[PDF] Top 20 Report from the Commission on competition policy 2016 SWD (2017) 175 final, 31 May 2017

... recommendations from the Parliament are reflected in this Report, namely the contribution that an independent enforcement of the competition rules makes to the Commission's political priorities to ... See full document

... December 2016, China requested consultations with the EU on the provisions of the EU’s basic anti-dumping Regulation which govern the establishment of normal value in relation to imports from China ...that, ... See full document

... the Commission on countries/sectors where distortions are identified may be used by the EU industry which will be able to rely on the evidence contained therein to make their case concerning countries where ... See full document

... forward. From 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017, of the 30 colleges inspected and other relevant providers that were assessed as ‘Required Improvement’, in their previous inspection, only 12 ... See full document

... Member States have already made extensive use of the possibilities offered by the comprehensive modernisation of State aid rules. Notably, a surge in aid excluded from prior Commission scrutiny indicates an ... See full document

... the Commission during 2017, in particular for Lithuania, Croatia, Austria, Germany and ...In 2017, Directorate-General for Competition actively contributed with its expertise on ... See full document

... the Commission / Member States in this case as this effect is more difficult to ...the Commission is adapting its approach on interruptions/suspensions to the new assurance model, in particular taking ... See full document

... the Commission reviewed the acquisition of sole control over LaudaMotion by the air carrier ...December 2017 Lufthansa decided not to acquire NIKI and NIKI immediately filed for ...the Commission ... See full document

... move from the low-value segment to the high-value segment of the EU bed-linen market and by a fall in demand in that ...derives from the dumped imports and must disregard any injury deriving from ... See full document

... the Commission assesses their impact on all aspects of ...In 2017, the Commission had to intervene into several proposed concentrations, which, in addition to price, quality and choice, risked to ... See full document

... The Commission concluded that the transaction would not raise any competition concerns, in particular because there are only modest overlaps between the parties' activities and the links between Microsoft's ... See full document

... suffer from poor ...for 2016, and that the process of recruiting enterprises for the consultation was underestimated in terms of the high costs incurred and the time ... See full document

... Unlike Greece, Ireland's debt crisis originates from the banks yielding massive losses after the property bubble burst. The EC/IMF/ECB Programme of 28 November 2010 has a budget of EUR 85 billion, of which EUR 35 ... See full document

... The Commission also ensures that broadband and mobile networks remain open and competitive, a sine qua non for building a vibrant Digital Single ...the Commission imposed a fine close to EUR 39 million ... See full document

... The Commission further found that the royalty fee in question cannot be justified since it did not reflect a reliable approximation of a market ...the Commission noted that Starbucks does not charge a ... See full document

... Competition policy keeps markets efficient and ...healthy competition gives companies fair chances to do business and to achieve their commercial goals, which in turn encourages growth, job creation ... See full document

... the Commission proposed in January 2015 a new MFA operation of up to EUR ...The Commission did not disburse any tranches under its MFA operation in 2016, reflecting insufficient implementation by the ... See full document

... bear in mind that the socio-economic context in which the European Social Fund Operational Programmes were designed (between 2005 and 2007) was very different from the circumstances of their implementation which ... See full document

... the report, although this measure has the advantage of being available at pupil level, it lacks granularity (Dockrell et ...The final row of Table 10 reports results after imputing missing values for the ... See full document

... XX.Vm REPORT ON COMPETITION POLICY Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the XXVth Report on Competition Policy 1 995 and the Preliminary Draft Commission notice on cooperation[r] ... See full document