As regards the practical incorporation of these missions, Section I of Article 44 of Law No 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides that France Télévisions is responsible for designing and programming television programmes and audiovisual communication services corresponding to the public service missions defined in Article 43-11 and in terms of reference provided for in Article 48 of the same Law.

Save in special cases, to be determined by special decision and in particular where an official is called back from leave, the reimbursement of mission expenses shall be limited to the cost of the most economical journey between the place of employment and the place of mission which does not require the official on mission to extend his stay significantly".

Competition Commissioner Monti stated: “Together with our partners, the national competition and regulatory authorities, we now embark on this new endeavour, the Art. 7 consultation mechanism.

Airline alliances generally present benefits for the consumer, but regulators must ensure that they do not result in the elimination of competition on specific routes and we achieved that" European Competition Commissioner, Mario Monti, said.

« The year 2000 was very busy and challenging as the Commission continued its overhaul of the antitrust procedures while coping with a new increase in merger notifications and considerable technological developments which brought new markets and practices such as business-to-business exchanges under the scope of our competition rules, » European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti commented on the occasion.

Internal market: including completion of alignment of public procurement legislation, financial services, further development of standardisation and conformity assessment bodies and establishment and operation of a market surveillance system, alignment of technical legislation on industrial products, further improvements in the field of competition (e.g. merger control), efficient enforcement of competition law, audiovisual, property ownership and external frontier control, reinforcement of the anti-trust and State aid authorities, promotion of enterprise development, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), alignment with th ...[+++]e acquis in the fields of telecommunications, consumer protection and the internal energy market.