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The function of EU competition policy in financial services is no longer limited to individual enforcement cases and is extending across banking, insurance and securities as a formal tool to help re-shape the financial landscape in the post-Crisis era. 





Competition: Financial Services - 2010
17 August 2010 Commission approves Dutch recapitalisation of AEGON

20 July 2010 Commission orders recovery of illegal state aid from Banco Privado Português

08 June 2010 Commission report on Competition Policy 2009 in financial services: phasing out support and paving the way to normality is the cornerstone

02 June 2010 Commission report on recent developments on crisis aid to the financial sector – spring 2010

25 March 2010 Almunia: thanks to state aid rules, EC avoided massive competition distortion in financial markets

08 March 2010 European Parliament - Competition Policy Debate + Video

24 February 2010 State aid: EC takes Greece to court for failure to recover illegal tax exemptions

15 February 2010 Almunia: “The goal is to apply competition rules fairly but firmly”

12 February 2010 Almunia’s vision for competition policy in Europe

08 January 2010 Expansion: Future Competition Commissioner Almunia wants a "successful exit from the crisis" from a competition policy perspective


Competition: Financial Services - 2009
07 December 2009 State aid: Scoreboard shows strong increase of aid in response to financial crisis

26 November 2009 Kroes: ensuring compliance with the Commission’s state aid rules is of the utmost importance

23 November 2009 Commission takes action to ensure that 10 Member States implement several EU financial services directives

22 October 2009 Commissioner Kroes: consumers need robust competition more than ever before

16 September 2009 State aid: Commission approves German export credit scheme

10 August 2009 Commission review of national aid schemes

01 July 2009 Commission updates on national state aid measures to the crisis

30 June 2009 Kroes: "National solutions to the crisis will not be enough"

30 June 2009 EC requests Belgium and the UK to implement Transparency Directive

22 June 2009 Commission report on merger regulation

11 June 2009 Kroes reminds ECOFIN on competition issues of rescue programmes

22 May 2009 Commission overview of measures adopted for financial crises

08 January 2009 Kroes calls for global rules of state aid


Competition: Financial Services - 2008
28 October 2008 Commission consults on review of Merger Regulation

09 September 2008 McCreevy wants Germany facing court over VW law

11 July 2008 Commission consultation on classifying and reporting consumer complaints

25 June 2008 Commission Report on Competition Policy 2007

20 May 2008 EP adopted EU consumer policy strategy

22 April 2008 Speech Kroes: Consumers at the heart of EU Competition Policy

03 April 2008 Commission White Paper on compensating consumer

03 April 2008 Speech Kroes: Policy paper on compensating victims of competition breaches

02 April 2008 Visa Europe to strike deal on interchange fee

26 March 2008 Speech Kroes: Competition policy objectives

26 March 2008 Commission opens formal proceedings against Visa Europe

28 February 2008 Commission infringement proceedings against Czech Republic and Latvia

20 February 2008 Speech Kroes: Competition Policy challenges in 2008

19 February 2008 Commission clears acquisition of Reuters by Thomson

07 February 2008 Speech Kroes: European Competition Policy in the age of globalisation – towards a global competition order?

29 January 2008 Commission study on EU conveyancing services market


Competition: Financial Services - 2007
28 November 2007 Commission Guidelines for merging companies with vertical or conglomerate relationship

13 November 2007 Commission scrutinises amendments in Hungarian company law

26 October 2007 Government bond market developments ease EC competition concerns

08 October 2007 Commission opens in-depth investigation into Thomson's take over of Reuters

18 September 2007 'Spanish savings bank to sell Endesa stake during takeover

13 July 2007 Private equity drawn to funding private enforcement

29 June 2007 Competition 2006 Annual Report

29 June 2007 EC taking 'stricter' line on independence of supply in merger divestments

27 June 2007 Speech Kroes: No question of downgrading competition policy

26 June 2007 Europolitics: The trouble with competition

19 June 2007 EP adopted report on competition policy 2005

06 June 2007 Comments received on Draft Commission Guidelines on assessment of non-horizontal mergers

20 March 2007 Speech Kroes on developments in competition policy


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