Traduction de «Innovation sur un marché pertinent » (Français → Anglais) :

Certainly my reading of the Competition Act suggests that the relevant market could be, as in the case of Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society or as in the case of NutraSweet—on which you were successful, and I compliment you—or as in the case of Clarke Transport in 1995, where freight was arranged, prices were rigged, and several operators decided they were going to, with the full intent of fixing a price on freight between Ontario and western Canada.The consequence at the Supreme Court of Canada at the time, if I'm not mistaken, was that because freight by truck was not the relevant market and intermodal rail was also considered, they we ...[+++]re in effect not abusing the relevant market.

5. Considers that contracting authorities and entities in the fields of defence and security should have access to a specific procurement procedure in respect of contracts where there is a need for the development of an innovative product or service or innovative works and the subsequent purchase of the resulting supplies, services or works which cannot be met by solutions already available on the market; considers furthermore that such a procedure would improve the functioning of the internal market and the development of a European defence equipment market and a European defence technological and industrial base and would drive growth ...[+++] for innovative SMEs; stresses that such a procedure has already been agreed in the revised Classic and Utilities Procurement Directives, allowing contracting authorities to establish a long-term innovation partnership for the development and subsequent purchase of new, innovative products, services or works, providing the necessary ‘market pull’ and incentivising the development of an innovative solution without foreclosing the market; calls, therefore, on the Commission to take these developments into account in its implementation report to the European Parliament and the Council on the Defence Procurement Directive (Directive 2009/81/EC), which is due by 21 August 2016, and to accompany this report with a legislative proposal amending Directive 2009/81/EC, introducing the innovation partnerships procedure for the contracts concerned;

The elements constituting this process include the definition of relevant markets in accordance with the Commission's Recommendation on relevant product and service markets within the electronic communications sector susceptible to ex ante regulation in accordance with Directive 2002/21/EC (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Recommendation’), the analysis of the defined markets in accordance with the Commission's guidelines on market analysis and the assessment of significant market power under the Union regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services, the designation of operators with significant market power and the imposition of ex ant ...[+++]e obligations on operators so designated.

154. Welcomes the ‘European Innovation Partnerships’ intended to increase and coordinate investments in RD as well as to better coordinate public procurement to speed up the introduction of innovations into the market; stresses however that procurement policies should be designed not to replace private markets or to distort competition but to leverage them, stimulating the diffusion of innovation, while keeping the markets open to move in new directions;

154. Welcomes the ‘European Innovation Partnerships’ intended to increase and coordinate investments in RD as well as to better coordinate public procurement to speed up the introduction of innovations into the market; stresses however that procurement policies should be designed not to replace private markets or to distort competition but to leverage them, stimulating the diffusion of innovation, while keeping the markets open to move in new directions;

The bureau also considers such factors as whether foreign competition will provide effective competition in the relevant market; whether one of the merging parties is a failing firm; the extent to which acceptable substitute products or services are available; the existence and effects of any barriers to entry; the extent of remaining competition in the relevant markets; whether the merger would remove a vigorous and effective competitor; and the role of innovation in the re ...[+++]levant market.