Brussels, 07/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - By September this year at the earliest, the European Commission is expected to give it conclusions to an inquiry that it has carried out on the subject of contracts existing between Hollywood film studios (Warner Brothers, Universal Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney, Columbia Tristar and MGM) and pay television channels in Europe, Commissioner Monti's spokesperson said. Amelia Torres specified, moreover, that the British low-price film company, easyCinema, had not filed an official complaint against the Hollywood studios accused of blocking the diffusion of films in its cinemas in the aim of keeping prices up. "If the matter were referred to the Commission, it would closely examine the merits of the case (…) and whether there are anti-competitive elements when the transmission of films are blocked in this way", the spokesperson said. The Commission had at the beginning of the year confirmed it was carrying out a two-part inquiry regarding contracts signed by the Hollywood studios. The first part concerned the possible existence of long-term exclusivity agreements signed between the studios and a European pay television (Canal+, according to The Financial Times). The second was on examination of a clause contained in the contracts concluded between the Hollywood studios and several pay television channels in Europe, a clause whereby the latter undertook to pay an identical price to all studios for obtaining the right to broadcast films with, as a result, an artificial price rise.