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27 juin 2019

Prix de revente imposés : Quel est le standard ?

Juliette Thery-Schultz, Florence Ninane, Xavier Boutin

Séminaire "Économie et droit de la concurrence" avec Juliette Théry-Schultz (Autorité de la concurrence) organisé par la Revue Concurrences, en partenariat avec Allen & Overy et Positive Competition.

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission opens an investigation against a designer of integrated circuits for wired communication devices and sends a Statement of Objections seeking to impose interim measures in TV and modem chipsets markets (Broadcom)

European Commission • July 2019

Antitrust: Commission opens investigation into Broadcom and sends Statement of Objections seeking to impose interim measures in TV and modem chipsets markets* The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Broadcom may be restricting competition through (...)

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission opens a formal investigation to assess whether a producer of integrated circuit abused its dominant position (Broadcom)

Tim Kasten • June 2019

On 26 June 2019, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced that it had opened a formal investigation to assess whether integrated circuit (“IC”) provider Broadcom may be abusing its dominant position, in breach of Article 102 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. In parallel, (...)

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission opens investigation and sends statements of objections on interim measures in TV and modem chipsets markets (Broadcom)

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • June 2019

The Commission has opened an investigation into Broadcom’s commercial practices over a number of competition concerns. Broadcom is one of the world’s largest designers, developers and providers of key components of wired communication devices and is a global leader in the markets of (...)

20 Jun 2019

The Russian Competition Authority opens proceedings against a railway company suspected of fixing monopolistically high prices (Russian Railways)

Russian Competition Authority • June 2019

THE ANTIMONOPOLY SERVICE OPENED A CASE AGAINST RUSSIAN RAILWAYS* FAS exposed elements of fixing monopolistically high price for heating energy in the form of steam The Antimonopoly Service received a complaint from “Rikwest-Service” Ltd. about signs of violating the antimonopoly law by Samara (...)

11 Jun 2019

The Brazilian Antitrust Authority enters in a settlement agreement with a major refining company for the sale of oil refineries (Petrobras)

Amadeu Ribeiro, Marcio Soares, Felipe Rodrigues Caldas Feres, Giovani Loss, Nilton Mattos, Renata Fonseca Zuccolo Giannella • June 2019

During a hearing held on June 11, 2019, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) entered into a Settlement Agreement with Petrobras for the sale of eight oil refineries and associated infrastructure. The agreement was approved by the majority of CADE’s Commissioners and has in (...)

31 May 2019

The Spanish Competition Authority fines a collecting company for abuse of dominant position in the management and exploitation of IP rights (SGAE)

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • May 2019

The CNMC has fined SGAE (“Sociedad General de Autores y Editores”) with EUR 2.95 million for abusing its dominant position in the market of management and exploitation of musical and audio-visual intellectual property rights. The CNMC investigation started in 2017, following several complaints. (...)

30 May 2019

The Croatian Competition Authority finds that the Croatian Taekwondo Federation did not abuse of its dominant position (Hrvatskog taekwondo saveza)

Croatian Competition Authority • May 2019

Croatian Taekwondo Federation did not abuse dominant position* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) found that the latter that was sent by the Croatian Taekwondo Federation (CTF) to all its members including the complainant – the undertaking LMK, potentially limited access only to a smaller (...)

17 May 2019

The Italian Competition Authority launches an investigation against a search engine company suspected to abuse of its dominant position (Google)

Italian Competition Authority • May 2019

ICA: investigation launched against Google for alleged abuse of a dominant position* n the meeting of 8 May 2019, the Italian Competition Authority decided to launch an investigation against Alphabet Inc., Google LLC and Google Italy S.r.l. (indicated together as Google) to ascertain an (...)

13 May 2019

The EU Commission fines a beer company abusing its dominant position through restrictions of cross-border sales (AB InBev)

European Commission • May 2019

Antitrust: Commission fines AB InBev €200 million for restricting cross-border sales of beer* The European Commission has fined AB InBev €200 409 000 for breaching EU antitrust rules. AB InBev, the world’s biggest beer company, has abused its dominant position on the Belgian beer market by (...)

13 mai 2019

Notion d’abus : La Commission européenne inflige une amende de 200 millions € à la plus grande entreprise brassicole mondiale pour avoir abusé de sa position dominante en entravant les importations de sa bière en Belgique (AB InBev)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

Le 13 mai 2019, la Commission européenne a indiqué qu’elle avait infligé une amende de 200 409 000 d’euros à la plus grande entreprise brassicole au monde, AB InBev, pour avoir abuser de sa position dominante entre le 9 février 2009 au 31 octobre 2016 en entravant les importations de sa bière Jupiler (...)

13 May 2019

The EU Commission fines a company for abusing its dominant position on the Belgian market by restricting cheaper imports of beer from the Netherlands into Belgium (AB Inveb)

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • May 2019

The Commission has imposed a fine on AB Inveb for abusing its dominant position on the Belgian market by restricting cheaper imports of Jupiler beer from the Netherlands into Belgium AB Inveb is the largest beer brewer in the world. In Belgium, AB Inveb’s most popular beer is Jupiler, (...)

13 May 2019

The EU Commission fines a company for restricting cross-border sales in the Belgian beer market (AB InBev)

Tim Kasten • May 2019

On 13 May 2019, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced that it had issued a decision imposing a fine of just over € 200 million on AB InBev for breaching Article 102 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”). According to the Commission, AB InBev abused its dominant (...)

1^er mai 2019

Abusive Practices in Competition Law, Fabiana DI PORTO et Rupprecht PODSZUN (Editeurs)

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 2-2019 • p. 264

Cette rubrique recense et commente les ouvrages et autres publications en droit de la concurrence, droit & économie de la concurrence et en droit de la régulation. Une telle recension ne peut par nature être exhaustive et se limite donc à présenter quelques publications récentes dans ces (...)

1 May 2019

Conditional pricing and the AEC test: A happy marriage or an awkward couple?

Lucas Peeperkorn • N° 2-2019 • pp. 40-53

In this article the question is investigated whether and when conditional pricing and the AEC test form a happy couple. In situations where rebates are used to dampen competition between incumbents or as an exploitative device, applying the AEC test does not make sense. However, in cases where (...)

25 avr. 2019

Publicité télévisuelle : L’Autorité de la concurrence dédouane la régie publicitaire d’un acteur majeur de la télévision des pratiques de rabais d’exclusivité et de rabais fidélisant comme des pratiques de commercialisation couplée des espaces publicitaires (TF1 / M6)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

Le 25 avril 2019, l’Autorité de la concurrence a rendu une décision n° 19-D-07 relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur de la publicité télévisuelle. La présente affaire, qui fait suite a une saisine de la société Métropole Télévision dénonçant deux pratiques mises en œuvre par TF1 Publicité (...)

25 Apr 2019

The French Competition Authority dismisses a case in which a company denounced the discount and matching practices implemented by its rival in the market of television advertising (M6 / TF1)

French Competition Authority • April 2019

Television advertising* Following the referral of M6 regarding practices of TF1 Publicité, the Autorité de la concurrence dismisses the case. The complaint of M6 regarding TF1 Publicité In its referral, M6 denounced the discount and matching practices implemented by TF1 Publicité in the (...)

24 Apr 2019

The US FTC files a monopoly claims against a provider of e-prescribing solutions (Surescripts)

Jeffrey May • April 2019

FTC Files First Monopoly Case in Two Years Against Health Information Technology Company Surescripts* After facing a significant loss in its last monopolization action filed just over two years ago, the Federal Trade Commission last week filed a new monopolization case against a provider of (...)

16 Apr 2019

The Indian Competition Commission finds that a company abuses its dominant position by requiring device manufacturers wishing to pre-install apps to adhere to a compatibility standard (Google Android)

Pallavi Shroff, John Handoll, Naval Satarawala Chopra, Shweta Shroff Chopra, Harman Singh Sandhu, Manika Brar, Aparna Mehra, Gauri Chhabra, Yaman Verma, Rohan Arora • April 2019

Following a complaint made by a number of users of smartphones using the Android operating system, the CCI prima facie found that Google was dominant in the market for licensable smart mobile device operating systems in India and had abused its dominant position by requiring device (...)

11 Apr 2019

The Dutch Competition Authority launches investigations into a big tech company for abusing its dominant position giving its applications preferential treatment (Apple App Store)

Mariska van de Sanden, Pauline Kuipers • April 2019

Dutch Antitrust Authority investigates Apple: does this support Spotify’s complaint?* After Google has been fined several times for breach of (EU) competition rules the last couple of years, it might now be Apple’s turn. Last month (March 2019), Spotify filed a complaint against Apple with the (...)

10 Apr 2019

The Italian Competition Authority opens an antitrust investigation against a major e-commerce company for alleged abuse of dominance (Amazon)

Michele Giannino • April 2019

The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has opened an Article 102 TFEU investigation against several undertakings belonging to the Amazon group in the FBA case. The targets of the ICA investigation are Amazon Services Europe (ASE), Amazon Europe Core (AEC), Amazon EU (AEU), Amazon Italia (...)

10 Apr 2019

The High Court of Delhi challenges constitutional validity of provisions of the Competition Act on a complaint by a car manufacturer accused of abusing its dominant position (Mahindra & Mahindra)

Shweta Shroff Chopra, Rohan Arora • April 2019

On 10 April 2019, a Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi pronounced its judgment in Mahindra & Mahindra v. Competition Commission of India, which challenged the constitutional validity of a number of provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 (Competition Act). In addition to holding the (...)

4 Apr 2019

As Efficient Competitor Test: An overview of EU and national case law

Peter Davis • As Efficient Competitor test

Determining the appropriate standards to apply in Article 102 cases involving allegedly exclusionary conduct by a dominant firm continues to provide substantial room for debate between and within the legal and economic communities. However, the nature of the debate has progressed substantially (...)

4 avr. 2019

Publicité en ligne : La Cour d’appel de Paris confirme pour l’essentiel la décision de mesure conservatoire mettant en demeure l’opérateur dominant du marché de la publicité en ligne de clarifier la procédure de suspension des comptes de publicité pour « contenus trompeurs ou interdits » (Google)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

Le 4 avril 2019, la Chambre 5-7 de la Cour d’appel de Paris a rendu un arrêt dans l’affaire des mesures conservatoires prononcées à l’encontre de Google l’enjoignant de clarifier la procédure de suspension des comptes Google Ads pour « contenus trompeurs ou interdits ». À l’exception de la 3e mesure (...)

4 avr. 2019

Politique de concurrence : La Commission européenne publie le rapport final sur la politique de concurrence à l’ère du digital (Secteur du numérique)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

Afin de nourrir la réflexion sur la façon de « Façonner la politique de la concurrence à l’ère du digital », la Commission a été à l’origine de plusieurs initiatives ces derniers mois. Outre l’organisation d’une conférence le 17 janvier 2019 à Bruxelles avec un keynote speech de Jean Tirole, elle-même nourrie (...)

3 Apr 2019

The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf upholds a decision of the Federal Cartel Office prohibiting exclusivity clauses in the event ticketing market (CTS Eventim)

Tim Kasten • April 2019

On 3 April 2019, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (the “Court”) upheld a 2017 decision of the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) prohibiting exclusivity clauses in the event ticketing market. In a large number of its contracts with event organisers, ticketing service provider CTS Eventim used (...)

26 Mar 2019

The Croatian Competition Authority finds no abuse of market power from a dominant company in the food supply sector (Zagrebačka pivovara)

Croatian Competition Authority • March 2019

Lack of standing to act against Zagrebačka pivovara* On 1 June 2018 the Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) received an anonymous complaint regarding the alleged anti-competitive practices of Zagrebačka pivovara in the sense of abuse of the dominant position in the market, including the allegedly (...)

25 mars 2019

Actualité des prix excessifs : Quels sont les secteurs concernés ?

Paul Csiszar, Emmanuel Combe, Valérie Meunier, Florence Ninane

Séminaire organisé par la Revue Concurrences en partenariat avec Allen & Overy et Compass Lexecon.

21 Mar 2019

The Italian Competition Authority opens an investigation against several incumbent gas distribution operators suspected to abuse individually of their dominance (Ireti / Italgas Reti / 2i Rete Gas)

Italian Competition Authority • March 2019

Antitrust investigation against Ireti, Italgas Reti and 2i Rete Gas for an alleged abuse of dominant position in the distribution of gas* On 12 March 2019 the ICA (Italian Competition Authority) has opened an investigation to assess whether Ireti Spa, Italgas Reti Spa and 2i Rete Gas Spa - the (...)

21 Mar 2019

The Belgian Parliament adopts law regarding abuse of economic dependence and unfair, misleading and aggressive practices between undertakings

Evert Van Baelen, Mathieu Vancaillie, Koen Platteau • March 2019

On 21 March 2019, the Belgian parliament adopted a law (i) expanding the scope of Belgian competition law to also cover abuses of economic dependence, (ii) introducing a greylist and a blacklist of clauses in B2B agreements and (iii) prohibiting certain unfair, misleading and/or aggressive (...)

20 Mar 2019

The EU Commission imposes a fine of 1.49 Billions euros on a search engine company for abusing its dominant position by imposing restrictive clauses in contracts with third-party websites (Google Adsense)

European Commission • March 2019

Antitrust: Commission fines Google €1.49 billion for abusive practices in online advertising* The European Commission has fined Google €1.49 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance by imposing a number of restrictive clauses in contracts with third-party (...)

20 Mar 2019

The German Competition Authority opens a consultation regarding its draft guidelines for the control of abusive practices in the electricity generation and wholesale trade sector

German Competition Authority • March 2019

Consultation on the control of abusive practices in electricity generation/wholesale trade: Bundeskartellamt and Bundesnetzagentur publish draft guidelines* The Bundeskartellamt and the Bundesnetzagentur are today starting a consultation process on draft guidelines for the control of abusive (...)

20 Mar 2019

The EU Commission fines a company for abusing its dominant position in online advertising (Google Adsens)

Tim Kasten • March 2019

On 20 March 2019, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced that it had issued a decision imposing a € 1.49 billion fine on Google for breaching Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. According to the Commission, Google abused its dominant position in online (...)

20 mars 2019

Clause d’exclusivité : La Commission européenne sanctionne l’opérateur dominant des marchés de la publicité en ligne et des recherches en ligne pour un abus de position dominante passant par l’imposition de clauses contractuelles restrictives (Google AdSense)

Frédéric Marty • N° 2-2019 • pp. 76-77

Troisième décision en trois ans dans l’affaire Google Search (affaire 39740) qui était initialement promise à une décision d’engagements et qui a finalement donné lieu à trois amendes records pour des abus de position dominante. La décision Shopping en juin 2017 s’était traduite par une amende de 2,42 (...)

14 Mar 2019

The UK National Competition Authority closes its investigation into an allegedly abusive discount scheme in the pharmaceutical sector (Remicade)

James Killick, Assimakis Komninos, Strati Sakellariou-Witt, Axel P. Schulz • March 2019

The CMA Remicade decision: discount schemes and abuse of dominance – effects matter!* Summary On 14 March 2019, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decided to close its investigation into a discount scheme by Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited (MSD). The CMA concluded that there were (...)

6 mars 2019

Recours privé : La Cour d’appel de Paris rejette une demande en réparation du préjudice subi en raison d’un abus de position dominante (Arkeos / EDF)

Anne Wachsmann, Nicolas Zacharie • N° 2-2019 • pp. 83-84

Dans une décision du 17 décembre 2013, l’Autorité avait condamné EDF pour abus de position dominante sur le marché des services aux particuliers souhaitant devenir producteurs d’électricité photovoltaïque (décision n° 13-D-20 du 17 décembre 2013 relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre par EDF dans le (...)

4 Mar 2019

The Croatian Competition Authority opens an ex-officio proceeding against a dominant reseller suspected to impose restrictives clauses to its suppliers (Plodine)

Croatian Competition Authority • March 2019

CCA opens UTPs infringement proceeding against re-seller PLODINE* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) opened the infringement proceeding against the undertaking Plodine from Rijeka after having detected one or more unclear and possibly contestable provisions in the contracts concluded (...)

28 Feb 2019

The Danish Competition Authority issues a study on excessive pricing in pharmaceutical markets

Danish Competition Authority • February 2019

Excessive Pricing in Pharmaceutical Markets* Intervention against possible exploitative and excessive prices should always be considered carefully. However, the dynamics of pharmaceutical markets makes it particularly relevant for competition authorities to prioritise cases on unfair (...)

22 Feb 2019

The Czech Competition Authority fines a food retailer for abuse of dominance consisting in payments without consideration (Rewe group)

Czech Competition Authority • February 2019

The retail chains of Rewe group abused the significant market power, the settlement procedure set their fine to czk 164 million* The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine for abuse of significant market power in the amount of CZK 164 372 000 on the retail chains BILLA, spol. (...)

21 févr. 2019

Abus d’éviction : L’Autorité de la concurrence rejette faute d’éléments probants une saisine d’une entreprise du secteur du logiciel considérant avoir été abusivement écartée d’une plateforme de réservation de billets d’avion en ligne développée par un éditeur tiers (Optionizr / Amadeus)

Frédéric Marty • N° 2-2019 • pp. 79-81

Bien qu’il s’agisse d’une décision par laquelle l’Autorité rejette une saisine et une demande de mesures conservatoires faute d’éléments probants, l’affaire en question n’en est pas moins intéressante en matière d’économie industrielle, notamment en ce qu’elle éclaire les enjeux concurrentiels du (...)

20 Feb 2019

The Belgian Competition Authority refuses to impose an interim measure on a Meteorological Institute accused of abuse of dominance in the market of meteorogical data (Royal Meteorological Institute)

Belgian Competition Authority • February 2019

The Competition College of the BCA has refused to impose an interim measure on the Royal Meteorological Institute as requested by The Great Circle* The Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has refused on 15 February 2019 to impose an interim measure on the Belgian (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority prohibits a social network company in dominant position from combining its user data from different sources (Facebook)

German Competition Authority • February 2019

Bundeskartellamt / Digital Economy Bundeskartellamt prohibits Facebook from combining user data from different sources* Bonn, 7 February 2019: The Bundeskartellamt has imposed on Facebook far-reaching restrictions in the processing of user data. According to Facebook’s terms and conditions (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority orders a social network company to stop collecting and matching data of its users without explicit consent as it constitutes an abuse of dominance (Facebook)

Silke Heinz • February 2019

Bundeskartellamt hits „don’t like“-button on Facebook* On February 7, 2019, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) issued its long-awaited decision in the Facebook case, see press release and background paper in English here. It qualifies Facebook’s current practice of collecting and matching data (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority holds that matching the data collected by a social network company constitutes an antitrust violation (Facebook)

Geoffrey Manne • February 2019

Doing double damage: The German competition authority’s Facebook decision manages to undermine both antitrust and data protection law* The German Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office or FCO) this week reached a decision in its nearly 3-year-old Facebook investigation. The decision appears to (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority finds that merging of user data from multiple sources to be both anti-competitive and in breach of the GDPR (Facebook)

Caroline Henzell • February 2019

In one of the first decisions to consider data protection and competition issues side by side, the German competition regulator (the Bundeskartellamt) last week found that Facebook had both abused its market power in Germany and breached EU data protection laws in the way in which it collects (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority finds that the data gathering practices of a social network are an abuse of its dominant position, and orders amendments in the data processing policy (Facebook)

Tim Kasten • February 2019

On 6 February 2019, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) concluded administrative proceedings concerning the data gathering practices of Facebook Inc., Facebook Ireland and Facebook Germany (together “Facebook”). The FCO found that Facebook abused its dominant position by making the private use (...)

1 Feb 2019

The Turkish Competition Authority finds that a distributor and aftersales service provider of cancer diagnosis and treatment devices abused its dominant position through excessive pricing and refusal to supply (Radontek Medikal / Duzey)

Mustafa Ayna, Emine Bilsin • February 2019

On 1 February 2019, Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) published its reasoned decision regarding the full-fledged investigation conducted against Radontek Medikal İthalat İhracat San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. (“Radontek Medikal”) upon a complaint submitted to the TCA by Düzey Tıbbi Sistemler Bilgisayar ve (...)

31 Jan 2019

The French Competition Authority orders interim measures against a search engine company in the online advertising market (Google)

French Competition Authority • January 2019

Online advertising by directory enquiry services* The Autorité de la concurrence has ordered interim measures against Google. Google will need to quickly clarify the rules for its Google Ads online advertising platform that apply to electronic paid information services in order to make them (...)

31 janv. 2019

Notion d’abus : L’Autorité de la concurrence enjoint un moteur de recherche de clarifier la procédure de suspension de ses comptes pour « contenus trompeurs ou interdits » (Amadeus / Google)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

L’Autorité met en demeure Google de clarifier la procédure de suspension des comptes Google Ads pour « contenus trompeurs ou interdits ». L’autorité de la concurrence a rendu le 31 janvier 2019 sa première décision de mesures conservatoires de l’année — la décision n° 19-MC-01 — dans une affaire (...)

31 Jan 2019

The French Competition Authority orders a search engine company to review and clarify the rules of its online advertising service (Google)

Tim Kasten • January 2019

On 31 January 2019, the French Competition Authority (the “FCA”) ordered Google to review the rules of its Google Ads service. The FCA’s Order follows a complaint by Amadeus, an operator of online enquiry services – such as “a directory that provides call or text numbers for business/ residential (...)

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