Policies should be adopted which open up market access and increase competition .

Their labor market, social welfare, and competition policies vary.

Competition for the market drove innovation.

Product market reforms should foster competition and speed up effective restructuring .

The result is that competition for market share is weak and there are few firms with new ideas.

A first form of competition , where the effects of the euro are noticeable , is that of competition between private market participants .

Finally , the sole competence for deciding on and carrying out operations in the foreign exchange market lies with the ECB .

In fact the Commission excludes nuclear waste and rejects a system of obligatory insurance under current market conditions.

He contended that economists traditional focus on competitive markets was misplaced what mattered was competition for the market, not competition in the market.

Economic reforms in the goods , capital and labour markets , as well as the completion of the Single Market , aim to remove barriers to competition , increase market flexibility and allow more intense national and cross border competition .

( g ) a system ensuring that competition in the internal market is not distorted

The empirical literature generally finds that competition in markets is an important factor in explaining both labour productivity and relative price developments .

Let me mention but a few illustrations of this remark Competition between private market participants

Here, innovation and the conditions that support it including competition and free entry and exit from the market play an important role.

Competition among market players is a major driving force in this respect .

ASEAN will undoubtedly have to improve its internal complementarity, striving at the same time to expand its internal market and reduce intra ASEAN competition on the international market.

I shall conclude by pointing out, as did President Andreotti, that were it to take place, this war would be the war of the rich against the poor.

the establishing of the competition rules necessary for the functioning of the internal market

The result can be seen in the rise of foreign competition in the international arms market.

Increasing product market competition , particularly in the services sectors , would also facilitate industrial restructuring and encourage innovation and the adoption of new technologies .

This Article will enhance competition , contribute to the establishment of a single payment area and improve the advantages for consumers in the internal market .

As to the different forms of support schemes, no one meets fully the requirements of being effective, not distorting the market and enhancing competition and innovation.

The issue then is free competition amongst insurance companies and effective access to the market, which has to be guaranteed.

Increasing product market competition , particularly in the services sectors , would also facilitate the restructuring of the economy and encourage innovation and the adoption of new technologies .

As well as laying down a number of economic rights and rules concerning fair competition in the internal market, the EU also promises its citizens that it

At Community level, the completion of the internal market and the introduction of competition have helped to improve the performance of a number of services of general economic interest.

) shall act in accordance with the principle of an open market economy with free competition , favouring an efficient allocation of resources (...

Consumers of financial services will benefit from increased competition , transparency and choice in the payment services market .

As the world market is increasingly the reference market, European businesses need to be encouraged to operate on the scale necessary to compete successfully in the European internal market and in others outside the Union.

As the world market is increasingly the reference market, European businesses need to be encouraged to operate on the scale necessary to compete successfully in the European single market and in others outside the Union.

Its task now includes eliminating the SOEs monopoly power, which is hampering market competition.

The Commission 's objective is to create a Single Payment Market where improved economies of scale and competition would help to reduce the cost of the payment system .

Assessment a more divergent legal framework and universal service standards could have negative impacts on social cohesion, and would lead to a more 'uneven' playing field with increased barriers to an Internal Market.

The Directive aims to generate more competition in payment markets by removing market entry barriers .

A free market is a place for innovation which is driven by competition which, in turn, is the result of diverging interests.

The Union shall offer its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice without internal frontiers, and an internal market where competition is free and undistorted.

It aims to enable new , innovative and secure electronic money services to be designed , provide market access to new players and foster real and effective competition between all market participants .

In addition , pricing power in market segments with low competition may increase in such an environment .

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Such different interpretations are undesirable in the context of a single money and financial market and may lead to competitive distortions and misallocation of funds .

The Eurosystem acts in accordance with the principle of an open market economy with free competition , favouring an efficient allocation of resources .

All in all , while some progress has been made over the past decade , in many euro area countries there still seems to be a long way to go to implement reforms that ensure employment rates in line with the best performing countries . The euro area is still far from exhausting the growth potential of a more intense use of labour in the production process .

Additional labour market reform and strengthened competition in certain product markets would , ECB Convergence Report 2002

As the Internal Market will be open to the world, craft sector sub contractors must expect competitors from non Community countries to gear their production programme to Euro standards and compete in the Internal Market.

Competition between legal and regulatory environments