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7 Sep 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority launches six investigations against some of the main operators at global level in cloud computing services (Google / Apple / Dropbox)

Italian Competition Authority • Preview

Antitrust: Investigations launched against Google, Apple and Dropbox for their cloud computing services* The proceedings relate to allegedly unfair commercial practices and the possible presence of unfair terms in the contractual conditions The Italian Competition Authority has launched six (...)

4 Sep 2020 B

The EU Commission approves €199.45 million Italian support to compensate national airline for damages suffered due to COVID-19 outbreak (Alitalia)

European Commission • September 2020

State aid: Commission approves €199.45 million Italian support to compensate Alitalia for damages suffered due to coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has found Italian €199.45 million support in favour of Alitalia to be in line with EU State aid rules. The measure aims at compensating (...)

3 Sep 2020 B

The EU Court of Justice rules that the provision of Italian law preventing a media company from acquiring 28% of the capital in competitor as a measure of protecting pluralism of information is contrary to EU law (Vivendi / Mediaset)

European Court of Justice • September 2020

The provision of Italian law preventing Vivendi from acquiring 28% of the capital in Mediaset is contrary to EU law* That provision constitutes a prohibited impediment to the right of establishment as it is not appropriate for achieving the objective of protecting pluralism of information. (...)

3 Sep 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority welcomes the decision of the Prefecture of Rome to annul the endering procedure for the integrated management of the judicial documents notifications service (Prefecture of Rome)

Italian Competition Authority • Preview

The Italian Competition Authority welcomes the decision of the Prefecture of Rome to annul the tendering procedure for the assignment of the service of integrated management of the notifications of judicial documents* The Authority had previously sent a reasoned opinion in which it noted that (...)

4 Aug 2020 B

The EU Commission approves €200 million voucher scheme to support access to broadband services by low-income families in Italy

European Commission • September 2020

State aid: Commission approves €200 million voucher scheme to support access to broadband services by low-income families in Italy* The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules a €200 million voucher scheme to help low-income families in Italy access high-speed broadband (...)

4 Aug 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority opens investigation into excessive pricing and anticompetitive contractual conditions by a dominant ferry company (Caronte & Tourist)

Italian Competition Authority • September 2020

Antitrust: investigation launched against the ferry company Caronte & Tourist* The company is in a dominant position in passenger ferrying in the Strait of Messina The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato has launched an investigation against the company Caronte & Tourist (...)

3 Aug 2020 B

Pharma & COVID-19: An overview of EU and national case law

Elisa Teti, Alessandro Raffaelli • Pharma & COVID-19

The current crisis which has ensued from the spreading of Covid-19 has upset the worldwide balance, seriously straining the entire healthcare system, with significant and inevitable consequences for many other sectors of the economy. Since the very beginning of the state of emergency, the (...)

31 Jul 2020 B

The EU Commission approves €6 billion Italian schemes to support SMEs affected by COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • July 2020

State aid: Commission approves €6 billion Italian schemes to support SMEs affected by coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved three Italian schemes, with an overall budget of €6 billion, mainly consisting of incentives to the recapitalisation by private investors of small and (...)

22 Jul 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority launches an investigation on two giant tech companies for implementing a competition-restricting agreement (Apple / Amazon)

Italian Competition Authority • July 2020

ICA: investigation launched against Apple and Amazon for banning the sale of Apple- and Beats-branded products to retailers who do not join the official programme* Italian Competition Authority launched an investigation pursuant to Article 101 TFUE against the companies in the Apple Inc. and (...)

22 Jul 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority announces the opening of an investigation against two Big Tech firms for violation of article 101 TFEU (Apple / Amazon)

Federico Marini Balestra, Lucia Antonazzi • September 2020

On 22 July, the Italian Competition Authority (the "ICA") announced it had opened an investigation against Apple and Amazon for an alleged violation of article 101 TFEU. Following a complaint received in February 2019 from a retailer who was banned from reselling products on the Amazon market, (...)

14 Jul 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority authorizes a banking merger subject to divesting over 500 bank counters (Intesa Sanpaolo / UBI Banca)

Michele Giannino • September 2020

By a decision issued on 14 July 2020, the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has conditionally cleared the acquisition of UBI Banca (UBI) by Intesa SanPaolo (ISP) in the banking sector. Applying the dominance test in Article 6 of the Law no. 287/1990, the ICA reached the conclusion that the (...)

14 Jul 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority clears a voluntary all-inclusive public exchange offer between banking groups, subject to higher structural remedies than originally offered (Ubi Banca / Intesa Sanpaolo)

Italian Competition Authority • September 2020

C12287 - ICA: acquisition of Ubi Banca by Intesa Sanpaolo authorised with conditions* The Italian Competition Authority authorised with conditions the acquisition of control of Ubi Banca S.p.A. by Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (hereinafter also ‘ISP’) The Authority noted that the merger transaction, (...)

13 Jul 2020 B

Italy & COVID-19: An overview of EU and national case law

Gabriella Muscolo • Italy & COVID-19

The health crisis has struck the entire world, challenging leaders to take unprecedented measures in order to control the spread of Covid-19. On 10 March 2020, Italy, in particular, was the first European Country to implement the strict lockdown, thereby leading the way for other countries. (...)

8 Jul 2020 B

The EU Commission approves €6.2 billion Italian grants scheme to support small businesses and self-employed affected by COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • July 2020

State aid: Commission approves €6.2 billion Italian grants scheme to support small businesses and self-employed affected by coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved a €6.2 billion Italian scheme to support small businesses and self-employed affected by the coronavirus outbreak. (...)

8 Jul 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority provides feedback on the governmental report regarding the development of ultra-wideband fixed and mobile telecommunication infrastructure, with a view to promoting investment and competition

Italian Competition Authority • July 2020

S3904 - ICA: removing obstacles to the development of the ultra-wide bands. Report to Parliament, the Government, AGCOM and ANCI* At the meeting of the 1st July 2020, the Italian Competition Authority [Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato] decided to address a report to the (...)

7 Jul 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority reports to Parliament and the Government on the Relaunch Decree related to COVID-19

Italian Competition Authority • July 2020

S3940 - ICA: report to Parliament and the Government on Relaunch Decree issues At the meeting held on the 1st July 2020, the Authority resolved, pursuant to article 21 of Italian Law no. 287/1990, to report certain provisions of Italian Decree Law no. 34 of 19 May 2020 on Urgent measures (...)

26 Jun 2020 B

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

European Commission • June 2020

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 (...)

24 Jun 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority opens investigation into alleged anticompetitive agreement obstructing procurement of free films by film arenas (ANICA / ANEC / ANEC Lazio)

Italian Competition Authority • June 2020

I840 - ICA: launch of an investigation into Anica, Anec and Anec Lazio for obstructing the procurement of films, free of charge, by film arenas* The Authority launched an investigation into Associazione Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche Audiovisive e Multimediali (ANICA), Associazione (...)

23 Jun 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority upholds a provisional interim order against abusive practice interfering with a competitive tender procedure (TPL Toscana)

Michele Giannino • June 2020

Introduction On 23 June the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has upheld a provision interim order in the context of an Article 102 TFEU investigation in the TPL Toscana case . The ICA was satisfied that there was a prime facie case for an Article 102 TFEU breach that justified the granting (...)

11 Jun 2020 B

The EU Commission approves Italian tax measures for maritime transport

European Commission • June 2020

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 B

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

Italian Competition Authority • June 2020

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 B

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 B

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

Italian Competition Authority • June 2020

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 (...)

1 Jun 2020 B

The Italian Competition Authority approves a joint purchasing agreement of surgical masks via pharmacies and drugstores pursuant to its temporary rules on cooperation between companies during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gabriele Accardo, Denis Fosselard • June 2020

On 1 June 2020, the Italian Competition Authority ("ICA") approved a joint purchasing agreement of surgical masks via pharmacies/drugstores and a moratorium scheme on loan repayments agreed within ASSOFIN (the Italian Association of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Lending) pursuant to its (...)

21 May 2020 B

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

European Commission • May 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 May 2020 R

Illegal aid: The General Court of the European Union upholds the decision of the European Commission declaring illegal the measures in favour of the development of air transport and imposing the state aid recovery from the airlines (easyJet Airline; Volotea; Germanwings)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

On 13 May 2020, the Court of First Instance of the European Union delivered three judgements following actions brought by three low-cost airlines against the European Commission’s decision of 29 July 2016. in favour of which it considered that the State aid implemented by Italy providing (...)

13 May 2020 B

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 • May 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 B

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

European Commission • May 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 R

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 B

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 B

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 B

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 B

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 eB

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 eB

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 B

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 B

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 B

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 (...)

3 Apr 2020 B

The Italian Court of Cassation rules on the limitation period of antitrust damages claims in two judgements in the telecommunications sector (Uno Communications / Telecom Italia / Vodafone Italia)

Carlotta Frascoli • April 2020

1.- Introduction By judgements issued on the 27th of February, 2020, No. 5381, and on the 3rd of April 2020, No. 7677, the Italian Court of Cassation (Corte di Cassazione) ruled that the antitrust damages claims brought by Uno Communications S.p.A. against Vodafone Italia S.p.A. and Telecom (...)

31 Mar 2020 B

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 B

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 B

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 B

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 B

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 B

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 B

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 • March 2020

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 B

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 B

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 B

The Italian Competition Authority sanctions a telecommunications company for having undertaken a complex abusive strategy aimed at hindering 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 Mar 2020 R

Jurisdiction: The Court of Justice of the European Union confirms that the compensation granted to the bus passenger transport service by the Italian region of Campania did not meet the Altmark conditions and therefore constituted incompatible State aid which must be recovered (Buonotourist; CSTP Azienda della Mobilità)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2020

On 4 March 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered two judgments in identical terms in State aid cases C-586/18 (Buonotourist v Commission) and C-587/18 (CSTP Azienda della Mobilità v Commission)in which it dismisses in their entirety the appeals seeking the annulment of the (...)

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