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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8522

9 August 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Green light for Commission clears Philips/Sony CD Licensing programme

Brussels, 08/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has cleared Philips/Sony CD Disc Licensing Programme and the standard joint licence agreement 2003 following some concessions. This clearance marks the end of the Commission's investigation into the Philips/Sony CD disc Licensing Programme of pre-recorded CD discs (CD Audio, CD ROM, CD TEXT and CD Extra discs). It began the investigation three years ago following complaints from CF manufacturers who thought the licence and...