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"en.20031118.7.2-193"2
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"Question No 36 by Richard Corbett ():
Is the Commission aware of the deep concerns expressed in the diamond industry concerning the new De Beers distribution system entitled ‘Supplier of Choice
? Does it agree that this system is entirely at De Beers’ discretion and is based on selection criteria which are both opaque and subjective? Is it aware that one third of the De Beers core customers have been removed thus far under ‘Soc’, leaving diamonds in fewer hands and generally reducing competition and supply?
reserves the right to reopen the case should changes in the factual or legal situation as regards any essential aspect of the agreements modify its present view.…’
Will the Commission now reopen its investigations into ‘SoC’ before it becomes fully operational at the end of this year"@en1
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"Does the Commission stand by its statement of 16 January 2003 provisionally permitting the operation of the new system, where it stated categorically that, ‘… given remaining concerns that the SoC system could be used to artificially reduce supply, namely of high quality diamonds, and considering that the implementation of SoC has not yet taken place, the Commission will keep a close watch on the market ... to ensure that the system does not lead to a restriction in the supply of adequate quantities of rough diamonds to traders’, ... and that it ‘"1
"Subject: Competition policy in diamond sector"1
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