remuneration. In this case, the EU must restrict itself to making non-binding recommendations. For the major part of the discussed rules, however, the EU has the power. Rules on shareholders’ rights can [...] medium-sized non-listed enterprises the said separation is not the rule. To this end, there is no reason for extending the rules to these enterprises. Basically, the Commission describes risky thinking [...] ► Corporate governance rules for supervisory boards – Duties and competences The Commission suggests clearly defining the duties and competences of the chairman of the supervisory board and dif
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I). ► New is that the Commission may change the definitions of the terms “aircraft“ and ”MCA“, as well as the method to assess the noise situation at airports (Art. 11). ► New is that the Commission [...] producers. Pros: The reference made to the international ICAO procedure for the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions reduces the costs for the airlines for complying with the respective legal [...] 66] on the application of the existing Directive on noise-related operating restrictions on airports (2002/30/EC) the Commission refers to the fact that the allocation of competencies and the rights
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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 [...] 1 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Towards a Single Market Act – for [...] sufficient time in the work of the board. The role of chairman of the board is particularly important, as are the board’s responsibilities for risk management. • Shareholders – the corporate governance
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law, labelling rules, sector-specific rules on the sale of certain products (for example, rules limiting the sale of pharmaceuticals on the internet, or rules on book pricing that ban the discounting of [...] on common 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 [...] in the EU. The report is a follow- up to the first edition of the Consumer Markets Scoreboard, adopted on 29 January 2008, as part of the Commission's broader market monitoring initiative.1 In the context
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costs. In the light of the efficiencies on the one hand and the 25 % non-tied part in the contracts of producer X, the real possibility for early termination of the contract, the recent entry of new producers [...] agreements which concern the conditions for the purchase, sale or resale of the goods or services supplied by the supplier and/or which concern the conditions for the sale by the buyer of the goods or services [...] customers. In the case of franchising where marketing forms the object of the exploitation of the IPRs, the goods or services are distributed by the master franchisee or the franchisees; – The IPR provisions
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by, any of the parties; (b) the restriction of the territory into which, or of the customers to whom, a buyer party to the agreement may sell the contract goods or services, except: - the restriction [...] of the market share threshold For the purposes of applying the market share threshold provided for in Article 3 the following rules shall apply: (a) the market share shall be calculated on the basis [...] directly or indirectly: – has the power to exercise more than half the voting rights, or – has the power to appoint more than half the members of the supervisory board, board of management or bodies
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"dealers". 4 Since the modernisation of the EU competition rules, the primary responsibility for such analysis lies with the parties to agreements. The Commission may however investigate the compatibility [...] reflects the prevailing competitive conditions on the relevant markets and relies on a basic distinction between the markets for the sales of new motor vehicles and the aftermarkets. (12) On the basis [...] Agreements (1979 OJ C 1/2). 9 The reference point for the beginning of the five-year period is the start of the contractual relationship between the parties, rather than the replacement of one contractual
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which a party to the agreement, directly or indirectly: (i) has the power to exercise more than half the voting rights, or (ii) has the power to appoint more than half the members of the supervisory [...] on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices in the motor vehicle sector (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN [...] Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation No 19/65/EEC of 2 March 1965 on the application of Article 85(3) of the Treaty to certain
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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 exploitation [...] 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 of
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invoking the benefit of the exception rule. Therefore, the factual arguments and the evidence provided by the undertaking(s) must enable the Commission to arrive at the conviction that the agreement [...] market power is the position of the parties in the markets affected by the co-operation. To carry out this analysis the relevant market(s) have to be defined by using the methodology of the Commission's [...] Depending on the market position of the parties and the concentration in the market, other factors such as the stability of market shares over time, entry barriers and the likelihood of market entry, the cou
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