European Union - Nineteenth Report
Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 21 November 2000.
CONTENTS
REPORT
PART 1: Introduction
PART 2: Background
Cartels and abuse of dominant positions
The Competition Rules
The Commission's enforcement role
The Hearing Officer
Business secrets
Access to the file
The oral hearing
The Hearing Officer's report
Merger control
The Merger Control Regulation
Phase II proceedings
PART 3: Evidence
The Commission's starting point
Experience to date
Strengthening the Hearing Officer's role
Disclosure of Hearing Officer's report
Independence
Resources
Power to halt proceedings
Reviewable acts
Other suggestions
Article 6 ECHR
PART 4: opinion
Timeliness of present exercise
Strengthening the Hearing Officer's role
Disclosure of the Report
The time factor
Mergers - a special case
Greater independence
Appointment and tenure
Transparency
Other proposals for reform
Article 6 ECHR
Conclusion
Recommendation
Appendix 1—Membership of the Sub-Committee
Appendix 2—List of Witnesses
Appendix 3—Commission Decision of 12
December 1994
ORAL EVIDENCE
Office of Fair Trading and Department of Trade and Industry
Oral evidence, 4 October 2000
Bar European Group, Competition Law Association, Confederation
of British Industry and Joint Bar/Law Society Working Group
Written evidence (CBI Position Paper)
Oral evidence, 11 October 2000
EC Commission (Mr Jean-François Pons and Dr Bernd Langeheine
from the Directorate-General - Competition)
Oral evidence, 18 October 2000
Sir Christopher Bellamy QC, President of the Competition Commission
Appeal Tribunals
Oral evidence, 18 October 2000
Mr Joseph Gilchrist, Dr Hartmut Johannes and Dr John Temple
Lang
Oral evidence, 1 November 2000
NOTE: Pages of the Report and Appendices are numbered in bold
type; pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References
in the text of the Report are as follows:
(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence
(p) refers to a page of the Report or Appendices or to a page
of evidence
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