25-11-2004, 03:20 AM
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EU competition chief ends dispute over 'conflict' cases
http://news.independent.co.uk/busine...p?story=586486
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The European Union's new Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, is to stand aside from five cases or policy decisions - four of which involve British companies - because of conflicts of interest, it emerged yesterday.
After a political row over Ms Kroes's links with 30 companies during the past decade, the Dutch businesswoman agreed to disqualify herself for one year from any case involving a company for which she worked as a board member.
The commission said yesterday that, of the investigations which have been made public, Ms Kroes would be handing over responsibility for five decisions. One is an inquiry INTO phpbb_roaming charges for mobile phones involving Britain's mmO2, on whose non-executive board Ms Kroes sat. The telecoms company is being investigated for abuse of a dominant market position.
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