taken into account in the application of the criteria mentioned in the Guidelines or as regards the assessment of those factors – as a basis for dispensing with the conduct of an in-depth review of the law and of the facts. The review of legality is supplemented by the unlimited jurisdiction…’ (paras.129, 130); ‘It must be noted in that regard that although the General Court repeatedly referred to the ‘discretion’, the ‘substantial margin of discretion’ or the ‘wide discretion’ of the Commission, including in paragraphs 52 to 54, 99, 114, 136 and 150 of the judgment under appeal, such references did not prevent the General Court from carrying out the full and unrestricted review, in law and in fact, required of it.

’ (para.136) / The Court of Justice upholds the judgments of the General Court and the Commission’s decisions relating to the two cartels in the copper industrial and copper plumbing tubes sectors; The review carried out by the General Court in respect of Commission decisions imposing fines in competition matters is not contrary to the principle of effective judicial protection laid down by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

2011-12-08　EC

Antitrust: Commission welcomes European Court of Justice judgements in copper tubes cartels

2011-12-08　Ofcom

Draft Annual Plan 2012/13

Provide appropriate assurance to audiences on standards – Consider approaches to future content regulation, including a review of regulation of video on demand; Contribute to and implement public policy defined by Parliament - Ongoing advice to Government on measurement of media plurality and contributing to the Leveson Inquiry; Implement Digital Economy Act 2010 provisions around online copyright infringement

2011-12-08　OFT

OFT provisionally decides to refer private healthcare market to Competition Commission

The OFT has provisionally decided to refer the market for privately funded healthcare services in the UK to the Competition Commission for further investigation

2011-12-07　FTC

FTC Testifies Before House Judiciary Subcommittee on Agency's Work to Promote Competition and Benefit Consumers

In testimony today before a U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee, the Federal Trade Commission detailed its work to promote competition and benefit consumers, including preventing anticompetitive mergers, restricting "pay-for-delay" pharmaceutical agreements that increase prescription drug costs, stopping anticompetitive hospital mergers, and promoting competition in the high-technology and energy markets

2011-12-07　DOJ

Testimony

Oversight Hearing on the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition and the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division

2011-12-07　EC Newly added!

Quantity and quality in economic assessments

Alexander Italianer Director General of Directorate General for Competition

Charles River Associates Annual Conference

Brussels, 7 December 2011

2011-12-07　EC

State Aid: Commission approves Lithuanian short-term export credit insurance scheme

State aid: Commission adopts new Framework for Shipbuilding

2011-12-07　EC

Antitrust: Commission fines producers of refrigeration compressors € 161 million in fifth cartel settlement

2011-12-07　EC

Digital Agenda: First meeting of EU Media Futures Forum

2011-12-07　DCMS

Communications Review responses published

Replies to open letter made public to ensure transparency

2011-12-07　CC

Audit Market Investigation publishes Issues Statement

Statement of Issues

2011-12-07　OFT

Research underlines deterrent effect of UK Competition Regime

Research published estimates that for each completed competition enforcement case, up to 40 potential competition law infringements are deterred

2011-12-06　EC

Antitrust: Commission opens formal proceedings to investigate sales of e-books

The European Commission has opened formal antitrust proceedings to investigate whether international publishers Hachette Livre (Lagardère Publishing, France), Harper Collins (News Corp., USA), Simon & Schuster (CBS Corp., USA), Penguin (Pearson Group, United Kingdom) and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holzbrinck (owner of inter alia Macmillan, Germany) have, possibly with the help of Apple, engaged in anti-competitive practices affecting the sale of e-books in the European Economic Area (EEA)1, in breach of EU antitrust rules. The opening of proceedings means that the Commission will treat the case as a matter of priority. It does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation.

2011-12-06　EC

Revision of the rules for the assessment of licensing agreements for the transfer of technology under EU competition law

2011-12-06　BBC Trust

Trust publishes consultation on Party Political Broadcasts on the BBC

2011-12-05　EC

Digital Agenda: From hospitals to Hollywood, EU-funded technology research is making a mark

2011-12-05　DOJ

Press Release

Statement of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division on Its Decision to Close Its Investigation of Google Inc.'s Acquisition of Admeld Inc.

2011-12-02　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of transport logistic services company ATIC by ArcelorMittal

2011-12-02　CC

Kerry/Headland Clearance

2011-12-02　OFT

OFT accepts formal commitments after motor insurers agree to limit data exchange

The OFT has accepted formal commitments from six insurance companies and two IT software and service providers to limit the data they exchange between them

2011-12-02　OFT

Investigation into the trading practices of MyCityDeal Limited (trading as Groupon UK)

The OFT has opened an investigation into the trading practices of MyCity Deal Limited (trading as Groupon UK ('Groupon')). The OFT is considering whether Groupon is complying with consumer protection legislation, including in relation to certain of its advertising practices.

2011-12-01　CJ

Judgment in Case C-145/10 Eva-Maria Painer v Standard VerlagsGmbH and others

Press release

A portrait photograph enjoys the same protection as that conferred by copyright on any other work

However, the media may publish such a photograph, without the consent of its author, if the object of its publication is to assist the police, in a criminal investigation, to find a missing person

2011-12-01　EC

State aid: Commission extends crisis rules for banks

State aid: Overview of pending decisions and on-going in-depth investigations in the context of the financial crisis

State aid: crisis-related aid aside, Scoreboard shows continued trend towards less and better targeted aid

2011-12-01　EC

Digital Agenda: Coalition of top tech & media companies to make internet better place for our kids

2011-12-01　BBC Trust / Ofcom

Trust and Ofcom publish addition to Memorandum of Understanding 　

変更点：The BBC Executive is responsible for notifying the Trust of any proposals which may be significant and, when it does so, will usually supply the Trust with its own assessment of “significance”. Notwithstanding this, the Trust also has the ability to choose to conduct its own significance tests.

November

2011-11-30　FCC 　

Broadband Adoption Presentation to FCC Open Meeting

2011-11-30　EC 　

Reforming the Audit Market - Frequently Asked Questions

2011-11-30　GC 　

Judgment in Case T-208/06 Quinn Barlo and Others v Commission

Press release

The General Court reduces the fine imposed by the Commission on certain companies in the Quinn Group for their participation in a cartel in the methacrylates sector from €9 million to €8.25 million

The Court also finds that the Commission has not established their liability for the entire single infringement

2011-11-30　EC 　

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of satellite communication services company Vizada by Astrium, a subsidiary of EADS

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of RBS assets by Banco Santander

2011-11-30　CC 　

Best practices on co-operation between EU national competition authorities in merger investigations

2011-11-30　総務省 　

大規模災害等緊急事態における通信確保の在り方－最終取りまとめ（案）に対する意見募集－

2011-11-29　DOJ 　

Press Release

Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Meet with Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Merger Enforcement Matters

Guidance for Case Cooperation Between the Ministry of Commerce and the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission on Concentration of Undertakings (Merger) Cases

2011-11-29　FCC 　

Statement of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Proposed AT&T/T-Mobile Transaction

Bureau Dismissal Without Prejudice of AT&T's Applications for Transfer of Control of T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Bureau Order

Bureau Staff Analysis and Findings

2011-11-29　CJ AG 　

Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-406/10 SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd

Press release

In Advocate General Bot’s view, the functionalities of a computer program and the programming language cannot be protected by copyright

The source code of a program may, if certain conditions are met, be reproduced in order to ensure interoperability with another program

2011-11-29　EC 　

Binding Corporate Rules: unleashing the potential of the digital single market and cloud computing

Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission, EU Justice Commissioner

IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress Paris, 29 November 2011

2011-11-29　Ofcom 　

Spectrum in an age of innovation

Ed Richards, Chief Executive, Ofcom

SPEECH FOR ECTA REGULATORY CONFERENCE 2011

2011-11-29　総務省 　

ユニバーサルサービス制度に基づく交付金の額及び交付方法の認可並びに負担金の額及び徴収方法の認可－情報通信行政・郵政行政審議会からの答申－

2011-11-29　DOJ 　

U.S. v. Cumulus Media Inc. and Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

Certificate of Compliance With Provisions of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act

Plaintiff United States' Motion and Memorandum in Support of Entry of Final Judgment

[Proposed] Final Judgment

2011-11-28　BBC Trust 　

The importance of the open internet: BBC Trust Vice Chairman on net neutrality

Diane Coyle, Vice Chairman

2011-11-28　総務省 　

「プライスキャップの運用に関する研究会」の開催

NTT東西の経営効率分析（計測方法の検討及び実測）等

2011-11-25　総務省 　

NHKの放送法第20条第2項第2号の業務の基準の変更の認可申請に対する総務省の考え方についての意見募集

「民間競合事業者との公正競争の確保」「プラットフォーム事業者との適正な関係の確保」等の観点による、総務省の判断提示

2011-11-24　CJ 　

Judgment in Case C-70/10 Scarlet Extended SA v Société belge des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs SCRL (SABAM)

Press release

EU law precludes the imposition of an injunction by a national court which requires an internet service provider to install a filtering system with a view to preventing the illegal downloading of filesJudgment in Case C-379/10 – fundamental rights…the injunction could potentially undermine freedom of information

2011-11-24　CJ 　

Judgment in Case C-379/10 Commission v Italy

Press release

The Italian statute governing the civil liability of judges for causing damage to individuals by acting in breach of EU law is itself contrary to EU law

2011-11-24　EC 　

Free movement of capital: Commission refers Germany back to Court for failure to comply with the Volkswagen law judgement

The European Commission has decided to refer Germany back to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fully comply with the Court's previous ruling on the Volkswagen law (VW law)

2011-11-24　EC 　

Free movement of capital: Commission refers Italy to the Court of Justice on investment restrictions in privatised companies

2011-11-24　EC 　

Digital Agenda: Commission presses 16 Member States to implement new EU telecoms rules

2011-11-24　EC 　

EU law: Commission acts to ensure that European legislation is fully and properly implemented

2011-11-24　EC 　

Competition – what's in it for consumers?

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

European Competition and Consumer Day Poznan, 24 November 2011

What is consumer welfare? The facts

Consumer welfare is not just a catchy phrase. It is the cornerstone, the guiding principle of EU competition policy. In all our cases we start by looking at the likelihood of "harm" to consumers...ただし、Limiting a distributors' freedom to sell to a consumer that visited its website is a hardcore restriction of competition law, The Court ruled that such partitioning broke competition rules and hindered the freedom to provide services throughout the EU. This should be good news for football lovers watching their favourite teams across Europe…

2011-11-24　Ofcom 　

Improving traffic management transparency: Ofcom sets out steps for ISPs to take

Ofcom today set out the steps it expects Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to take to ensure customers are aware of how internet traffic is being managed on their networks – Net Neutrality

2011-11-24　CC 　

BATS / Chi-X merger inquiry: CC clears BATS/Chi-X merger; Final report

2011-11-23　EC 　

Digital Agenda: Commission indicates no fundamental change to Universal Service

2011-11-23　EC 　

Mergers: Commission clears Western Digital's acquisition of Hitachi's hard disk drive business subject to conditions

2011-11-23　EC 　

State aid: Commission clears Czech support scheme for reduction of air pollution in Moravia-Silesia

State aid: Commission orders recovery of illegal aid granted under Portuguese short-term export-credit scheme.

2011-11-23　EC 　

New action for growth, governance and stability

The 2012 Annual Growth Survey (AGS) / The proposed Regulation strengthening surveillance of budgetary policies in euro area Member States / The proposed Regulation strengthening economic and fiscal surveillance of euro area countries facing or threatened with serious financial instability / The Green Paper on Stability Bonds

MEMO:

Economic governance: Commission proposes two new Regulations to further strengthen budgetary surveillance in the euro area

European Commission Green Paper on the feasibility of introducing Stability Bonds

2011-11-23　OFT 　

Competition and growth

The OFT has published an economic discussion paper providing evidence of the links between competition and growth, considering how competition can contribute to the better utilisation of capital, labour and natural resources, and to increased innovation and better management, and highlights the role of government and competition authorities in ensuring that these links are maximised.

2011-11-22　EC 　

State aid: Commission grants temporary approval to Spanish support for Banco de Valencia

2011-11-22　EC 　

Competition Policy: Work Programme for 2012

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

Presentation at ECON, European Parliament 22 November 2011

2011-11-21　CC 　

Movies on Pay TV market inquiry - Notice of Further Possible Remedies

2011-11-19　EC 　

Who feeds the artist ?

Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda

Forum d'Avignon 19 November 2011, Avignon, France

‘if that is the aim of our current copyright system, we're failing here too.’

2011-11-18　FTC 　

FTC Challenges OSF Healthcare System Proposed Acquisition of Rockford Health System as Anticompetitive

Alleges Acquisition Will Increase Health Care Costs for Consumers, Businesses

2011-11-18　CC 　

Press Release: FCC Releases Connect America Fund Order

2011-11-18　CC 　

CAT refers wholesale broadband access price control matters to the CC

2011-11-18　総務省 　

平成23年10月「通信・放送産業動態調査」の結果（速報）

2011-11-17　CJ 　

Judgment in Case C-327/10 Hypoteční banka a.s. v Udo Mike Lindner

Press release / full-text

In a case where a consumer’s current domicile is unknown, the courts of the place where the consumer had his last known domicile may have jurisdiction to deal with proceedings against him

The fact that it is not possible to identify the current domicile of the defendant must not deprive the applicant of his right to bring proceedings

2011-11-17　CJ 　

Judgment in Case C-496/09 Commission v Italy

Full-text

Competition Protocolを組み込んだ根本規定参照ケースとして（TeliaSoneraにもこの要素）; ‘…the vital nature of the Treaty rules on competition must be recalled, in particular those on State aid, which are the expression of one of the essential tasks with which the European Union is entrusted. At the time of the Court’s assessment of the appropriateness and the amount of the present penalty payment, that vital nature is apparent from Article 3(3) TEU, namely the establishment of an internal market, and from Protocol No 27 on the internal market and competition, which forms an integral part of the Treaties in accordance with Article 51 TEU, and states that the internal market includes a system ensuring that competition is not distorted.’

2011-11-17　EC 　

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of animal feed producer KoroFrance by the Cargill Group

2011-11-17　OFT 　

Anticipated acquisition by Exponent Private Equity LLP of the consumer magazines business of BBC Worldwide

Full text of the decision regarding the anticipated acquisition by Exponent Private Equity LLP of the consumer magazines business of BBC Worldwide

2011-11-17　総務省 　

日本電信電話株式会社等に関する法律施行規則の一部改正及びNTT東西の活用業務に係る公正競争ガイドラインの策定

2011-11-16　GC 　

Judgments in Cases T-51/06 Fardem Packaging, T-54/06 Kendrion, Joined Cases T-55/06 RKW and T-66/06 JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteiligungen, Cases T-59/06 Low & Bonar and Bonar Technical Fabrics, T-68/06 Stempher and Koninklijke Verpakkingsindustrie Stempher, T-72/06 Groupe Gascogne, T-76/06 Plasticos Españoles (ASPLA), T-78/06 Álvarez, T-79/06 Sachsa Verpackung v Commission

Press release / full-text

The Court annuls the Commission’s decision in so far as it imposes a fine of €2.37 million on Stempher for its anti-competitive conduct on the plastic industrial bags market

2011-11-16　EC 　

Fair trial rights: EU governments agree on the right to information in criminal proceedings

2011-11-16　Ofcom Newly added!　

Consultation on extension to the USO deliveries exceptions Direction

2011-11-15　CJ Newly added!　

Judgment in Joined Cases C-106/09 and C-107/09 Commission and Spain v Government of Gibraltar and United Kingdom

Press release / full-text

A tax system designed in such a way that offshore companies avoid taxation constitutes a State aid scheme that is incompatible with the internal market

The Court has therefore set aside the judgment of the General Court and upheld the Commission’s decision not to authorise the United Kingdom to implement the reform of Gibraltar corporate tax proposed in 2002

2011-11-15　OFT Newly added!　

Anticipated acquisition by London Stock Exchange plc of the Transaction Reporting System business of the Financial Services Authority

Full text of the decision regarding the anticipated acquisition by London Stock Exchange plc of the Transaction Reporting System business of the Financial Services Authority

2011-11-15　BBC Trust Newly added!　

BBC to tighten rules on sponsored programming following serious breaches of its guidelines on commercial channel World News

The BBC Trust has today published details of 15 programmes broadcast on BBC World News (BBC WN) which have breached the BBC's Editorial and/or Sponsorship Guidelines…

2011-11-14　US District Court for the District of Nevada Newly added!　

Chanel v. Partnerships et al. No.2:11-cv-01508-KJD-PAL

Full-text

de-indexをさせる命令

2011-11-14　総務省 Newly added!　

「周波数オークションに関する懇談会　報告書（案）」に対する意見の募集

2011-11-13　BBC Trust Newly added!　

Ethics and journalism after the News of the World - Speech by Lord Patten of Barnes, Chairman of the BBC Trust, to the Society of Editors Annual Conference

Areopagiticaの引用から始まり、’Only the press can reform the press’で終わる

2011-11-12　OFT Newly added!　

Competition in professions - 10 years on

The Liberalisation of Professions and Consumer Empowerment. Philip Collins' speech at the OFT-hosted breakfast roundtable on competition in professions, 12 October 2011

2011-11-11　EC Newly added!　

The European Court of Auditors’ 2010 Annual Report: EU accounts reliable, but payments still affected by material error

2011-11-11　EC Newly added!　

Mergers: Commission deepens probe into proposed acquisition of control over sugar trader ED&F MAN by Südzucker

2011-11-09　EC Newly added!　

Developments in State aid policy

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

State Aid Round Table - BDI Berlin, 11 November, 2011

two aspects of new SGEI package – diversification of control and stronger protection for disadvantaged social groups

2011-11-11　総務省 Newly added!　

グーグル株式会社に対する「通信の秘密」の保護に係る措置（指導）

2011-11-11　CC Newly added!　

Newspaper merger inquiry formally cancelled

Cancellation notice – 11.11.11

2011-11-09　EC Newly added!　

European Investment Bank to provide EUR 220m to Nissan for production of the 100% electric Nissan LEAF and advanced lithium-ion batteries in Sunderland

2011-11-09　EC Newly added!　

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of US water chemical treatment company Nalco by US chemical company Ecolab

2011-11-09　EC Newly added!　

Mergers: competition authorities agree best practices to handle cross-border mergers that do not benefit from EU one-stop shop review

2011-11-09　EC Newly added!　

State aid cases:

State aid: Commission clears Swedish support for wave energy technology project

State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into German regional investment aid for Linamar Powertrain

State aid: Commission clears Latvian support scheme for high speed broadband networks

State aid: Commission clears Hungarian sport support scheme

State aid: Commission opens in-depth probe into restructuring of Bulgarian railway company BDZ

2011-11-09　CC Newly added!　

Notice of acceptance of Final Undertakings in relation to Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow Airport

2011-11-09　BBC Trust Newly added!　

Trust seeks views on revised approach to syndication of BBC on-demand programmes

A revised syndication policy, governing the ways in which the BBC's on-demand programmes and content are made available on platforms such as cable, digital and satellite TV, mobile phones and games consoles, has been published by the BBC Trust today along with a public consultation…

2011-11-08　GC Newly added!　

Judgment in Case T-384/08 Elliniki Nafpigokataskevastiki and Others v Commission

Full-text

2011-11-08　EC Newly added!　

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Allgäuland by Danish dairy cooperative Arla

2011-11-08　EC Newly added!　

Antitrust: Commission confirms unannounced inspections in the sector of bearings for automotive and industrial use

2011-11-08　EC Newly added!　

Brussels, 8 November 2011 Council adopts directive to strengthen supervision of financial conglomerates

2011-11-08　EC Newly added!　

Brussels, 8 November 2011 Council adopts regulation on export credits

2011-11-08　Ofcom Newly added!　

Competition and Investment in Superfast Broadband

2011-11-08　BBC Trust Newly added!　

Trust publishes independent review of BBC Online management controls

The BBC Trust has today published an independent review of the effectiveness of BBC Online's management controls…

2011-11-07　FCC Newly added!　

Neutral on Internet Neutrality: Should There Be a Role for the Federal Trade Commission?

Global Forum 2011: Vision for the Digital Future

Brussels, Belgium

November 7, 2011

2011-11-07　EC Newly added!　

Digital Agenda: Commission awards €600,000 for new Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom

2011-11-04　EC Newly added!　

Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed acquisition of Synthes by Johnson and Johnson

2011-11-03　BBC Trust

Trust publishes simplified policy on BBC 'trading fairly'

2011-11-01　Ofcom

The state of the communications nation

New report reveals communications coverage and capacity in the UK Ofcom today launched digital communications coverage maps, including outdoor mobile coverage and mobile broadband availability, using data supplied by communications providers

2011-11-01　CC

Bus Market Inquiry: Limitations in competition between bus operators in the north- east

Addendum to provisional findings on geographic market segregation and operator conduct

2011-11-01　BBC Trust

BBC Trust publishes NAO report on the BBC's efficiency programme

2011-11-01　総務省

基幹放送普及計画及び基幹放送用周波数使用計画の一部変更案に係る意見募集の実施栃木県及び群馬県におけるNHK総合放送の県域放送の開始について.

October

2011-10-31　DCMS

ISPs commit to aiding parental control

New Code of Practice sets out measures to help parents block inappropriate online content

2011-10-28　EC

Mergers: Commission clears Siemens' purchase of Dutch heat recovery steam generator supplier NEM

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Lafarge's gypsum assets by Belgian building material producer Etex

2011-10-28　EC

Digital Agenda: encouraging digitisation of EU culture to help boost growth

2011-10-28　総務省

利用者視点を踏まえたICTサービスに係る諸問題に関する研究会「電気通信サービス利用者の利益の確保・向上に関する提言（案）」に対する意見募集

2011-10-28　総務省

利用者視点を踏まえたICTサービスに係る諸問題に関する研究会「青少年が安全に安心してインターネットを利用できる環境の整備に関する提言～スマートフォン時代の青少年保護を目指して～」

2011-10-28　総務省

通信量からみた我が国の通信利用状況

2011-10-27　EC

Mergers: Commission approves Tech Data's acquisition of computer-aided design software distribution business of Mensch und Maschine

2011-10-27　EC

Services Directive: the Commission refers Germany, Austria and Greece to the Court over incomplete transposition of the Directive

2011-10-27　EC

Digital Agenda: Commission requests Greece to implement rules to facilitate telecom networks roll-out

2011-10-27　EC

EU law: Commission acts to ensure that European legislation is fully and properly implemented

2011-10-26　EC

Mergers: Commission approves joint venture between ECE and Metro for supply of property management services in Germany

2011-10-26　OFT

OFT clears Amazon acquisition of the Book Depository

The OFT has cleared the proposed acquisition by Amazon.com Inc. of The Book Depository International Limited

2011-10-26　OFT

OFT consults on updated penalty and leniency guidance

The OFT is consulting on two revised guidance documents, setting out proposals to update its approach to financial penalties and to awarding leniency in competition cases

2011-10-26　BBC Trust

Trust launches impartiality review of BBC coverage of the 'Arab Spring'

2011-10-26　総務省

V－Lowマルチメディア放送に関する事業業者等へのヒアリングの結果

2011-10-25　FTC

FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that DaVita, Inc.’s Acquisition of DSI was Anticompetitive in Market for Dialysis Clinics

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that DaVita, Inc.’s acquisition of CDSI I Holding Company, also known as DSI, was anticompetitive and reduced competition in the U.S. market for outpatient dialysis clinics

2011-10-25　CJ Newly added!

Judgment in Joined Cases C-509/09 and C-161/10 eDate Advertising GmbH v X and; Olivier Martinez and Robert Martinez v MGN Limited

Press release / full-text

Victims of infringements of personality rights by means of the internet may bring actions before the courts of the Member State in which they reside in respect of all of the damage caused; However, the operator of an internet website covered by the e-commerce directive cannot be made subject, in that State, to stricter requirements than those provided for by the law of the Member State in which it is established – Brussels Regulation関連

2011-10-25　CJ

Judgments in Cases C-109/10 P Solvay SA v Commission and C-110/10 P Solvay SA v Commission

Press release / full-text

The Court of Justice sets aside the judgments of the General Court and annuls the Commission decisions imposing fines on Solvay for its anti-competitive conduct on the soda ash market; The Commission failed to respect Solvay’s right of access to the procedural file and its right to be heard

2011-10-25　GC

Judgments in Cases T-348/08 and T-349/08 Aragonesas Industrias y Energia, SAU v Commission; Uralita SA v Commission

Press release / full-text

The General Court annuls the €9.9 million fine imposed on Aragonesas and Uralita for participation in the sodium chlorate cartel; The Commission only produced sufficient evidence of Aragonesas's participation in the infringement for one year rather than three

2011-10-25　EC

Antitrust: Commission sends Telefónica and Portugal Telecom statement of objections regarding non-compete agreement

2011-10-25　Ofcom

More teenagers say they would miss their mobiles and the internet than watch TV

For the first time 12-15s say they would miss their mobile (28 per cent) and the internet (25 per cent) more than TV (18 per cent), according to new Ofcom research

2011-10-25　BBC Trust

BBC and S4C agree future S4C governance

2011-10-24　EC

Aides d'Etat: La Commission rejette le plan de restructuration de SeaFrance

2011-10-24　EC

State aid: Commission opens in-depth review of restructuring of Banco Português de Negócios

2011-10-21　FTC

FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Cardinal Health's Acquisition of Biotech's Nuclear Pharmacies Was Anticompetitive

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Cardinal Health, Inc.'s acquisition of three nuclear pharmacies from Biotech was anticompetitive and reduced competition for low-energy radiopharmaceuticals in Las Vegas, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and El Paso, Texas

2011-10-21　DOJ

Press Release

Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. and BBU Inc.'s Acquisition of the North American Fresh Bakery Business of the Sara Lee Corporation

2011-10-21　CJ AG Opinion

Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-124/10 P European Commission v Électricité de France and Others

Press release / full-text

Advocate General Mazák considers that the Court of Justice should set aside the judgment of the General Court annulling the Commission’s decision finding that EDF had received unlawful State aid totalling €1.217 billion; In his view, the General Court erred in requiring the Commission to examine whether the French State had acted as a private investor when the aid in question was granted by the exercise of public powers in the form of tax breaks

2011-10-21　EC

Mergers: Commission gives clears joint venture between Aéroports de Paris and Aelia

2011-10-21　EC

Antitrust: Commission opens proceedings against Johnson & Johnson and Novartis

2011-10-21　Ofcom

Ofcom invites comments on measuring media plurality

Ofcom has today invited comments on measuring media plurality, following a request to consider this area by the Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt

2011-10-21　OFT/CC

OFT refers audit market to Competition Commission

The OFT has referred the market for the supply of statutory audit services to large companies in the UK to the Competition Commission for further investigation

OFT refers Audit Market to CC

2011-10-21　JFTC

株式会社山陽マルナカに対する審判開始について（優越的地位の濫用事件）

2011-10-21　JFTC

スターアライアンス加盟航空会社８社における情報共有について

2011-10-20　EC

European Commission seeks criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation to improve deterrence and market integrity

2011-10-20　DOJ/FTC

Press Release

Department of Justice/Federal Trade Commission Issue Final Statement of Antitrust Policy Enforcement Regarding Accountable Care Organizations

2011-10-20　Ofcom

Safeguarding the UK’s universal postal service

Ofcom today published proposals designed to ensure that UK consumers continue to benefit from a universally-priced, affordable postal service, six days a week

2011-10-20　CC

BATS / Chi-X merger inquiry: Provisional findings report

BATS / Chi-X merger inquiry: Customer power key to provisional BATS/Chi-X clearance; Notice of Provisional findings; Summary of Provisional findings

2011-10-20　OFT

OFT considers remedies in petrol forecourt merger

The OFT is considering undertakings offered by Rontec Investments LLP in relation to its proposed acquisition of certain petrol forecourts, stores and other assets from Total Downstream UK plc, Total UK Limited and their affiliates

2011-10-19　EC

Antitrust: Commission fines producers of CRT glass € 128 million in fourth cartel settlement

2011-10-19　EC

Mergers: Commission clears proposed acquisition of Samsung's hard disk drive business by Seagate Technology

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of German genset manufacturer MWM by Caterpillar

2011-10-19　EC

State aid: Commission clears French support scheme for ultra fast broadband networks

State aid: Commission refers Italy to Court for failure to recover aid from shipping companies in Sardinia

State aid: Commission refers France to Court for failure to recover incompatible aid from Arbel Fauvet Rail

2011-10-19　EC

Antitrust: Commission confirms inspections in suspected cartel in the sector of Euro interest rate derivatives

2011-10-19　GC

Judgment in Case T-139/06 France v Commission

Press release / full-text

The General Court confirms the Commission’s decision requiring France to pay a fine of €57.77 million for failing to fulfil its obligations in relation to fishery controls

2011-10-19　JFTC

食料品製造業者と卸売業者との取引に関する実態調査について

食料品製造業者と卸売業者との取引に関する実態調査について（概要）

・食料品製造業者と卸売業者との取引に関する実態調査報告書　

2011-10-18　OFT/CC

OFT refers Kent newspaper merger to the Competition Commission

The OFT has referred the anticipated acquisition by Kent Messenger Group (KMG) of several newspapers from Northcliffe Media Limited to the Competition Commission for further investigation

Full-text Newly added!

2011-10-18　OFT

Off-grid energy suppliers need consumer law enforcement not regulation - OFT

The OFT published the findings of its off-grid market study. It showed that on the whole competition works well, with consumers offered a good choice of suppliers, and that the off-grid sector does not need price regulation. However the OFT does have concerns that some heating oil and possibly some other off-grid fuel suppliers may not be treating their customers fairly and is currently examining practices further

2011-10-17　EC

State aid: Commission temporarily approves rescue aid for Dexia Bank Belgium; opens in-depth investigation

2011-10-17　EC

Commission reforms antitrust procedures and expands role of Hearing Officer

2011-10-17　総務省

電気通信事業における個人情報保護に関するガイドライン及び解説の改正案に対する意見募集の結果の公表

2011-10-14　DOJ/FTC

Press Release

United States and European Union Antitrust Agencies Issue Revised Best Practices for Coordinating Merger Reviews

2011-10-14　EC

Mergers: Commission approves the acquisition of Cephalon by Teva, subject to conditions

Mergers: Commission clears CVC's purchase of a controlling stake in fitness centre operator Virgin Active Group

2011-10-14　CC

Notice of intention to accept Final Undertakings in relation to Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow Airport

2011-10-13　FTC

FTC Seeks Public Comment on Universal Health Services' Application to Sell Puerto Rico Assets

Universal Health Services, Inc. has submitted an application to the Federal Trade Commission to sell what are known as the Puerto Rico Divestiture Assets, including Hospital San Juan Capestrano and its affiliated outpatient centers, to Donald R. Dizney and David A. Dizney, through two companies that are members of the United Medical Corporation (UMC)

2011-10-13　CJ

Judgment in Case C-439/09 Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l'Autorité de la Concurrence and Others

Press release / full-text

A clause in a selective distribution contract banning the distributors of the company Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique from selling its products online amounts to a restriction on competition by object, unless that clause is objectively justified

2011-10-13　EC

Statement by President Barroso and President Van Rompuy on the completion of the ratification process for the enhanced European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)

2011-10-13　CC

CC consults on energy licence modification appeal rulesJoaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

2011-10-12　GC

Judgment in Case T-224/10 Association belge des consommateurs test-achats ASBL v European Commission

Press release / full-text

Consumer associations have the right to be heard, in the context of the administrative procedure before the Commission relating to a merger investigation, subject to compliance with two conditions

2011-10-12　EC

Antitrust: Commission imposes € 8.9 million fine in banana cartel

2011-10-12　EC

State aid: Commission clears aid from Irish Insurance Compensation Fund for restructuring of Quinn Insurance

2011-10-12　EC

Building Europe’s future payments market

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

Next Generation Cards and Payments conference Brussels, 12 October 2011

2011-10-12　DCMS

DCMS responds to select committee on football governance

Sports Minister wants football family to improve governance to benefit the game long-term

2011-10-12　OFT

Competition in Professions - 10 years on: The Liberalisation of Professions and Consumer Empowerment

Philip Collins' speech at the OFT-hosted breakfast roundtable on competition in professions, 12 October 2011

2011-10-12　総務省

V-Highマルチメディア放送を行う移動受信用地上基幹放送の業務の認定

2011-10-11　DOJ

U.S. and Plaintiff States v. AT&T Inc., et al.

Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Google's Motion for Additional Relief Under the Protective Order

2011-10-11　DOJ

Press Release

Justice Department Statement on US Airways/Delta Airlines Acquisition of Slots at Washington's Reagan National and New York's LaGuardia Airports

2011-10-11　EC

Digital Agenda: high-level group to discuss freedom and pluralism of the media across the EU

2011-10-11　EC

Statement by the European Commission, the ECB and IMF on the Fifth Review Mission to Greece

2011-10-10　EC

State aid: Commission temporarily approves rescue aid for Danish Max Bank

2011-10-10　EC

Energy markets: Commission welcomes adoption of new rules on wholesale electricity and gas trading

2011-10-07　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Skype by Microsoft

2011-10-07　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of medical tech company Kinetic Concepts by private equity fund APAX

2011-10-07　EC/EDPS

"A serious policy debate on net neutrality must effectively address users' confidentiality of communication", says EDPS

2011-10-07　CC

CC puts Scottish Airport Sale First

2011-10-07　OFT

Competition Enforcement Capacity Building　and Competition Advocacy

John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading

Speech at the 2nd BRICS International Competition Conference, Beijing, 20-22 September 2011

2011-10-06　FCC

Genachowski Statement on Steve Jobs

2011-10-06　EC

Mergers: Commission approves merger of activities of Galenica and Fresenius in human health sector

2011-10-06　CC

Local Bus Market Investigation: Provisional Decision on Remedies

CC Has Change for the Buses

2011-10-06　BBC Trust

A BBC focused on quality, efficiency and distinctiveness - Trust launches public consultation on proposals for the BBC of the future

2011-10-05　FTC

FTC Staff: Proposed Tennessee Legislation May Reduce Patient Access to Pain Management Services and Increase Prices

Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from Tennessee State Representative Gary Odom, stated that there may be reduced access to pain management services in the state, as well as higher costs for those services, under a bill proposed in the Tennesssee legislature that would require on-site physician supervision of pain management services in some facilities

2011-10-05　DOJ

U.S. v. Google Inc. and ITA Software, Inc.

Final Judgment

2011-10-05　EC

State aid: Commission opens in-depth inquiry into Italian support to former Tirrenia Group

2011-10-05　EC

State aid: Commission approves Belgian R&D aid for SABCA

2011-10-05　CJ

Judgments in Case T-11/06 Romana Tabacchi Srl v Commission, Case T-19/06 Mindo Srl v Commission and Case T-39/06 Transcatab SpA v Commission

Press release / full-text

2011-10-05　JFTC

公正取引委員会における平成２３年度の政策評価結果について

別添１ / 別添２ / 別添３ / 別添４ / 別添５ / 別添６ / 別添７

2011-10-04　CJ/EC 　

A system of licences for the broadcasting of football matches which grants broadcasters territorial exclusivity on a Member State basis and which prohibits television viewers from watching the broadcasts with a decoder card in other Member States is contrary to EU law

Judgment in Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08 Football Association Premier League and Others v QC Leisure and Others Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd

Full-text

久々の「らしい」先決裁定； a system of exclusive licences is also contrary to European Union competition law if the licence agreements prohibit the supply of decoder cards to television viewers who wish to watch the broadcasts outside the Member State for which the licence is granted

2011-10-03　Ofcom Newly added! 　

Discounting for cost-benefit analyses involving private investment, but public benefit - Published by the Joint Regulators Group (JRG)

2011-10-04　JFTC 　

平成２２年度公正取引委員会年次報告について

2011-10-03　EC 　

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of controlling stake in Israeli agrochemical company Makhteshim Agan by China National Agrochemical

2011-10-03　EC 　

Digital Agenda: public consultations on access to telecoms networks

2011-10-03　Ofcom Newly added! 　

Postal regulation: Transition to the new regulatory framework - Update statement

2011-10-03　DCMS 　

DCMS/Wolfson – a public-private partnership

New publication looks back at eight years of investment in museums and galleries

September

2011-09-30　FTC

At FTC's Request, Court Orders Debt Collector to Stop Deceiving Clients and Abusing Consumers

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has halted an operation that allegedly subjected consumers to abusive debt-collection practices and deceived the small-business clients for whom it collects

2011-09-30　DOJ

Press Release

Justice Department Requires Morgan Stanley to Disgorge $4.8 Million in Profits from Anticompetitive Agreement

2011-09-30　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of parts of Teva by Procter & Gamble

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Belgian wind turbine gearbox manufacturer Hansen by German automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of German automotive spare parts dealer Europart by private equity fund Triton

2011-09-30　EC

State aid: Commission temporarily approves rescue aid for Spanish savings banks NCG Banco, Catalunya Banc and Unnim Banc

2011-09-30　EC

SGEI reform: Presenting the draft legislation

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

College of Europe Bruges, 30 September 2011

2011-09-30　総務省

我が国のインターネットにおけるトラヒックの集計・試算

2011年5月時点の集計結果の公表

2011-09-30　総務省

「周波数オークション制度の導入に関する中間論点整理」に対する意見募集の結果の公表

2011-09-29　CJ

Judgments in Cases C-520/09 P Arkema SA v Commission and C-521/09 P Elf Aquitaine v Commission

Press release / full-text

The Court found that, in the case before it, the Commission had not given sufficiently reasoned answers to several of the arguments put forward by Elf Aquitaine in order to establish that Arkema determined its conduct on the market independently

2011-09-29　GC

Judgment in Case T-442/07 Ryanair v Commission

full-text

Aid granted by the Italian authorities to Alitalia, Air One and Meridiana

2011-09-29　EC

Antitrust: the Commission calls on France to ensure non‑discriminatory allocation of digital TV broadcasting frequencies

2011-09-29　EC

Digital Agenda: Commission requests Belgium and UK to implement Audiovisual Media Services Directive in Brussels and Gibraltar

2011-09-29　EC

Digital Agenda: Commission requests Denmark to change rules on financing of universal services

2011-09-29　総務省

平成23年度政策評価書の公表

2011-09-29　総務省

「平成23年度以降に総務省において実施する主要な政策ごとの目標設定等について（平成23年度目標設定表）」の策定

2011-09-28　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of German automotive supplier GETRAG's all-wheel-drive business by GKN

2011-09-28　DCMS Newly added!

Diamond Jubilee guidance issued

Information published on using Royal names and titles

2011-09-28　BIS Newly added!

BIS responds to ABI report on executive pay and performance

2011-09-28　JFTC

官製談合防止に向けた発注機関の取組に関する実態調査報告書～発注機関におけるコンプライアンス活動～（概要）

2011-09-27　EC

Antitrust: Commission confirms unannounced inspections in the natural gas sector

2011-09-27　EC

Mergers: Commission approves merger of activities of North Sea and Argos Groeps in petroleum sector

2011-09-27　OFT

OFT accepts undertakings in oil distribution merger for the Isle of Wight

The OFT has accepted undertakings offered by GB Oils Limited to address competition concerns on the Isle of Wight arising from its anticipated acquisition of Pace Fuelcare Limited (Pace), part of MRH (GB) Limited (MRH)

2011-09-26　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of MAN by Volkswagen

2011-09-23　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of German plant care supplier Compo by private-equity firm Triton

2011-09-23　EC

Antitrust: Commission opens investigation in e-payment market

2011-09-23　EC

Questions & Answers on the benchmark for free allocation to airlines and on the inclusion of aviation in the EU's Emission Trading System (EU ETS)

2011-09-23　FTC

Universal Health Services Withdraws Application to Sell Las Vegas Psychiatric Facilities

Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has withdrawn its application seeking Federal Trade Commission approval to sell its Las Vegas psychiatric facilities, including Montevista Hospital and Red Rock Behavioral Health Hospital, to Dr. Soon Kim through Signature Health Services, LLC, which does business as Aurora Behavioral Healthcare

2011-09-23　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of ING Car Lease by BMW

2011-09-23　EC

Chemicals/REACH: Conference looks at early results and future challenges for chemicals registration

Conference Information

久々のREACH

2011-09-22　CJ

Judgment in Case C-148/09 P Belgique v Deutsche Post e.a.

full-text

原告適格等

2011-09-22　CJ

Judgment in Joined Cases C-244/10 and C-245/10 Mesopotamia Broadcast A/S METV and Roj TV A/S v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Press release / full-text

Germany cannot prevent the retransmission on its territory of programmes in Kurdish which are broadcast by Roj TV from Denmark. However, so long as the retransmission of those programmes is not prevented, Germany may prohibit, on its territory, the activities of Roj TV and Mesopotamia Broadcast as associations

2011-09-22　CJ

Judgment in Case C-482/09 Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik v Anheuser-Busch Inc.

Press release / full-text

Anheuser-Busch and Budějovický Budvar can both continue to use the Budweiser trade mark in the United Kingdom. United Kingdom consumers are well aware of the difference between Budvar’s beers and those of Anheuser-Busch

2011-09-22　CJ

Judgment in Case C-323/09 Interflora Inc., Interflora British Unit v Marks & Spencer plc, Flowers Direct Online Ltd

Press release / full-text

The Court clarifies the scope of trade mark protection in the European Union:

In this case the national court will have to determine, inter alia, whether Marks & Spencer – by its use, within Google’s referencing service, of keywords corresponding to the trade mark of its competitor Interflora – undermined any of the “functions” of that trade mark and whether it was “free-riding”

2011-09-22　EC

Public enforcement and private damages actions in antitrust

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

European Parliament, ECON Committee Brussels, 22 September 2011

2011-09-22　EC

Opening up Europe: from Common Standards to Open Data

Neelie Kroes Vice President European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda

OpenForum Europe Summit 2011, Brussels 22nd September 2011

2011-09-22　OFT

Change needed to encourage competition in organic waste treatment, OFT finds

The OFT has issued recommendations designed to encourage increased competition and greater efficiency in the treatment of organic waste

2011-09-21　DCMS

Digital TV switchover hits the halfway mark

Right on schedule, more than half of UK homes are now using digital-only TV

2011-09-21　OFT

OFT receives super-complaint about travel money

The OFT has received a super-complaint from Consumer Focus about the cost of obtaining foreign currency and overseas use of credit and debit cards

2011-09-21　総務省

地方公営企業の抜本改革等の取組状況（平成22年4月1日現在調査）

2011-09-20　EC

Antitrust: Commission market tests IBM's commitments on mainframe maintenance and closes separate case into alleged unlawful tying

2011-09-20　EC

State aid: Commission clears Danish online gambling duties

2011-09-20　EC

State aid: Commission approves restructuring of HSH Nordbank, subject to conditions

2011-09-20　EC

State aid: Commission approves Spanish R&D aid for the development of an innovative aero engine component

2011-09-20　EC

State aid: Commission refers Italy to Court for failure to recover incompatible aid from Eurallumina

2011-09-20　BBC Trust

BBC's national radio stations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales provide distinctive programmes that can't be found elsewhere, Trust review finds

2011-09-19　CJ

Taking of the oath by a new Judge at the General Court of the European Union - Mariyana Kancheva

Formal sitting of 19 September 2011

2011-09-16　DOJ

U.S. and Plaintiff States v. AT&T Inc., et al.

Status Report on Stipulated Scheduling and Case-Management Order

[Proposed] Stipulated Scheduling and Case-Management Order

Amended Complaint

AT&T/T-Mobileの件

2011-09-16　EC

Proposals for new texts regarding the application of state aid rules to Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI)

Altmark packageの置き換え

2011-09-16　EC

Schengen: EU Commission proposes a European approach to better protect citizens' free movement

2011-09-16　EC

New challenges in mergers and antitrust

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

IBA annual competition conference Florence, 16 September, 2011

2011-09-15　EC

State aid control as a resolution tool in the EU

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

The Eurofi Financial Forum 2011 Wrocław, 15 September 2011

2011-09-15　EC/CJ

State aid: Commission welcomes Court judgment on German support for digital switchover in DVBT Berlin Brandenburg case

Judgment in Case C-544/09 P Germany v Commission

full-text

2011-09-15　GC

Judgment in Case T-234/07 Koninklijke Grolsch NV v Commission

Press release / full-text

’ First of all, the Court considers certain documents concerning the meetings between the companies and concludes that the evidence available to the Commission was not sufficient to establish the direct participation of Koninklijke Grolsch in the cartel.’

2011-09-15　CJ

Judgment in Case C-347/09 Criminal proceedings against Jochen Dickinger and Franz Ömer

Press release / full-text

’ A monopoly on the operation of internet casino games is justifiable only if it seeks in a consistent and systematic manner to combat the risks connected with such games’

2011-09-15　DCMS

National Audit Office to be given free access to BBC books

Updated BBC Agreement delivers transparency and ensures value for money

2011-09-15　OFT

OFT launches dentistry market study

The OFT has launched a market study which will examine whether the private and NHS dentistry markets are working well for patients

2011-09-14　FCC

Genachowski announces white spaces database testing

2011-09-14　EC

Emissions trading: Member States endorse procurement agreements for phase 3 allowance auctions

2011-09-14　DCMS

Bold moves to promote growth, protect media plurality and defend intellectual property

Jeremy Hunt lays out his vision for a new Communications Act at the RTS Cambridge Convention

2011-09-14　総務省

平成22年度の民間放送事業者の収支状況

2011-09-14　総務省

高知県の有線テレビジョン放送事業者1社の提起による再送信同意に関する裁定処分に対する異議申立ての付議

2011-09-13　BIS Newly added!

International Corporate Governance Network - Annual Conference 2011

Vince Cable, Secretary of State

13 Sep 2011, Pullman Montparnasse, Paris

European Commission green paper, UK approach – Stewardship Code, …

2011-09-13　総務省

「IPv6によるインターネットの利用高度化に関する研究会」第三次中間報告書（案）及び環境クラウドサービスの構築・運用ガイドライン（案）に対する意見の募集

「外のクラウド上で環境クラウドサービスに係るデータが扱われる場合、その取扱いに対して当該国の法律が適用され、電子情報の開示を求められる等、情報管理のシナリオが多岐に渡ることが想定される。こうした法制度及び電子情報の開示について事業者等が満たすことが推奨される要件を明確化する。」等

2011-09-12　EC

Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights – Frequently Asked Questions

2011-09-12　BIS

Independent Commission on Banking: final report

The ICB publishes it's final report on structural and related non-structural reforms to the UK banking sector.

2011-09-12　総務省

日本電信電話株式会社等に関する法律施行規則の一部改正案及びNTT東西の活用業務に係る公正競争ガイドライン案に関する意見募集

2011-09-10　DCMS

Government plans to slash live entertainment red tape

2011-09-08　CJ Newly added!

Judgments in Case C-279/08 P Commission v Netherlands

Full-text

NOx emission allowancesにつき、economic advantageがあり、state aid該当とする判断

2011-09-08　GC

Judgments in Case T-12/06 and Case T-25/06 Deltafina SpA v Commission / Alliance One International v Commission

Press release / full-text

The case of Deltafina is the first in which the Commission did not grant final immunity from fines to the first undertaking that revealed the existence of a cartel

2011-09-08　CJ AG Opinion

Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-17/10 Toshiba Corporation and Others

Press release / full-text

一事不再理(’Advocate General Kokott concludes that the Commission's decision and the decision of the Czech competition authority do not relate to the same material acts, which means that the Czech competition authority did not infringe the prohibition against punishing the same offence twice (ne bis in idem principle’） ※ただし、prior to accession to the EUのお話

2011-09-08　OFT

OFT issues call for evidence on motor insurance

The OFT issued a call for evidence to establish the background to recent reports of rising UK private motor insurance premiums, and consider whether further work may be necessary to improve the way the market works

2011-09-07　総務省

「電気通信事業分野における競争状況の評価2010」の公表

2011-09-06　FCC

Copps Statement at the News Literacy Project's DC Kickoff

2011-09-06　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Fortis Commercial Finance Holding by BNP Paribas

2011-09-06　OFT Newly added!

ITV Micro-regions: consultation on provisional decision

The OFT's final decision confirms its provisional view that ITV's plans will not materially alter the basis on which ITV offers Commercial Airtime for sale

2011-09-06　総務省

700/900MHz帯移動通信システムに係る参入希望調査の結果の公表

2011-09-05　Ofcom

New HD slot confirmed for digital terrestrial TV

Viewers may be able to watch more High Definition (HD) TV through a standard roof-top aerial, thanks to Ofcom’s decision today to invite applications for an extra HD slot on Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT)

2011-09-02　FTC

FTC Requires Dialysis Services Company DaVita, Inc. to Sell 29 Clinics to Resolve Anticompetitive Effects of its Proposed Acquisition of DSI

The Federal Trade Commission will require dialysis services company DaVita, Inc. to sell 29 outpatient dialysis clinics around the United States, under a proposed settlement that resolves FTC charges that DaVita’s proposed $689 million acquisition of rival CDSI I Holding Company, Inc., also known as DSI, would be anticompetitive

2011-09-02　FTC

FTC Seeks Public Comment on Dow Chemical's Application to Sell Its Torrance, California, Acrylic Latex Plant Property to Hager Pacific

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on The Dow Chemical Company’s application for FTC approval to sell to Hager Pacific Acquisitions, LLC, real estate and other property in Torrance, California, which is related to a latex polymers business that Dow previously divested to Arkema Inc. Hager Pacific Acquisitions, LLC is a subsidiary of Hager Pacific Properties

2011-09-02　Ofgem Newly added!

Decision and further consultation on the design of the Network Innovation Competition

2011-09-02　Ofcom Newly added!

Licensing of Channel 3 and Channel 5

A report from Ofcom to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

2011-09-02　OFT

OFT refers Anglo American/Lafarge construction materials joint venture to the Competition Commission

The OFT has referred the proposed UK construction materials joint venture between Anglo American PLC and Lafarge S.A. to the Competition Commission for further investigation

2011-09-01　OECD Newly added!

Regulated Conduct Defence – antitrust immunity for undertakings where their conduct is required by federal or state regulation

2011-09-01　CAT Newly added!

Appointment to the Panel of Ordinary Members

The President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal is pleased to announce that the Minister for Competition, Mr Edward Davey MP, has appointed Peter Freeman CBE QC to the Tribunal’s panel of Ordinary Members.

2011-09-01　OFT

U.S. and Plaintiff States v.Comcast Corp., et al.

Memorandum Order

Final Judgment

2011-09-01　FTC

FTC Issues New Report on Gasoline Prices and the Petroleum Industry

Crude Oil Prices Continue To Be The Main Driver of Retail Gasoline Prices

2011-09-01　EC

Digital Agenda: Commission seeks information from eight Member States on implementation of Audiovisual Media Services Directive

FAQs

2011-09-01　Ofcom

Ofcom progresses with new wireless technology

Ofcom has today progressed plans for the introduction of White Space technology in the UK – the first country in Europe to do so. The technology uses signals that can travel large distances and easily through walls. This makes it suitable for a wide range of new consumer applications that could...

August

2011-08-31　FCC Newly added!

Copps Statement On DOJ's Action On AT&T-T-Mobile Transaction

2011-08-31　DOJ Newly added!

Press Release

Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Block AT&T's Acquisition of T-Mobile

2011-08-31　CC

CC Clears STS/Butlers Merger

STS/Butlers merger Final Report

2011-08-30　BIS Newly added!

RESEARCH REPORT

Infrastructure supply chains: barriers and opportunities

digital communicationsもあり

2011-08-30　EC

Mergers: Commission approves proposed joint venture between Hochtief and GeoSea

2011-08-30　総務省

平成22年度の字幕放送等の実績

2011-08-29　DOJ

Press Release

Justice Department Requires Divestiture in Order for General Electric Company to Proceed with its Acquisition of Converteam Group SAS

2011-08-29　総務省

日本郵政株式会社に対する報告の徴求

2011-08-26　DOJ

Press Release

Department of Justice Will Not Challenge the Producers Guild of America's Proposed Use of Certification Mark

2011-08-26　総務省

公共事業に係る政策評価の点検結果

2011-08-25　CC

SRCL / Ecowaste merger inquiry – CC invites evidence; Terms of reference

2011-08-24　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of G6 Rete Gas by F2i and AXA Private Equity

2011-08-23　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Amprion by Molaris and Commerz Real

2011-08-23　CC

Movies on Pay-TV - CC publishes full provisional findings report

2011-08-19　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of the speciality chemicals company ISP by Ashland

2011-08-19　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Phadia by Thermo Fisher

2011-08-19　EC

EU Justice Commissioner Reding welcomes Ireland's decision to join EU victims of crime proposal

2011-08-19　CC

CC finds lack of competition in Pay-TV movies

Movies on Pay-TV - Provisional Findings - Summary

Movies on Pay-TV - Notice of Provisional Findings

Movies on Pay-TV - Notice of Possible Remedies

2011-08-17　DOJ

Press Release

Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Order for Regal Beloit Corporation to Proceed with It's Acquisition of A.O. Smith Corporation's Electric Motor Business

2011-08-17　OFT

OFT accepts divestment of a vessel in Acergy/Subsea 7 merger

The OFT has accepted undertakings to address the competition concerns arising from the completed acquisition of Subsea 7 Inc by Acergy S.A. (since renamed Subsea 7 S.A.). As a result, the merger will not be referred to the Competition Commission

2011-08-16　CC

CC clears Thomas Cook/Co-Op Travel Agency Joint Venture

Final Report

2011-08-16　OFT

OFT proposes Competition Commission investigation of aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets

2011-08-15　FTC

Mobile Apps Developer Settles FTC Charges It Violated Children's Privacy Rule

Company Collected Kids' Information Without Their Parents' Consent

2011-08-15　FTC

FTC Staff: No Present Intention of Challenging Council of Better Business Bureaus' Accountability Program for Online Behavioral Advertising as Anticompetitive

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition has issued an advisory opinion letter stating that it has no present intention to challenge the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ (CBBB) proposed “accountability program,” which would hold companies engaged in online behavioral advertising accountable for compliance with the “Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising.”

2011-08-15　EC/WTO

WTO panel report confirms that the Philippines' tax regime discriminates EU imports of distilled spirits

2011-08-15　BBC Trust

Trust publishes decisions on BBC services during London 2012

”In addition to its normal online output, the BBC plans to offer around 1,000 hours of live Olympics video coverage which will not be shown on TV, but made available only on BBC Online; some or all of it may also be made available on demand.”

2011-08-11　EC

Commission accepts that Spain can temporarily restrict the free movement of Romanian workers

2011-08-10　EC Newly added!

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING PAPER

Mid-Term Review of the R&D&I Framework

2011-08-09　FCC

Genachowski Remarks on the Open Internet Apps Challenge

2011-08-09　総務省

平成23年「情報通信に関する現状報告」（平成23年版情報通信白書）の公表

2011-08-09　総務省

放送法関係審査基準の一部を改正する訓令案に係る意見募集の結果

衛星基幹放送の業務の認定

2011-08-08　FTC

FTC Staff Says Proposed New York Legislation Would Reduce Competition and Likely Lead to Higher Prescription Drug Costs

Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request for comment from New York State Senator James L. Seward, stated that consumers are likely to be harmed by proposed state legislation that would limit a health plan’s ability to steer beneficiaries to a lower cost mail order provider of prescription drugs

2011-08-08　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Finnish Luvata's rolled copper products division by German copper producer Aurubis

2011-08-05　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of German crane manufacturer Demag by US industrial group Terex Corporation

2011-08-05　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of French chemicals company Rhodia by Solvay

2011-08-05　EC

Antitrust: Commission investigates luxury watch manufacturers

2011-08-05　総務省

「情報流通インデックス」計量結果の公表

2011-08-04　DOJ

Press Release

Justice Department Reaches Settlement with VeriFone and Hypercom after Gores Group is Determined to be Acceptable Buyer for Point-Of-Sale Terminals Business

2011-08-04　EC

Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext

2011-08-04　DCMS

Government commits to child protection rules

Strict controls on video-on-demand services will be secured

2011-08-04　CC

Local bus services market investigation: Notice of provisional findings on tacit coordination

Local bus services market investigation: Provisional findings on tacit coordination

2011-08-03　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Belgian insurer Nateus by Bâloise of Switzerland

2011-08-03　DCMS/BIS

Reforms to intellectual property laws aim to boost growth

Government responds to the Hargreaves Review

Sweeping reforms for UK intellectual property laws

The Government announces plans to modernise intellectual property laws, aiding growth and adding billions to the UK economy

2011-08-02　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition security services company Niscayah by Securitas

2011-08-02　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Swiss pharma company Nycomed by Takeda of Japan

2011-08-01　FCC

Genachowski to Announce "Measuring Broadband America" Report Results

July

2011-07-29　EC

State Aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into state aid to UK postal operator Royal Mail

2011-07-29　OFT

OFT provisionally decides to refer audit market to Competition Commission

The OFT has provisionally decided to refer the market for statutory audit services to large companies in the UK to the Competition Commission for a market investigation

2011-07-28　CJ

Judgment in Case C-403/10 P Mediaset SpA v Commission

Press release / full-text

The Court confirms that the Italian subsidies for the purchase of digital terrestrial decoders in 2004 and 2005 constitute State aid which is incompatible with the common market - The broadcasters which benefited indirectly from that State aid are obliged to repay amounts corresponding to the advantage obtained thereby

2011-07-28　OFT/CAT

OFT welcomes Competition Appeal Tribunal judgment in Ryanair/Aer Lingus merger case

The OFT welcomes the judgment by the Competition Appeal Tribunal that it is 'in-time' to review Ryanair's acquisition of a minority interest in Aer Lingus - The Tribunal agreed that the OFT was unable to apply its national merger control legislation whilst appeals were ongoing in the European courts（並行適用時のsuspendの扱い（duty of sincere cooperation））

2011-07-28　総務省

V-Highマルチメディア放送を行う移動受信用地上基幹放送の業務の認定申請受付及び参入希望者に対する説明会の開催

審査基準等のまとまった資料あり

2011-07-27　DOJ/FTC

Press Release

Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Sign Antitrust Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese Antitrust Agencies

Antitrust Cooperation Agreement

Memorandum of Understanding on Antitrust and Antimonopoly Cooperation Between The United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, on the One Hand, and The People's Republic of China National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Commerce, and State Administration for Industry and Commerce, on the Other Hand

こういう時代になって参りました

2011-07-27　BBC Trust

Trust approves Radio 3 podcast and Freesat on-demand changes

Freesatの方は、簡易public value testを実施

2011-07-26　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of pharmaceutical supplier Capsugel by US investment fund KKR

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of the S‑PVC business of Tessenderlo by Ineos

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Medion by Lenovo

2011-07-26　EC

Antitrust: Car price report shows price differentials for new cars in EU narrowing in 2010

2011-07-26　総務省

自治紛争処理委員の審査に付することを求める旨の申出

2011-07-26　総務省

「電気通信事業分野における競争状況の評価2010（案）」に対する意見募集

「ネット中立性」にも言及あり

2011-07-25　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Tognum and Bergen by Daimler and Rolls-Royce

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of power conversion company Converteam by General Electric

2011-07-25　CC 　

CC formally cancels News Corp/BSkyB inquiry

2011-07-25　総務省

「知識情報社会の実現に向けた情報通信政策の在り方」（平成23年諮問第17号）に関する情報通信審議会からの中間答申

2011-07-25　総務省

「情報通信分野における標準化戦略の在り方」（平成23年諮問第18号）に関する情報通信審議会からの中間答申

―東日本復興及び日本再生に向けたICT総合戦略―.

2011-07-22　Ofcom

A copy of a letter sent on 22 July 2011 to Simon Hughes MP, Don Foster MP and Tim Farron MP about Ofcom’s role, powers and duties surrounding ‘fit and proper’.

Letter to Simon Hughes, Don Foster and Tim Farron MP from Ed Richards

2011-07-21　FCC

Commissioner Copps' Remarks To The National Newspaper Association

2つのschoolとlocal衰亡

2011-07-21　CJ Newly added!

Case C-506/08 P Suède / MyTravel et Commission

Press release / Full-text

欧州委員会によるdocumentsへのアクセス拒否を認めた総合裁判所の判断を覆す

2011-07-21　Ofcom Newly added!

Public Service Broadcasting Annual Report 2011

2011-07-21　CC

Thomas Cook/Co-op Group inquiry: Provisional Findings report

CC provisionally clears Thomas Cook/Co-op Travel agency

CC provisionally clears Thomas Cook/Co-op Travel agency Joint Venture and summary of Provisional Findings report

2011-07-21　総務省

「利用者視点を踏まえたICTサービスに係る諸問題に関する研究会」「プロバイダ責任制限法検証に関する提言」及び「迷惑メールへの対応の在り方に関する提言」の公表

2011-07-21　総務省

「ICTグローバル展開の在り方に関する懇談会報告書」の公表

2011-07-20　DOJ

U.S. and Plaintiff States v. American Express, et al.

Final Judgment as to Defendants MasterCard International Incorporated and Visa Inc. (July 20, 2011)

Memorandum & Order (July 20, 2011)

2011-07-20　EC

Mergers: Commission approves proposed joint venture between Trenitalia and Veolia Transport

2011-07-20　EC

State aid: Commission temporarily approves rescue aid for Irish Life & Permanent Group Holdings

2011-07-20　EC

Commission wants stronger and more responsible banks in Europe

2011-07-20　No10 Newly added!

PM announces panel for judge-led inquiry and publishes terms of reference

2011-07-20　BBC Trust

BBC science coverage given "vote of confidence" by independent report

2011-07-20　総務省

平成23年版ICT国際競争力指標の公表

2011-07-19　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Evonik's carbon black business by Rhône Capital and Triton

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Metal Forming by Corporación Gestamp, both suppliers to the automotive sector

2011-07-19　CC

BAA Airports: CC confirms BAA Airports sales

BAA Airports: Consideration of possible material changes of circumstances

2011-07-19　BBC Trust 　

Lord Patten publishes review of BBC governance

2011-07-18　EC

State aid: Commission approves restructuring plan of Hypo Real Estate and clears the aid

2011-07-18　EC

State aid: Overview of decisions and on-going in-depth investigations in the context of the financial crisis (situation as of 14 July 2011)

2011-07-18　Ofcom

‘Fit and Proper’ FAQ

Here is a list of frequently asked questions in relation to the ongoing Fit and Proper requirement on broadcast licensees. This summarises previously published information by Ofcom on the matter

2011-07-18　DCMS 　

New framework for local television

Jeremy Hunt announces structure to create thriving local TV

2011-07-15　EC

Antitrust: Commission investigates possible foreclosure of competitors from Austrian markets for management of packaging waste

Antitrust: Commission opens formal proceedings against Czech electricity incumbent CEZ

2011-07-15　EC

State aid: Commission temporarily approves rescue aid for merged entity Educational Building Society/Allied Irish Banks

2011-07-15　CC

CC provisionally clears STS/Butlers Merger

Summary of STS/Butlers Provisional Findings

2011-07-14　EC

Digital Agenda: Commission consults on practical rules for notifying personal data breaches

2011-07-14　BBC Trust

Work needed to improve the BBC's complaints handling

2011-07-13　GC Newly added!

Judgments in Cases T-38/07 Shell Petroleum NV and Others; T-39/07 Eni SpA; T-42/07 The Dow Chemical Company and Others; T-44/07 Kaučuk a.s.; T-45/07 Unipetrol a.s.; T-53/07 Trade-Stomil sp. z o.o.; and T-59/07 Polimeri Europa SpA v Commission

Press release

The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision concerning a cartel on the synthetic rubber market in so far as it concerns Unipetrol, its subsidiary Kaučuk and Trade-Stomil (the evidence admitted by the Commission is not sufficient for a finding that those companies participated in unlawful agreements)

2011-07-13　EC

State aid: Commission clears investment fund to support urban regeneration in Northwest England

State aid: decisions on regional investment aid for BMW, Volkswagen, Globalfoundries and CRS Reprocessing in Germany and AU Optronics in Slovakia

State aid: Commission opens 3 in-depth state aid investigations in air transport in France, Germany and Ireland; clears Dutch air passenger tax

State aid: Commission finds aid for Finnish Property Company Ålands Industrihus incompatible with EU state aid rules and orders recovery

State aid: Commission orders recovery of incompatible state aid in favour of Bulgaria's Ruse Industry

State aid: Commission approves Romanian Green Certificates renewable energy support scheme

State aid: Commission opens in-depth inquiry into restructuring aid to Greek railway company TRAINOSE

State aid: Greece needs to recover around €17 million from Aluminium of Greece

2011-07-13　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Finnish paper company Myllykoski Group by UPM-Kymmene

2011-07-13　EC

Antitrust: Commission welcomes Court judgment in the Elevators and Escalators cases

2011-07-13　EC

Commission consults on how best to seize the opportunities for TV and film in the online age

FAQs

2011-07-13　EC

Emissions trading: Member States agree to auction 120 million phase 3 allowances in 2012

2011-07-13　DCMS/No10 Newly added!

Prime Minister announces details of inquiry into phone hacking

2011-07-13　JFTC

日ＥＵ競争当局意見交換について

（参考）ＥＵ競争法の概要

2011-07-13　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に係る認可

次世代ネットワークを利用したエンド―エンド通信の県間役務提供.

2011-07-13　総務省

東北3県における地上アナログ放送用周波数の使用期限延長に係る告示案の電波監理審議会からの答申

2011-07-12　EC

Digital Agenda: Europeans prefer all in one 'packages' for internet, phone and TV

2011-07-12　EC

Competition policy in 2010 and the SGEI reform

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

European Parliament, ECON Committee Brussels, 12 July 2011

SGEI reformの’anticipation’

2011-07-12　GC

Case T-112/07　Hitachi and Others v Commission

Full-text

Case T-113/07　Toshiba v Commission

Full-text

Case T-132/07　Fuji Electric v Commission

Full-text

Case T-133/07　Mitsubishi Electric v Commission

Full-text

2011-07-12　CC

BATS / Chi-X merger inquiry: News Release; Issues statement

2011-07-12　OFT

OFT refers frozen ready meals merger to Competition Commission

The OFT referred the completed acquisition of the frozen ready meals business of Headland Foods Limited by Kerry Foods Limited to the Competition Commission for further investigation

2011-07-12　DCMS

News Corp – BSkyB merger to be referred to Competition Commission

Jeremy Hunt makes statement to Parliament following withdrawal of undertakings in lieu

2011-07-12　BBC Trust

"The BBC must be a beacon for quality and standards":Lord Patten publishes BBC Annual Report and Accounts for 2010/11

2011-07-11　EC

State aid: Commission temporarily approves rescue aid for Bank of Ireland

2011-07-08　FCC

Copps Statement On Court of Appeals Media Ownership Decision

Statement of Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn On The Third Circuit's Decision To Vacate The 2008 Diversity Order

2011-07-08　EC

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Rio Tinto's talc business by Imerys

2011-07-08　DCMS

News Corporation's proposed acquisition of BSkyB

2011-07-08　JFTC

郵船ロジスティクス株式会社に対する審決について（国際航空貨物利用運送事業者らによる価格カルテル）

・審決書

2011-07-07　DOJ

Press Release

DOJ, FTC Announce Changes to Streamline the Premerger Notification Form

2011-07-07　FCC

Statement of Commissioner Robert M. McDowell, "The Views Of The Independent Agencies On Regulatory Reform", Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy & Commerce, United States House of Representatives

2011-07-07　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Janssen Animal Health by pharmaceutical group Eli Lilly

2011-07-07　OFT

OFT clears Kingfisher acquisition of 30 former Focus stores

2011-07-07　JFTC

フランチャイズ・チェーン本部との取引に関する調査について

・報告書本体

2011-07-06　DOJ

Press Release

Assistant Attorney General Varney Announces Departure from Antitrust Division

2011-07-06　EC

Antitrust: Commission welcomes improved market entry for lung disease treatments

Antitrust: Commission welcomes new decrease in problematic pharma patent settlements in the EU

Antitrust: Commission sends Statement of Objections to suspected participants in power cables cartel

2011-07-06　DCMS

DCMS exceeds carbon emissions reduction target

Figures show central Government has achieved a 10 per cent reduction goal

2011-07-06　BBC Trust Newly added!

"The BBC – Old Values, New Technologies"

RTS Fleming Memorial Lecture by BBC Trust Chairman, Lord Patten of Barnes

2011-07-05　DCMS

‘The future of digital entertainment’

Speech by ed vaizey

Tuesday 5 July 2011, Intellect Conference, London

トップダウンだけではなく、ボトムアップ政策の充実の必要性を示唆

2011-07-04　EC

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of CEPSA by International Petroleum Investment Company

2011-07-04　EC

Antitrust: Commission repeals Heat Stabilisers cartel decision for Ciba/BASF and Elementis after EU Court judgment

2011-07-01　CC

CAT refers mobile price control matters to the CC.

2011-07-01　総務省

「長期増分費用モデル研究会」の開催

2011-07-01　総務省

「有線テレビジョン放送事業者による基幹放送事業者の地上基幹放送（テレビジョン放送に限る。）の再放送の同意に係る協議手続及び裁定における「正当な理由」の解釈に関するガイドライン」の一部改定

from the the past

2011-06-30　DCMS

News Corp - BSkyB merger update - June 2011

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's statement following consultation on the proposed merger

2011-06-21　総務省

高知県及び山口県の有線テレビジョン放送事業者3者からの再送信同意に係る裁定申請に関する裁定及び拒否処分

「受信者の利益の程度」と、それを一方とした「比較衡量」

2011-06-14　JFTC

企業結合規制（審査手続及び審査基準）の見直しに伴う公正取引委員会規則の一部改正等について

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2011-06-03　US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Court Brantley et al. v. NBC Universal, Inc. et. al.

Injury to consumers not enough, injury to competition needed

2011-05-26　EC

An integrated approach to State aid

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

European State Aid Law Institute Conference, Brussels, 26 May 2011

banking regulation（new Rescue and Restructuring Guidelinesへ）、air transport sector（public ownershipとのfair competition）、SGEI改革

2011-05-26　EC 　

Digital Agenda: EU Telecoms Council, Brussels 27th May

Radio Spectrum, Net Neutrality

2011-05-25　CAT

1173/5/7/10 Deutsche Bahn AG & Others v Morgan Crucible Company Plc & Others

follow-onにおける’decision’の範囲確定

2011-05-25　METI

電気事業法第２７条による電気の使用制限の発動について

2011-05-20　Master of the Rolls

Findings on “Super-injunctions” - Committee Report

話題の’Super-injunctions’に関する詳細リポート

2011-05-16　DCMS

First step to Communications Bill

Seeking your ideas on the future of the communications sector

(Should the core focus of public service broadcasting be on original UK content?) (Where has self- and co-regulation worked successfully and what can be learnt from specific approaches? Where specific approaches haven’t worked, how can the framework of content regulation be made sufficiently coherent and not create barriers to growth, but at the same time protect citizens and enable consumer confidence?)

2011-05-12　EC 　

Reform of EU State aid rules on the Services of General Economic Interest

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

90th Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions Brussels, 12 May 2011

14条ではなく106条に基づく改革、Monti-Kroes packageのアップデート（要件明確化等）

2011-05-10　EHCR

MOSLEY v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 48009/08 [2011] ECHR 774

2011-05-06　High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)

Bacon v Automattic Inc & Ors [2011] EWHC 1072 (QB)

2011-05-05　FCC

Statement of Chairman Genachowski, Hearing on "Ensuring Competition on the Internet: Network Neutrality and Antitrust Law", Before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, Committee on the Judiciary

Some argue that, rather than acting, the FCC should have allowed antitrust laws to be the sole remedy for violations of Internet Freedom. In my view, while critically important, antitrust laws alone would not adequately preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet or provide enough certainty and confidence to drive investment in our innovation future.'／'Some have suggested that Congress adopt new antitrust laws addressing Internet openness.'

2011-05-03　CJEU　　

Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-375/09 Tele2 Polska sp. z o.o.

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規則1/2003・5条の限界解釈（10条に照らして、NCAのnegative decisionの排除（no grounds for actionsのみ）－uniform application）／Jego-Quere判決とのアナロジー

2011-05-02　EC

Reforming EU State aid rules on public services: The way forward

Joaquín Almunia Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy

EPC policy Dialogue, Brussels Brussels, 2 May 2011

’Public services lie at the core of my vision of Europe’s social market economy. I believe that the provision of certain services cannot be left to the market alone.’／’Monti-Kroes package’改訂に向けて―ただし、’The reform we are discussing today is not based on Article 14 of the Treaty. Instead it is based on Article 106, which grants the Commission exclusive power to assess the compensation for the provision of public services.’／改革の方向性－economic activities, reasonable profitの定義・手続きのシンプル化・分野別block-exemption・大規模案件のscrutiny・Altmark4条件（とくに効率性）の明確化等

2011-04-28　最高裁

平成21(受)2057損害賠償請求事件

「通信社が配信記事の摘示事実を真実と信ずるについて相当の理由があれば，配信記事を掲載した新聞社は，少なくとも通信社と報道主体としての一体性があるといえる場合には，特段の事情のない限り，名誉毀損の責任を負わない」／組織上の密接な結びつきを前提、このシステム下における報道の委縮＝知る権利棄損の可能性、現代の報道システムの一態様として社会的認知

2011-04-20　EC 　　

State aid: Commission approves aid for Danish public service broadcaster TV2

2011-04-20　DCMS 　　　

Digital Economy Act judicial review

’ The High Court today ruled in favour of the Government in a judicial review of measures to tackle online copyright infringement in the Digital Economy Act. Mr Justice Kenneth Parker upheld the principle of taking measures to tackle the unlawful downloading of music, films, books and other copyright material. BT and TalkTalk had brought the judicial review, claiming that the measures in the Act were not compliant with EU law and were not proportionate. The judge rejected the challenge.’

2011-04-19　EC

Digital Agenda: Commission underlines commitment to ensure open internet principles applied in practice 　　

There is no set definition of 'net neutrality' but it will be a legal requirement under EU law as from 25 May 2011 that Member States' telecoms regulatory authorities promote the ability of internet users "to access and distribute information or run applications and services of their choice" (Article 8(§4)g of the telecoms Framework Directive 2002/21/EC, as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC).

- ‘The essence of net neutrality and the issues underpinning the debate concern first and foremost how best to preserve the openness of this platform and to ensure that it can continue to provide high-quality services to all and to allow innovation to flourish, while contributing to enjoyment of and respect for fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression and freedom to conduct business.’

- ‘Concerns were raised that blocking, though currently limited mainly to VoIP, could be extended in the future to other services, such as television broadcasting via the internet.’

2011-04-19　EC

The internet belongs to all of us

Neelie Kroes European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda

Press conference on Net Neutrality Communication Brussels, 19th April 2011

2011-04-15　England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) 　　

Purple Parking Ltd & Anor v Heathrow Airport Ltd [2011] EWHC 987 (Ch)

abuse of dominant position / dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions as between HVP on the one hand and the off-airport meet and great operators on the other adversely affecting competition in a downstream market （EF理論適用可能性等もEU先例を引いて議論）

2011-04-11　JFTC 　　

業界団体等における夏期節電対策に係る独占禁止法上の考え方

2011-04-06　総務省 　　

東日本大震災に係るインターネット上の流言飛語への適切な対応に関する電気通信事業者関係団体に対する要請

「インターネット上の地震等に関連する情報であって法令や公序良俗に反すると判断するものを自主的に削除することを含め、貴団体所属の電気通信事業者等に、表現の自由にも配慮しつつ、「インターネット上の違法な情報への対応に関するガイドライン」や約款に基づき、適切な対応をおとりいただくよう御周知いただくとともに、貴団体においても必要な措置を講じてくださいますようお願い申し上げます。」

2011-04-01　総務省 　

東北地方太平洋沖地震による災害に係る情報提供に関する日本放送協会及び社団法人日本民間放送連盟に対する要請

「第6条の2の趣旨に鑑み」

2011-03-29　Ofcom 　

Investigation into a complaint by BT against Sky in relation to the contract for wholesale supply of Sky Sports 1 and 2

’Sky has breached Condition 14A(d) of its Television Licensable Content Service licences, namely its obligation to make an offer on fair and reasonable terms.’（ 2010-03-31のマストオファー決定に伴なう措置の際に、必要以上の情報（顧客情報等）を求めた件）

2011-03-16　BIS/OFT 　

BIS:

A competition regime for growth

（non-exhaustive）: market studiesにstatutory thresholdsを作るか、EA2002にmonitor任命強制権限、合併につき事前届出制を入れるか否か、（EA2002 16条の扱いはママ）、criminal offenceに関して’dishonesty’要件をどうするか、concurrent powersの今後の方向性、independent of Ministers, but accountable to Parliament（機構）、ガバナンスはSupervisory Board/Executive Board、Judicial Review versus Full Meritsの解説も

OFT:

OFT welcomes consultation on the Competition and Markets Authority

OFT Chairman Philip Collins' response to today's announcement from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Inclusion of aviation in the EU ETS: Commission publishes historical emissions data on which allocations will be based

FAQs

2011-03-03　CJ AG Opinion 　

Advocate General Opinion in Case C-439/09 Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique

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object or effect論争のobject話： ‘I therefore consider that a general and absolute ban on selling goods to end-users via the internet imposed on authorised distributors in the context of a selective distribution network which prevents or restricts parallel trade more extensively than such restrictions inherent to any selective distribution agreement and which goes beyond what is objectively necessary in order to distribute those goods in an appropriate manner in the light not only of their material qualities but also their aura or image, has the object of restricting competition for the purposes of Article 81(1) EC.’(para.57)

2011-03-03　CJ AG Opinion　　

Advocate General Opinion in C-506/08 P Suède / MyTravel et Commission

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Commissionのrefuse access to certain preparatory documentsを認めたGeneral Court判決に反論、’made errors of law’と（disclosureはprocessを阻害しない）

2011-03-02　FCC

Commissioner Baker's Remarks, "Towards a More Targeted and Predictable Merger Review Process", IPI Third Annual Communications Summit

FTC/DOJと並行するFCCの合併審査（transfer of licenses）が、’morphed into a full-fledged merger review; similar to, but not identical to, the antitrust review’; 広がるmerger conditionsへの継承（transaction-specificであるべき）; 問題解消措置の期間・期限のあり方、将来に向けた措置であることの問題点

2011-02-17　GC/EC 　

Judgment of the General Court in Case T-385/07 and T-68/08 FIFA v Commission, UEFA v Commission

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National Event制度等の妥当性・裁量性を支持（AVMS指令との適合性も）

cf. Digital Agenda: Commission welcomes Court ruling confirming Member States' discretion to determine free to view sporting events

2011-02-17　CJ 　　

Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-52/09 TeliaSonera

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Margin Squeezeの二つ目（自社費用テストとの優先採用、規制義務の不存在、recoupの不可能性、新技術市場であること等の非検討項目化（not generally relevant factor））

2011-02-16　EC 　

Media: Commission Vice-President Kroes welcomes amendments to Hungarian Media Law

AVMS指令に沿って、問題の指摘されていたハンガリーのメディア法を改正へ（’balanced coverage’の範囲無限定, country of origin原則からの乖離、authorisation and registrationシステムの適用範囲、’cause offence’の範囲無限定）

2011-02-04　EC

Commission seeks opinions on the future for collective actions in Europe

2011-02-04　CC

CC Review of Telecoms Appeal process

Consultation on draft guidance for telecommunications price control appeals

‘Section 193 of the Act requires the CAT to refer any price control matter8 raised by the appeal to the CC for determination, and to apply the CC’s determination when deciding the appeal. The CC must determine the reference made by the CAT in accordance with any directions given by the CAT and using such procedures as the CC considers appropriate. Therefore a price control reference to the CC is a mandatory part of the CAT’s process for handling appeals that include price control matters. Figure 1 illustrates the framework.’…

2011-02-03　CJ AG 　

Advocate General Opinion in Case C-403/08 and C-429/08 Football Association Premier League and Others

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object or effectの’object’ラインの判示。’restore the national divisions…to frustrate the Treaty’s objective of achieving the integration of national markets’が真骨頂。／’In light of a recently issued Opinion by Advocate General Kokott, doubts have arisen as to the enforceability and legality of exclusive territorial licenses under European law. Indeed, Kokott noted that such partitioning of the subscription television market in Europe could constitute a serious impairment of the freedom to provide services within the Common Market.’ [macrobers

2011-01-27　CPRC