European Community competition policy 1998

Abstract

Last year's Competition Report ushered in a new form of introduction which afforded me the op-portunity of raising issues that transcended pre-sent-day concerns and turned competition policy towards broader horizons. This innovation was, I know, well received and I have decided to contin-ue in the same vein. Heeding the oft-repeated call of the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee, I propose this year to turn the spotlight on to our international activities because of the increasing importance of the international dimension to the competition rules that the Com-mission is enforcing.