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To: fastpathguru who wrote (241962)	10/6/2007 12:53:55 AM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Respond to of 275872

>> BTW, the EC HAS charged Intel with breaking European competition law with their practices. Was any detail given on what the charge(s) is (are) ? >> Coke was told to END ITS EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES, COMPLETELY. I have to go back and read whether the remedy prohibits volume rebates tailored to each customer's volume.

To: fastpathguru who wrote (241962)	10/6/2007 1:13:52 AM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

>> Again with this BS. Around and around we go, with some people never learning. Coke was told to END ITS EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES, COMPLETELY. << Not never learning. How about occasional forgetting. Anyway, you are right. Coke was told to quit the tailored rebates. But now I am wondering, is Intel accused of using tailored rebates ? Or tailored marketing funds ? luc.edu The E.U. courts generally condemn loyalty rebates by dominant firms as unfair and as an impediment to normal price competition. 13 Specifically, the Court of First Instance has found that a company abused its dominant position when the company pursued a pricing policy based on rebates, or other financial benefits, where one of its main objectives was to maintain its market share.14 The Court specifically noted that such a loyalty rebate is contrary to Article 82 EC, as such a rebate is designed to prevent customers from obtaining their supplies from competing producers.15 Coca-Cola was offering rebates to its customers to maintain, at the very least, that customer’s historical purchase balances. The European courts would likely have found such rebates to be loyalty in nature. Therefore, the Commission would have enjoined such conduct, and almost certainly, levied fines upon the Company.