2004 was the first year to see the application of the 2002 and 2003 reforms concerning the control of mergers, cartels and State aids which sought to return to national level the examination of many cases which were burdening the Directorate-General for Competition, despite not having genuinely European implications.
2004 was the first year to see the application of the 2002 and 2003 reforms concerning the control of mergers, cartels and State aids which sought to return to national level the examination of many cases which were burdening the Directorate-General for Competition, despite not having genuinely European implications.