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The purpose of this briefing is to survey the role of EU competition policy in the financial services industries. The presentation is based on the application of the three main instruments of EU competition policy: antitrust, merger and State aid policy for banks, insurance companies and investment firms. The legislative programme to achieve a single market in Financial Services by the end of 2005, the Financial Services Action Plan, and competition policy go hand in hand. The application of EU competition ...

The EEA Treaty has an important impact on the Information Society policies of the EEA/EFTA States. International Telecommunication Union statistics show that the EEA/EFTA States dispose of a superior Information Society infrastructure than most of the EU Member States. The EEA States have taken all the legislative measures in telecommunications, television broadcasting and other Information Society domains which were included in the EEA Agreement. The paper also analyses other forms of participation ...

In most market economies the public sector represents a substantial share of intermediate and final demand. This working document analyses the different nature of EU and US procurement patterns, the potential impact resulting in equivalent market access may be relatively limited. The US has a concentrated procurement pattern; the EU is still in the procedss of liberalising its own international procurement market.

This paper sets out to highlight the main actions and orientations concerning space and satellites. The intensive consultation coordination and cooperation between the EU and the satellite industry are advocated in order to identify and eliminate the existing obstacles to industrial competitiveness.