Microsoft will have the opportunity to explain how this technical support is relevant to the March 2004 decision.

[We would hope to have a decision] before summer holidays, ... European institutions tend to knock off the month of August.

I can confirm that Microsoft did make a formal request for the hearing to be public and the request was refused by the hearing officer because the procedural regulation explicitly prohibits this.

Governments do not have right to take measures relating to competition, if it is a merger that falls under our (jurisdiction).

Technical support is only helpful if the documentation has reached a certain standard.

We have 25 working days to decide whether we think there may be some negative impact on effective competition or not.

However, technical support is only helpful once the documentation has reached a certain quality standard ... the Commission's preliminary view is that the technical documentation still does not comply with the requirements of the decision.

The commission regulation on procedures in antitrust cases is very explicit. It says oral hearings should not be held in public.

Car prices have increased less than the price of inflation.