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An Intel logo at the Intel Museum in Santa Clara Cheap Men's OFF white fragment design Air Jordan 1 Black Blue For Sale , California in file photo. The EU’s top court yesterday ordered a lower court to reconsider its rejection of an appeal by US chip giant Intel against one of the EU’s biggest-ever fines for breaking competition rules. The decision by the European Court of Justice keeps alive one of the longest running EU competition court cases in history that could impact similar cases against Google and chipmaker Qualcomm. — AFP
EUROPE’S top judges dealt a rare blow to European Union antitrust regulators yesterday by sending their case against chipmaker Intel back to a lower court for an appeal.


In a move that may have ramifications for the EU watchdog’s cases against Qualcomm and Google, the EU Court of Justice said a court which had upheld a 1 billion euro (US$1.3 billion) European Commission fine against Intel should re-examine the US company’s appeal.


“The case is referred back to the General Court in order for it to examine the arguments put forward by Intel concerning the capacity of the rebates at issue to restrict competition,” the ECJ said in a statement.


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The ruling is good news for companies in the EU regulator’s crosshairs, Foad Hoseinian at law firm Freshfields said.


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Regulators have generally frowned upon rebates, especially those offered by dominant companies, based on the theory that they are anti-competitive in nature, while firms say that enforcers have to prove that they have anti-competitive effects before sanctioning them.


“Companies will be more confident when they go to the commission and more corporations will have the appetite to take the commission to court on effects-based arguments Air Jordan Jumpman Pro For Sale ,” Hoseinian said.


The commission said it would study the judgment carefully and that it was up to the General Court to review its decision. Intel said it was reviewing the court ruling.


The ruling raises the bar for the regulator when it comes to proving wrongdoing, said Rein Wesseling, a partner at law firm Stibbe.


“It forces the commission to be as economic in its approach in other cases as it did in Intel. This is encouraging for Qualcomm and Google,” he said.


Google Air Jordan 31 For Sale , which was hit with a landmark 2.42 billion euro fine in June over its Shopping service, is under fire over its Android smartphone operating system and online search advertising. Google has denied any wrongdoing.


US chipmaker Qualcomm, meanwhile, faces EU charges of using anti-competitive methods to squeeze out British phone software maker Icera and of making illegal payments to a major customer for exclusively using its chipsets since 2011.




BRATISLAVA， March 20 (Xinhua) -- Slovakia wants to be involved in a project of a cross-border test track for automakers and car suppliers， Deputy Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said Monday.


Slovakia aims to participate in the testing of inter-connected and autonomous vehicles in the European Union.


The first such track is expected to be constructed on the motorway between Bratislava and Brno in the Czech Republic.


"It's a competition between countries. Some test tracks have already been introduced in certain countries， but the map of roads with test tracks is still relatively thin，" Pellegrini said.


"Slovakia will be another such spot on the map within the EU and that it will be among the leaders，" Pellegrini said， noting that countries participate in such activities on a voluntary basis.


This initiative is being supported by the European Commission as well. European Commission Vice-president Maros Sefcovic said that a car's software will be worth half of the vehicle's total value in a few years.


"We need to look at cars like the products of a new generation in which the collection and transmission of data will have absolute priority，" added Sefcovic. Enditem


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