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26 Jun 2020

The EU Commission approves €7.6 billion Italian tax schemes to support companies and self-employed workers affected by COVID-19 outbreak

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State aid: Commission approves €7.6 billion Italian tax schemes to support companies and self-employed workers affected by coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved four Italian aid schemes to support companies and self-employed workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The (...)

11 Jun 2020

The EU Commission approves Italian tax measures for maritime transport

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State aid: Commission approves Italian tax measures for maritime transport* The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules the prolongation until end 2023 of various Italian support measures for maritime transport under Italy’s “International Registry” scheme. The scheme encourages (...)

3 Jun 2020

The Italian Competition Authority investigates whether a current gas distribution concessionaire abused dominance to delay competitive bidding for the next concession (Italgas Reti)

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ICA: investigation launched into Italgas to verify abusive practices in the tender for the gas distribution service in some municipalities in the province of Venice* The Authority has decided to launch an investigation to verify whether Italgas Reti Spa, the current operator under extension of (...)

1 Jun 2020

The Italian Competition Authority approves a distribution scheme allowing disposable surgical masks to be sold in pharmacies and health retail outlets as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Koen T’Syen, Peter L’Ecluse, Catherine Longeval • June 2020

On 1 June 2020, the Italian competition authority (“L’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato”) authorised a scheme that would allow disposable surgical masks to be distributed and sold in pharmacies and health product retail outlets (see, attached press release). It did so at the request (...)

1 Jun 2020

The Italian Competition Authority allows cooperation among competing pharmacies in purchasing and selling surgical masks, and common moratorium scheme for consumer credit among competing financial services providers, both as special measures allowed due to COVID-19

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ICA: competitive compatibility verified of the cooperation agreements between businesses for the distribution of masks and the moratorium scheme for consumer credit prepared by Assofin* The Authority has applied for the first time the Communication, approved last April, on cooperation (...)

21 May 2020

The EU Commission approves €9 billion Italian “umbrella” scheme to support economy in COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • June 2020

State aid: Commission approves €9 billion Italian “umbrella” scheme to support economy in coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved a €9 billion Italian “umbrella” scheme to support the Italian economy in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the (...)

13 mai 2020

Aide illégale : Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne confirme la décision de la Commission européenne déclarant illégales les mesures en faveur du développement du transport aérien et imposant la récupération des aides auprès des compagnies aériennes (EasyJet ; Volotea ; Germanwings)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2020

Le 13 mai 2020, le Tribunal de l’Union européenne a rendu trois arrêts à la suite de recours introduits par trois compagnies aériennes low cost contre la décision rendue par la Commission européenne le 29 juillet 2016 à la faveur de laquelle elle a considéré que l’aide d’État mise en œuvre par l’Italie (...)

13 May 2020

The EU General Court reaffirms the Commission’s decision declaring illegal the aid from Italy to several airlines serving Sardinia (Volotea / Germanwings / easyJet)

European Court of Justice • June 2020

The General Court dismisses the actions against the Commission decision declaring illegal the aid from Italy to several airlines serving Sardinia* The operators of the Sardinian airports were not the beneficiaries of the aid but merely intermediaries between the Autonomous Region and the (...)

4 May 2020

The EU Commission approves €30 million Italian scheme to support SMEs in the agriculture and fishery sectors affected by COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • June 2020

State aid: Commission approves €30 million Italian scheme to support SMEs in the agriculture and fishery sectors affected by coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved a €30 million Italian scheme to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the agricultural and (...)

1 May 2020

Competition law and health crisis

Frédéric Jenny, Christian Ahlborn, Jeremy Bacharach, Christoph Barth, Christian Bovet, Marcel Boyer, Jacques Buhart, Maria Pilar Canedo Arrillaga, Michèle Carpagnano, Daniel Crane, Aymeric de Moncuit, Valentine Delaloye, Jacques Derenne, David-Julien Dos Santos, David Gabathuler, Mark Griffiths, Leigh Hancher, David Henry, Pierre Horna, David Kupka, Siún O’Keeffe, Christian Ritz, Giulio Cesare Rizza, Matthias Schlau, Mario Siragusa, Anastasia Usova, Faustine Viala, Masako Wakui • N° 2-2020

The unexpected shock provoked by the Covid-19 crisis and the measures taken to limit the spread of the pandemic have affected the functioning of many markets. Throughout the world, competition authorities which, in the last decade, had been enforcing their laws in the context of steady economic (...)

30 Apr 2020

Exploitative abuses, price gouging & COVID-19: The cases pursued by EU and national competition authorities

George S. Cary, Maurits Dolmans, Bruce Hoffman, Thomas Graf, Leah Brannon, Richard Pepper, Henry Mostyn, Alexis R. B. Lazda, Savannah Haynes, Kristi Georgieva, Jan Przerwa • Competition Law & Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to extreme demand and price volatility for certain products, as well as fluctuations in firms’ costs. As firms struggle to manage these changes, agencies are aggressively seeking to show they are preventing consumer exploitation—for example, as a result of (...)

24 Apr 2020

The Italian Competition Authority releases notice on cooperation agreements between businesses within the framework of the COVID-19 emergency with special emphasis on the pharmaceutical, agri-food and health sector

Italian Competition Authority • April 2020

ICA: Notice on cooperation agreements between businesses within the framework of the coronavirus emergency* Following the crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19 and the needs of the production system to cope with it, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (Italian Competition (...)

21 Apr 2020

The EU Commission approves €100 million Italian guarantee scheme to support SMEs in the agriculture, forestry, fishery and aquaculture sectors affected by the COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • April 2020

State aid: Commission approves €100 million Italian guarantee scheme to support SMEs in the agriculture, forestry, fishery and aquaculture sectors affected by the coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved a €100 million Italian State aid scheme to support small and medium-sized (...)

21 Apr 2020

The EU Commission approves €50 million Italian subsidised loans scheme to support agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors affected by COVID-19 outbreak in Friuli Venezia Giulia region

European Commission • April 2020

State aid: Commission approves €50 million Italian subsidised loans scheme to support agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors affected by coronavirus outbreak in Friuli Venezia Giulia region* The European Commission has approved a €50 million Italian scheme to support the agricultural, (...)

15 Apr 2020

Women & Antitrust - Voices from the Field, Vol. I STEFANIA BARIATTI, Chiomenti
and SABRINA BOROCCI, Hogan Lovells

Sabrina Borocci, Stefania Bariatti

255 Stefania Bariatti Chiomenti Sabrina Borocci Stefania Bariatti is currently full professor of Public International Law, Private International Law and International Insolvency Law at the School of Law of the University of Milan and of Counsel Former Partner at Chiomenti, where she practices (...)

15 Apr 2020

Women & Antitrust - Voices from the Field, Vol. I PART III: LAWYERS
SILVIA D’ALBERTI, Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners
and BARBARA VERONESE, Oxera

Silvia d’Alberti

243 Part III Lawyers 245 Silvia D'Alberti Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners Barbara Veronese Silvia D'Alberti leads the antitrust team at Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners. She has practiced Italian and EU competition law for more than 20 years. She has extensive experience of (...)

14 Apr 2020

The EU Commission approves Italian guarantee scheme for new working capital and investment loans granted by banks to support companies affected by the COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • April 2020

State aid: Commission approves Italian guarantee scheme to support the economy in coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved an Italian aid scheme to support the economy in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework (...)

14 Apr 2020

The EU Commission approves Italian guarantee scheme to support self-employed workers, SMEs and mid-caps affected by COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • April 2020

State aid: Commission approves Italian guarantee scheme to support self-employed workers, SMEs and mid-caps affected by coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved an Italian aid scheme to support self-employed workers and companies with up to 499 employees affected by (...)

6 Apr 2020

The Italian Government adopts a decree laying down additional measures to support companies negatively affected by the economic consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak

Aldo Scalini, Fabrizio Di Gianni, Francesco Pili • April 2020

On 6 April 2020, the Italian Government adopted a Law Decree (so-called “Decreto Liquidità”) laying down additional measures to support companies negatively affected by the economic consequences of the Covid-19 outbreak. These measures aim at alleviating the devastating effects of the outbreak on (...)

31 Mar 2020

The Italian Competition Authority launches an investigation and opens sub-proceedings for potentially ordering interim measures against two companies providing products for the prevention of contagion COVID-19 to consumers resident in Europe (ContextLogic / Wish)

Italian Competition Authority • March 2020

PS11734 - ANTITRUST: PROCEEDINGS INITIATED AGAINST THE WWW.WISH.COM PLATFORM* On 31 March, the Authority launched an investigation and opened a sub-proceedings for ordering, if necessary, an interim measure against ContextLogic Inc, the US company that owns the www.wish.com platform and its (...)

25 Mar 2020

The EU Commission approves the Italian State guarantee supporting a debt moratorium from banks to SMEs affected by the COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • March 2020

The European Commission has approved the Italian State guarantee supporting a debt moratorium from banks to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework to support the economy in the context of (...)

23 Mar 2020

The Italian Competition Authority updates its merger notification thresholds

Porter Elliott • March 2020

The Italian Competition Authority (“AGCM”) has raised the turnover thresholds applicable to merger notifications effective 23 March 2020. Under the new thresholds, a merger must be notified and approved by the AGCM prior to implementation where: • € 504 million in combined turnover is achieved in (...)

23 Mar 2020

The Italian Competition Authority updates the turnover thresholds that make prior notification of a concentration mandatory

Lucia Antonazzi, Federico Marini Balestra • March 2020

By decision of 23 March 2020, the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has updated the turnover thresholds that make prior notification of a concentration mandatory, pursuant to Article 16, par. 1, of Law No. 287 of 1990 ("Law"). According to Article 16, par. 1 of the Law, as amended, a (...)

22 Mar 2020

The EU Commission approves a €50 million Italian State aid scheme to support the production and supply of medical devices

European Commission • March 2020

State aid: Commission approves €50 million Italian support scheme for production and supply of medical equipment and masks during Coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved a €50 million Italian aid scheme to support the production and supply of medical devices, such as (...)

17 Mar 2020

The Italian Competition Authority initiates a proceeding against the sale of a generic drug for the treatment of HIV infections sold as a remedy to fight the COVID-19 virus (Kaletra)

Cristina Poncibò, Francesca Bichiri • March 2020

1.Introduction The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic is unfortunately accompanied by the equally rapid one of unfair commercial practices in Italy. A worrying scenario, also for potential, serious effects on people’s health, on which the Italian Competition Authority (‘ICA’) continues to keep the (...)

13 Mar 2020

The Italian Supreme Administrative Court rejects an appeal lodged by a multinational drug company against a previous decision ascertaining it as having abused its dominant position by imposing unfair prices for drugs (Aspen)

Federico Marini Balestra, Lucia Antonazzi • Preview

On 13 March, the Italian Supreme Administrative Court ("Consiglio di Stato") rejected the appeal lodged by the multinational Aspen Group against the decision of the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio (“TAR”), which fully upheld the decision adopted by the Italian Competition Authority (“ICA”) (...)

12 Mar 2020

The Italian Competition Authority publishes two investigations against online platforms with regards to some claims relating to the marketing of hand sanitising, respiratory masks and hygiene products (Amazon / eBay)

Italian Competition Authority • March 2020

Coronavirus, the Authority begins investigating Amazon and eBay for misleading claims and excessive price increases.* The Authority launched two separate investigations today against the Amazon platform (Amazon Italia Customer Service, Amazon Eu, Amazon Service Europe) and eBay platform (eBay (...)

12 Mar 2020

The EU Court of Justice orders to pay a penalty of €80,000 per day for failing to fully recover incompatible State aid (EU Commission / Italy)

Phedon Nicolaides • March 2020

* Article published on StateAidHub: http://stateaidhub.eu, republished in e-Competitions with the courtesy of the author. The original title of this article appears below the e-Competitions title. Authors are welcome to write an alternative article on this case/text, provided they have no (...)

6 Mar 2020

The Italian Competition Authority sanctions a telecommunication company for having undertaken a complex abusive strategy aimed to hinder the entry of the new infrastructure competitors in the broadband communication services sector (Telecom Italia)

Lucia Antonazzi, Federico Marini Balestra • March 2020

The Italian Antitrust Authority ("ICA") launched in June 2017 a proceeding for alleged violations of Article 102 TFEU committed by Telecom Italia ("TI") - through a complex abusive strategy aimed at a double purpose: in the retail market, to make its customer base less contestable by other (...)

4 mars 2020

Compétence : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne considère que les compensations octroyées au service de transport de passagers par autobus par une région italienne constituent des aides d’État incompatibles avec le droit de l’Union européenne (Buonotourist ; CSTP Azienda della Mobilità)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2020

Le 4 mars 2020, la Cour de justice de l’Union a rendu deux arrêts en termes identiques dans les affaires d’aides d’État C-586/18 (Buonotourist contre Commission) et C-587/18 (CSTP Azienda della Mobilità contre Commission), à la faveur desquels elle rejette dans leur intégralité les pourvois demandant (...)

28 Feb 2020

The EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation relating to potential State aid in the Italian airline sector (Alitalia)

European Commission • February 2020

State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into €400 million Italian government loan to Alitalia* The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether Italy’s € 400 million loan granted to Alitalia constitutes State aid and whether it complies with the rules on (...)

27 Feb 2020

The Italian Competition Authority investigates online sales platforms for excessive pricing of hand sanitizers and respiratory protection masks in the face of COVID-19 outbreak in the country

Italian Competition Authority • February 2020

ICA: Coronavirus, the Authority intervenes in the sale of sanitizing products and masks* Today the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (the Italian Antitrust Authority) sent a request for information to the main online sales platforms and other sales sites about the marketing of (...)

25 Feb 2020

The Italian Competition Authority fines €116M Italy’s largest telecommunications provider for broadband market abuse (TIM)

Dalila Marchello • February 2020

On 25 February 2020, the Italian Competition Authority (“AGCM”) fined Telecom Italia (“TIM”) € 116 million for abusing its dominant position in the broadband market by hindering its competitors’ investments in ultra-fast broadband. TIM is currently the largest telecommunications pro- vider in Italy. (...)

25 Feb 2020

The Italian Competition Authority conditionally clears a merger between two grocery retailers (Conad / Auchan)

Michele Giannino • February 2020

By a II-Phase decision clearance issued in Conad/Auchan, the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) gave a conditional go-ahead to the Conad acquisition of Auchan in the grocery retail sector. Conad and Auchan were the first and seventh largest supermarket chains in Italy, respectively. By the (...)

11 Feb 2020

The Italian and Brazilian Competition Authorities sign a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening cooperation between the authorities in competition law matters

Martin Favart • February 2020

On 11 February 2020, the Italian and Brazilian competition authorities signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (the “Memorandum”) aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two authorities and at increasing their capacity to deal with market failures, anticompetitive practices and (...)

10 Feb 2020

The Italian Competition Authority and the Authority for the Protection of Personal Data publish a joint investigative report on big data

Martin Favart • February 2020

On 10 February 2020, the Italian Competition Authority, the Authority for Communications Guarantees and the Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (together the “Authorities”) published a joint investigative report on big data (the “Report”). The Report is based on a one-year survey carried (...)

10 Feb 2020

The Italian Competition Authority publishes the final report of the big data joint fact-finding survey, which was launched in collaboration with the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority and the Data Protection Authority

Lucia Antonazzi • February 2020

On 10 February 2020, the Italian Competition Authority (“ICA”) published the final report of the Big Data joint fact-finding survey, launched in collaboration with the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority ("AgCom") and the Data Protection Authority on 30 May 2017. As part of the (...)

10 Feb 2020

The Italian Competition Authority, Communications Authority, and Data Protection Authority publish the findings of a joint sector inquiry into the field of big data

Enzo Marasà • February 2020

On February 10, 2020 the Italian Authorities for Communications, Competition and Data Protection published the findings of a joint sector inquiry into the field of Big Data (“Investigation”), which lasted almost three years. It was launched on May 30, 2017 to study the functioning and impact of (...)

28 Jan 2020

The Italian Competition Authority sanctions telecommunication operators for their participation in a cartel (Assotelecomunicazioni / Fastweb / Telecom Italia / Vodafone...)

Federico Marini Balestra, Lucia Antonazzi • January 2020

On 7 February 2018, the Italian Competition Authority (“ICA”) initiated an investigation against the major fixed and mobile operators (TIM S.p.A, Vodafone Italia S.p.A, Fastweb S.p.A and Wind Tre S.p.A). The investigation was aimed at verifying whether the companies had coordinated their (...)

21 Jan 2020

The Italian Council of State confirms the annulment of a €140 million fine imposed by the Competition Authority to steel companies, as they did not form a cartel in the reinforcing steel bar and electro-welded mesh markets (Reinforcing Steel Bars / Tondini per Cemento Armato)

Caterina Migani • January 2020

On 21 January 2020, the Italian Council of State confirmed the annulment of a 140 million EUR fine imposed in 2017 by the Italian Competition Authority (“ICA”) to some of the main Italian steel companies. Indeed, the ICA – by Decision of 19 July 2017 (the “Decision”) issued in the proceedings I742 (...)

14 Jan 2020

The Italian Competition Authority opens an investigation against several shipping companies to assess an alleged agreement restricting competition in the market for the transport of flammable material and waste to and from the islands in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranea Marittima / Servizi Marittimi Liberi Giuffré & Lauro / Medmar Navi / Tra.Spe.Mar / GML Trasporti Marittimi and Consorzio COTRASIR)

Italian Competition Authority • January 2020

ICA: investigation opened into an alleged anticompetitive agreement in the transport of fuel and waste to and from the Campanian Archipelago* On 14 January 2020, the Authority opened an investigation against the companies Mediterranea Marittima S.p.a., Servizi Marittimi Liberi Giuffré & (...)

14 Jan 2020

The Italian Council of State reverses a banking cartel decision on account of the negligible competition impact (Raiffeisen)

Michele Giannino • January 2020

Determining the appeal claims lodged in the Raiffeisen case, the highest administrative court or Council of State (hereinafter the Court) has reversed a previous infringement decision made by the Italian Competition Authority (ICA). The Court found that the contested restrictive business (...)

23 Dec 2019

The Italian Supreme Administrative Court accepts appeals against the Authority ruling which found that telecommunications companies restricted competition and prevented the development of disaggregated forms of supply of ancillary technical services (Telecom Italia)

Lucia Antonazzi, Federico Marini Balestra • December 2019

On 23 December, the Italian Supreme Administrative Court ("Consiglio di Stato") accepted the appeals lodged by several companies active in the supply of technical ancillary services and the incumbent network owner, Telecom Italia S.p.A., against the rulings of the Regional Administrative Court (...)

19 déc. 2019

Notion d’aide : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne considère que l’allocation d’une somme d’argent à une entreprise publique se trouvant dans de graves difficultés financières ainsi que le transfert de l’intégralité de la participation détenue par un État membre dans le capital de cette entreprise à une autre entreprise publique peuvent être qualifiés d’aides d’État (Arriva Italia, Ferrotramviaria, Consorzio Trasporti Aziende Pugliesi)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2020

La Cour de justice dit pour droit que tant l’allocation d’une somme d’argent à une entreprise publique se trouvant dans de graves difficultés financières que le transfert de l’intégralité de la participation détenue par un État membre dans le capital de cette entreprise à une autre entreprise publique, (...)

19 Dec 2019

The EU Court of Justice confirms that a company does not necessarily insulate from State aid if it enjoys exclusive rights and operates in a sector covered by a legal monopoly (Arriva Italia)

Phedon Nicolaides • December 2019

* Article published on StateAidHub: http://stateaidhub.eu, republished in e-Competitions with the courtesy of the author. The original title of this article appears below the e-Competitions title. Authors are welcome to write an alternative article on this case/text, provided they have no (...)

16 Dec 2019

The Italian Competition Authority fines over €30 million the main companies in the private security sector for bid-rigging (Allsystem / Coopservice / Italpol / IVRI / Sicuritalia)

Italian Competition Authority • December 2019

I821 - ICA: tenders for security services. Fine of over 30 million euros for an agreement restricting competition* The Italian Antitrust Authority has closed an investigation finding an anticompetitive agreement between the main companies in the private security sector, Allsystem, Coopservice, (...)

3 Dec 2019

The Italian Competition Authority launches an investigation in the battery lead recovery sector

Italian Competition Authority • December 2019

I838 - Antitrust: investigation launched into an anti-competitive arrangement in the battery lead recovery sector* On 3 December 2019, the Italian Competition Authority opened an investigation against COBAT RIPA, COBAT, Fiamm Energy Technology S.p.A., Clarios Italia S.r.l., Eco-bat S.r.l., (...)

19 Nov 2019

The Italian Competition Authority clears a merger subject to remedies in the natural gas distribution market (AcegasApsAmga / Ascopiave)

Italian Competition Authority • November 2019

Antitrust: The acquisition of control of the business units of AcegasApsAmga S.p.A. by Ascopiave S.p.A. authorized with conditions* On 19 November 2019, the Italian Antitrust Authority authorized, with remedies, the acquisition of control of the business units of AcegasApsAmga S.p.A. by (...)

19 Nov 2019

The Italian Competition Authority conditionally clears a merger in the market for distribution of natural gas (Rami Distribuzioni)

Michele Giannino • November 2019

With a II-Phase conditional clearance decision, the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has closed the review of the merger notified in the Rami Distribuzioni case. The ICA had concerns that the merger might negatively affect competition in the market for the distribution of natural gas. (...)

12 Nov 2019

The Italian Supreme Court rules that an airline company abuse its dominant position by refusing to grant online travel agencies the right to intermediate its tickets by accessing its databases and procedures for flight reservations (Ryanair)

Lucia Antonazzi, Federico Marini Balestra • November 2019

On 12 November, the Italian Supreme Court brought to an end a multi-jurisdictional dispute which began in 2008, related to the Ryanair’s refusal to grant online travel agencies ("OTAs") the right to intermediate its tickets by accessing its databases and procedures for flight reservations. On 4 (...)

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