Alexandre Defossez

e-Competitions Bulletin

• The Belgian Competition Council considers an agreement between two transport companies to be compatible with national law... after three years of proceedings (De Boeck and Nidco, "Bruxelles city tour"), 28 May 2009 (241 visits)
• The Belgian competition Council finds the historical telecom operator guilty of margin squeeze and imposes a fine of € 66,3 million (Belgacom), 26 May 2009 (257 visits)
• 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), 2 February 2009 (492 visits)
• The Belgian Competition Council clears a local opening hours scheme for pharmacists (F.N.H. / Ordre des pharmaciens - GLEP 30), 20 December 2007 (712 visits)
• The Belgian Competition Council clears the acquisition of a group of perfume distribution companies (Distripar - Cie. Nationale à Portefeuille), 29 August 2005 (614 visits)
• The Belgian Competition Council condemns the Belgian professional Association of driving schools for price fixing on the sole basis of Belgian law (Test-Achats / auto-écoles de Belgique), 7 July 2008 (1046 visits)
• The Brussels Court of Appeal confirms that a non compete clause does not constitute a restrictive agreement but may constitute an abuse of dominance (FEBIAC/WEX), 15 June 2007 (1416 visits)
• The Danish Competition Council found an insolvency agreement between three medical wholesale dealers and the Danish Pharmaceutical Association to be incompatible with Art. 81 EC and relevant national competition law provision (Nomeco, Tjellesen, Max Jenne and Danmarks Apotekerforening), 30 November 2005 (1737 visits)
• The Hungarian Competition Authority finds that the telecommunications incumbent abused its dominant position by setting excessively high wholesale prices for network access (Magyar Telekom), 6 September 2005 (2294 visits)
• The Belgian Competition Council assesses the validity of opening days/hours and advertising provisions for pharmacy outlets as set by the pharmacists professional associations (Belgian Pharmacists Associations), 26 October 2007 (2217 visits)
• The Belgian Competition Council holds unlawful minimum tariffs imposed to members of a professionnal association on both national and EU provisions but without imposing any fine (Veterinaries Association), 21 August 2007 (2146 visits)
• The Brussels Court of Appeal awards damages for active sales breaching an exclusive distribution agreement (Horas International / Rexit), 15 March 2006 (2075 visits)
• The Belgian Competition Council rejects a complaint on alleged discriminatory licensing practices from the national football union (URBSFA), 21 December 2005 (2202 visits)
• The Brussels Commercial Court found an exclusive distribution agreement contrary to Art. 81 EC but declined the claim for damages (APT-B/Lupac), 28 January 1994 (2109 visits)
• A Belgium Court considers a copyright exclusivity clause as pro-competitive and awards damages for the breach of the clause by videotapes sellers (GPFI/DGD - VRP), 27 March 1986 (2199 visits)
• The Brussels Court of Appeals ruled that the major Belgian collecting society has abused its dominant position under Art. 82 EU after having received an opinion from the EC Commission (SABAM / Productions & Marketing), 3 November 2005 (2230 visits)
• The Belgian Competition Council fines the Association Sportive Automobile Francophone for an abuse of dominant position relating to sporting rules (ETE-KILT/ASAF), 21 December 2005 (2023 visits)
• The Belgian Competition Council accepts commitments in order to improve competition on the soft drink market (Coca-Cola), 30 November 2005 (2253 visits)
• The Hungarian Competition Council clears a 9 years’ exclusive agreement on the basis of Art. 81.3 EC (Rába/Integris), 9 June 2005 (2093 visits)
• The Danish Competition Council clears a new distribution agreement put into place by the leading news services agency (Ritzau), 30 November 2005 (2304 visits)
• The Finnish competition authority states that rebates granted by pharmaceutical companies to pharmacies are unlawful on the basis of both EC and national competition provisions, 7 December 2005 (2469 visits)
• The Danish Competition Authority finds that Skoda importer abused of its dominant position for operating a system of fidelity rebates (Pradan Auto Import), 31 August 2005 (2084 visits)
• The Hungarian competition council finds 8 construction companies guilty of bid rigging in respect of a road construction contract ("Municipality of Budapest"), 16 September 2005 (2102 visits)
• The Danish Competition Council exempts an agreement between cinemas and advertisers (Dansk Reklame Film), 22 June 2005 (2056 visits)
• The Hungarian Competition Authority issues a recommendation in order to liberalize the notaries’ activities, 27 May 2005 (2175 visits)
• The Danish Competition Authority finds a company guilty of an abuse of dominance regarding its rebates practices on the basis of Art. 82 EC (DBC Medier), 22 June 2005 (2132 visits)

Concurrences Review

• Belgium: Two years of competition reform - An interim report, Concurrences, N° 2-2009, pp. 222-229 (744 visits)