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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8030
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

Commission closes inquiry into CD industry but will continue to survey business practices

Brussels, 21/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has closed its inquiry into CD prices, opened at the end of the month of January (see EUROPE of 27 January, 2001) concerning five major record companies (EMI, Bertelsmann, Warner Music, Sony and Universal) in their relations with retailers. The Commission notes that certain practices imposing a minimum price have been abolished and that, generally speaking, these still affect a national market. It therefore decided to close its...

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