1.   This could distort competition and reduce support in the business community for the single Market.

2.   Indeed, many of the new rules ought to increase efficiency as they sweep away examples of market failure or cartels that distort competition.

3.   Critics argued such subsidies would distort competition in the European airline market.

4.   Greenspan worries that banks will pass the financial benefit of these implicit federal subsidies to their subsidiaries, thereby distorting competition in the market for financial services.

5.   In front of a panel of trade specialists from other countries, the trading partner bringing the complaint has to demonstrate that the barrier distorts fair competition.

6.   It had asked France for more information on the planned cash injection into Thomson Multimedia in case it violated EU subsidy rules and distorted competition.

7.   The inclusion of Intelsat, Bower said, would distort competition because of its already dominant position.

8.   A continued ban could distort competition by keeping some the prospective medal winners out.

9.   A continued ban could distort competition by keeping some prospective medal winners out.

10.   At the end of that period, the Commission would launch a deeper, four-month probe if it has any suspicions that the deal would distort competition.