Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd
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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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Member states cannot intervene on competition grounds on mergers of European dimension.
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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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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 will take into account what was said at the hearing and the documents submitted before we make a decision. It will take several weeks.
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We are carefully analyzing (Microsoft's) reply and after they have had the opportunity to present their arguments at the oral hearing we will decide whether or not to impose a daily fine.
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We think he will be a truly independent adviser.
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It would be no good if one broadcaster claimed 99% and the other only 1% of the matches.
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It would be premature to conclude that offering access to source codes would necessarily resolve the problem of compliance.
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It would be premature to conclude access to the source code would resolve the problem of the lack of compliance with our decision.
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Professor Barrett is a leading and well-respected computer expert whose name was suggested to the Commission by Microsoft .