Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd
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However, technical support is only helpful once the documentation has reached a certain quality standard ... the Commission's preliminary view is that the technical documentation still does not comply with the requirements of the decision.
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I can confirm the deadline is today before midnight. The decision hasn't yet been taken. When the decision is taken, I will send out a statement.
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I can confirm the Commission is due to consider sending a letter to Poland warning Poland the Commission considers that they may be in breach of Article 21 of the merger regulations, which gives the Commission exclusive competence over mergers of a European dimension.
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I can confirm that the European Commission has received the complaints and will examine them carefully.
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I can confirm that the deadline is today, before midnight. A decision has not yet been taken, but I hope for all our sakes that it will be taken as early as possible.
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I can confirm that Microsoft did make a formal request for the hearing to be public and the request was refused by the hearing officer because the procedural regulation explicitly prohibits this.
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The Justice Department and the Commission's competition department have regular contact on this case.
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The European Commission is not intending at the moment to open a new case against Microsoft. The Commission is, however, determined to ensure the proper application of the March 2004 decision and in particular the remedies imposed by that decision.
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The hearing officer maintained her position that the correspondence is internal and in principle irrelevant for the purposes of Microsoft's rights of defense.
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The Commission would like nothing better than to put outstanding issues with Microsoft behind us.
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The commission will remain determined to ensure full compliance with the March 2004 decision. The commission is obliged under treaty rules to ensure the proper application of the competition law to the benefit of consumers and companies, and not to the benefit of any individual company.
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The commission will be explaining to the court why it considers the decision of March 2004 was well-founded.
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The Commission welcomes the ruling and will have a more detailed statement at midday.
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The Commission's hearing officer maintained her position that correspondence between the Commission and the trustee and technical experts is internal.