Re: Ads
Hi Michael
Unless you have bucketloads of cash and time to burn, I think it would be pointless for you to try to use competition law to further your case. Actions taken under competition law tend to be notoriously complex and difficult to prove - ie you have to prove that the other party (1) has a dominant position in the market place, and (2) is abusing it unreasonably.
While I'm no expert on competition law, I reckon (1) would be impossible to prove, as all local newspapers compete against a wide range of media - local radio, local freesheets, magazines, national press etc. Just because one is the market leader in an area doesn't make it "dominant". The "unreasonable abuse" condition is probably even more difficult to prove unless you have a lot of evidence to support your case.
In any case competition law experts don't come cheap and you would be likely to have to spend many hundreds of euro in getting even the most basic of advice from any such specialist.