EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32013R1287 - EN - Regulation (EU) No 1287/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing a Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (COSME) (2014 - 2020) and repealing Decision No 1639/2006/EC Text with EEA relevance // REGULATION (EU) No 1287/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL // of 11 December 2013 // establishing a Programme for the Competitiveness ...[+++] of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (COSME) (2014 - 2020) and repealing Decision No 1639/2006/EC // (Text with EEA relevance)

Because that's what we do, in essence, if the intent of the competition regulations is to control the dominant carrier. Ms. Sheridan Scott: The intent is not to control the dominant carrier under the Competition Act; it's to look at when it engages in behaviour that's going to eliminate a competitor.

Key among these are: opportunities provided by market reforms to stimulate investment; the level of competition; the ability to innovate, both through increased investment in RD and human capital development, notably through education and training; the capacity rapidly to transform technological and non-technological innovations into economic goods; the reorganisation of working practices through the adoption of information and communication technologies; competition regulations and consumer protection rules that ensure that competitive pressure operates fully in the Internal Market [4] (inter alia in areas where the obstacles to co ...[+++]mpetition and competitiveness take the form of restrictive regulations and monopoly) thus maintaining incentives for higher productivity; and an integrated market for goods and services that ensures that all potential gains are realised.

It is said that one hand washes the other, but sadly, when it comes to the conflicting interests of competition regulators and service regulators, it is often uniquely Jazz and our customers, employees, and communities who suffer in the process.

Council Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962, First Regulation implementing Articles 81 and 82(4) of the Treaty(5), has allowed a Community competition policy to develop that has helped to disseminate a competition culture within the Community.

With respect to OSFI's role in the area of competition, regulation and supervision necessarily involve some degree of intrusiveness into the affairs of institutions. This may have direct and indirect costs, and therefore some impact on competitiveness.