Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd
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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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Let me be clear, the Commission's position is that Microsoft is obliged to comply with the remedies imposed by the Commission's March 2004 decision, nothing more, nothing less. We are not moving goal posts, we are not changing our demands.
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It is now one year since the Court of First Instance confirmed that Microsoft had to comply with the remedies imposed by the March 2004 decision.
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Microsoft is obliged to comply with the remedies which were imposed in the commission's 2004 decision, nothing more nothing less. We are not moving the goalposts as has been suggested, we are not changing our demands.
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The deadline is midnight. There is no way of telling if it will arrive at 11:59 tonight or earlier. The decision on whether or not we need to impose these daily fines will be taken in light of the information received from Microsoft.
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The deadline is midnight (2300 GMT). There is no way of telling if it will arrive at 11:59 (2259 GMT) tonight or earlier. The decision on whether or not we need to impose these daily fines will be taken in light of the information received from Microsoft.
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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 examine the complaints carefully to see if there has been any violation of EU competition rules.
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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.