Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd
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We will examine the complaints carefully to see if there has been any violation of EU competition rules.
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Member states cannot intervene on competition grounds on mergers of European dimension.
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The role of the European Commission is to ensure proper application of EU competition rules to benefit consumers and companies in Europe, not for the benefit of one company.
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The monitor is an adviser to the European Commission and does not make proposals.
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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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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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We would have preferred obviously that Microsoft complied quickly as they indicated this time last year that they would. I would like to stress that we expect of course Microsoft to comply with the March 2004 decision and not with their own interpretation of the March 2004 decision.
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We assume Microsoft has its own interest at heart and it wants to launch another product without having to worry about the Commission instituting various actions under antitrust law because of this product.
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We have 25 working days to decide whether we think there may be some negative impact on effective competition or not.
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We can only begin our analysis once we have received the details in writing and so far all we have received is the press release.
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We think he will be a truly independent adviser.
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We will look at the Polish response carefully.
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We welcome in particular the fact that the court confirmed that discriminatory pricing agreements for domestic sales and exports to the detriment of consumers in other member states are an illegal, restrictive business practice.