Related national case laws

• The Croatian Competition Authority identifies restrictive provisions of the selective distribution agreements for motor vehicles and repair services that cannot be exempted under the relevant block exemption regulation (Hyundai auto Zagreb)
  30 juin 2010
• The Czech Competition Office fines a mineral water producing company for export bans but substantially lowers the fine taking into consideration cooperation and commitments (Karlovarské minerální vody)
  17 février 2010
• The Russian Competition Authority establishes the existence of price-fixing agreements concluded between a mobile phone manufacturer and its distributors (Nokia)
  9 décembre 2009
• The Romanian Competition Authority grants an individual exemption for the exclusive distribution agreements concluded by the leading sugar products manufacturer with its distributors (Cadbury Romania)
  8 avril 2009
• The Latvian Competition Council provisionally agrees to clear a merger if behavioural remedies are adopted (Sentor Farm Aptiekas / Recipe Plus)
  12 novembre 2009
• The Croatian Competition Authority annulls the price-fixing agreements concluded between a mobile phone operator and its distributors (VIPnet)
  1er juillet 2009
• The Croatian Competition Authority rules on the compatibility of the promotion campaigns of an automobile importer with the block exemption regulation (Sanabilis/Citroën)
  17 juin 2009
• The Romanian Competition Authority grants an individual exemption for the exclusive distribution agreements concluded by the leading chocolate producer with its distributors (Kraft Foods Romania)
  25 mars 2009
• A Swedish court fines eight car dealers for participating in a cartel (Renault and Volvo dealers)
  18 août 2010
• The Spanish National Competition Commission rules that neither inter- nor intra-brand competition is affected by restrictive practices in the postal sector (Logimail/Unipost)
  2 février 2008
• The Austrian Supreme Court confirms that a cooperation agreement in the savings bank sector only partly fulfils the criteria of Art. 81.3 EC and, in a separate decision, that one of the cooperation cases constitutes a concentration (Erste Bank)
  18 mai 2007
• The Austrian Cartel Court finds that the cooperation in the savings bank sector violates Art. 81.1 EC but fulfils for the most part the criteria of Art. 81.3 EC (Erste Bank)
  14 septembre 2006
• The UK High Court holds that an unlawful non-compete clause cannot be severed from the exclusive distributorship agreement if such severance would destroy the fundamental nature of the agreement (Courage)
  14 octobre 2009
• The Latvian Competition Council fined a company for imposing retail price maintenance obligations (Hanzas maiznicas)
  22 juillet 2008
• The Spanish National Competition Commission rules that neither inter- nor intra-brand competition is affected by restrictive practices in the postal sector (Logimail/Unipost)
  2 février 2008
• A Swedish court fines eight car dealers for participating in a cartel (Renault and Volvo dealers)
  31 juillet 2009
• The Spanish National Competition Commission rules that neither inter- nor intra-brand competition is affected by restrictive practices in the postal sector (Logimail/Unipost)
  2 février 2008
• The Austrian Supreme Court confirms that a cooperation agreement in the savings bank sector only partly fulfils the criteria of Art. 81.3 EC and, in a separate decision, that one of the cooperation cases constitutes a concentration (Erste Bank)
  29 janvier 2009
• The Czech Competition Office fines a mineral water producing company for export bans but substantially lowers the fine taking into consideration cooperation and commitments (Karlovarské minerální vody)
  17 février 2010
• The Croatian Competition Authority identifies restrictive provisions of the selective distribution agreements for motor vehicles and repair services that cannot be exempted under the relevant block exemption regulation (Hyundai auto Zagreb)
  30 juin 2010
• A Swedish court fines eight car dealers for participating in a cartel (Renault and Volvo dealers)
  31 juillet 2009
• The Croatian Competition Authority rules on the compatibility of the promotion campaigns of an automobile importer with the block exemption regulation (Sanabilis/Citroën)
  17 juin 2009
• The Spanish National Competition Commission rules that neither inter- nor intra-brand competition is affected by restrictive practices in the postal sector (Logimail/Unipost)
  2 février 2008
• The Austrian Cartel Court finds that the cooperation in the savings bank sector violates Art. 81.1 EC but fulfils for the most part the criteria of Art. 81.3 EC (Erste Bank)
  14 septembre 2006
• The Russian Competition Authority establishes the existence of price-fixing agreements concluded between a mobile phone manufacturer and its distributors (Nokia)
  12 novembre 2009
• The UK High Court holds that an unlawful non-compete clause cannot be severed from the exclusive distributorship agreement if such severance would destroy the fundamental nature of the agreement (Courage)
  14 octobre 2009
• The Croatian Competition Authority annulls the price-fixing agreements concluded between a mobile phone operator and its distributors (VIPnet)
  1er juillet 2009
• The Latvian Competition Council fined a company for imposing retail price maintenance obligations (Hanzas maiznicas)
  29 janvier 2009
• The Latvian Competition Council provisionally agrees to clear a merger if behavioural remedies are adopted (Sentor Farm Aptiekas / Recipe Plus)
  12 novembre 2009