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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half the voting rights; (ii) has the power to appoint more than half the members of the supervisory board, board of management or bodies legally representing the undertaking; or (iii) has the right [...] to establish the market share of the parties; (b) the market share shall be calculated on the basis of data relating to the preceding calendar year; (c) the market share held by the undertakings referred [...] should be excluded from the benefit of the block exemption established by this Regulation irrespective of the market share of the parties. (12) The market share threshold, the non-exemption of certain
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and the promotion of interoperability. Further measures for the coordination of international routes are the programme for the Trans-European transport network (TEN-T) and the development of the European [...] clear, if the applicant does not give approval for a transfer or change of the rail path (Art. 14 (1) and (2)). MAIN ISSUES Objective of the Regulation: With the creation of freight corridors the Commission [...] metres, the Member State must allow at least three freight corridors. (Art. 3 (3) lit. b) – The Commission shall examine the proposals for the creation of freight corridors submitted by the Member
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c) the objectives of the governance body in terms of performance of the freight corridor expressed as the quality of the service and the capacity of the freight corridor in accordance with the provisions [...] Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions5, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty6, Whereas: (1) Within the framework of the Lisbon Strategy [...] description of the characteristics of the freight corridor, and the implementation programme for the measures necessary for creating the freight corridor; b) the essential elements of the market study
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rail companies. Overall, the monetised operational and societal impacts give the following results for the whole of the ERIM network (the figures in the table express the change in comparison to Option [...] of corridors. The initiative which is assessed in this study meets the growth objectives of the Lisbon Agenda and is fully in line with the guidelines set by the Commission in the White Paper on Transport [...] costs and the commercial speed of the rail freight on the one hand, and the commercial speed of passenger rail transport on the other hand. These "change" factors have then been integrated into the data required
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therefore be composed of the members of the ECB/ESCB General Council (the President of the ECB, the vice-president of the ECB and the Governors of the 27 central banks), plus the Chairpersons of CEBS, CEIOPS [...] by board members (even though the Basel 2 rules increased the demands on boards to understand the risk management of the institutions). Whilst the models may pass the test for normal conditions, they [...] right at the centre of their daily work. 59) Against this background, the Group is of the view that the review of the Basel 2 framework should be articulated around the following elements: - The crisis
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(1) The Advisory Committee shall: (a) assist the Mixed Committee in the preparation of the appointment of the judges of the Court; (b) make proposals to the Presidium for the guidelines for the training [...] proposals for the amendment of the Rules of Procedure and proposals regarding the Financial Regulations of the Court; (c) prepare the annual budget, the annual accounts and the annual report of the Court [...] before the date fixed for making the appointment of the Registrar, the President of the Court of Appeal shall inform the Presidium of the applications which have been submitted for the post. The name
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single payment services market in the EU, in late 2001 the European Parliament and the Council passed the Regulation (EC) No 2560/2001 on cross-border payments in euros. The Regulation stipulates that charges [...] prevents institutions from entering the market and results in the long run in less choice for custom- ers. This means that the draft Regulation is contrary to the goal of the Directive on Payment Services [...] in the internal market, and therefore justifies the prohibition of such obligations according to Art. 95 Sec. 1 of the EC Treaty. Subsidiarity Due to the lack of legislative authority of the EU,
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Implementing the Stockholm Programme EN 2 EN COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS [...] justice in the next five years. Its contents reflect the discussions with the European Parliament, the Council, Member States and stakeholders over the recent years. At its core are the ambitions the Commission [...] Rights of the child Actions Responsible party Timetable Communication on the strategy on the rights of the child (2010 – 2014), on the basis of an evaluation of the impact of the EU instruments
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before. ► The right of action in the name of the complainant and the right to support the complainant during pro- ceedings is new. ► To date, Member States have only had to ensure that the parties concerned [...] to improve the social protection of assisting spouses. The European Parliament and the Council basically welcomes the project. The European Parliament called the Commission to revise the existing law [...] sue in the name of the complainant and with his or her approval, as well as to support the complainant during proceedings (Art. 8 (2)). MAIN ISSUES Objectives of the Directive: Improvement of the social
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