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September 4, 2013 In Legislation By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The Private Enforcement of the Competition Rules in the European Union – A New Starting Line? – Competition Policy International (CPI)

Here are a few remarks on how good will be the new measures proposed in June 2013 by the European Commission, for the development of the private actions for damages in the European Union. I could say that I was generally disapointed but it is...

August 16, 2013 In Competition Basics By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Recommended lecture of the month – August 2013 – Baxter’s Law

As a person active in the area of competition, I work with both the laws made by man (the legislation) and with the economic laws - the theories summarizing the reactions and the effects induced by certain market conditions, which the man can only ascertain...

August 14, 2013 In Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Consiliul Concurentei incepe testul de piata pentru angajamentele cu privire la tarifele de terminare a apelurilor

Consiliul Concurentei a lansat ieri, 13 august 2013, in dezbatere publica testul de piata in ceea ce priveste angajamentele propuse de operatorii de telefonie mobila din Romania - Orange, Vodafone, Cosmote si RCS&RDS (Digi Mobile) - in cadrul investigatiei incepute de Consiliul Concurentei in 2011 privind...

August 13, 2013 In Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The Romanian Competition Council starts a market test in respect of commitments regarding the mobile termination rates

The Romanian Competition Council (RCC) launched today, 13 August 2013, the market test of the commitments proposed by the Romanian mobile network operators - Orange, Vodafone, Cosmote (part of the Deutsche Telekom Group) and RCS&RDS (Digi Mobile) - in the investigation started by RCC in 2011...

August 6, 2013 In Cases and Decisions, Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Italy: Vodafone launches billion-Euro dominance abuse case against Telecom Italia – Competition Policy International (CPI)

This is an interesting situation - the first case in Europe (as far as I know) when a big telecom company brings a follow-on legal action against another big telecom company, which was found to have abused its market position. The case is interesting also...

July 31, 2013 In Cases and Decisions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

UPDATE-O decizie corecta si, in acelasi timp, gresita

UPDATE:Am decis sa suspend acest material, avand in vedere discutiile iscate, interpretarile si titlurile de presa care - desi poate sunt firesti pentru presa - au dat parerilor mele o conotatie pe care nu o au in realitate.Voi relua in viitorul apropiat comentariile si observatiile...

July 23, 2013 In Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Pourquoi le PDG d’Orange a tort (Why the CEO of Orange is wrong)

In the news: The last telegraph services in the world came to a halt last week. Who would have though this can happen, less than 40 years ago? Where the EU telecom operators will be in 40 years?________________________________________________________It is a rare occasion to see the...

July 18, 2013 In Cases and Decisions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The Romanian Competition Council opened an investigation regarding a possible cartel in the Romanian market for dairy products

Yesterday and today, 18 July 2013, simultaneous dawn raids of the Romanian Competition Council took place at the headquarters of several dairy producers. The Romanian Competition Council opened recently an investigation regarding a possible cartel among dairy producers which are members of the Association of...

July 18, 2013 In Cases and Decisions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Consiliul Concurentei a deschis o investigatie privind un posibil cartel pe piata laptelui din Romania

Ieri si astazi, 18 iulie 2013, au avut loc inspectii inopinate simultane ale Consiliului Concurentei la sediile mai multor producatori de produse lactate. Consiliul Concurentei a deschis recent o investigatie cu privire la existenta unei posibile intelegeri anticoncurentiale de tip cartel (acord intre concurenti in...

July 16, 2013 In Europe By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Recommended lecture of the month – July 2013 – “L’Europe par les juges” (Europe by the judges) of Robert Lecourt, former President of the European Court of Justice

L'Europe par les juges - Nonfiction.fr le portail des livres et des idÃ©esThis is an instrumental book regarding the key role that the European Court of Justice had in the creation of what is today the European Union. Without the judges from Luxembourg and without...