define the position and responsibilities of the chairperson of the board more clearly. Question: (3) Should the EU seek to ensure that the functions and duties of the chairperson of the board of directors [...] document to the Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Operation of Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation [...] 43(1)(7b) of the Fourth Council Directive 78/660/EEC of 25 July 1978 based on Article 54(3)(g) of the Treaty on the annual accounts of certain types of companies and Article 34(7b) of the Seventh Council
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rules for the operation of air transport services in the Community, which bans price discrimination on the basis of the place of residence or the nationality of the customer or the place of establishment [...] channels. The role of the internet in allowing consumers to compare prices, the wider range of offers, the affordability of products and the choice of alternative suppliers are among the main reasons [...] these situations, the place of residence of the consumer is of no relevance: the same conditions apply to all consumers. Some of the problems faced by consumers online may be the result of unintended c
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prejudice to the interpretation that may be given by the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice of the European Communities in relation to the application of Article 81 of the EC Treaty to [...] not connected with the buyer». In such cases the non-compete obligation may be of the same duration as the period of occupancy of the point of sale by the buyer (Article 5(a) of the Block Exemption R [...] Article 3 of the Block Exemption Regulation, it is the market share of both the supplier and the buyer that are decisive for the application of the block exemption. Both the market share of the supplier
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drafts by way of a consultation procedure. It will adopt a new Block Exemption Regulation without the participation of the European Parliament and the Council by the beginning of 2010 at the latest. Beside [...] In terms of the presumption of legality regarding competition law, it is appropriate to take into account not only the market share of the supplier but also of the buyer in future, since the market share [...] reason decisive for the presumption. In principle, there is a trade off implicit in the choice of the amount of the threshold: the higher the admitted market share is, the stricter must a Block Exemption
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application of Article 102 of the TFEU to vertical agreements in the sector, or to the interpretation that the Court of Justice of the European Union may give in relation to the application of Article [...] 82 of the EC Treaty have become Articles 101 and, respectively, 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The two sets of provisions are in substance identical. For the purposes [...] within Article 101(1), and to the exclusion of the distribution agreement in question from the benefit of the block exemption18. (45) For the purposes of the application of the Block Exemptions, and in
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concerted practices in the motor vehicle sector (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard [...] indispensable to the attainment of the positive effects mentioned above, should be excluded from the benefit of the block exemption. (9) In order to define the appropriate scope of a block exemption [...] that may limit the supply of spare parts in the automotive aftermarket. (16) In particular, the benefit of the block exemption should not be granted to agreements that restrict the sale of spare parts
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regarding the exploitation of the results, but each of the parties must carry out some of the exploitation of the results in the internal market. It is sufficient if only one party is in charge of the production [...] exception of: - the setting of production targets where the joint exploitation of the results includes the joint production of the contract products; and - the setting of sales targets where the joint ex [...] exploitation of the results includes the joint distribution of the contract products or the joint licensing of the contract processes within the meaning of Article 1(11) point (a) and (b); (c) the fixing
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part of an agreement, a concerted practice or a decision of an association of undertakings. 56. In line with the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the concept of a concerted [...] similar, the most important effect of the R&D agreement may be the elimination of part or all of the R&D of one or more of the parties. This would eliminate (fixed) costs for the parties to the agreement [...] set out the principles for the assessment under Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("Article 101") of agreements between undertakings, decisions of associations of undertakings
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Draft [without number] of 4 May 2010 for a Commission Regulation on the application of Article 101 (3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of research and development [...] for the production of contract products or the application of contract processes, unless the exploitation of the R&D results by at least one of the parties is provided for and takes place in the internal [...] 25% (Art. 4 (2)). - The exemption remains in effect for the duration of the R&D and, in the case of joint exploitation of the R&D results, for a further seven years following the first exploitation.
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part of an agreement, a concerted practice or a decision of an association of undertakings. 56. In line with the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the concept of a concerted [...] similar, the most important effect of the R&D agreement may be the elimination of part or all of the R&D of one or more of the parties. This would eliminate (fixed) costs for the parties to the agreement [...] set out the principles for the assessment under Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("Article 101") of agreements between undertakings, decisions of associations of undertakings
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