GE would not be in a position to significantly affect the upstream market. In particular since competing blade manufacturers would continue to have access to wind turbine manufacturers other than GE. In relation to the downstream markets, GE would continue to face significant competition from other major turbine manufacturers, such as Siemens, (MHI) Vestas, Nordex and Senvion, who either manufacture their blades in-house and/or are not dependent on LM Wind Power for supplies.

The Commission's investigation found that competing tube manufacturers would have alternative sources for pumps.

It is also unlikely that the merged entity would stop supplying competing tube manufacturers with Rexam PC pumps.

As a result of Intel's rebates, the ability of rival manufacturers to compete and innovate was impaired, and this led to reduced choice for consumers.

Uniform implementation of the Decision is needed to ensure that the conditions for the granting of compulsory licences for the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products, when such products are intended for export, are the same in all Member States and to avoid distortion of competition for operators in the single market.

Licensing agreements containing such restrictions do not need to be notified to the Commission; - a certain number of obligations which the parties may lawfully include in their contracts (such as the right for licensors to terminate the agreement in the event of the licensee challenging the validity of the patent, the secret or substantial nature of the licensed know-how or the obligation for licensees to use their best endeavours to manufacture and market the licensed product); - a "blacklist" of clauses or restrictions the insertion of which in an agreement prevents block exemption being granted (restrictions on price and quantities, a ban on exploiting competing technologies, customer restrictions between competing manufacturers, obli ...[+++]gation on licensees to assign improvements to the technology concerned, territorial restrictions for a longer duration than those exempted); - an opposition procedure by which exemption is extended to agreements containing additional restrictions on competition not specified in the regulation, on condition that such agreements are notified to the Commission and that the Commission does not oppose the application of the exemption within four months (as opposed to six previously). Clauses previously outlawed, such as an obligation on licensees to procure from the licensor supplies which are not essential for a technically proper exploitation of the licensed technology, are subject to this procedure.