Nineteenth Report on Competition Policy

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Competition policy
Activities of the institutions and bodies

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION
• Nombre de lectures: 17
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 18 Mo

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Communities
Nineteenth Report
on Competition Policy
(Published in conjunction with the
'XXIIIrd General Report on the
Activities of the European Communities 1989')
Brussels • Luxembourg • 1990
vwCommission of the European Communities
Nineteenth Report
on Competition Policy
(Published in conjunction with the
'XXIIIrd General Report on the
Activities of the European Communities 1989')
Brussels • Luxembourg • 1990This publication is also available in the following languages:
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1990
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Catalogue number: CB-58-90-546-EN-C
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Printed in BelgiumContents
Introduction 11
PART ONE — GENERAL COMPETITION POLICY 19
Chapter I: The contribution from socio-economic and political circles 21
$ — European Parliament 21
§2 — Economic and Social Committee2
S3 — Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions 23
§ 4 — Other contacts4
Chapter II: International contacts5
S i — OECD5
S 2 — Unctad5
{3- GATT— Uruguay Round 26
§ 4 — EFTA6
S 5 — Cooperation between the Commission and the anti-trust authorities of non-member
countries7
Chapter III: Small and medium-sized enterprises9
PART TWO — COMPETITION POLICY TOWARDS ENTERPRISES 31
Chapter I: Main developments in Community policy3
§ 1 — Merger control 33
S 2 — Application of the block exemption Regulations 38
— Exclusive distribution agreements8
— Specialization and research and development8
— Patent and know-how licensing9
— Franchise agreements9
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— Motor-vehicle distribution 40
— Airtransport0
§ 3 — Transport1
— Air transport1
— Seat3
5 4 — Insurance7
5 5 — Telecommunications8
5 6 — Energy 49
5 7 — Audiovisual media 51
5 8 — Computer software3
Chapter II: Main decisions and measures taken by the Commission 55
A —APPLICATION OF ARTICLES 85 AND 86 OF THE EEC TREATY6
§ 1 — Horizontal agreements in the industrial and commercial areas 56
— Welded steel mesh6
— Sugarbeet6
— Perlite7
— Shotton Paper Company 58
— Allied/VIL8
— Hudson's Bay/Finnish Fur Sales9
— National Sulphuric Acid Association 60
5 2 — Distribution agreements1
— Finnpap 61
— AKZO Coatings1
— Association Pharmaceutique Beige2
— Fluke/Philips3
— Volkswagen4
— Bayer AG4
— Coca Cola5
S3 — Agreements in the service sector7
Media7
— UIP7
— Film purchases by German television stations 68
Banking 69
— Dutch Banks9
Insurance 70
— AMB/La Fondiaria0
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— Concordato Incendio 70
— TEKO1
§4 — Agreements in the transport sector3
— Eurotunnel II3
— IATA3
§5 — Agreements relating to industrial property rights5
— Syntex/Synthelabo5
— Pilkington/Covina5
§6 — Abuse of a dominant position 77
— Filtrona/Tabacalera7
— Industrial gases7
— Gestetner/Rank Xerox8
17 — Mergers and concentrations 80
— TWIL/Bridon0
— Ibercobre/Outokumpu0
— Plessey/G EC-Siemens1
— Rhone Poulenc/Monsanto2
— Consolidated Goldfields/Minorco3
— Camaud-Metal Box, Pechiney-American Can 83
— Stena-Houlder Offshore4
B — APPLICATION OF ARTICLES 65 AND 66 OF THE ECSC TREATY5
S 1 — Concentrations in the steel industry5
— Usinor-Sacilor/Lutrix 85
— ASD/Welbeck International5
— British Steel/Bore Steel Group5
— United Engineering Steels/Bird Group of Companies 86
— Neue Maxhiitte Stahlwerke6
— Hiittenwerke Krupp Mannesmann6
— Special Products Lemforder7
— Dillinger Hutte-Saarstahl7
S 2 — Agreement in the coal and steel industry 88
— Ruhrkohle steelworks agreement8
S3 — Concentrations in the coal industry9
— Raab Karcher/Cory Coal Trading9
— Coalite Group/Anglo United9
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5 4 — ECSC inspections 90
Chapter III: Main cases decided by the Court of Justice 91
5 1 — Commission's powers regarding requests for information2
5 2 — Investigating powers of the Commission4
5 3 — Application of Article 85 to a national cartel and effect on trade between Member
States8
5 4 — Application of the competition rules to air transport 100
5 5 — of Articles 85(1) and 86 to the exercise of copyright4
5 6 — Application of Article 85(1) to certain clauses in patent licensing agreements 106
5 7 — Procedural matters and observance of the rights of defence7
Chapter IV: Competition law in the Member States9
5 1 — Legislative developments in the Member States 109
5 2 — Application of Community law by national courts 121
PART THREE — COMPETITION POLICY AND GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO
ENTERPRISES 125
Chapter I: State aids7
5 1 — General policy problems and developments7
— The first survey on State aids7
— The automobile sector9
— Aid to the steel industry 130
— Aid to shipbuilding1
— State aid in the energy sector2
— Regional aid2
— Overall activity (Table 1)3
5 2 — State aids for research and development5
— General policy developments 135
— Decisions giving exemption under Article 92(3) (c) of the EEC Treaty 137
—s givingn under Article 92(3) (b) of the EEC Treaty 140
— Decisions to open the Article 93(2) procedure 140
5 3 — Aid to industries with specific structural or related problems2
— Aid to the coal industry (Tables 2 and 3)2
— Aid to shipbuilding 145
— Aid to the steel industry7
— Steel manufacturing industries 151
— Aid to the synthetic fibres industry2
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5 4 — Investment, sectoral and horizontal aid schemes 154
— General investment aids 154
— Sectoral aid4
* Engineering and metal recycling industries4
* Non-ferrous metals and minerals5
* Textiles and clothing7
* Aviation industry7
* Chemicals9
* Pharmaceuticals9
* Household appliances 160
* Machine tools1
* Paper2
* Cement2
* Motor vehicles and related industries3
* Film industry7
* Railway equipment9
— Aid to employment 170
— Environmental protection aid1
— Tax measures2
— Aid in the energy sector3
— Export aid3
5 5 — Regional aids4
— Spain4
— France 175
— Ireland6
— Italy7
— Netherlands8
— Federal Republic of Germany8
— United Kingdom 180
5 6 — Aid in the transport sector1
-— Land transport1
— Seat1
— Airtransport2
5 7 — Aid in the agriculture sector (Table 4)3
5 8 — Aid in the fisheries sector (Table 5) 195
Chapter li: Public undertakings7
5 1 — Telecommunications7
§ 2 — Energy 200
5 3 — Individual cases1
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Chapter III: Adjustment of State monopolies of a commercial character 203
— Greece 203
— Spain3
— Portugal4
— France5
Chapter IV: Main decisions of the Court of Justice 207
§ 1 —Recovery of aid unlawfully granted — legitimate expectation7
S 2 — Interim measure suspending the operation of a decision9
PART FOUR — THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONCENTRATION, COMPETITION AND
COMPETITIVENESS 211
Chapter I: Mergers and acquisitions involving Community-scale firms in
1988/893
S 1 — Overview (Tables 6 and 7)4
S 2 — Mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures in industry6
— Mergers (Tables 8 and 9)6
— Acquisitions of minority holdings (Table 10)9
— Joint ventures (Table 11) 220
— Main motives for mergers and joint ventures (Table 12) 221
§ 3 — Mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures in services3
— Acquisitions of majority holdings (including mergers) (Table 13)3
—s of minoritys (Table 14)4
— Joint ventures (Table 15)4
S 4 — Conclusions 226
Chapter II: The programme of studies and its results 227
§ 1 — Objectives of the 1989 programme of studies7
$ 2 — Studies concerning the modification of market structures from the point of view of
competition policy8
S3 — Studies relating to government support for enterprises 231
Annex 235
European Parliament: Resolution on the Eighteenth Report of the Commission of then Communities on Competition Policy 236
Economic and Social Committee: Opinion on the Eighteenth Report of the Commission of
the European Communities on Competition Policy 241
Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concen-
trations between undertakings9
Notes 265
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