Van Bael & Bellis (Brussels)

Victor-Emanuel Ion

Van Bael & Bellis (Brussels)
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Victor Ion is an associate at Van Bael & Bellis in Brussels, currently working in competition and international trade. He holds degrees from the University of Oxford and University College London.

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2546 Bulletin

Andrzej Kmiecik, Victor-Emanuel Ion The EU General Court holds that the geo-blocking of activation keys of a video game digital distribution platform constitutes an infringement by object (Valve / Bandai / Capcom / Focus Home / Koch Media / ZeniMax)

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On 27 September 2023, the General Court handed down its judgment dismissing the action brought by Valve Corporation (“Valve”) against a Commission decision adopted in 2021 finding that Valve’s geo-blocking practices constituted a by-object infringement of Article 101(1) TFEU and imposing a (...)

Victor-Emanuel Ion, Andrzej Kmiecik The EU Commission issues a Statement of Objections to clothing retailers for implementing anticompetitive cross-border sales restrictions (Pierre Cardin / Ahlers)

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Main take-aways Pierre Cardin and its licensee Ahlers receive statement of objections; Commission recognises its limited ability to tackle unilateral territorial supply constraints; Pending investigation of Mondelēz covers both collusive and unilateral (possible) restraints; Forthcoming Valve (...)

Victor-Emanuel Ion, Andrzej Kmiecik The Spanish Competition Authority imposes a total fine of €194M against an e-commerce giant and a big tech company for restricting inter and intra-brand competition in relation to the distribution of big tech company’s products over the online marketplace in Spain

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On 12 July 2023, the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) imposed a fine of €50,5 million on Amazon and €143,6 million on Apple for infringing Article 101 TFEU in relation to the distribution of Apple products over Amazon Marketplace in Spain. The CNMC has since published (...)

Victor-Emanuel Ion, Andrzej Kmiecik The EU Court of Justice issues a rare judgment on the legal test to establish resale price maintenance: neither the finding of an object restriction nor acquiescence by resellers can be assumed without a contextual assessment (Super Bock)

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On 29 June 2023, the ECJ handed down a preliminary ruling on various questions referred to it by a Portuguese court in the context of an appeal against an infringement decision of the Portuguese Competition Authority finding that a beverage supplier had engaged in resale price maintenance (...)

Victor-Emanuel Ion, Margot Vogels, Charlotte Nassogne The EU Court of Justice confirms that the findings of national competition authorities have a binding effect on follow-on actions for damages and declarations of nullity (Repsol)

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On 20 April 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a preliminary ruling concerning the effect of national competition authorities’ (“NCAs”) final infringement decisions on follow-on actions for damages and for declarations of nullity, where the actions in question (...)

Victor-Emanuel Ion, Andrzej Kmiecik The EU Commission adopts a Regulation extending the validity of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation and updates the Supplementary Guidelines for the motor vehicles industry

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On 17 April 2022, the European Commission (“Commission”) adopted a Regulation extending the validity of the 2010 Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 461/2010 (“MVBER”) until 31 May 2028. The Commission also adopted only modest amendments to the 2010 Supplementary (...)

Victor-Emanuel Ion, Charlotte De Meeûs, Andrzej Kmiecik The Paris Court of Appeal grants partial reformation of the decision of the French Competition Authority concerning practices related to the distribution of products of a Big Tech company, and reduces the fine imposed by two-thirds (Apple)

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On 6 October 2022, the Court of Appeal of Paris (“the Court”) granted a partial reformation of the decision of the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) of 16 March 2020 concerning practices related to the distribution of certain Apple products (the “FCA Decision”) and reduced by twothirds the (...)

Andreas Reindl, Margot Vogels, Barbara Monti, Victor-Emanuel Ion The EU General Court affirms the Commission’s decision to accept ’light-touch’ commitments from a Russian gas exporter to avoid a fine for anticompetitive behaviour and reverses another Commission decision with similar facts because the rationale was inadequate (Gazprom / Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo)

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Gazprom: General Court confirms Commission’s commitment decision but annuls a decision based on similar grounds to reject a complaint against Gazprom On 2 February 2022, the General Court of the European Union (the “Court”) issued two judgments which follow the European Commission’s (the (...)

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