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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8575

30 October 2003
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
Thoughts on a few developments in competition policy

Mario Monti was right. Who still remembers, today, the furious arguments that, one year ago, accompanied the approval of a new European system for the distribution of automobiles? To listen to some manufacturers or dealers, the repercussions should have been disastrous for industry and for trade. The first part of the reform entered into force, and nobody continues to talk of revolution, but of a smooth transformation. Professionals now place emphasis on the fact that the European Commission...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
SUPPLEMENT