Jonathan Todd Competition Quotations

The role of the European Commission is to ensure proper application of EU competition rules to benefit consumers and companies in Europe, not for the benefit of one company.

Member states cannot intervene on competition grounds on mergers of European dimension.

We will examine the complaints carefully to see if there has been any violation of EU competition rules.

The Justice Department and the Commission's competition department have regular contact on this case.

We have 25 working days to decide whether we think there may be some negative impact on effective competition or not.

The commission will remain determined to ensure full compliance with the March 2004 decision. The commission is obliged under treaty rules to ensure the proper application of the competition law to the benefit of consumers and companies, and not to the benefit of any individual company.

Experience clearly shows that where there is more competition on a market, prices fall.