Ro­mi­na Pol­ley / Car­sten Gra­ve, Köln
The ex­pan­si­on of an exi­sting joint ven­ture whe­ther with re­spect to its geo­gra­phic ac­tivi­ties or to its pro­duct ran­ge on­ly con­sti­tu­tes a con­cen­tra­ti­on wi­t­hin the mea­ning of the ECMR and the Ger­man mer­ger con­trol ru­les if the­re is a trans­fer of as­sets to the joint ven­ture. If the ex­pan­si­on is ba­sed on the joint ven­ture's own res­sour­ces, the­re is on­ly in­ter­nal growth...

Kon­rad Hum­mel / Chri­sti­an Theo­bald, Ber­lin
Un­der Ger­man law, the de­si­gna­ted lo­cal en­er­gy un­der­ta­king en­joys a spe­cial po­si­ti­on. It owns the lo­cal dis­tri­bu­ti­on net­work, acts as the sup­p­lier of last re­sort and, in fact, is the sup­p­lier to the vast ma­jo­ri­ty of lo­cal cust­o­m­ers. The de­si­gna­ted lo­cal en­er­gy un­der­ta­king de­ri­ves its po­si­ti­on from the lo­cal mu­ni­ci­pia­li­ty: The de­si­gna­ti­on is ma­de by way of a con­tract bet­ween the mu­ni­ci­pia­li­ty and the...

Ul­rich Soltész, Brüssel
The Com­mis­si­on has re­cent­ly in­itia­ted a for­mal Sta­te aid in­ve­sti­ga­ti­on in­to the ad­van­ta­ges gran­ted to Rya­n­air when it set up ope­ra­ti­ons at Char­le­roi air­port. This ca­se is yet ano­ther ex­amp­le of the in­cre­a­sing num­ber of smal­ler air­ports ow­ned by re­gio­nal aut­ho­ri­ties which try to at­tract low-cost air­lines by of­fe­ring them ad­van­ta­ge­ous con­di­ti­ons of use. The­se ad­van­ta­ges...

Ro­mi­na Pol­ley / Car­sten Gra­ve, Köln
The ex­pan­si­on of an exi­sting joint ven­ture whe­ther with re­spect to its geo­gra­phic ac­tivi­ties or to its pro­duct ran­ge on­ly con­sti­tu­tes a con­cen­tra­ti­on wi­t­hin the mea­ning of the ECMR and the Ger­man mer­ger con­trol ru­les if the­re is a trans­fer of as­sets to the joint ven­ture. If the ex­pan­si­on is ba­sed on the joint ven­ture's own res­sour­ces, the­re is on­ly in­ter­nal growth...

Kon­rad Hum­mel / Chri­sti­an Theo­bald, Ber­lin
Un­der Ger­man law, the de­si­gna­ted lo­cal en­er­gy un­der­ta­king en­joys a spe­cial po­si­ti­on. It owns the lo­cal dis­tri­bu­ti­on net­work, acts as the sup­p­lier of last re­sort and, in fact, is the sup­p­lier to the vast ma­jo­ri­ty of lo­cal cust­o­m­ers. The de­si­gna­ted lo­cal en­er­gy un­der­ta­king de­ri­ves its po­si­ti­on from the lo­cal mu­ni­ci­pia­li­ty: The de­si­gna­ti­on is ma­de by way of a con­tract bet­ween the mu­ni­ci­pia­li­ty and the...

Ul­rich Soltész, Brüssel
The Com­mis­si­on has re­cent­ly in­itia­ted a for­mal Sta­te aid in­ve­sti­ga­ti­on in­to the ad­van­ta­ges gran­ted to Rya­n­air when it set up ope­ra­ti­ons at Char­le­roi air­port. This ca­se is yet ano­ther ex­amp­le of the in­cre­a­sing num­ber of smal­ler air­ports ow­ned by re­gio­nal aut­ho­ri­ties which try to at­tract low-cost air­lines by of­fe­ring them ad­van­ta­ge­ous con­di­ti­ons of use. The­se ad­van­ta­ges...