Related national case laws

• The English High Court refuses to make a reference to the CJEU concerning the circumstances in which an court can make a declaration of non-liability for breach of Art. 101 TFEU where a company is the subject of an ongoing European Commission investigation (Conex Banninger / European Commission)
  9 September 2010
• The UK Office of Tair Trading implements revised approach for company director disqualification orders (OFT guidance document on director disqualification orders in competition cases)
  25 August 2010
• The Polish Competition Authority fines members of a price maintenance agreement on the paint market (Tikkurila, Castorama, Praktiker)
  5 August 2010
• The Czech Regional Court rules that the Competition Office is under the duty to return along with a refunded fine the default interest on it (Českomoravská stavební spořitelna)
  5 August 2010
• The French Competition Authority fines € 6.9 M a football association and a rights for sports management agency for anticompetitive agreements on the market for audiovisual rights (FFF-Sportfive)
  30 June 2010
• The Amsterdam Court of Appeal holds that fines imposed by the European Commission for breach of competition rules are not deductible from taxable profits (X B.V. Belanghebbende / Inspecteur Belastingdienst)
  21 June 2010
• The UK OFGEM announces that an electricity producer makes payments of £200,000 to two consumer organisations following investigation (EDF Energy/Money Advice Trust - Citizens Advice)
  21 June 2010
• The Bulgarian Competition Authority fines an electricity supplier for exploitative abuse of dominant position (EVN Bulgaria Elektrorazpredelenie)
  17 June 2010
• The Croatian Competition Authority releases its plan of activities for 2010-2011
  4 June 2010
• The Danish High Court doubles fine imposed by the District Court on a professional association for recommending retail prices (Christmas Tree Growers Association)
  4 June 2010
• The UK Office of fair trading fines a bank £28.59 million for information exchange (Royal Bank of Scotland)
  19 May 2010
• The UK Office of Fair Trading heavely fines price-fixing practices from supermarkets and tobacco firms in a decision which may be its largest ever combined fine (Imperial Tobacco, Gallaher and retailers)
  19 May 2010
• The Luxembourg Competition Council imposes its first fines for cartel practices and clarifies its fining and leniency policy (“Cité judiciaire”)
  5 May 2010
• The Serbian Competition Authority releases its 2009 Annual Report
  17 March 2010
• The UK Court of Appeal upholds abuse of dominance finding against National Grid but reduces the size of the fine imposed (National Grid/Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, Capital Meters, Siemens, Meter Fit)
  21 April 2010
• The Danish City Court of Århus inflicts an unsubstantial fine for price fixing (Veterinary surgeons)
  8 April 2010
• The Lithuanian Competition Council issues fourth infringement decision against the State controlled airport for restricting access to the airport facilities (Vilnius Airport/RSS II)
  17 March 2010
• The French Paris Court of Appeal confirms the amount of fines imposed on temporary employment agencies for concerted practices under Art. 81 EC and its French equivalent and clarifies the procedural issue of access to confidential electronic documents (Adecco, Manpower, VediorBis, Adia)
  17 March 2010
• The Swedish Competition Authority establishes policy for prioritization of competition and procurement cases as well as method for establishing fines in competition cases
  3 March 2010
• The Paris Court of Appeal reduces the highest fines ever imposed by the NCA by 500 million Euros (Steel cartel)
  17 February 2010
• The Lisbon Commerce Court confirms decision against bid-rigging cartel by pharmaceutical companies but substantially reduces fines (Abbott, Menarini and Johnson & Johnson)
  17 February 2010
• The Turkish NCA imposes € 17,3 M fine on the incumbent telecommunications operator for its abusive practices in GSM and mobile marketing services market (Turkcell)
  17 March 2010
• The Czech Supreme Administrative Court decides that, under Czech legislation in force prior to 1st. Sept. 2009, sanctions for an infringement of competition law may be imposed on the legal successor of the infringing entity where an intra group merger has been carried out in order to avoid said sanctions (Petrol cartel)
  17 March 2010
• The Romanian Competition Authority imposes an 8% fine to an association of undertakings for price fixing and refers for the first time to criminal investigation bodies (Association of the Depositories of Cereals)
  17 March 2010
• The Polish President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection fines an operator and ten distributors for vertical price collusion with respect to trailer accessories (Knott)
  17 February 2010
• The Polish Competition Authority issues the highest fine in its history (Cement Cartel)
  17 February 2010
• A Slovak regional Court confirms strict criteria that courts have on reasoning of decisions of the Antimonopoly Office (SLOVNAFT)
  17 February 2010
• The Portuguese Competition Authority fines € 14,7 million five undertakings implicated in the Canteen Cartel and uses the leniency regime for the first time (Eurest, Trivalor, Uniself, ICA/Nordigal, Sodexo Portugal)
  3 February 2010
• The Romania’s High Court of Justice upholds a NCA’s decision having imposed a fine for price fixing to a nonprofit organization (National Association of Dental Technicians)
  6 January 2010
• The Spanish competition authority imposes the highest fine ever on several insurance companies (Asefa, Mapfre, Caser, Munich Re, Swiss Re and Scor)
  9 December 2009
• The Hungarian Competition Authority fines that seven banks and two card compagnies banks on the basis of both Art. 101 EC and its national equivalent for setting multilateral interchange fees (Authority Visa, Mastercard and Hungarian banks)
  17 March 2010
• The Hungarian Competition Office fines banks and international card companies for a breach of Art. 101 TFEU in relation to setting domestic interchange fees (Allianz Bank a. o.)
  17 February 2010
• The UK Office of Fair Trading imposes a £40m fine for collective boycott and price fixing in the construction recruitment sector (Construction Recruitment Forum)
  6 January 2010
• The Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition finds the four oil companies as having violated competition rules and imposes millions in fines (Retail fuel market of Cyprus)
  6 January 2010
• The German Federal Cartel Office imposes a multi-millions fine against the market leader in the contact lenses business (CIBA Vision)
  18 November 2009
• The Romanian Competition Authority announces the results of the sector inquiry on the market for retail distribution of alimentary products (Report of the Sector Inquiry on Retail Distribution of Alimentary Products)
  12 November 2009
• A Danish Court of appeal reduces the fines imposed by the City Court on an association, its director and its deputy director for encouraging a price increase (Danish coach drivers’ association)
  21 October 2009
• The Italian Competition Authority inflicts fines in excess of € 13 million to several firms operating in lead recycling, and their consortium, for fixing market shares and foreclosing the creation of alternative consortia (COBAT)
  18 August 2010
• The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic fines a leading producer of electronic cash registers for resale price maintenance (Elcom)
  7 October 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority sanctions a resale price maintenance agreement on hearing aids market (WIDEX Polska)
  7 October 2009
• The English High Court gives judgment on an application for the judicial review of a decision by the OFT not to extend or re-open a penalty discount scheme that it had offered to alleged cartelists in connection with its investigation into collusive tendering in the construction industry (Crest Nicholson)
  24 September 2009
• The Serbian Parliament adopts new Law on Protection of Competition
  9 September 2009
• The Polish Supreme Court decides on the validity of the refusal of the gas network access (Bartimpex)
  20 August 2009
• The Polish NCA fines € 14 M the railway cargo carrier incumbent for discriminating competitors in concluding freight agreements, raising question on the ability of an undertaking in a dominant position, faced with aggressive comportment of competitors, to respond with similar measures (PKP Cargo)
  5 August 2009
• The UK Court of Appeal rules that damages cannot be recovered through the medium of Sec. 47A simply by identifying findings of fact by a regulator that could have amounted to a competition infringement, i.e., claimant’s right of action exists only if the regulator has actually decided that such conduct would constitute an infringement of competition provision (EW&S Railways v. Enron)
  5 August 2009
• The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court expresses an interpretation of the maximum basic level of fine possible within the law of 10% of company turnover which deviates from the legal opinion and application practice of the German Federal Cartel Office (Cement manufacturers)
  17 March 2010
• The Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court affirms the decision of the Bulgarian Competition Authority prosecuting a water supply operator for abuse of dominant position (Sofiyska Voda)
  4 November 2009
• The Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court confirms an NCA’s decision fining a heating plant company for exploitative abuse of dominance (Heating Plant Ruse)
  4 November 2009
• The Swedish Competition Authority uses for the first time the "fine order" procedure as parties accepted not to refute the existence of a cartel in the energy sector (Rundvirke Poles)
  22 September 2009
• The ECJ, issuing a preliminary ruling in answer to a reference made by a Dutch Court, holds that the EC Commission may submit on its own initiative, on the basis of Art. 15.3 of Reg. 1/2003, written observations to national courts in proceedings relating to the deductibility from taxable profits of the amounts of a fine imposed for infringement of Art. 81 and 82 EC (X BV)
  5 August 2009
• The Croatian Parliament adopts new competition law
  16 July 2009
• The Polish competition authority imposes a financial penalty on a collective copyright management association for practices restricting competition (SAWP)
  1 July 2009
• The Belgian competition Council finds the historical telecom operator guilty of margin squeeze and imposes a fine of € 66,3 million (Belgacom)
  18 November 2009
• The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina rejects an undertaking’s request for relief from payment of the fine for failure to notify a merger (Integral Inženjering - Gradevinsko preduzeće Jedinstvo)
  1 July 2009
• The Swedish Market Court ends asphalt cartel case by increasing fines up to € 46 M, reaching highest ever fine in a cartel case (NCC a.o.)
  17 June 2009
• The Italian Competition Authority opens a compliance procedure on the implementation of remedies regarding a concentration in the banking sector (BancaIntesa/SanPaolo IMI)
  17 June 2009
• The Swedish Market Court imposes record fines of € 50 M against asphalt cartel (NCC AB)
  4 June 2009
• The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina clears a merger of two Internet providers and imposes a fine for submission of incorrect information (Aneks društvo za inžinjering i konsalting eksport-import / Ki sistemi - Kompjuterski inžinjering)
  7 May 2009
• The Romanian Competition Authority fines a petrochemical company for failure to notify a merger (AGIP Romania)
  7 May 2009
• The Italian Competition Authority inflicts a fine on pasta manufacturers and related industry associations for having entered into an illicit pricing cartel in breach of Art. 81 of the EC Treaty (Listino prezzi della pasta)
  7 May 2009
• The Hellenic Competition Commission fines coffee maker nearly € 30 M for infringements of Art. 81 and 82 EC and their domestic equivalents (Nestle Hellas)
  7 May 2009
• The Slovak Republic amends the Competition Act in particular with regard to merger notification and leniency
  7 May 2009
• The Budapest Court of Appeal notably reduces the fines in the “Egg cartel” case (Magyar Tojóhibrid-tenyésztõk és Tojástermelõk Szövetsége)
  15 July 2009
• The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina prohibits a merger leading to the strengthening of dominant position on the bakery products market and inflicts financial penalties on the responsible individual for the supply of incorrect and misleading information (Klas - Sprind)
  1 July 2009
• The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the fines imposed in a collective boycotting case and its strict case law on standard of proof (Defibrillators)
  17 June 2009
• The Romanian Competition Authority fines foreign investor for failure to notify an economic concentration (Ameropa Holding/ Comcereal)
  17 June 2009
• The Czech Supreme Administrative Court rules that the NCA was entitled to sanction a cartel activity a part of which had already been sanctioned by the European Commission (Toshiba)
  20 May 2009
• The Spanish competition authority fines electricity distributors € 35,8 million for abusing their dominant position on the power commercialisation market (Centrica/ Electra de Viesgo, Endesa and Union Fenosa)
  20 May 2009
• The Austrian Supreme Court in competition matters confirms € 1.9 million fine imposed on industrial chemicals wholesale cartel (Donau Chemie and Donauchem)
  18 November 2009
• The Latvian Competition Council adopts a decision finding an abuse of dominant position in the Freeport of Riga management and towing services market (Freeport of Riga Authority)
  12 November 2009
• The Paris Court of Appeal annuls a decision by the French Competition Council fining 7 physicians’ unions for colluding to increase their fees (Union nationale des médecins spécialistes confédéés a. o. vs Association Familles rurales)
  12 November 2009
• The Macedonian Competition Authority releases its 2008 Annual Report
  16 July 2009
• The Moldovan Competition Authority finds the existence of cartel on the market for international motor insurance (Green Card)
  25 March 2009
• The Spanish Competition Authority fines an association of Architects for preventing architects registered on its lists of judicial experts from registering on third parties’ lists (Valencia Architects’ Association)
  14 November 2009
• The Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court affirms the decision of the Bulgarian Competition Authority prosecuting incumbent telecom operator for tying its ADSL and fixed voice services (Bulgarian Telecom)
  4 November 2009
• The Spanish Competition Commission fines a beer producer for fixing minimum resale prices to its distributors (Damm Distribuciones)
  7 August 2009
• The Italian Supreme Administrative Court sets aside a judgment confirming fines imposed by the NCA for failure to notify a series of mergers (Lidl)
  2 July 2009
• The Spanish antitrust authority adopts a communication on the quantification of fines
  17 June 2009
• The Brussels court of appeal confirms a Belgian Competition Council’s decision on an abuse of dominance but annuls the fine for predictability issues (Occasiemarkt - Honda Motor Europe)
  17 June 2009
• The Turkish competition board introduces two new regulations on leniency and calculation of fines
  4 June 2009
• The Spanish Competition Authority issues its first guidelines for the calculation of fines for antitrust infringements (Comunicación sobre la cuantificación de las sanciones derivadas de infracciones...)
  20 May 2009
• The Italian Competition Authority sanctions a cartel of 26 pasta producers and professional associations on the basis of Art. 81.1 EC (Listino prezzi della pasta)
  8 April 2009
• A Danish court imposes fines on a professional association and the hightest fine ever to a person for recommending retail prices (Christmas Tree Growers Association)
  8 April 2009
• The Polish Council of Ministers issues a new leniency procedural regulation
  27 March 2009
• The French Competition Council finds the incumbent rail operator guilty of implementing discriminatory practices in favor of its online travel subsidiaries and for entering into an anti-competitive partnership (SNCF /Expedia)
  27 March 2009
• The French NCA fines several temping agencies nearly € 100 M, but grants significant reductions for certain parties who enter into innovative commitments (Adecco, Manpower, VediorBis)
  12 March 2009
• The Hungarian Constitutional Court quashes new rules introducing director disqualification
  11 March 2009
• The Swiss Competition Act undergoes extensive analysis after five years in force
  22 April 2009
• The President of the Czech Republic signs the new Criminal Code which introduces criminal sanctions for horizontal agreements
  25 February 2009
• The Portuguese Competition Authority fines the Lisbon Breadmakers’ Association for exchanging information on bread consumer prices
  18 August 2010
• The Spanish Competition Authority orders an amateurs’ association to withdraw a so-called technical regulation aiming at keeping manufacturers’ prices low (ADIPAV, Holland Patines a Vela and Federación Catalana de Vela)
  14 November 2009
• The Greek Competition Authority condemns three shipping companies for abuse of dominant position (Samos cruises)
  1 July 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns a resale price maintenance agreement and rejects a demand for a commitment decision (Koral and Zabka Polska)
  20 May 2009
• The Latvian Competition Council fines a dominant liquified gas provider for excessive pricing (Propana Gaze)
  25 March 2009
• The UK Office of Fair Trading publishes revised leniency guidance for businesses and individuals that come forward with information about their involvement in a cartel (Leniency and no-action: OFT’s guidance note on the handling of applications)
  11 March 2009
• Bulgaria : The 2008 Competition Act
  28 January 2009
• The Dutch Competition Authority decides not to impose fines on ten producers of fluid-concrete as the participation of all undertakings in the infringement was not established and as result no appreciable restriction of competition could be determined (Betonmortelfabriek Utrecht a. o.)
  12 November 2009
• The New Swedish Competition Act enters into force
  1 July 2009
• The French Minister of Economics sanctions for the second time companies for a breach of merger remedies (TF1 / AB Groupe)
  25 February 2009
• The Luxembourg Administrative Court confirms the fines and daily penalties imposed by the Competition Council to undertakings for not communicating concrete information to the Competition Inspectorate ("House of Justice" case)
  25 February 2009
• The Austrian Cartel Court imposes fines of € 1.9 million to a company member of a cartel affecting the supply of industrial chemicals (Donau Chemie Group and Donauchem)
  25 February 2009
• The Danish public prosecutor inflicts the highest personal fine ever to flour producer and its director for resale price maintenance contrary to the Competition Act (Valsemølle)
  28 January 2009
• The new Bulgarian Act on the Protection of Competition
  18 December 2008
• The Czech Chamber of Deputies adopts a new Code criminalising horizontal agreements
  4 December 2008
• A Dutch Court holds that fines imposed by the National Competition Authority for infringements of the national Competition Act are not deductible for corporate tax purposes, while fines imposed by the European Commission are partly deductible (X/NMa)
  24 September 2009
• The Polish Supreme Court issues a leading ruling defining the concept of abuse of a dominant position ("Water supply and sewage disposal services" case)
  17 June 2009
• The Macedonian Administrative Court quashes two NCA’s decisions having established abusive charges on consumers on the mobile telecommunications market (T-Mobile, Cosmofon, KZK)
  25 March 2009
• The Budapest Court of Appeal clarifies rules concerning the calculation of cartel fines and confirms rules concerning the use of documents seized in dawn raids (Adeptus Zrt. a. o.)
  11 March 2009
• The Italian National Competition Authority fines € 210.000 a duty free operator for misleading advertising on the basis of unfair competition provisions (Italian Consumers Association/Aereoporti di Roma)
  25 February 2009
• The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection issues draft guidelines for setting fines in respect of competition rules violations
  4 December 2008
• The Austrian Supreme Court upholds record fine amounting to € 75.4 M (Elevators and escalators suppliers)
  4 December 2008
• A German Court agrees to a collective fine against eight compagnies for price fixing (Paper wholesale)
  19 November 2008
• The Polish competition authority imposes a financial penalty on the electricity distributor for the delay in issuance of the connection conditions for wind farms’ access to electricity grid (ENEA Operator)
  20 May 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority examines contracts reached between a building products manufacturer and its distributors and recalls that resale price maintenance is prohibited (Plannja)
  5 November 2008
• A Lithuanian Administrative Court upholds the NCA’s findings of illegal information exchange among dairies (Dairies / Competition Council)
  5 November 2008
• A US Court of Appeal provides greater transparency in amnesty process according to the freedom of information act (Stolt-Nielsen transportation group)
  9 December 2009
• The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal confirms that a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time according to Art. 6 ECHR can be interpreted as meaning a period of up to two years or longer in an antitrust procedure (Aesculaap)
  12 November 2009
• The Bulgarian competition authority applies Art. 81 EC and the useful effect doctrine to minimum price maintenance and sets aside a statutory provision facilitating it (Chamber of the design engineers)
  19 November 2008
• The German Federal Cartel Office imposes multi-million fines on account of market information exchange (Luxury cosmetics products - "Schlossrunde")
  28 August 2008
• The Bulgarian competition authority applies for the first time Art. 81.1 EC and sanctions 14 insurance companies for fixing minimum levels (Association of the Bulgarian insurance companies et al.)
  13 August 2008
• An Italian administrative Court confirms that a cartel took place in hospital supplies but slashes down fines (Bristol Myers Squibb)
  28 January 2009
• The Turkish Competition Board rules that the block exemption on vertical agreements is applicable to a vertical agreement containing hard-core restraints (Sinan Erdoðan / Lido Su and Gýda San. Tic.)
  18 December 2008
• The Polish Competition Authority imposes a financial penalty on an authors’ association for a late compliance with a previous cease and desist order (ZAiKS)
  28 August 2008
• The Italian Competition Authority fines for the second time € 2.22 M a company for not having complied with remedies imposed in a previous merger proceeding (Parmalat/Eurolat)
  19 December 2009
• The Italian Competition Authority condemns a local association of pharmacies for price-fixing arrangements regarding the retail prices of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals (Federfarma Teramo)
  20 August 2009
• The Paris Court of Appeals upholds the French Competition Council’s decision on cement supply and distribution in Corsica but reduces fines (Corsican cement cartel)
  11 June 2008
• A Polish Court of Appeal quashs the first instance ruling reversing the NRA’s decision having imposed a € 21.5 million fine on the telecommunications incumbent for tying of Internet services contrary to cost-oriented prices principle (Telekomunikacja Polska)
  25 February 2009
• The Latvian Competition Council imposes fines for failure to notify a de facto concentration (Latvijas Mobilais Telefons)
  22 October 2008
• The Belgian Competition Council fines three companies nearly € 1.5 M for price fixing, market sharing and output-limitation in the chemical industry and applies leniency (Bayer - Ferro - Lonza and Solutia Europe)
  22 October 2008
• The Spanish Competition Authority fines a power company for excessive pricing in the technical restrictions market (Gas Natural)
  2 September 2008
• The Cyprus Parliament passes new competition legislation
  22 July 2008
• The Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal upholds fines and periodic penalty payments imposed by the Competition Council (”House of Justice" case)
  25 June 2008
• The Belgian Competition Council fines participants of a hardcore cartel in the chemical industry a record total fine of € 500,000 and grants leniency (Bayer, Solutia Europe, Ferro Europe, Polynt)
  14 May 2008
• The new Slovenian Competition Act: Wider competences of the Competition Authority combined with higher fines on the road to better effectiveness (11 April 2008 Act)
  14 May 2008
• The Lisbon Commerce Court confirms against cartel operating in the Port of Setúbal but reduces fines (Rebonave, Rebosado and Lutamar)
  17 March 2010
• The Italian Supreme Administrative Court qualifies the independence criteria applicable to the agent pursuant to EU law upholding the appeal filed by a pharmaceutical company to revoke an antitrust fine imposed by the Italian Antitrust Authority (AstraZeneca)
  8 April 2009
• A Macedonian Court quashes a NCA’s decision establishing an abuse of dominance of the incumbent electricity provider on the electricity market (Elektrostopanstvo)
  25 March 2009
• The Romanian Competition Council fines 6% of their turnover members of a cartel (Fresenius Medical care, Alsifcom Intermed, Opremi Medfarm)
  5 November 2008
• The Romanian Competition Council fines a pharmaceutical producer and three distributors for participation into a market-sharing cartel active on the insulin market (Eli Lilly Export, A&A Medical, Mediplus Exim and Relad Pharma)
  25 June 2008
• An overview of the proposed new Swedish Competition Act (Prop. 2007/08:135 Ny konkurrenslag)
  11 June 2008
• The Hellenic Competition Commission imposes a € 470,000 fine for fixing sales prices and preventing passive sales between wholesaler in the frozen vegetables for domestic consumption market (Geniki Trofimon -Vivartia)
  28 May 2008
• The UK OFT proposes payments to whistle-blowers in leniency proceedings
  14 May 2008
• The Turkish Competition Board confirms fine on only one cartel member for price fixing in the ready mixed concrete market (Lafarge)
  28 August 2008
• The Vilnius District Administrative Court upholds the Lithuanian NCA’s infringement decision on professional minimum fees (Chamber of Auditors)
  14 May 2008
• The UK Gas and Electricity Markets Authority finds that the network operator has abused its dominant position in the market for the provision and maintenance of domestic-sized gas meters (National Grid)
  26 March 2008
• The UK Court of Appeal upholds a € 12.74 M fine imposed by the Postal Service Commission to the incumbent for breaches of its licence (Royal Mail)
  26 February 2008
• The Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court upholds an NCA decision sanctioning the telecom incumbent for exerting margin squeeze on its competitors in the markets for fixed telephone services (BTC/CPC)
  22 July 2008
• A French report takes sides towards de-penalization of anticompetitive practices (Coulon Report)
  28 May 2008
• The French Minister of Economy imposes a moderate fine for failure to notify a merger (SNCF Participations)
  14 May 2008
• The Belgian Competition Council fines € 29,000 a professional association for the publication of a price index (VEBIC)
  23 April 2008
• The Austrian Supreme Court raises up to € 120.000 a fine for breach of obligation to reply fully and in time to the NCA’s sector inquiry information request (Branchenuntersuchung Lebensmittelhandel)
  26 March 2008
• The Luxembourg administrative Court issues final clarification on the leniency procedure
  25 February 2008
• The German Federal Cartel Office imposes a fine on associations of pharmacists and pharmaceutical manufacturers for organising and accomplishing a lecture series intended to convince pharmacists to refrain from price competition (Arzneimittelhersteller)
  10 December 2009
• The Hungarian NCA condemns the internal codes of the Chamber of architects and inflicts a € 20.000 fine (Magyar Építész Kamara)
  28 May 2008
• The Hungarian Competition Council imposes a fine for resale price maintenance, prohibits recommended retail prices amounting to vertical price fixing but terminates proceedings against distributors not actively participating in the infringement in the markets of PNA devices and PDA navigation software (Navi-Gate)
  14 May 2008
• The Polish Competition Authority heavely fines 85 companies for anticompetitive price fixing practices in the paints and polishing products sector (Tikkurilla Polska)
  26 March 2008
• The Polish NCA fines € 1.5 M petrochemical companies for coordination in halting production and distribution of a type of car gas ("U 95" - PKN Orlen - Grupa Lotos)
  26 March 2008
• The UK OFT having issued a statement of objections alleging that supermarkets and dairy processors colluded to fix the prices of milk, cheese and butter, some of the concerned undertakings agreed to pay individual penalties collectively reaching nearly € 150 M ("Supermarkets and dairies price fixing")
  26 March 2008
• The French Competition Council condemns vertical price-fixing agreements in the toy distribution sector (‘Toys Decision’)
  12 March 2008
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns a resale price maintenance agreement but applies leniency (Tikkurila Polska)
  26 February 2008
• The French Competition Council fines € 3.3 million 5 companies for sharing information and agreeing on prices in public bids in the sector of aerial navigation (Thales, Ineo, Spie)
  27 January 2008
• The French Minister of Economy fines for the first time a company for failure to notify a merger prior closing (Pan Fish)
  4 April 2007
• The French Competition Council condemns practices restricting prices for medical services provided in public hospitals (Anatomic and Cyto Pathology services)
  25 February 2008
• A Danish Court inflicts a criminal sanction to a company director and fines mobile phone dealers for fixing prices and transport costs following transmission of the case from the NCA (Telemobilia - Aircom Erhverv - Jokerprice)
  18 December 2007
• The Czech NCA unexpectedly fines a company for ignoring a request for information: A call for the new broom to sweep clean? (VAVRYS CZ)
  11 December 2007
• The Hungarian Competition Authority issued a notice on fines setting in cases regarding the unfair manipulation of consumer choice
  26 February 2008
• The Austrian Federal Competition Authority applies for record fines amounting to EUR 88 M. against five companies in the elevator and escalator industry and applies leniency
  11 December 2007
• The Spanish Government presents a proposal for an implementing regulation of the Spanish leniency program and makes it subject to public consultation
  11 December 2007
• Danish Court imposes fines on an association of Danish inns and hotels, its director and its board chairman for imposing minimum prices on its members (Danske Kroer & Hoteller)
  11 December 2007
• The Spanish competition authority fines four saving banks for market sharing and coordination of commercial conditions (Caja Vital, BBK, Kutxa, CAN)
  11 December 2007
• The Belgian Competition Council adopts a new notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel cases in order to align the Belgian leniency program with the ECN model leniency program
  27 November 2007
• A Czech Court quashes the NCA decision having imposed the highest fine ever to a single undertaking for anti-competitive practices on the natural gas wholesale market (RWE Transgas)
  27 November 2007
• A Lithuanian Court lowers the fines imposed by the NCA to cartel members (School Renovations cartel - Lamberta)
  27 November 2007
• Russia introduces a “leniency program” (Article 14.32 of Federal Law N° 135-FZ)
  14 November 2007
• The Austrian Supreme Court increases one of the fines imposed to banks by the NCA in the ATM agreement case from € 5 to 7 M (Europay Austria, "Bankomat-Vertrag")
  27 November 2007
• The UK OFT uncovers an alleged collusive agreement between large supermarkets and dairy processors to fix milk and milk products prices ("Supermarkets and dairies price fixing")
  26 November 2007
• A Dutch Court applies for an ECJ preliminary ruling on the application of Art. 15.3 Reg. n° 1/2003 by the EC Commission within the framework of a tax case raising only indirectly EC competition provisions (X B.V. Belanghebbende/Inspecteur Belastingdienst)
  25 September 2007
• The Italian Competition Authority adopts a decision fining four ostomy device manufacturers for alleged bid rigging (Gare per la fornitura di dispositivi per stomia)
  19 December 2009
• The Czech government proposes to introduce criminal sanctions for anticompetitive behaviour
  14 November 2007
• The French Minister for Economics sanctions for the first time for a breach of merger remedies (Carrefour-ED/Treff)
  23 October 2007
• The UK Office of Fair Trading imposes its highest ever fine and applies leniency in the course of civil and criminal law proceedings (British Airways)
  12 October 2007
• Austrian Courts awards for the first time damages to the customers of cartel members ("Driving schools cartel")
  24 September 2007
• The Czech Office for the Protection of Competition terminates proceedings on alleged anticompetititive non-compete provision without imposing any fine (CS Sport/Tipsport)
  24 September 2007
• The French Parliament passes a new law on trade negotiations (Loi de modernisation de l’économie)
  28 August 2008
• The Bulgarian Competition Authority fines the local telecom incumbent for a refusal to interconnect a competitor to its communication network (Netplus v. BTC)
  22 July 2008
• The Stockholm City Court inflicts the highest amount of fines ever but casts doubts on fining predictability and consistency with EU law (Asphalt Cartel)
  26 November 2007
• The Dutch Competition Authority issues guidelines for the setting of fines (Fining Code 2007)
  10 October 2007
• Spain’s New Competition Act
  19 September 2007
• An overview of the UK’s competition law regime
  9 August 2007
• The German Federal Supreme Court rules on the methods for quantifying cartel profits (Paper Wholesale-Cartel)
  28 May 2008
• The French Commercial Supreme Court partly annuls the Paris Court of Appeal’s judgment on illicit exchange of sensitive information in the mobile telephony cartel, thus strengthening the standard of proof (Bouygues Telecom SFR and Orange)
  19 September 2007
• The Czech NCA publishes new version of the Leniency Programme
  20 August 2007
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns resale price maintenance on the ceramic roofing-tile market (Röben Ceramika Budowlana)
  20 August 2007
• The Vilnius District Administrative Court upholds the NCA’s decision in the first Art. 81 EC case in Lithuania (Paper Wholesalers)
  9 August 2007
• The Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal and the Competition authorities clarify the leniency regime and introduce a marker system
  10 July 2007
• The Italian Antitrust Authority applies for the first time the new leniency programme by granting complete exemption from fine (Produttori di pannelli truciolari in legno)
  9 August 2007
• The Italian Competition Authority imposes a fine under Art. 81 EC on an association specialised in collecting data on the circulation of the press for unjustified exclusion of the free press (A.D.S. Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa - Audipress)
  9 August 2007
• The Italian Competition Authority grants a cartelist total immunity for the first time under the new Leniency Notice (Produttori di pannelli truciolari in legno)
  10 July 2007
• The Czech Office for the Protection of Competition publishes its first guidelines on fines
  13 June 2007
• Antitrust Law and Criminal Law in Italy
  31 May 2007
• The French Competition Council publishes a revised leniency programme in line with the European Model Leniency Programme launched by the European Competition Network
  19 September 2007
• The Maltese Commission for Fair Trading fines the State undertaking entrusted with exclusive right for fuel provision for discriminatory pricing (Cassar Fuels/Enemalta)
  21 August 2007
• The President of the Czech Competition Authority upholds the decision in the gas insulated switchgears cartel case and slightly reduces the € 35 M record fine ("GIS cartel")
  13 August 2007
• The Polish Competition Authority fines a manufacturer of roof gutters systems and its distributors for price fixing agreement (ZTSG)
  9 August 2007
• The Luxembourg Competition Council imposed a fine and a daily penalty payment for non-compliance with requests of information in the course of investigations ("House of justice" case)
  28 September 2008
• The Luxembourg Competition Council imposes fines for the first time during an investigation in a cartel case ("House of justice" case)
  22 July 2008
• The Luxembourg Competition Council imposes fines and daily penalties on flooring firms for not communicating concrete information to the Competition Inspectorate ("House of justice" case)
  23 April 2008
• The Austrian Supreme Court deals for the first time with new provision on periodic penalty payments (§ 35 Cartel Act 2005)
  9 April 2008
• A Spanish Court revokes the NCA’s decision on an abuse of dominant position due to the absence of anticompetitive effects on the market regarding access to liquid natural gas importing infrastructures (Gas natural)
  27 November 2007
• Spanish Court annuls the NCA’s decision having imposed on the basis of Art. 82 EC an € 8 millions fine for impeding third parties access to regasification capacities (Gas Natural)
  20 August 2007
• The Romanian Supreme Court overturns the NCA’s decision having fined one participant to a cartel for lack of sufficient proofs (Cement Cartel)
  10 July 2007
• The Czech Office for the Protection of Competition confirms in appeal the abuse of dominant position of the natural gas incumbent althought reducing the fine imposed to € 8.5 M (RWE Transgas)
  9 May 2007
• The Greek Competition Commission fines € 9 M refineries for price coordination in the jet aviation fuel sector (IATA/ El.PE.-Motor Oil)
  22 May 2007
• The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal upholds a finding of bid rigging and declines to modify an allegedly unfair penalty in the biggest British cartel investigation ever (Makers)
  9 May 2007
• An Irish criminal court finds guilty a businessman involved in illegal prices fixing (Manning)
  9 May 2007
• The Bulgarian Competition Authority fines an undertaker for abusing its dominance on the funeral services market (Obreden Dom)
  24 April 2007
• The Polish Parliament passes new competition law
  23 March 2007
• The Czech NCA inflicts a record fines of 35 M € in the gas insulated switchgears market in spite of leniency ("GIS cartel")
  8 March 2007
• The Spanish Competition Appeal Tribunal annuls the 57 M € fine imposed by the NCA to the telecommunications incumbent for an alleged abusive marketing campaign (Astel/Telefónica)
  22 July 2008
• The Hellenic Competition Commission fines 1 M € bid rigging in the private security services sector (Security Forces/M. K. B./Wackenhut Security Hellas)
  24 March 2007
• The Lithuanian Constitutional Court rules on the first Art. 82 EC case on alleged excessive fuel prices (Mažeikiu nafta II)
  23 March 2007
• The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the NCA’s record fine on three mobile telephony operators for exchanging confidential information and maintaining market shares (Bouygues Télécoms, SFR, Orange France)
  22 July 2008
• The Slovak Antimonopoly Office confirms the 2 M € fine imposed to the State owned rail/cargo company for foreclosure of the freight railway transport market (ZSSK Cargo Slovakia)
  4 April 2007
• The Italian Government issues legislation giving, inter alia, power to the Antitrust Authority to impose interim measures (Bersani Decree)
  4 April 2007
• The Polish Competition Authority heavily fines, in spite of termination of the practice, a yeast producer for having imposed to 45 wholesalers an exclusivity clause (Lesaffre Bio-Corporation)
  3 April 2007
• The Spanish NCA fines 2,5 M € an electricity producer for abusive prices in the electricity generation schedules adjustment market (Viesgo Generación)
  27 February 2007
• The Spanish Competition Court fines a power generating company for abusing its dominant position by artificially raising the prices of the Spanish electricity pool (Viesgo Generación)
  6 February 2007
• The Polish NCA holds that the joint setting of domestic interchange fee for payment cards is contrary to both Polish and EC competition law (Visa/MasterCard)
  6 February 2007
• The Spanish telecommunications regulator fines the incumbent € 20 M for abuse related to access to the subscriber loop but raises questions on its relationship with Spanish NCAs regarding competition law enforcement (Telefónica)
  22 July 2008
• A Swedish committee issues a report paving the way to reform of the Competition Act (Legal Review Committee 2006 Report)
  23 March 2007
• The OFT finds that an exchange of information on independant school fees violates national competition provisions but accepts a "structured settlement" (Independent Schools)
  24 January 2007
• The Italian Supreme Court upholds the NCA’s decision fining the energy incumbent € 4.5 M for having restricted independent importers to sell gas (ENI/Blugas-Snam)
  12 December 2006
• The Belgian government adopts 9 decrees implementing the new Law on the Protection of Economic Competition (Law, 31 Oct. 2006)
  6 February 2007
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns a price fixing agreement (Warsaw National Library)
  24 January 2007
• The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal upholds the NCA’s decision imposing fines on check pad suppliers guilty of colluding (Achilles Paper Group/OFT)
  12 December 2006
• The Hellenic Competition Commission heavily fines an undertaking for non-compliance with its past decision condemning abusive rebates and discriminatory practices (Coca-Cola)
  24 October 2006
• Germany: The role of criminal and administrative sanctions in German competition law-enforcement
  30 May 2007
• The Czech Regional Court of Brno rules that sanctions for an infringement of competition law may not be imposed on the legal successor of the infringing entity (“Petrol cartel”)
  12 December 2006
• The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the NCA’s decision sanctioning hotels for operating an illegal cartel by exchanging confidential commercial information (Parisian palaces)
  11 December 2006
• The Spanish Supreme Court confirms a judgment annulling a fine imposed by the Competition Authority upon the professional lawyers’ association for adopting an advertising regulation contrary to Spanish competition rules (CGAE)
  11 December 2006
• The Portuguese Competition Authority issues recommendation on promotion of competition in the notary services (Notariado)
  15 November 2006
• The German Federal Cartel Office publishes guidelines on the setting of fines against undertakings and associations of undertakings that have violated, inter alia, Art. 81, 82 EC
  24 October 2006
• The Finnish Competition Authority grants for the first time immunity from fines for a cartel whistleblower (Oy Arwidson Ab, HL Group Oy, Koivunen Oy...)
  22 October 2006
• The German Federal Cartel Office publishes guidelines on setting fines
  12 October 2006
• Italian Leniency Programme: First Steps (Law 248/2006)
  13 January 2007
• The Czech Competition Authority annuls a decision having found 8 banks guilty of exchange of information (Stavebni sporitelny)
  21 November 2006
• The Spanish Government lays a new competition bill before the Parliament (2006 Proyecto de ley de defensa de la competencia)
  12 October 2006
• A Dutch Court quashes the decision of the national competition authority in the mobile operators case for unsufficient motivation (KPN Mobile, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone Libertel...)
  22 July 2008
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns anticompetitive agreements on two local markets of photo services related to personalised documents (PWPW)
  21 November 2006
• The Portuguese Competition Authority condemns cartel in the salt sector under Art. 81 EC and imposes a fine of 1 M € (‘Salt Cartel’ - Salexpor, Salmex, Vitasal)
  25 September 2006
• The Spanish Supreme Court annuls previous decisions fining the telecom incumbent for abuse of dominant position (Retevisión/Telefónica)
  1 August 2009
• The Spanish Supreme Court annuls previous decisions fining the telecom incumbent for abuse of dominant position (Retevisión/Telefónica)
  1 August 2009
• The Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition fines foreign-based suppliers for thwarting parallel imports of premium branded beverages (BG IN / Diageo Brands)
  19 March 2008
• The Austrian Highest Court of Appeal in competition matters confirms imposition of fines on Austrian film distributor for abuse of dominant position (Constantin)
  27 September 2006
• The Polish Competition Authority fines a sport news paper 500 000 € for unfair and abusive prices (Marquard Media Polska)
  25 September 2006
• The Portuguese Parliament approves the bill proposed by the Government establishing a leniency regime (Law 29 June 2006)
  25 July 2006
• The Polish NCA fines the national football association and a TV operator for an abusive preferential renewal clause in a broadcasting licence agreement (Canal+/Polish Football Association)
  12 October 2006
• The German Bundeskartellamt fines spice producers again for exclusivity clauses and other contractual agreements that could lead to factual exclusivity (Fuchs, Teuto)
  1 July 2006
• The German Federal Cartel Office issues a revised notice on the immunity from and reduction of fines in cartel cases (Leniency Notice - “Bonusregelung”)
  25 May 2006
• The Irish Public Prosecutor brings criminal charges against a businessman alleged to have taken part in a price fixing agreement (IFDA-Ford)
  14 July 2007
• The Budapest Court of Appeal confirms the NCA decision fining the multiplex cinemas cartel (Budapest Film - Intercom - Ster Century - UCICE)
  24 May 2006
• The French Competition Council specifies the scope and the mechanism of its anti-cartel leniency programme by simultaneously issuing its first leniency decision and publishing a procedural leniency notice (Doors manufacturing)
  12 April 2006
• The French NCA fines nearly 80 companies and trade associations for horizontal and vertical agreements in the sector of heating, sanitation, plumbing and air-conditioning products and clarifies the standard of proof applicable to anticompetitive meetings (Agreement in the sector of heating, sanitary, plumbing and air-conditioning products)
  12 November 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority imposes a maximum fine on the incumbent Polish telecom operator for non-implementation of its decision (Telekomunikacja Polska)
  1 July 2006
• The Italian supreme administrative Court confirms a decision of the NCA condemning the formerly State-owned telecommunications monopolist for the abuse of its dominant position on the market of the fixed network telecommunications services for business customers (Telecom Italia / Albacom - Colt Telecom - Tiscali)
  1 July 2006
• The Hellenic Competition Commission adopts a leniency programme
  24 May 2006
• The German NCA publishes a new Leniency Program
  10 May 2006
• The Slovenian Competition Authority acts for the first time in its capacity of sanctioning body while holding that provisions of a professional association restrict competition on the regulated book market (Piano)
  13 September 2006
• The Spanish Competition Court declares null and void an exclusive agreement to provide on-line gambling services since it would create a de facto monopoly which would foreclose the market (Bingo Simultaneo, AEAM/Red Madrid)
  9 May 2006
• The Italian NCA imposes a pharmaceutical company to grant a drug production license (Glaxo - Principi attivi)
  23 April 2006
• The Competition Council of the Hungarian NCA establishes that the advertisements of a tooth-paste producer are contrary to competition provisions (Colgate-Palmolive)
  8 March 2006
• The Lisbon Court of Commerce reduces the fines applied by the Portuguese NCA’s for selling products at a price lower than its effective purchase price (Gestiretalho)
  22 July 2008
• The Cyprus Competition Authority fines the telecommunications incumbent € 3.8 millions for abusive conduct in the mobile telephony market (Areeba/CYTA)
  9 May 2007
• The Portuguese NCA fines € 195.000 an association gathering local shipping agents for breach of Art. 81 EC and its equivalent national provisions (AGEPOR)
  17 March 2006
• The Slovak Antimonopoly Office imposes high fines for bid-rigging (Highway D1)
  18 February 2006
• The Polish Competition Authority holds that the practice of the public coal company aiming to prevent intermediaries’ access to final customers is an abuse of dominant position (Kompania Weglowa)
  5 February 2006
• The Polish Competition Authority, by condemning a town for abusing its dominant position, restates that competition law apply to practices of local government units (Commune of Kielce)
  16 January 2006
• "Modernization" of the Hungarian Competition Act
  25 January 2006
• The upcoming reform of Serbian competition law: A necessary step towards closer approximation with EU law
  13 August 2008
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns five undertakings for bid rigging in local public tender proceedings (Poznan)
  19 October 2005
• The German Competition Authority fines a drugstore chain for offering digital photo services below cost price (Schlecker)
  19 October 2005
• The German Federal Cartel Office holds that a so-called occasional promotion is an abuse of market power and imposes a fine for unfair competition (Schlecker)
  26 September 2005
• The Greek Parliament votes the reform of the competition Act (Law, 2 August 2005)
  25 July 2006
• The Court of Amsterdam orders a new entrant to cease actively soliciting the clients of the telecommunication incumbent on the ADSL market under a penalty of 5000 € (Wanadoo/KPN)
  19 October 2005
• The French Competition Authority fined three major national companies for implementing a cartel in the public passenger urban transport market, with potential appreciable effect on trade between member States (Keolis, Connex and Transdev)
  19 September 2005
• The Latvian procedure to appeal against the NCA’s decisions on cartel agreements
  4 July 2006
• The German Federal Court of Justice rules on the standard of proof for the existence of a revenue surplus from a cartel agreement (Transportbeton Berlin)
  8 March 2006
• The Hungarian Competition Authority reduces a fine imposed to an undertaking in the framework of a leniency programme (Kemira, Tessenderlo)
  18 September 2005
• The Finnish Competition Authority found that the Finnish Telephone Number Service has abused its dominant position through hindering the emergence of new technology (SNOY)
  22 July 2008
• The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal confirms that indirect contact between competing retailers via a mutual supplier can amount to concerted practices and that recommended retail prices may lead to price fixing (Replica Football Kit)
  11 June 2006
• The Belgian Council of Ministers approves a new bill on the protection of competition implementing EC Regulation n° 1/2003
  19 July 2005
• The Hellenic Competition Commission fines the Trade Association of Greek Super Markets and seven super market chains for breach of Art. 81.1 EC due to a decision of an association of undertakings (SESME)
  5 February 2006
• The Spanish Supreme Court reduces fine due to the lack of clarity of the legal framework that liberalized the market affected by the infringement (BT/Telefónica)
  1 August 2009
• The Paris Court of appeal orders the telecommunications incumbent to offer third party operators a new technical and commercial offer giving appropriate access (France Telecom )
  22 July 2008
• The Portuguese competition authority adopts a decision against five pharmaceutical companies for collusion in a public tender procedure (Abbott, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson...)
  26 September 2005
• The Polish Competition Court upholds the decision of the Competition Authority declaring a professional order liable for concluding an anticompetitive agreement (Warsaw National Notarial Chamber)
  28 June 2005
• The Czech Supreme Administrative Court changes the interpretation of the limitation period for the imposition of penalties (Eurotel/RadioMobil/Èeský Mobil)
  27 June 2005
• The Italian Competition Authority condemns abuse of dominant position in the markets for the provision of telecommunication services (Telecom Italia)
  28 September 2008
• The Italian Antitrust Authority fines the global leader of packaging for liquids and semi-liquids for having failed to comply with a decision prohibiting the acquisition of a company (Tetra Pack - Emilcarta/Agrifood Machinery)
  19 December 2009
• The Italian Antitrust Authority fines € 95 M an undertaking for having failed to comply with a decision prohibiting the acquisition of a company based on the notion of de facto control (Tetra Pack - Emilcarta/Agrifood Machinery)
  18 March 2009
• The Greek Administrative Court of Appeal of Athens upholds a decision of the NCA condemning the two major press distribution agencies for concerted practice (Press Agencies)
  11 June 2008
• The Luxembourg Parliament implements EC Regulation N° 1/2003 and "modernises" Luxembourg competition law (Law 17.05.04)
  19 July 2006
• Main features of Swiss competition law and enforcement policy (Federal Act on Cartels and Other Restraints of Competition, October 6^th, 1995, revised on June 20^th, 2003)
  22 January 2007
• The Spanish National Court significantly reduced the fine imposed on a local association of driving schools for issuing a collective recommendation on prices (Autoescuelas Alcalá)
  5 February 2009
• The Estonian Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on excessive pricing and interaction between competition law and regulation (Eesti Telefon)
  16 April 2008
• The Hungarian Competition Office fines cement manufacturers group for failure to notify the acquisition of joint control but clears the merger (Breitenburger, Schwenk, Heidelberger - BÉCEM)
  19 March 2009
• An overview of Swedish competition law and upcoming reforms
  8 March 2007
• Competition law regime and policy in Italy: An overview
  10 July 2007
• The French Competition Authority fines € 6.9 M a football association and a rights for sports management agency for anticompetitive agreements on the market for audiovisual rights (FFF-Sportfive)
  30 June 2010
• The Polish NCA fines the national football association and a TV operator for an abusive preferential renewal clause in a broadcasting licence agreement (Canal+/Polish Football Association)
  2 February 2009
• The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal confirms that indirect contact between competing retailers via a mutual supplier can amount to concerted practices and that recommended retail prices may lead to price fixing (Replica Football Kit)
  11 June 2006
• The Polish Competition Authority holds that the practice of the public coal company aiming to prevent intermediaries’ access to final customers is an abuse of dominant position (Kompania Weglowa)
  5 February 2006
• The Italian Competition Authority inflicts fines in excess of € 13 million to several firms operating in lead recycling, and their consortium, for fixing market shares and foreclosing the creation of alternative consortia (COBAT)
  9 July 2009
• The Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition fines foreign-based suppliers for thwarting parallel imports of premium branded beverages (BG IN / Diageo Brands)
  19 March 2008
• The UK Court of Appeal upholds a € 12.74 M fine imposed by the Postal Service Commission to the incumbent for breaches of its licence (Royal Mail)
  26 February 2008
• The Bulgarian Competition Authority fines an electricity supplier for exploitative abuse of dominant position (EVN Bulgaria Elektrorazpredelenie)
  17 June 2010
• The Spanish competition authority fines electricity distributors € 35,8 million for abusing their dominant position on the power commercialisation market (Centrica/ Electra de Viesgo, Endesa and Union Fenosa)
  20 May 2009
• A Spanish Court revokes the NCA’s decision on an abuse of dominant position due to the absence of anticompetitive effects on the market regarding access to liquid natural gas importing infrastructures (Gas natural)
  27 November 2007
• Spanish Court annuls the NCA’s decision having imposed on the basis of Art. 82 EC an € 8 millions fine for impeding third parties access to regasification capacities (Gas Natural)
  20 August 2007
• The Polish competition authority imposes a financial penalty on a collective copyright management association for practices restricting competition (SAWP)
  1 July 2009
• The Polish competition authority imposes a financial penalty on a collective copyright management association for practices restricting competition (SAWP)
  1 July 2009
• The Hellenic Competition Commission fines coffee maker nearly € 30 M for infringements of Art. 81 and 82 EC and their domestic equivalents (Nestle Hellas)
  7 May 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority considers that the fact that a practice is capable of affecting trade between Member States may be an aggravating factor (PZU Życie)
  2 February 2009
• The Bulgarian competition authority applies Art. 81 EC and the useful effect doctrine to minimum price maintenance and sets aside a statutory provision facilitating it (Chamber of the design engineers)
  19 November 2008
• The Vilnius District Administrative Court upholds the NCA’s decision in the first Art. 81 EC case in Lithuania (Paper Wholesalers)
  9 August 2007
• The French Competition Authority fined three major national companies for implementing a cartel in the public passenger urban transport market, with potential appreciable effect on trade between member States (Keolis, Connex and Transdev)
  19 September 2005
• The Lisbon Commerce Court confirms decision against bid-rigging cartel by pharmaceutical companies but substantially reduces fines (Abbott, Menarini and Johnson & Johnson)
  17 February 2010
• The Italian Competition Authority condemns a local association of pharmacies for price-fixing arrangements regarding the retail prices of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals (Federfarma Teramo)
  20 August 2009
• The Italian Supreme Administrative Court qualifies the independence criteria applicable to the agent pursuant to EU law upholding the appeal filed by a pharmaceutical company to revoke an antitrust fine imposed by the Italian Antitrust Authority (AstraZeneca)
  8 April 2009
• The Romanian Competition Council fines a pharmaceutical producer and three distributors for participation into a market-sharing cartel active on the insulin market (Eli Lilly Export, A&A Medical, Mediplus Exim and Relad Pharma)
  25 June 2008
• The Italian NCA imposes a pharmaceutical company to grant a drug production license (Glaxo - Principi attivi)
  23 April 2006
• The Portuguese competition authority adopts a decision against five pharmaceutical companies for collusion in a public tender procedure (Abbott, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson...)
  26 September 2005
• The Polish Competition Authority fines members of a price maintenance agreement on the paint market (Tikkurila, Castorama, Praktiker)
  5 August 2010
• The UK Office of fair trading fines a bank £28.59 million for information exchange (Royal Bank of Scotland)
  19 May 2010
• The UK Office of Fair Trading heavely fines price-fixing practices from supermarkets and tobacco firms in a decision which may be its largest ever combined fine (Imperial Tobacco, Gallaher and retailers)
  19 May 2010
• The Portuguese Competition Authority fines € 14,7 million five undertakings implicated in the Canteen Cartel and uses the leniency regime for the first time (Eurest, Trivalor, Uniself, ICA/Nordigal, Sodexo Portugal)
  3 February 2010
• A US Court of Appeal provides greater transparency in amnesty process according to the freedom of information act (Stolt-Nielsen transportation group)
  9 December 2009
• The Austrian Supreme Court in competition matters confirms € 1.9 million fine imposed on industrial chemicals wholesale cartel (Donau Chemie and Donauchem)
  18 November 2009
• The Swedish Competition Authority uses for the first time the "fine order" procedure as parties accepted not to refute the existence of a cartel in the energy sector (Rundvirke Poles)
  22 September 2009
• The Croatian Parliament adopts new competition law
  16 July 2009
• The New Swedish Competition Act enters into force
  1 July 2009
• The Turkish competition board introduces two new regulations on leniency and calculation of fines
  4 June 2009
• The Swedish Market Court imposes record fines of € 50 M against asphalt cartel (NCC AB)
  4 June 2009
• The Spanish Competition Authority issues its first guidelines for the calculation of fines for antitrust infringements (Comunicación sobre la cuantificación de las sanciones derivadas de infracciones...)
  20 May 2009
• The Slovak Republic amends the Competition Act in particular with regard to merger notification and leniency
  7 May 2009
• The Polish Council of Ministers issues a new leniency procedural regulation
  27 March 2009
• The UK Office of Fair Trading publishes revised leniency guidance for businesses and individuals that come forward with information about their involvement in a cartel (Leniency and no-action: OFT’s guidance note on the handling of applications)
  11 March 2009
• The Austrian Cartel Court imposes fines of € 1.9 million to a company member of a cartel affecting the supply of industrial chemicals (Donau Chemie Group and Donauchem)
  25 February 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns a resale price maintenance agreement but applies leniency (Tikkurila Polska)
  24 February 2009
• The Hungarian Competition Authority reduces a fine imposed to an undertaking in the framework of a leniency programme (Kemira, Tessenderlo)
  4 February 2009
• The Spanish Government lays a new competition bill before Parliament (2006 Proyecto de ley de defensa de la competencia)
  2 February 2009
• The Czech NCA inflicts a record fines of 35 M € in the gas insulated switchgears market in spite of leniency ("GIS cartel")
  29 January 2009
• Bulgaria : The 2008 Competition Act
  28 January 2009
• The UK Office of Fair Trading, following its biggest investigation to date, names and shames 112 construction companies in a statement of objections formally accusing them of participation in widespread bid rigging (Construction Industry Cartels)
  25 January 2009
• The Italian Competition Authority grants a cartelist total immunity for the first time under the new Leniency Notice (Produttori di pannelli truciolari in legno)
  25 January 2009
• The Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal and the Competition authorities clarify the leniency regime and introduce a marker system
  25 January 2009
• The Austrian Supreme Court upholds record fine amounting to € 75.4 M (Elevators and escalators suppliers)
  20 January 2009
• Les politiques de clémence en Europe
  11 September 2008
• The upcoming reform of Serbian competition law: A necessary step towards closer approximation with EU law
  13 August 2008
• A French report takes sides towards de-penalization of anticompetitive practices (Coulon Report)
  28 May 2008
• The UK OFT proposes payments to whistle-blowers in leniency proceedings
  14 May 2008
• The Luxembourg administrative Court issues final clarification on the leniency procedure
  25 February 2008
• The Austrian Federal Competition Authority applies for record fines amounting to EUR 88 M. against five companies in the elevator and escalator industry and applies leniency
  11 December 2007
• The Spanish Government presents a proposal for an implementing regulation of the Spanish leniency program and makes it subject to public consultation
  11 December 2007
• The Belgian Competition Council adopts a new notice on immunity from fines and reduction of fines in cartel cases in order to align the Belgian leniency program with the ECN model leniency program
  27 November 2007
• Russia introduces a “leniency program” (Article 14.32 of Federal Law N° 135-FZ)
  14 November 2007
• The French Competition Council publishes a revised leniency programme in line with the European Model Leniency Programme launched by the European Competition Network
  19 September 2007
• Italian Leniency Programme: First Steps (Law 248/2006)
  13 January 2007
• The Finnish Competition Authority grants for the first time immunity from fines for a cartel whistleblower (Oy Arwidson Ab, HL Group Oy, Koivunen Oy...)
  22 October 2006
• The Portuguese Parliament approves the bill proposed by the Government establishing a leniency regime (Law 29 June 2006)
  25 July 2006
• The Hellenic Competition Commission adopts a leniency programme
  24 May 2006
• The German NCA publishes a new Leniency Program
  10 May 2006
• The French Competition Council specifies the scope and the mechanism of its anti-cartel leniency programme by simultaneously issuing its first leniency decision and publishing a procedural leniency notice (Doors manufacturing)
  12 April 2006
• The Polish Competition Authority fines members of a price maintenance agreement on the paint market (Tikkurila, Castorama, Praktiker)
  5 August 2010
• The French Competition Council finds the incumbent rail operator guilty of implementing discriminatory practices in favor of its online travel subsidiaries and for entering into an anti-competitive partnership (SNCF /Expedia)
  27 March 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns anticompetitive agreements on two local markets of photo services related to personalised documents (PWPW)
  21 November 2006
• The French Court of Appeal confirms the amount of fines imposed on temporary employment agencies for concerted practices under Art. 81 EC and its French equivalent and clarifies the procedural issue of access to confidential electronic documents (Adecco, Manpower, VediorBis, Adia)
  15 March 2010
• The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal confirms that a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time according to Art. 6 ECHR can be interpreted as meaning a period of up to two years or longer in an antitrust procedure (Aesculaap)
  12 November 2009
• The Hungarian Constitutional Court quashes new rules introducing director disqualification
  11 March 2009
• The Luxembourg Administrative Court confirms the fines and daily penalties imposed by the Competition Council to undertakings for not communicating concrete information to the Competition Inspectorate ("House of Justice" case)
  25 February 2009
• The Dutch Competition Authority decides not to impose fines on ten producers of fluid-concrete as the participation of all undertakings in the infringement was not established and as result no appreciable restriction of competition could be determined (Betonmortelfabriek Utrecht a. o.)
  12 November 2009
• The French NCA fines nearly 80 companies and trade associations for horizontal and vertical agreements in the sector of heating, sanitation, plumbing and air-conditioning products and clarifies the standard of proof applicable to anticompetitive meetings (Agreement in the sector of heating, sanitary, plumbing and air-conditioning products)
  12 November 2009
• The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the fines imposed in a collective boycotting case and its strict case law on standard of proof (Defibrillators)
  17 June 2009
• A Macedonian Court quashes a NCA’s decision establishing an abuse of dominance of the incumbent electricity provider on the electricity market (Elektrostopanstvo)
  25 March 2009
• The Hungarian Constitutional Court quashes new rules introducing director disqualification
  11 March 2009
• An Italian administrative Court confirms that a cartel took place in hospital supplies but slashes down fines (Bristol Myers Squibb)
  28 January 2009
• The French Commercial Supreme Court partly annuls the Paris Court of Appeal’s judgment on illicit exchange of sensitive information in the mobile telephony cartel, thus strengthening the standard of proof (Bouygues Telecom SFR and Orange)
  19 September 2007
• The German Federal Court of Justice rules on the standard of proof for the existence of a revenue surplus from a cartel agreement (Transportbeton Berlin)
  8 March 2006
• The Belgian competition Council finds the historical telecom operator guilty of margin squeeze and imposes a fine of € 66,3 million (Belgacom)
  18 November 2009
• The Cyprus Competition Authority fines the telecommunications incumbent € 3.8 millions for abusive conduct in the mobile telephony market (Areeba/CYTA)
  9 May 2007
• A Dutch Court holds that fines imposed by the National Competition Authority for infringements of the national Competition Act are not deductible for corporate tax purposes, while fines imposed by the European Commission are partly deductible (X/NMa)
  24 September 2009
• The ECJ, issuing a preliminary ruling in answer to a reference made by a Dutch Court, holds that the EC Commission may submit on its own initiative, on the basis of Art. 15.3 of Reg. 1/2003, written observations to national courts in proceedings relating to the deductibility from taxable profits of the amounts of a fine imposed for infringement of Art. 81 and 82 EC (X BV)
  5 August 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority holds that the practice of the public coal company aiming to prevent intermediaries’ access to final customers is an abuse of dominant position (Kompania Weglowa)
  5 February 2006
• The Polish Competition Authority, by condemning a town for abusing its dominant position, restates that competition law apply to practices of local government units (Commune of Kielce)
  16 January 2006
• The Polish President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection fines an operator and ten distributors for vertical price collusion with respect to trailer accessories (Knott)
  17 February 2010
• The Polish NCA fines the national football association and a TV operator for an abusive preferential renewal clause in a broadcasting licence agreement (Canal+/Polish Football Association)
  12 October 2006
• The Luxembourg Competition Council imposed a fine and a daily penalty payment for non-compliance with requests of information in the course of investigations ("House of justice" case)
  28 September 2008
• The Luxembourg Competition Council imposes fines for the first time during an investigation in a cartel case ("House of justice" case)
  22 July 2008
• The Hellenic Competition Commission fines coffee maker nearly € 30 M for infringements of Art. 81 and 82 EC and their domestic equivalents (Nestle Hellas)
  7 May 2009
• The Italian Supreme Court upheld the NCA’s decision fining the energy incumbent € 4.5 M for having restricted independent importers to sell gas (ENI/Blugas-Snam)
  12 December 2006
• The Lithuanian Competition Council issues fourth infringement decision against the State controlled airport for restricting access to the airport facilities (Vilnius Airport/RSS II)
  17 March 2010
• The Maltese Commission for Fair Trading fines the State undertaking entrusted with exclusive right for fuel provision for discriminatory pricing (Cassar Fuels/Enemalta)
  15 January 2009
• The Spanish Competition Authority fines a power company for excessive pricing in the technical restrictions market (Gas Natural)
  2 September 2008
• The Lithuanian Constitutional Court rules on the first Art. 82 EC case on alleged excessive fuel prices (Mažeikiu nafta II)
  23 March 2007
• The Polish Competition Authority imposes a maximum fine on the incumbent Polish telecom operator for non-implementation of its decision (Telekomunikacja Polska)
  1 July 2006
• The Latvian Competition Council adopts a decision finding an abuse of dominant position in the Freeport of Riga management and towing services market (Freeport of Riga Authority)
  12 November 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns a resale price maintenance agreement and rejects a demand for a commitment decision (Koral and Zabka Polska)
  20 May 2009
• The French NCA fines several temping agencies nearly € 100 M, but grants significant reductions for certain parties who enter into innovative commitments (Adecco, Manpower, VediorBis)
  17 March 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority fines a sport news paper 500 000 € for unfair and abusive prices (Marquard Media Polska)
  5 February 2009
• Competition law regime and policy in Italy: An overview
  10 July 2007
• The Spanish competition authority imposes the highest fine ever on several insurance companies (Asefa, Mapfre, Caser, Munich Re, Swiss Re and Scor)
  9 December 2009
• The Moldovan Competition Authority finds the existence of cartel on the market for international motor insurance (Green Card)
  25 March 2009
• The Italian National Competition Authority fines € 210.000 a duty free operator for misleading advertising on the basis of unfair competition provisions (Italian Consumers Association/Aereoporti di Roma)
  25 February 2009
• The Spanish Supreme Court confirms a judgment annulling a fine imposed by the Competition Authority upon the professional lawyers’ association for adopting an advertising regulation contrary to Spanish competition rules (CGAE)
  11 December 2006
• The Italian Supreme Administrative Court qualifies the independence criteria applicable to the agent pursuant to EU law upholding the appeal filed by a pharmaceutical company to revoke an antitrust fine imposed by the Italian Antitrust Authority (AstraZeneca)
  8 April 2009
• The UK Office of fair trading fines a bank £28.59 million for information exchange (Royal Bank of Scotland)
  19 May 2010
• The UK Court of Appeal upholds abuse of dominance finding against National Grid but reduces the size of the fine imposed (National Grid/Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, Capital Meters, Siemens, Meter Fit)
  21 April 2010
• The Romanian Competition Authority imposes an 8% fine to an association of undertakings for price fixing and refers for the first time to criminal investigation bodies (Association of the Depositories of Cereals)
  17 March 2010
• The Polish Competition Authority issues the highest fine in its history (Cement Cartel)
  17 February 2010
• The Paris Court of Appeal reduces the highest fines ever imposed by the NCA by 500 million Euros (Steel cartel)
  17 February 2010
• The Lisbon Commerce Court confirms decision against bid-rigging cartel by pharmaceutical companies but substantially reduces fines (Abbott, Menarini and Johnson & Johnson)
  17 February 2010
• A Slovak regional Court confirms strict criteria that courts have on reasoning of decisions of the Antimonopoly Office (SLOVNAFT)
  17 February 2010
• A Danish Court of appeal reduces the fines imposed by the City Court on an association, its director and its deputy director for encouraging a price increase (Danish coach drivers’ association)
  21 October 2009
• The Spanish antitrust authority adopts a communication on the quantification of fines
  17 June 2009
• The Turkish competition board introduces two new regulations on leniency and calculation of fines
  4 June 2009
• The French NCA fines several temping agencies nearly € 100 M, but grants significant reductions for certain parties who enter into innovative commitments (Adecco, Manpower, VediorBis)
  12 March 2009
• The UK Office of Fair Trading publishes revised leniency guidance for businesses and individuals that come forward with information about their involvement in a cartel (Leniency and no-action: OFT’s guidance note on the handling of applications)
  11 March 2009
• The Budapest Court of Appeal clarifies rules concerning the calculation of cartel fines and confirms rules concerning the use of documents seized in dawn raids (Adeptus Zrt. a. o.)
  11 March 2009
• The Spanish National Court significantly reduced the fine imposed on a local association of driving schools for issuing a collective recommendation on prices (Autoescuelas Alcalá)
  5 February 2009
• The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection issues draft guidelines for setting fines in respect of competition rules violations
  4 December 2008
• The Turkish Competition Board confirms fine on only one cartel member for price fixing in the ready mixed concrete market (Lafarge)
  28 August 2008
• The Lisbon Court of Commerce reduces the fines applied by the Portuguese NCA’s for selling products at a price lower than its effective purchase price (Gestiretalho)
  22 July 2008
• The Paris Court of Appeals upholds the French Competition Council’s decision on cement supply and distribution in Corsica but reduces fines (Corsican cement cartel)
  11 June 2008
• The German Federal Supreme Court rules on the methods for quantifying cartel profits (Paper Wholesale-Cartel)
  28 May 2008
• The Austrian Supreme Court increases one of the fines imposed to banks by the NCA in the ATM agreement case from € 5 to 7 M (Europay Austria, "Bankomat-Vertrag")
  27 November 2007
• The Stockholm City Court inflicts the highest amount of fines ever but casts doubts on fining predictability and consistency with EU law (Asphalt Cartel)
  26 November 2007
• The Dutch Competition Authority issues guidelines for the setting of fines (Fining Code 2007)
  10 October 2007
• The Czech Office for the Protection of Competition publishes its first guidelines on fines
  13 June 2007
• The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal upholds a finding of bid rigging and declines to modify an allegedly unfair penalty in the biggest British cartel investigation ever (Makers)
  9 May 2007
• The German Federal Cartel Office publishes guidelines on the setting of fines against undertakings and associations of undertakings that have violated, inter alia, Art. 81, 82 EC
  24 October 2006
• The Hellenic Competition Commission heavily fines an undertaking for non-compliance with its past decision condemning abusive rebates and discriminatory practices (Coca-Cola)
  24 October 2006
• The German Federal Cartel Office publishes guidelines on setting fines
  12 October 2006
• The Slovak Antimonopoly Office confirms the 2 M € fine imposed to the State owned rail/cargo company for foreclosure of the freight railway transport market (ZSSK Cargo Slovakia)
  4 April 2007
• The Hungarian Competition Office fines incumbent telecomunications service provider for price squeeze (Magyar Távközlési Rt.)
  19 March 2009
• The Italian Competition Authority condemns abuse of dominant position in the markets for the provision of telecommunication services (Telecom Italia)
  28 September 2008
• The Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court upholds an NCA decision sanctioning the telecom incumbent for exerting margin squeeze on its competitors in the markets for fixed telephone services (BTC/CPC)
  22 July 2008
• The Finnish Competition Authority grants for the first time immunity from fines for a cartel whistleblower (Oy Arwidson Ab, HL Group Oy, Koivunen Oy...)
  23 February 2009
• The Irish Public Prosecutor brings criminal charges against a businessman alleged to have taken part in a price fixing agreement (IFDA-Ford)
  14 July 2007
• An Irish criminal court finds guilty a businessman involved in illegal prices fixing (Manning)
  9 May 2007
• The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal confirms that a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time according to Art. 6 ECHR can be interpreted as meaning a period of up to two years or longer in an antitrust procedure (Aesculaap)
  12 November 2009
• The Czech Supreme Administrative Court rules that the NCA was entitled to sanction a cartel activity a part of which had already been sanctioned by the European Commission (Toshiba)
  20 May 2009
• The Luxembourg Competition Council imposes fines for the first time during an investigation in a cartel case ("House of justice" case)
  22 July 2008
• A Dutch Court quashes the decision of the national competition authority in the mobile operators case for unsufficient motivation (KPN Mobile, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone Libertel...)
  22 July 2008
• The Romanian Competition Authority imposes an 8% fine to an Association of undertakings for price fixing and refers for the first time to criminal investigation bodies (Association of the Depositories of Cereals)
  17 March 2010
• The Competition Authority of Bosnia & Herzegovina prohibits a merger leading to the strengthening of dominant position on the bakery products market and inflicts financial penalties on the responsible individual for the supply of incorrect and misleading information (Klas - Sprind)
  1 July 2009
• The President of the Czech Republic signs the new Criminal Code which introduces criminal sanctions for horizontal agreements
  18 March 2009
• The UK Office of Fair Trading publishes revised leniency guidance for businesses and individuals that come forward with information about their involvement in a cartel (Leniency and no-action: OFT’s guidance note on the handling of applications)
  18 March 2009
• The Lithuanian Constitutional Court rules on the first Art. 82 EC case on alleged excessive fuel prices (Mažeikiu nafta II)
  16 February 2009
• A Swedish committee issues a report paving the way to reform of the Competition Act, but without introducing criminal sanction (Legal Review Committee 2006 Report)
  29 January 2009
• The Danish public prosecutor inflicts the highest personal fine ever to flour producer and its director for resale price maintenance contrary to the Competition Act (Valsemølle)
  28 January 2009
• A Danish Court inflicts a criminal sanction to a company director and fines mobile phone dealers for fixing prices and transport costs following transmission of the case from the NCA (Telemobilia - Aircom Erhverv - Jokerprice)
  20 January 2009
• The Czech Chamber of Deputies adopts a new Code criminalising horizontal agreements
  20 January 2009
• A French report takes sides towards de-penalization of anticompetitive practices (Coulon Report)
  28 May 2008
• The UK OFT proposes payments to whistle-blowers in leniency proceedings
  14 May 2008
• The Czech government proposes to introduce criminal sanctions for anticompetitive behaviour
  14 November 2007
• The UK Office of Fair Trading imposes its highest ever fine and applies leniency in the course of civil and criminal law proceedings (British Airways)
  12 October 2007
• The Irish Public Prosecutor brings criminal charges against a businessman alleged to have taken part in a price fixing agreement (IFDA-Ford)
  14 July 2007
• Antitrust Law and Criminal Law in Italy
  31 May 2007
• Germany: The role of criminal and administrative sanctions in German competition law-enforcement
  30 May 2007
• Criminal Antitrust Decisions in the EU: First results of the e-Competitions Research Program
  25 May 2006
• The Polish competition authority imposes a financial penalty on a collective copyright management association for practices restricting competition (SAWP)
  1 July 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority imposes a financial penalty on an authors’ association for a late compliance with a previous cease and desist order (ZAiKS)
  28 August 2008
• The Danish High Court doubles fine imposed by the District Court on a professional association for recommending retail prices (Christmas Tree Growers Association)
  4 June 2010
• The Romanian Competition Authority imposes an 8% fine to an Association of undertakings for price fixing and refers for the first time to criminal investigation bodies (Association of the Depositories of Cereals)
  17 March 2010
• The German Federal Cartel Office imposes a fine on associations of pharmacists and pharmaceutical manufacturers for organising and accomplishing a lecture series intended to convince pharmacists to refrain from price competition (Arzneimittelhersteller)
  10 December 2009
• The Spanish Competition Authority orders an amateurs’ association to withdraw a so-called technical regulation aiming at keeping manufacturers’ prices low (ADIPAV, Holland Patines a Vela and Federación Catalana de Vela)
  14 November 2009
• The Spanish Competition Authority fines an association of Architects for preventing architects registered on its lists of judicial experts from registering on third parties’ lists (Valencia Architects’ Association)
  14 November 2009
• The Paris Court of Appeal annuls a decision by the French Competition Council fining 7 physicians’ unions for colluding to increase their fees (Union nationale des médecins spécialistes confédéés a. o. vs Association Familles rurales)
  12 November 2009
• A Danish Court of appeal reduces the fines imposed by the City Court on an association, its director and its deputy director for encouraging a price increase (Danish coach drivers’ association)
  21 October 2009
• The Portuguese Competition Authority fines the Lisbon Breadmakers’ Association for exchanging information on bread consumer prices
  8 July 2009
• The Vilnius District Administrative Court upholds the Lithuanian NCA’s infringement decision on professional minimum fees (Chamber of Auditors)
  29 January 2009
• The Belgian Competition Council fines € 29,000 a professional association for the publication of a price index (VEBIC)
  24 January 2009
• The Hellenic Competition Commission fines the Trade Association of Greek Super Markets and seven super market chains for breach of Art. 81.1 EC due to a decision of an association of undertakings (SESME)
  22 January 2009
• Danish Court imposes fines on an association of Danish inns and hotels, its director and its board chairman for imposing minimum prices on its members (Danske Kroer & Hoteller)
  20 January 2009
• The Spanish National Court significantly reduced the fine imposed on a local association of driving schools for issuing a collective recommendation on prices (Autoescuelas Alcalá)
  20 January 2009
• The Italian Competition Authority imposes a fine under Art. 81 EC on an association specialised in collecting data on the circulation of the press for unjustified exclusion of the free press (A.D.S. Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa - Audipress)
  9 August 2007
• The Spanish Supreme Court confirms a judgment annulling a fine imposed by the Competition Authority upon the professional lawyers’ association for adopting an advertising regulation contrary to Spanish competition rules (CGAE)
  11 December 2006
• The Portuguese Competition Authority issues recommendation on promotion of competition in the notary services (Notariado)
  15 November 2006
• The Slovenian Competition Authority acts for the first time in its capacity of sanctioning body while holding that provisions of a professional association restrict competition on the regulated book market (Piano)
  13 September 2006
• The Polish Competition Court upholds the decision of the Competition Authority declaring a professional order liable for concluding an anticompetitive agreement (Warsaw National Notarial Chamber)
  28 June 2005
• The Polish Competition Authority, by condemning a town for abusing its dominant position, restates that competition law apply to practices of local government units (Commune of Kielce)
  25 February 2009
• The Greek Competition Commission fines € 9 M refineries for price coordination in the jet aviation fuel sector (IATA/ El.PE.-Motor Oil)
  29 January 2009
• The French Minister of Economy imposes a moderate fine for failure to notify a merger (SNCF Participations)
  29 January 2009
• The French Competition Council fines € 3.3 million 5 companies for sharing information and agreeing on prices in public bids in the sector of aerial navigation (Thales, Ineo, Spie)
  27 January 2008
• The Slovak Antimonopoly Office confirms the 2 M € fine imposed to the State owned rail/cargo company for foreclosure of the freight railway transport market (ZSSK Cargo Slovakia)
  4 April 2007
• The Portuguese NCA fines € 195.000 an association gathering local shipping agents for breach of Art. 81 EC and its equivalent national provisions (AGEPOR)
  17 March 2006
• The Hungarian Competition Authority fines that seven banks and two card compagnies banks on the basis of both Art. 101 EC and its national equivalent for setting multilateral interchange fees (Authority Visa, Mastercard and Hungarian banks)
  17 March 2010
• The Hungarian Competition Office fines banks and international card companies for a breach of Art. 101 TFEU in relation to setting domestic interchange fees (Allianz Bank a. o.)
  17 February 2010
• The Spanish competition authority fines four saving banks for market sharing and coordination of commercial conditions (Caja Vital, BBK, Kutxa, CAN)
  20 January 2009
• The Austrian Supreme Court increases one of the fines imposed to banks by the NCA in the ATM agreement case from € 5 to 7 M (Europay Austria, "Bankomat-Vertrag")
  27 November 2007
• The Polish NCA holds that the joint setting of domestic interchange fee for payment cards is contrary to both Polish and EC competition law (Visa/MasterCard)
  6 February 2007
• The Czech Competition Authority annuls a decision having found 8 banks guilty of exchange of information (Stavebni sporitelny)
  21 November 2006
• The Bulgarian Competition Authority fines an electricity supplier for exploitative abuse of dominant position (EVN Bulgaria Elektrorazpredelenie)
  17 June 2010
• The Swedish Competition Authority uses for the first time the "fine order" procedure as parties accepted not to refute the existence of a cartel in the energy sector (Rundvirke Poles)
  22 September 2009
• The Spanish competition authority fines electricity distributors € 35,8 million for abusing their dominant position on the power commercialisation market (Centrica/ Electra de Viesgo, Endesa and Union Fenosa)
  20 May 2009
• The Spanish NCA fines 2,5 M € an electricity producer for abusive prices in the electricity generation schedules adjustment market (Viesgo Generación)
  27 February 2007
• The Spanish Competition Court fines a power generating company for abusing its dominant position by artificially raising the prices of the Spanish electricity pool (Viesgo Generación)
  6 February 2007
• The Turkish NCA imposes € 17,3 M on the incumbent telecommunications operator for its abusive practices in GSM and mobile marketing services market (Turkcell)
  17 March 2010
• The Belgian competition Council finds the historical telecom operator guilty of margin squeeze and imposes a fine of € 66,3 million (Belgacom)
  18 November 2009
• The Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court affirms the decision of the Bulgarian Competition Authority prosecuting incumbent telecom operator for tying its ADSL and fixed voice services (Bulgarian Telecom)
  4 November 2009
• The Spanish Supreme Court reduces fine due to the lack of clarity of the legal framework that liberalized the market affected by the infringement (BT/Telefónica)
  1 August 2009
• The Macedonian Administrative Court quashes two NCA’s decisions having established abusive charges on consumers on the mobile telecommunications market (T-Mobile, Cosmofon, KZK)
  25 March 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority imposes a maximum fine on the incumbent Polish telecom operator for non-implementation of its decision (Telekomunikacja Polska)
  16 February 2009
• A Dutch Court quashes the decision of the national competition authority in the mobile operators case for unsufficient motivation (KPN Mobile, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone Libertel...)
  16 February 2009
• The French Commercial Supreme Court partly annuls the Paris Court of Appeal’s judgment on illicit exchange of sensitive information in the mobile telephony cartel, thus strengthening the standard of proof (Bouygues Telecom SFR and Orange)
  5 February 2009
• A Danish Court inflicts a criminal sanction to a company director and fines mobile phone dealers for fixing prices and transport costs following transmission of the case from the NCA (Telemobilia - Aircom Erhverv - Jokerprice)
  20 January 2009
• The Paris Court of appeal orders the telecommunications incumbent to offer third party operators a new technical and commercial offer giving appropriate access (France Telecom )
  22 July 2008
• The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the NCA’s record fine on three mobile telephony operators for exchanging confidential information and maintaining market shares (Bouygues Télécoms, SFR, Orange France)
  22 July 2008
• The Spanish Competition Appeal Tribunal annuls the 57 M € fine imposed by the NCA to the telecommunications incumbent for an alleged abusive marketing campaign (Astel/Telefónica)
  22 July 2008
• The Spanish telecommunications regulator fines the incumbent € 20 M for abuse related to access to the subscriber loop but raises questions on its relationship with Spanish NCAs regarding competition law enforcement (Telefónica)
  22 July 2008
• The Czech Supreme Administrative Court changes the interpretation of the limitation period for the imposition of penalties (Eurotel/RadioMobil/Èeský Mobil)
  27 June 2005
• The Finnish Competition Authority grants for the first time immunity from fines for a cartel whistleblower (Oy Arwidson Ab, HL Group Oy, Koivunen Oy...)
  22 October 2006
• The Court of Amsterdam orders a new entrant to cease actively soliciting the clients of the telecommunication incumbent on the ADSL market under a penalty of 5000 € (Wanadoo/KPN)
  19 October 2005
• The Polish Competition Authority fines members of a price maintenance agreement on the paint market (Tikkurila, Castorama, Praktiker)
  5 August 2010
• The Danish High Court doubles fine imposed by the District Court on a professional association for recommending retail prices (Christmas Tree Growers Association)
  4 June 2010
• The UK Office of Fair Trading heavely fines price-fixing practices from supermarkets and tobacco firms in a decision which may be its largest ever combined fine (Imperial Tobacco, Gallaher and retailers)
  19 May 2010
• The Hungarian Competition Authority fines that seven banks and two card compagnies banks on the basis of both Art. 101 EC and its national equivalent for setting multilateral interchange fees (Authority Visa, Mastercard and Hungarian banks)
  17 March 2010
• The Polish President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection fines an operator and ten distributors for vertical price collusion with respect to trailer accessories (Knott)
  17 February 2010
• The Hungarian Competition Office fines banks and international card companies for a breach of Art. 101 TFEU in relation to setting domestic interchange fees (Allianz Bank a. o.)
  17 February 2010
• The Romania’s High Court of Justice upholds a NCA’s decision having imposed a fine for price fixing to a nonprofit organization (National Association of Dental Technicians)
  6 January 2010
• The Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition finds the four oil companies as having violated competition rules and imposes millions in fines (Retail fuel market of Cyprus)
  6 January 2010
• The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic fines a leading producer of electronic cash registers for resale price maintenance (Elcom)
  7 October 2009
• The Spanish Competition Commission fines a beer producer for fixing minimum resale prices to its distributors (Damm Distribuciones)
  7 August 2009
• The Spanish National Court significantly reduced the fine imposed on a local association of driving schools for issuing a collective recommendation on prices (Autoescuelas Alcalá)
  5 February 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority examines contracts reached between a building products manufacturer and its distributors and recalls that resale price maintenance is prohibited (Plannja)
  29 January 2009
• The Hungarian Competition Council imposes a fine for resale price maintenance, prohibits recommended retail prices amounting to vertical price fixing but terminates proceedings against distributors not actively participating in the infringement in the markets of PNA devices and PDA navigation software (Navi-Gate)
  29 January 2009
• The Vilnius District Administrative Court upholds the Lithuanian NCA’s infringement decision on professional minimum fees (Chamber of Auditors)
  14 May 2008
• The UK OFT having issued a statement of objections alleging that supermarkets and dairy processors colluded to fix the prices of milk, cheese and butter, some of the concerned undertakings agreed to pay individual penalties collectively reaching nearly € 150 M ("Supermarkets and dairies price fixing")
  26 March 2008
• The French Competition Council condemns vertical price-fixing agreements in the toy distribution sector (‘Toys Decision’)
  12 March 2008
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns a resale price maintenance agreement but applies leniency (Tikkurila Polska)
  26 February 2008
• Danish Court imposes fines on an association of Danish inns and hotels, its director and its board chairman for imposing minimum prices on its members (Danske Kroer & Hoteller)
  11 December 2007
• The Polish Competition Authority condemns resale price maintenance on the ceramic roofing-tile market (Röben Ceramika Budowlana)
  20 August 2007
• The Slovenian Competition Authority acts for the first time in its capacity of sanctioning body while holding that provisions of a professional association restrict competition on the regulated book market (Piano)
  13 September 2006
• The Polish competition authority imposes a financial penalty on a collective copyright management association for practices restricting competition (SAWP)
  1 July 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority imposes a financial penalty on an authors’ association for a late compliance with a previous cease and desist order (ZAiKS)
  16 January 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority fines members of a price maintenance agreement on the paint market (Tikkurila, Castorama, Praktiker)
  5 August 2010
• The French Competition Authority fines € 6.9 M a football association and a rights for sports management agency for anticompetitive agreements on the market for audiovisual rights (FFF-Sportfive)
  30 June 2010
• The Polish Competition Authority heavily fines, in spite of termination of the practice, a yeast producer for having imposed to 45 wholesalers an exclusivity clause (Lesaffre Bio-Corporation)
  3 April 2007
• The German Bundeskartellamt fines spice producers again for exclusivity clauses and other contractual agreements that could lead to factual exclusivity (Fuchs, Teuto)
  1 July 2006
• The UK Court of Appeal rules that damages cannot be recovered through the medium of Sec. 47A simply by identifying findings of fact by a regulator that could have amounted to a competition infringement, i.e., claimant’s right of action exists only if the regulator has actually decided that such conduct would constitute an infringement of competition provision (EW&S Railways v. Enron)
  5 August 2009
• Austrian Courts awards for the first time damages to the customers of cartel members ("Driving schools cartel")
  5 February 2009
• Bulgaria : The 2008 Competition Act
  28 January 2009
• The new Bulgarian Act on the Protection of Competition
  18 December 2008
• The Spanish telecommunications regulator fines the incumbent € 20 M for abuse related to access to the subscriber loop but raises questions on its relationship with Spanish NCAs regarding competition law enforcement (Telefónica)
  22 July 2008
• The Lithuanian Competition Council issues fourth infringement decision against the State controlled airport for restricting access to the airport facilities (Vilnius Airport/RSS II)
  17 March 2010
• The Italian Competition Authority fines for the second time € 2.22 M a company for not having complied with remedies imposed in a previous merger proceeding (Parmalat/Eurolat)
  15 November 2009
• The Italian Competition Authority opens a compliance procedure on the implementation of remedies regarding a concentration in the banking sector (BancaIntesa/SanPaolo IMI)
  17 June 2009
• The French Minister for Economics sanctions for the first time for a breach of merger remedies (Carrefour-ED/Treff)
  21 March 2009