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21 Nov 2019

Dominance in the pharmaceutical sector: An overview of EU and national case law

Marion Provost, Mélanie Thill-Tayara • Pharma & Dominance

The pharmaceutical sector stands out as being regularly under the scrutiny of competition authorities throughout Europe and has continued to be a key enforcement priority over the past 18 months, with notable developments in pay-for-delay and excessive pricing cases, as well as on market (...)

14 nov. 2019

Prix excessifs : La Cour d’appel de Paris réforme dans sa quasi-intégralité la décision emblématique relative à l’élimination des déchets infectieux en Corse (Sanicorse, Groupe Cesarini)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2019

Sérieux revers que celui que vient d’essuyer l’Autorité de la concurrence devant la Chambre 5-7 de la Cour d’appel de Paris dans l’affaire emblématique à plus d’un titre de l’élimination des déchets d’activités de soins à risque infectieux en Corse. À la faveur d’un arrêt rendu le 14 novembre 2019, la Cour (...)

23 Oct 2019

The South African Competition Appeal Court dismisses an appeal following the decision of the Competition Tribunal for an abuse of dominance in contravention of the Competition Act (Computicket)

Charl van der Merwe • November 2019

SOUTH AFRICA: COMPETITION APPEAL COURT CONFIRMS TRIBUNAL FINDING IN COMPUTICKET ABUSE OF DOMINANCE CASE* The South African Competition Appeal Court (CAC) on 23 October 2019 dismissed an appeal by Computicket (Pty) Ltd. (Computicket), following the decision of the Competition Tribunal (...)

16 oct. 2019

Prix excessifs : La première présidente de la Cour d’appel de Paris ordonne le sursis à exécution de la décision de l’Autorité polynésienne de concurrence dans l’affaire du service de réfrigération des boissons (Wane)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2019

La première présidente de la Cour d’appel de Paris ordonne le sursis à exécution de la décision de l’Autorité polynésienne de concurrence dans l’affaire du service de réfrigération des boissons, en raison du risque sérieux d’annulation de cette décision, notamment du fait du défaut d’impartialité du collège. (...)

16 Oct 2019

The EU Commission imposes interim measures on a technology company suspected to have abused of its dominance in the TV and modem chipset markets (Broadcom)

European Commission • November 2019

Antitrust: Commission imposes interim measures on Broadcom in TV and modem chipset markets* The European Commission has ordered Broadcom to stop applying certain provisions contained in agreements with six of its main customers. This will prevent serious and irreparable harm to competition (...)

16 Oct 2019

The EU Commission imposes interim measures on a company for abuse of dominance in the TV and modem chipset markets (Broadcom)

Tim Kasten • November 2019

On 16 October 2019, the European Commission adopted a decision ordering Broadcom to stop applying certain provisions contained in agreements with six of its main customers in the TV and modem chipset markets. According to the Commission’s press release, Broadcom was prima facie found to be (...)

16 Oct 2019

The EU Commission imposes interim measures on a company for abuse of dominance in the TV and modem chipset markets (Broadcom)

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

On 16 October 2018, the European Commission announced that, in the framework of its investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by Broadcom, it had imposed interim measures on the American company. This is the first time in 18 years that the Commission uses the power enshrined in (...)

16 Oct 2019

The EU Commission finds on a prima facie basis, that an undertaking abused its dominant position and orders to cease its prima facie abusive conduct in order to avert the risk of damage to competition (Broadcom)

Jacques Buhart, David Henry • Preview

INTERIM MEASURES IMPOSED ON BROADCOM: THE RE-AWAKENING OF A ONCE-DORMANT TOOL?* The European Commission (EC) has found, on a prima facie basis, that Broadcom abused its dominant position. In order to avert the risk of serious and irreparable damage to competition, Broadcom has been ordered to (...)

3 Oct 2019

Unilateral conduct in the energy sector: An overview of EU and national case law

John Ratliff • Energy & Dominance

This chapter provides an overview of the practice of the European Commission (“EC”) and European national competition authorities (“NCAs”) as regards the application of competition rules to unilateral conduct in the energy sector. It is based mainly on cases reported in e-Competitions (abbreviated (...)

27 Sep 2019

The German Competition Authority and the Federal Network Agency issue their guidelines for the control of abusive practices in the electricity generation and wholesale trade sector in terms of anti-trust and energy wholesale law

German Competition Authority • September 2019

Control of abusive practices in electricity generation/wholesale trade: Bundeskartellamt and Bundesnetzagentur publish guidelines* The Bundeskartellamt and the Bundesnetzagentur are today publishing the guidelines for the control of abusive practices in the electricity generation and wholesale (...)

27 Sep 2019

The German Federal Cartel Office and Federal Network Agency publish joint guidelines on control of abusive practices in the electricity sector

Tim Kasten • November 2019

On 27 September 2019, the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) and the Federal Network Agency (“FNA”) jointly published guidelines for the control of abusive practices in the electricity generation and wholesale sectors, which also address the interpretation of certain aspects of the Regulation on (...)

18 Sep 2019

The Portuguese Competition Authority fines a company for abuse of dominance in the market for secondary reserve services (EDP Produção)

Portuguese Competition Authority • September 2019

AdC imposes fine of 48 million euros on EDP Produção for abuse of dominance* The AdC (Autoridade da Concorrência – Portuguese Competition Authority) imposed a fine of 48 million euros on EDP – Gestão da Produção de Energia, S.A., (EDP Produção), for abuse of dominance in the market for secondary reserve (...)

18 Sep 2019

The Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal confirms that a company has abused of its dominance by using conditional rebates and exclusivity provisions in the payment card sector (Teller)

Danish Competition Authority • September 2019

The Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal confirms that Teller (now Nets) abused its dominant position by using rebates conditional on exclusivity and exclusivity provisions* The Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal (DCAT) confirmed the 18th of September 2019 the ruling by the Danish Competition (...)

9 Sep 2019

The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reformulates legal doctrines created for physical property to apply to new technology-based torts (HiQ / LinkedIn)

Seth D. Greenstein • September 2019

THE NINTH CIRCUIT’S DECISION IN HIQ V LINKEDIN: DATA SCRAPING MAY HAVE A FUTURE, BUT FOR HOW LONG?* Do companies that gather public information have an obligation to make that information available en masse to would-be competitors? Do competitors have a right to access those companies’ websites (...)

3 Sep 2019

The Indian Supreme Court flips its jurisprudence on abuse of dominance in a case involving radios taxis alleged of predatory pricing (Uber)

Kavita Jitani • September 2019

On September 3, 2019 The Supreme Court of India vide its judgement in Uber India Systems Pvt. Ltd. (Uber) v. Competition Commission of India (CCI) appears to have flipped the jurisprudence on abuse of dominance under the Indian Competition Act, 2002 (the “Act”) by requiring the assessment of the (...)

3 Sep 2019

The Indian Supreme Court dismisses an appeal against an investigation into an allegations of abuse of dominance (Uber)

Basu Chandola • September 2019

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA UPHOLDS INVESTIGATION AGAINST UBER* The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has dismissed an appeal[Uber India Systems Pvt. Ltd v Competition Commission of India, Civil Appeal No. 641 of 2017] filed by Uber India Systems Pvt. Ltd. (‘Uber’) against an order of the erstwhile (...)

3 Sep 2019

The Indian Supreme Court requests Director General of the CCI (DG) to continue the investigation allegations relating to abuse of dominance (Uber / NCR)

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

Deciding on an appeal from the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), the Supreme Court requested the Director General, CCI (DG) to continue investigating allegations relating to abuse of dominance by Uber in the National Capital Region (NCR). [1] In considering whether the (...)

1 Sep 2019

Google’s (forgotten) monopoly – Ad technology services on the open web

Damien Geradin, Dimitrios Katsifis • N° 3-2019

Online advertising is the fuel of the digital economy. Yet despite the industry’s gigantic growth, the lion’s share is captured by a handful of digital platforms, leaving a small share of revenue for publishers, further reduced by commissions charged by ad tech companies. Against this background, (...)

1 Sep 2019

An economic approach to antitrust analysis of discriminatory licensing, grantbacks and cross-licenses, no-challenge clauses, and patent thickets

Jorge Padilla, Koren Wong-Ervin • N° 3-2019 • pp. 44-51

Antitrust enforcement involving intellectual property rights - particularly standard-essential patents - continues to receive significant global attention, including most recently by OECD member countries at the June 2019 OECD Competition Committee meetings. This Article provides an economic (...)

1 Sep 2019

Google and the trans-Atlantic antitrust abyss

Christian Bergqvist, Jonathan Rubin • N° 3-2019

During the late 2000s, several jurisdictions, including the EU and the U.S., opened investigations into potential antitrust violations by the Internet search firm, Google, for alleged bias in the ranking of the links returned in response to search queries. While the EU investigations in 2017 (...)

1^er sept. 2019

Pratiques anticoncurrentielles locales : Fonctionnement et bilan du dispositif de transaction-injonction

Julia Bombardier, Laure de Chalendar • N° 3-2019 • pp. 230-246

Cet article revient en détail sur le fonctionnement du dispositif de transaction et/ou d’injonction dont le ministre de l’Economie dispose depuis 2009 s’agissant des pratiques anticoncurrentielles de dimension locale. Il dresse par ailleurs un bilan complet de la pratique décisionnelle rendue ces (...)

1^er sept. 2019

L’abus de domination sur le marché numérique : Pour une lecture juridique du déséquilibre économique à l’aune des oligopoles

Nils Monnerie • N° 3-2019 • pp. 67-75

Les condamnations se suivent sans toujours se ressembler de part et d’autre de l’Atlantique. Cependant, il est certain que le marché du numérique est au cœur des préoccupations des autorités européennes et américaines. Pratiques anticoncurrentielles, pratiques commerciales abusives et atteintes aux (...)

1^er sept. 2019

Le low cost, Emmanuel COMBE

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 3-2019 • p. 278

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 (...)

22 Aug 2019

The Mexican Competition Authority fines an airport for refusal to deal in the market for federal land transportation (Cancun Airport)

Mexican Competition Authority • August 2019

COFECE sanctions the Cancun Airport for refusal to deal in the market for federal land transportation* The Cancun International Airport conducted a set of actions to prevent new participants from providing services, as the only agent that can rent and grant spaces for taxi access. • The harm (...)

22 août 2019

Prix excessifs : L’Autorité de la concurrence polynésienne sanctionne une entreprise pour avoir imposé des tarifs excessifs à ses fournisseurs (Wane)

Anne Wachsmann, Nicolas Zacharie • N° 4-2019 • pp. 102-104

Par une décision du 22 août 2019, l’Autorité de la concurrence polynésienne (l’“Autorité polynésienne”) a condamné le groupe Wane à une amende d’environ 2 millions d’euros (235 millions de francs Pacifique) pour avoir abusé de sa position dominante en imposant des prix excessifs à ses fournisseurs afin de (...)

13 Aug 2019

The Competition Commission of Mauritius orders two multinational financial companies to reduce their banking interchange fees in order to promote competition (Visa / MasterCard)

Michael-James Currie • August 2019

Mauritius: Competition Commission orders VISA and MasterCard to lower interchange fees* On 13 August 2019, the Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) has, following a lengthy investigation, ordered VISA and MasterCard (Respondents) to reduce their banking interchange fees from 1% to 0,5%. (...)

9 Aug 2019

The Competition Commission of India orders investigation into multinational technology company with the aim of protecting Micro-processors importers from the company’s discriminatory practices (Intel)

Adrika Bisen • August 2019

On 9th August 2019, the Competition Commission of India directed the Director General to carry out investigations against Intel Corporation for allegedly violating Section 3 and 4 of the Indian Competition Act, 2002 (the ‘Act’). The case in hand was filed by Matrix Info Systems Pvt. Ltd. (the (...)

31 juil. 2019

Engagements : L’Autorité de la concurrence publie des engagements proposés pour mettre fin à des pratiques de remises de couplage et de remises fidélisantes sur le marché de la livraison de colis (La Poste)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2019

Près de dix ans après avoir été saisie par la société belge Kiala, opérateur de livraison en point relais, en concurrence avec la livraison à domicile, rachetée par UPS en 2012, l’Autorité se décide enfin à publier des engagements et à les soumettre à un test de marché ! Les saisissantes dénonçaient deux (...)

31 Jul 2019

The Competition Commission of India rejects a complaint according to which an online booking accommodation provider abused of its dominant position (RKG Hospitality / OYO)

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

In a case with important implications for the budget hotel sector, the CCI rejected at prima facie stage a complaint by RKG Hospitality, a hotelier, that Oravel Stays (OYO), which provides budget accommodation through online booking, had abused its dominant position by imposing one-sided, (...)

31 juil. 2019

Rupture brutale : La Cour d’appel de Paris statue à l’occasion d’un contentieux de rupture brutale, sur un règlement de compte entre un fournisseur et de ses ex distributeurs, et invite à réfléchir sur la combinaison des nouvelles règles résultant de l’ordonnance du 24 avril 2019 portant réforme du Titre IV Livre IV du C. Com. (JD Services / Brico Dépot)

Jean-Michel Vertut • N° 4-2019

L’ordonnance du 24 avril 2019 portant réforme du titre IV, traduit une volonté des pouvoirs publics d’aborder les différentes pratiques restrictives selon une approche qui, bien que minimaliste au plan de la formulation de ce qui relève de l’interdit, n’en est pas moins ferme. Non sans une note un (...)

26 Jul 2019

The Competition Commission of India dismisses claim submitted against a leading insurance company and closes the case at prima facie stage (Indian Chemical Council / General Insurance Corporation of India)

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

The CCI rejected at prima facie stage a complaint by the Indian Chemical Council (ICC) that a leading reinsurer, the General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC), had abused its dominant position. The ICC alleged that GIC was, with its very high market share, dominant in the overall (...)

25 juil. 2019

Accès aux infrastructures : L’Autorité de la concurrence rejette une saisine pour défaut d’éléments suffisamment probants dans une affaire relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur du carburant à La Réunion (CCIRPP)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2019

Le 25 juillet 2019, l’Autorité de la concurrence a mis en ligne une décision n° 19-D-16 rendue le 24 juillet 2019, sous la présidence de la nouvelle vice-présidente Irène Luc et après intervention en séance de son rapporteur général en personne, relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur du (...)

24 juil. 2019

Recevabilité : L’Autorité de la concurrence rejette, pour défaut d’éléments probants, une saisine dirigée contre le gestionnaire des dépôts d’importation de carburant dans l’île de la Réunion (CCIRPP)

Michel Debroux • N° 4-2019 • pp. 101-102

À peine huit mois entre la saisine et la décision… Cette rapidité, rare, s’explique ici par les lacunes manifestes de la saisine. La lecture de certaines décisions de l’Autorité de la concurrence laisse parfois le commentateur perplexe, tant la relation des faits et l’analyse de l’Autorité laissent (...)

23 Jul 2019

The Bulgarian Competition Authority fines an electricity provider for abuse of dominance (National Electricity Company EAD)

Bulgarian Competition Authority (Sofia) • July 2019

The Commission for Protection of Competition imposed to the National Electricity Company EAD pecuniary sanctions in a total amount of 315 612 BGN for infringements of Art. 21, p. 1 of the LPC. NEK abused its dominant position on the market of balancing of electricity producers from renewable (...)

18 Jul 2019

The EU Commission fines a chipmaker company €242 million for predatory pricing (Qualcomm)

European Commission • July 2019

Antitrust: Commission fines US chipmaker Qualcomm €242 million for engaging in predatory pricing* The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €242 million for abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets. Qualcomm sold below cost, with the aim of forcing its competitor Icera out of the (...)

18 juil. 2019

Notion d’abus : La Commission européenne inflige au fabricant dominant de circuits intégrés une amende de 242 millions d’euros pour une pratique de prix d’éviction (Qualcomm)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2019

Le 18 juillet 2019, la Commission européenne a annoncé qu’elle avait infligé à Qualcomm une amende de 242 millions d’euros, laquelle représente 1,27 % de son chiffre d’affaires, pour avoir abusé de la position dominante qu’elle occupait sur le marché des chipsets de bande de base 3G, lesquels permettent (...)

18 Jul 2019

The EU Commission fines a company €242 million for engaging in predatory pricing in the market for 3G baseband chipsets (Qualcomm)

Tim Kasten • July 2019

On 18 July 2019, the Commission announced that it had adopted a decision against Qualcomm for abusing a dominant position in the market for 3G baseband chipsets, and imposed a fine of € 242 million. According to the Commission, Qualcomm’s prices to certain key customers were below its costs with (...)

18 juil. 2019

Abus de position dominante : La Commission européenne publie la décision infligeant une amende de 4,34 milliards d’euros à l’opérateur dominant des moteurs de recherche sur les appareils mobiles Android pour avoir renforcé sa domination (Google)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2019

Le 20 septembre 2019, la Commission a rendu publique la décision adoptée le 18 juillet 2018 à la faveur de laquelle elle a, on s’en souvient, infligé une amende de 4,34 milliards d’euros à Google pour avoir abuser de la position dominante qu’elle détient non seulement sur le marché des services de (...)

18 juil. 2019

Abus d’éviction : La Commission européenne sanctionne l’opérateur dominant sur le marché des puces électroniques pour la norme 3G pour une stratégie de prix prédateurs (Qualcomm)

Frédéric Marty • N° 4-2019 • pp. 98-99

La Commission européenne a sanctionné Qualcomm pour abus d’éviction sur le marché des circuits intégrés. La stratégie d’éviction anticoncurrentielle mise en œuvre reposait, selon la Commission, sur une stratégie de prix prédateurs. Cette décision, assortie d’une sanction de 242 millions d’euros, n’est pour (...)

18 Jul 2019

The EU Commission fines a chipmaker company €242 million for predatory pricing in the market of 3G baseband chipsets (Qualcomm)

Maurits Dolmans, Wanjie Lin • July 2019

On 18 July 2019, the European Commission (“EC”) fined Qualcomm for abusing its market dominance by selling 3G baseband chipsets below cost, to force its competitor Icera out of the market. The EC found that Qualcomm sold three of its UMTS (a 3G standard) chipsets at predatory levels between (...)

17 Jul 2019

The German Competition Authority obtains amendments of seller rules active on a major online marketplace (Amazon)

German Competition Authority • July 2019

Bundeskartellamt obtains far-reaching improvements in the terms of business for sellers on Amazon’s online marketplaces* In response to the competition concerns expressed by the Bundeskartellamt, Amazon is amending its terms of business for sellers on Amazon’s online marketplaces. Andreas (...)

17 Jul 2019

The German Competition Authority ends an abuse probe after an online market place agrees to changing business terms for dealers (Amazon)

Silke Heinz • July 2019

Bundeskartellamt ends abuse probe after Amazon agrees to changing business terms for dealers* On July 17, 2019, the German Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office, “FCO”) terminated its dominance probe into Amazon’s business terms towards sellers on its marketplace after Amazon agreed to various (...)

17 Jul 2019

The Austrian Federal Competition Authority and the German Federal Cartel Office close their respective abuse of dominance investigations after the company committed to changing contract terms (Amazon)

Tim Kasten • July 2019

On 17 July 2019, the Austrian Federal Competition Authority and the German Federal Cartel Office closed their respective abuse of dominance investigations against Amazon, after Amazon committed to changing contract terms. Throughout the years 2017 and 2018, both competition authorities had (...)

11 Jul 2019

The Munich District Court issues an anti-suit injunction in patent litigation (Nokia)

Christian Dölling, Henrik Holzapfel • July 2019

On July 11 2019, the Munich I District Court (Landgericht) issued an anti-suit injunction in patent litigation, preventing an automotive company from further pursuing proceedings in the United States. The Munich decision might become a landmark case because German courts have historically not (...)

11 juil. 2019

Dénigrement : La Cour d’appel de Paris confirme pour l’essentiel la décision de sanction, par l’Autorité de la concurrence, d’un laboratoire pharmaceutique pour des pratiques d’abus de position dominante ayant retardé puis limité le développement de médicaments génériques (Janssen-Cilag, Johnson & Johnson)

Anne Wachsmann, Nicolas Zacharie • N° 4-2019 • pp. 99-101

Par un arrêt du 11 juillet 2019, la cour d’appel de Paris a largement confirmé la décision de l’Autorité de la concurrence (“l’Autorité”) no 17-D-25 du 20 décembre 2017 qui avait sanctionné le laboratoire Janssen-Cilag, et sa maison-mère Johnson & Johnson, pour avoir d’abord retardé puis limité le (...)

5 Jul 2019

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirms directed verdict following rare price discrimination trial (Spartan Concrete Products / Argos USVI)

Katherine Brockmeyer, Michelle K. Fischer, Kathryn M. Fenton • July 2019

Failure to show antitrust injury proved fatal to price discrimination claims as the Third Circuit affirmed a directed verdict in favor of cement company, Argos USVI, in a case brought by its customer, ready-mix concrete company Spartan Concrete Products ("Spartan"). This decision highlights (...)

1 Jul 2019

The Kenyan Parliament adopts new Competition Amendment bill introducing onerous buyer power provisions

Ruth Mosoti • November 2019

KENYA: COMPETITION AMENDMENT BILL INTRODUCES ONEROUS BUYER POWER PROVISIONS* In July 2019, the Competition Amendment Bill was gazetted and looks on course to be adopted by Parliament. There are several proposed amendments to the current Competition Act although the focus of the Amendments, (...)

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.

27 Jun 2019

The District Court of Rotterdam annuls a €41 million fine imposed by the Dutch Competition Authority on a Dutch railway operator for allegedly abusing its dominant position (Nederlandse Spoorwegen)

Mariska Van De Sanden, Tialda Beetstra • June 2019

ABUSE OF DOMINANCE FINE OF € 41 MILLION FOR DUTCH RAILWAY OPERATOR ANNULED* Introduction The Authority for Consumers and Markets (“ACM“, the Dutch competition authority) was in 2017 – after years of silence – finally able to fine an undertaking for abuse of dominance. A heavy fine of almost € 41 (...)

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 • June 2019

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Broadcom may be restricting competition through exclusivity practices, in breach of EU rules. The Commission intends to impose interim measures during the investigation with regard to TV and modem chipsets (...)

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