The Lisbon Treaty entered into force on 1 December 2009. Since then, the numbering of the articles has changed. For antitrust, Articles 81, 82 and 86 EC have respectively become Articles 101, 102 and 106 ...

Since the beginning of the global financial crisis in the autumn of 2008, the Commission has issued four Communications which provided detailed guidance on the criteria for the compatibility with ...

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Report on Competition Policy, this edition begins with an overview of the major developments of competition policy and enforcement over the past 40 ...

The first section of this report provides an overview of how the instruments of competition policy, namely the State aid, anti-trust and merger control rules, were further developed and applied. ...

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The European Union remains the largest economic and trading area in the world, with more than half a billion consumers and 20 million companies forming its strongestlever –the internal market. The ...

With more thanhalf a billion consumers and 24.5 million companies, the internal market is one of the EU’s greatest achievements and its greatest asset. EU competition policy goes hand in hand with the ...

The EU remains the largest economic and trading area in the world, with more than half a billion consumers and 20 million companies forming its strongest lever –the internal market. The on-going process of ...

The EU remains the largest economic and trading area in the world, with more than half a billion consumers and 20 million companies forming its strongest lever –the internal market. The on-going process of ...

The European Union is the world's largest economic and trading area. The EU's unique asset and distinct comparative advantage on the global scene is its internal market, which encompasses over half a billion ...