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Commission welcomes steps taken by Amazon/Audible and Apple to improve competition in audiobook distribution

The European Commission welcomes an agreement to end all exclusivity obligations concerning audiobook supply and distribution between Amazon's subsidiary Audible and Apple. This step is likely to improve competition in downloadable audiobook distribution in Europe.

Read more... 19 January 2017 Case C-623/15 P Toshiba Corp. vs. European Commission The EU Court of Justice ruled on Toshiba's appeal against an earlier General Court ruling that had mainly upheld a Commission decision of December 2012. The Commission's 2012 decision had fined several companies for their participation in a cartel on the market for TV monitor tubes. The Court has now dismissed Toshiba's appeal and upheld the Commission's findings concerning Toshiba's liability for the participation of its joint venture MTPD in the cartel Court's press release Read more... 18 January 2017 Case T-92/11 RENV, Jørgen Andersen vs. European Commission (Danske Statsbaner case) The General Court ruled on an action for annulment of a Commission decision of February 2010 regarding public services contract for 2004-2015 between the Danish State and the Danish railway incumbent, Danske Statsbaner. The General Court mainly upheld the Commission's findings that public service compensations paid to Danske Statsbaner after 3 December 2009 was in line with EU state aid rules. The Court annulled the Commission's decision with regard to one payment of 21 December 2009. Compensation paid before 3 December 2009 was the object of a Court of Justice ruling of October 2015 (case C-303/13 P) Read more...