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15 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 (...)

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 (...)

25 avr. 2019

Publicité télévisuelle : L’Autorité 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 • May 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 • May 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 (...)

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 • May 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 • May 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 • May 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 (...)

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 (...)

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 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 so 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

Abus : L’Autorité 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 (...)

31 janv. 2019

Abus d’éviction : L’Autorité de la concurrence prononce des mesures conservatoires en faveur d’un éditeur de site internet à la suite d’une suspension potentiellement abusive de son compte sur le marché de la publicité en ligne liée à la recherche (Amadeus / Google)

Frédéric Marty • N° 2-2019 • pp. 81-83

Il s’agit d’une décision prononçant des mesures conservatoires au profit d’un éditeur de sites internet proposant des renseignements téléphoniques payants à la suite de la suspension, dénoncée comme abusive, de ses comptes Google AdWords. Au-delà de son intérêt sur le fond, cette décision jette un (...)

30 Jan 2019

The Danish Competition Authority finds that Denmark’s largest provider of ambulances services abused its dominant position by excluding its competitor from the market (Falck / BIOs)

Sam MacMahon Baldwin • January 2019

A new standard for abusive denigration? Danish NCA condemns covert media campaign* Antitrust enforcers are good at regularly reminding the competition law community that the various forms of abuse of dominance listed in Article 102 TFEU are not exhaustive. Indeed, the idea of what conduct (...)

29 Jan 2019

The German Competition Authority fines a bicycle purchasing cooperative for resale price maintenance (ZEG)

Andrzej Kmiecik • January 2019

According to a press release dated 29 January 2019, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) has fined bicycle cooperative Zweirad-Einkaufs-Genossenschaft (“ZEG”) and its representatives a total of € 13.4 million for retail price maintenance. ZEG sells bicycles to its members under its own brands, (...)

28 janv. 2019

Politique de concurrence : La Commission européenne affirme qu’une application effective des règles de concurrence favorise l’accès à des médicaments abordables et innovants (Pharmaceutique)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

Dans un rapport sur l’application des règles de concurrence dans le secteur pharmaceutique, la Commission défend l’idée que cette application favorise l’accès à des médicaments abordables et innovants. Le 28 janvier 2019, la Commission européenne a rendu public un rapport sur l’application du droit de (...)

24 Jan 2019

The Belgian Competition Authority fines a distributor of infrared cabins for resale price maintenance (HM Products Benelux)

Richard Burton • January 2019

On 24 January 2019, the Investigation and Prosecution Service of the Belgian Competition Authority (the “BCA”) imposed a € 98,000 fine on HM Products Benelux (“HM”) for engaging in resale price maintenance (“RPM”). HM imports and distributes infrared cabins of the HealthMate brand in the Benelux. The (...)

23 Jan 2019

The Paris Court of Appeal orders obligations imposed on a retailer by the Competition Authority to be suspended until it has ruled on the retailer’s appeal against the Authority’s infringement decision (STIHL)

Richard Burton • January 2019

On 23 January 2019, the Paris Court of Appeal ordered the suspension of the obligations imposed by the French Competition Authority on STIHL in its decision of 24 October 2018 (the “Decision”). This order requiring the suspension (the “Order”) is to remain in effect until the Court rules on the (...)

22 Jan 2019

The Belgian Competition Authority imposes interim measures on a broadcaster in order to ensure the continuity of the FM broadcasts in execution of its public service mission (Norkring)

Belgian Competition Authority • January 2019

The Competition College of the BCA imposed an interim measure on Norkring België* On 22 January 2019, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) imposed an interim measure on NV Norkring België (Norkring) in order to ensure the continuity of the FM broadcasts of VRT in (...)

21 Jan 2019

The South African Competition Tribunal fines an undertaking in the ticketing services market for abuse of dominance (Computicket)

Charl van der Merwe • January 2019

South Africa: Competition Tribunal Fines Computicket For Abusing Its Dominance* On 21 January 2019, the South African Competition Tribunal (Tribunal), ruled in favour of the South African Competition Commission (SACC) who prosecuted Computicket (Pty) Ltd. (Computicket) for abuse of dominance (...)

21 Jan 2019

The Swedish Patent and Market Court upholds the Competition Authority’s decision requiring a recycling station operator to extend an agreement with its competitor (FTI)

Tim Kasten • January 2019

On 21 January 2019, the Swedish Patent and Market Court (the “Court”) upheld a decision of the Swedish Competition Authority (“SCA”) that required an operator of recycling stations for household waste to extend an agreement with its competitor. The Swedish Packaging and Newspapers Collection (...)

21 Jan 2019

The Swedish Patent and Market Court finds that a dominant company’s termination of an access agreement with a downstream competitor constitutes an abuse (Svenska Förpacknings- och Tidningsinsamlingen)

Erik Brändt Öfverholm, Philip Thorell, Antonia Malmgren • January 2019

In January 2019, the Swedish Patent and Market Court found that a dominant company’s termination of an access agreement with a downstream competitor constituted an abuse. By finding that the refusal had to be able to eliminate all effective competition on the downstream market in order to be (...)

16 Jan 2019

The Romanian Competition Authority opens an investigation against a gas distributor suspected of abuse of dominance (Delgaz Grid)

Romanian Competition Authority • January 2019

The Competition Council opened an investigation on a possible abuse of dominant position of Delgaz Grid SA* The Competition Council opened an investigation on a possible abuse of dominant position of Delgaz Grid SA, a member of E.ON Romania Group, manifested through a differentiated treatment (...)

16 janv. 2019

Irrecevabilité : L’Autorité de la concurrence rejette à nouveau, sans motivation aucune, une saisine pour cause de carence dans la délimitation du marché pertinent, et une autre pour insuffisance d’éléments probants (Transports)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

L’Autorité de la concurrence rejette à nouveau, sans motivation aucune, une saisine pour cause de carence dans la délimitation du marché pertinent… et rejette une saisine dans le secteur des services de réservation en ligne des billets d’avion, estimant que les pratiques dénoncées n’étaient pas (...)

16 janv. 2019

Rejet de plainte : L’Autorité de la concurrence rejette une saisine au fond dans le secteur du transport transmanche de poussins d’un jour pour défaut d’éléments probants et, par voie de conséquence, rejette également la demande de mesures conservatoires (Gibovendée, L’Envol de Retz / Britanny Ferries, P&O Short Sea Ferries, DFDS Seaways)

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

Par une décision rendue le 16 janvier 2019, l’Autorité de la concurrence (“l’Autorité”) a jugé qu’il n’y avait pas lieu à poursuivre la procédure ouverte à la suite de la saisine des sociétés Gibovendée et L’Envol de Retz (les “saisissantes”). Ces dernières contestaient le fait que trois sociétés maritimes, (...)

9 janv. 2019

Les accords de report d’entrée Introduction

Walid Chaiehloudj

W. Chaiehloudj – Les accords de report d’entrée 1 INTRODUCTION Le champ magnétique de la concurrence. Dans un article publié en 1995, le professeur Pirovano faisait remarquer que la concurrence produit un champ magnétique qui, écrivait-il, « attire à lui des domaines qui naguère lui échappaient : les (...)

9 janv. 2019

Les accords de report d’entrée Chapitre 2. Le contrôle des accords de report d’entrée au moyen du droit de l’abus de position dominante

Walid Chaiehloudj

W. Chaiehloudj – Les accords de report d’entrée 351 Chapitre 2 Le contrôle des accords de report d’entrée au moyen du droit de l’abus de position dominante La question de la qualification des accords de report d’entrée en abus de monopole. Dans l’Union européenne, une entreprise en monopole peut adopter (...)

7 Jan 2019

The Indian Competition Authority closes case of alleged discriminatory access to market currently in front of Securities Exchange Board of India due to insufficient evidence for a prima facie decision (Advocate Jitesh Maheshwari / National Stock Exchange of India)

Man Mohan Sharma • January 2019

CCI cedes jurisdiction to SEBI to decide upon complaint of abuse of dominance against National Stock Exchange* The Commission, in a surprise turn from its previous position in so many cases before, by way of order dated 07.01.2019, decided not to inquire into allegations of abuse of dominance (...)

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