ECSC COMPETITION
June 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLFINAL guidance has been issued by the European Commission to mining groups on the application of European competition law to their sector, after the expiry of the European Coal and Steel Community on July 23. In particular, Brussels has said that it will not initiate anti-trust proceedings against coal companies taking part in cooperation agreements that had been formerly approved under the ECSC regime, and which might be suspect under general EU competition regulations that will take their place. That said, the Commission added that it would ...
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