Sentences with phrase «competition rules by»

The Commission will investigate whether the three companies, in their role as licensors of rights for merchandising products, may have breached EU competition rules by restricting their licensees» ability to sell licensed merchandise cross-border and online.

Alongside consumer electronics and hotel accommodation, videogames are being looked into — the commission is specifically investigating whether or not companies are «breaking EU competition rules by unfairly restricting retail prices or by excluding customers from certain offers because of their nationality or location.»

This may amount to a breach of EU competition rules by reducing cross-border competition as a result of restricting so - called «parallel trade» within the Single Market and preventing consumers from buying cheaper games that may be available in other Member States.

The court also tossed ideas that even the consciously modified Tab 10.1 N was breaking competition rules by unfairly using a similar product.

Not exact matches

Canada should be fostering competition by eliminating rules, not by endlessly adding to them.

Nonetheless, the judge declared «consumer harm is not relevant» to competition policy; Sears broke the rules by selling tires at a lower price than its competitor most of the time.

The ruling came in a suit by Italian taxi groups, who alleged that Uber constituted unfair competition.

To the extent that any business welcomes competition, that competition should be rooted in playing by the same rules.

In fact, if the tribunal ultimately rules that TREB's policies are preventing competition and limiting consumer choice, it may become a target of scorn by the very homeowners it's now purporting to protect.

The complaint, filed on May 27, 2011, alleged the real estate board's rules restricted competition by preventing its members from setting up «virtual office websites.»

The CMA's ruling comes amid a growing debate on both sides of the Atlantic about the ethics of price hikes for old off - patent medicines that are only made by a few firms and where there is little competition.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

Earlier, he dropped an effort to create competition for cable TV set - top boxes and cancelled investigations into whether Verizon and AT&T had violated the net neutrality rules by favoring their own streaming video services.

Specific rules that mention net neutrality or traffic prioritization and the like are still a minority, but it can be a matter of interpretation as to the application of more general regulation to do with competition issues by sector specific regulators or competition authorities.

Lacavera wouldn't comment on how competition in Canada's wireless industry will be affected by changes to foreign ownership rules for small telecom companies.

«CHX justifies the proposal by stating» [T] he Exchange submits that the proposed rules for LTAD are designed to operate in a manner that is consistent with the Act in that they are designed to protect investors and the public interest, are not designed to permit unfair discrimination, and would not impose any unnecessary or inappropriate burden on competition.»

The Competition Bureau says lack of disclosure by bloggers and influencers could fall under its rules against misrepresentation and false advertising.

«Since the fall of»08 we have lost one community bank a day seven days a week... as a result, quite truthfully, of, obviously competition from nonbanks, but most particularly by a huge regulatory burden, some 12,000 pages of proposed and final rules in Dodd - Frank,» Frank Keating, president and chief executive of the American Bankers Association, warned in a television interview on Tuesday.

Within the Android ecosystem, there is no competition: Samsung rules with 32.4 per cent, followed by Google's Nexus line (5.3 per cent), HTC (3.7 per cent), LG (2.7 per cent) and Motorola (2.3 per cent).

This is, I would note, quite consistent with the skepticism about regulation voiced by Senator Sullivan: if the concern is that a bunch of rules limit competition, then a better response, if there must be one, would seek to empower competition by undoing the monopoly entirely.

In a June 2016 ruling, the Competition Tribunal found that TREB, by not including sold and other data in its virtual office website (VOW) feed, had engaged in anti-competitive acts that had «a considerable adverse impact on innovation, quality and the range of residential real estate brokerage services that likely would be offered in the GTA» without TREB's restrictive rules.

Nonmarket strategy involves political, legal and economic efforts by firms to reshape the rules of competition.

Reform advocates say economic growth rates will plunge, undermining the ruling party's claim to power, if industries from energy to telecoms to banking that are controlled by state companies are not opened to competition.

This is not indisputable: Some folks insist we can have a world that is ruled by cooperation, from which competition for the top jobs and the best seats is eliminated.

Economic life was supposedly ruled by certain unchangeable laws such as supply and demand, but the basic law was that of absolutely untrammeled competition and survival of the fittest.

Merger control rules, which regulate transactions based on their effect on business competition, vary by jurisdiction and can delay a transaction unless the parties follow all necessary steps to gain regulatory approval in each applicable jurisdiction.

More than 333 awards and accolades derived from 23 prestigious wine competitions have been earned by currently released wines made from Lodi Rules ™ sustainable grapes.

«Fonterra can comfortably pursue both [higher milk prices and shareholder returns] because its milk price is rules - based and subject to oversight by a panel chaired by an independent director of Fonterra [and with a majority of its members being independent] coupled with oversight by NZ's competition regulator through a very public process,» he said.

Before (and after) the Europa League game against Ostersund, Arsene Wenger emphasised that Arsenal's main objective remains to finish in the Top Four to achieve Champions League status next season, as he doesn't agree with the rule that you can enter the elite competition by the «back door» if you win the lesser Europa League.

He was working, after all, under the direction of USGA director of rules and competitions Tom Meeks (the man blamed by many for the Shinnecock shenanigans) and Meeks's designated successor, Davis.

Mark Russell, a PGA Tour VP of rules and competitions, stopped by the trailer to update Roy about potential earlier tee times off the front and the back that could force the network to go to the ever - unpopular tape - delayed broadcast.

On the Wednesday afternoon before this year's Open, Holland summoned his officials to an outdoor TIO seminar conducted by Rules of Golf manager Jeff Hall and women's competitions director Kendra Graham.

The car is powered by a 3.4 - litre Mecachrome V6 - not a hybrid like the Toyota, but new rules for this season are supposed to bring the performance of the hybrids and non-hybrids closer together, so competition should hopefully be tight.

First and foremost a return to the Champions League has to be prioritised, which can only be done with a top four finish or by winning the Europa League competition (as Manchester United did last year), but our current form, ignoring he midweek loss for our B side, I wouldn't rule us out pushing on to challenging for second place in the table, possibly even first once Manchester City finally start to show chinks in their armour.

- The Washington Post The catch - rule proposal by the NFL's competition committee, ordered up by Commissioner Roger Goodell during Super Bowl week, was given the expected ratification by the owners Tuesday at the annual league meeting in Orlando.

March 28 — Champions League players who move in the January transfer window will be allowed to compete for their new club in the competition during the same season under new rules announced by UEFA.

Maybe he isn't the genius some would have us believe but judging by the emphasis he puts on cup competitions (the FA Cup for us, the Europa League last season), don't rule out the appearance of something not seen at Everton for over 20 years — a trophy.

The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following requirements: (1) Each student athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian shall annually sign and return a concussion information sheet designed by the Association prior to the athlete initiating practice or competition.

It is time that we recognize the harm caused by the mercy rule, and advocate for change by teaching athletes to learn from defeat rather than hide from it, to understand that losing is neither shameful nor embarrassing, to embrace competition of all levels, and to value the positive life lessons gained through all of youth sports.

Our world is ruled by competition and recognition.

The NFHS sets direction for the future by building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities.

Heastie didn't rule out changes to reach an agreement, as expanding the services upstate is being opposed by taxi companies that face stiff competition from apps offered by Lyft or Uber.

A civilised society should have a system which encourages competition to raise animal welfare standards, not competition to lower them and we should not jeopardise our farming industry simply because of some arbitrary rules set down by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

Another similarity: both projects appear to have skirted rules usually followed by state government to encourage competition and ensure a good deal for taxpayers.

«No one should be afraid of competition and I would say absolutely not, in this case fair trade just means you've got to play by the same rules and I don't believe it would hurt our industry at all.»

The committee faulted the reported conduct of a parallel congress by the foreign affairs minister, adding that, «I did advise when I met him, there is rule of engagement for any competition and we have to abide by it.

Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers when choosing companies to do business -LSB-...]

Two state - affiliated development corporations at the center of a federal corruption probe operated for years without rules commonly used by government agencies to promote competition, discourage favoritism and get the best deal for taxpayers when choosing companies to do business with.

Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner.

And, as the academic «precariat» grows, said Hackmann, referring to postdoctoral researchers who work on successive contracts without the opportunity to become salaried professors, «so do regimes of competition rather than collaboration, and the pressure to play by business as usual rules persists.»