European antimonopolschiki refused to give the floor to representatives of Intel.

SyuzhetyAntimonopolschiki against Intel04.12.2008AMD accused Intel of delaying razbiratelstvaEvrokomissiya received a response from Intel on charges of violating antitrust laws, but the corporation refused a request for protection during oral hearings, writes The Wall Street Journal.
The answer to the charges Intel would submit before 17 October 2008, but only produced a response on 5 February 2009. For several months she tried to challenge the deadline of submission.
The corporation argued that it needed to prepare additional documents to show in his defense. The court found that these documents were not so necessary. The European Commission also pledged to verify if the documents submitted in February needed for administrative procedures in the anti-monopoly proceedings.
EU officials have accused Intel of monopoly in July 2007. In their view, the corporation has blocked access to the market to its main competitor, the company Advanced Micro Devices.
In July 2008 the European Commission presented new charges Intel with violating antitrust laws. Corporation suspected of bribery of technology vendors, who allegedly urged Intel not to sell computers with processors AMD.
Intel - one of the largest manufacturers of processors in the world. Its market share for PC processors is about 80 per cent.