Sweden: New de minimis notice from the Competition Authority

Israel: Introduction of block exemptions and consent decree

August / September 1999

1. When global means better - for everyone
2. BA/ AA alliance abandoned?
3. BA to appeal against EU fine
4. Commission officials raid Coke offices
5. Commission officials raid Interbrew's offices
6. EU clashes with Portugal over bank merger
7. EU clashes with France over oil
8. EU clashes with the Netherlands over petrol station aid
9. EU to investigate Deutsche Post
10. EU fines Sanofi-Synthelabo for providing incorrect information
11. English soccer broadcast deals approved
12. FCC to intervene in access case
13. DoJ sues Schlumberger, Smith International over joint venture
14. Global antitrust practice: Clifford Chance/ Rogers & Wells/ Punder Volhard + Malleson?
15. Former Rogers & Wells head of antitrust joins King & Spalding
16. Baer to leave FTC
17. De Pardieu gains new name partner
18. Moquet builds continental alliance
19. Fleischman & Walsh gains Senate antitrust expert
20. New antitrust practice for Swidler Berlin
21. New Brussels competition head for Hogan & Hartson
22. New partner at Denton Hall
23. Dibb Lupton Alsop adds brewing specialist
24. Valio general counsel moves to private practice
25. Salans lawyer moves to Alstom
26. New VP at Charles River Associates
27. CORRECTION
28. TotalFina/ Elf
29. WalMart/ Asda
30. Undersea cable investigation
31. Antarctica/ Brahma
32. Coca-Cola/ Cadbury Schweppes deal scaled back
33. Volvo admits to pricefixing
34. Bristol Technology/ Microsoft
35. Israeli credit card probe
36. PowerGen sells plants to Edison Mission
37. Rhodia/ Albright & Wilson
38. AirLiquide/ AirProducts/ BOC
39. Stagecoach/ Coach USA
40. New Holland/ Case
41. Vivendi/ Pathe
42. Celltech/ Chiroscience
43. Borg-Warner Automotive/ Kuhlman
44. Coca-Cola/ Orangina: Correction and update
45. Book review: The Competition Act 1998: A Practical Guide
46. Dirk Edens, TNT Postgroup NV
47. Christian Courtois, La Poste
48. White Paper
49. The GCR interviews: Competition in the east
50. Framing a new competition law for Slovenia
51. Teething troubles for competition policy in Ukraine
52. EU goes east - and west
53. Opinion divided on Commission’s ‘sea change
54. Riders on the merger storm
55. Women in competition
56. Argentina: New antitrust and pre-merger control regulations
57. Australia: New offence of ‘price exploitation’ under Trade Practices Act
58. Belgium: Electricity market opening
59. Canada: First Canadian antitrust class action certification
60. Czech Republic: Proposed amendments to Competition Act
61. Denmark: Natural gas contracts with power plants
62. EU: Reform of vertical restraints under way
63. France: Conseil’s 1998 annual report reveals record number of cases
64. Germany: 1997/98 Federal Cartel Office report on competition
65. Ireland: Electricity liberalisation begins
66. Italy: Regulation on dominant positions highlights risk of duplication
67. Netherlands: End in sight for Dutch book cartel
68. New Zealand: Commerce Act amendments threaten franchise agreements
69. Poland: Antimonopoly Court takes a liberal approach to relevant market definition
70. Spain: Amendments to Spanish competition law too cautious
71. Sweden: New de minimis notice from the Competition Authority
72. Switzerland: ‘Essential facilities’ doctrine lurks in Swiss Antitrust Law
73. United Kingdom: Competition Commission and OFT consult on transparency
74. United States: Supreme Court’s opinion in horizontal restraints case muddies the waters
75. Franchising: Federal Trade Commission Act may not apply extraterritorially