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Competition policy

Comments from the European Publishers Council on the review of the Commission’s Communication on the application of state aid rules to public service broadcasting and a response to the questionnaire (PDF) (March 2008)

EPC response to the public consultation on the future of the Internal Market Communication from the Commission (PDF file) (July 2006)

Joint call for postal liberalisation (published in the European Voice) (PDF file) (31st May 2006)

Memorandum on Pluralism and Media Concentration addressed to the members of the European Parliament's Intergroup on the Press, Communication and Freedom

Safeguarding the future - a white paper on the financing and regulation of publicly funded broadcasters (March 2004) (PDF file)

Media industry sets out market distortions and calls for rigorous application of state aid rules to publicly-funded broadcasters (March 2004) (PDF file)

SGEI green paper consultation: Position of the Coalition for Fair Competition in the Services Market (PDF file)

Commissioner Mario Monti's speech on market definition: "Policy market definition as a cornerstone of EU competition policy" (October 2001)

Relevant Markets position paper: Ad Hoc Alliance against unfair competition in the TV and new services markets

Protocol to the Amsterdam Treaty June 1997 on public service broadcasting

Paper by UNICE’s working group on State Aid

Amendment of the Transparency Directive