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EU Competition Litigation. Transposition and First Experiences of the New Regime, Magnus STRAND, Vladimir BASTIDAS, et Marios C. IACOVIDESCette 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 (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority fines a company for abuse of dominance in the market for secondary reserve services (EDP Produção)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 (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority sends a statement of objection accusing a company of gun-jumping (Capital / SCA / SICAR)AdC accuses HCapital, SCA - SICAR of gun-jumping* The AdC (Autoridade da Concorrência – Portuguese Competition Authority) sent a statement of objections to HCapital, SCA – SICAR for acquiring sole control of Solzaima without prior notification of the transaction and, consequently, without (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority clears a merger in the hospital market in applying the failing firm defence (HSGL / HPA Group)The AdC adopts a clearance decision on the Grupo HPA Saúde / Hospital São Gonçalo de Lagos merger* The AdC (Autoridade da Concorrência – Portuguese Competition Authority) has adopted a clearance decision on the merger concerning the acquisition of sole control of Hospital São Gonçalo de Lagos (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority fines 14 banks for exchange of information (BBVA, BIC, BPI, BCP, BES, BANIF, Barclays, CGD, Caixa de Crédito Agrícola, Montepio, Santander, Deutsche Bank and UCI)AdC imposes a fine of 225 million euros to 14 banks* The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência - AdC) fined 14 banks in the total amount of 225 million euros in connection with the concerted practice of exchanging sensitive commercial data, during a period of more than (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority imposes the highest fines ever applied for a cartel in the financial sector (Lusitania - Companhia de Seguros / Zurich Insurance)The first cartel sanctioned by the AdC in the Portuguese financial sector has the highest fines ever applied* The AdC applied a fine totalling more than €54 million on insurance companies, board members and directors involved in the “insurer cartel”. The proceedings is now concluded with the (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority imposes record fine of € 54 million for a cartel in the insurance market (Lusitania / Zürich)On 1 August 2019, the Portuguese competition authority (Autoridade da Concorrência, “AdC”) published a press release in which it announced that it had imposed total fines of € 42 million on two insurance companies (Lusitania and Zürich), two board members and two directors for, inter alia, (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority fines a brewing company for engaging in resale price maintenance practices in hotels, restaurants and cafés (Super Bock)AdC sanctioned Super Bock for fixing minimum resale prices in hotels, restaurants and cafes* The AdC (Autoridade da Concorrência) sanctioned Super Bock Bebidas S.A., one board member and one director of the company to fines of €24 million for fixing minimum resale prices and other commercial (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority accuses two advertising associations of restricting competition in the advertisement services market by setting rules to prevent the participation of its associates in tenders (APAN / APAP)AdC accuses Portuguese advertisers and advertising agencies of limiting the normal functioning of the market* The AdC (Autoridade da Concorrência) accuses the Portuguese advertisers association APAN (Associação Portuguesa de Anunciantes) and the advertising agencies association APAP (Associação (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority opens an in-depth investigation regarding a merger in the real estate investment funds market (Fidelidade-Saudeinveste / Imofid)AdC started a phase II investigation on Fidelidade / Saudeinveste and Imofid merger* The AdC (Autoridade da Concorrência) decided to open a phase II investigation on the merger involving the acquisition by Fidelidade of two real estate investment funds, previously managed by a managing entity (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority carries out unannounced inspections in the waste management sectorAutoridade da Concorrência carried out dawn raids in the waste management sector* The Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC) – Portuguese Competition Authority carried out dawn raids in two premises of seven undertakings in the waste management sector in the district of Lisbon on suspicions of (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority warns that firms are responsible for the algorithms they use to coordinate market pricesThe AdC warns that using algorithms to coordinate market prices is incompatible with the Portuguese Competition Law* The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência, AdC) warns that firms are responsible for the algorithms they use and that employing these tools with the aim of (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority confirms dawn raids in the healthcare sectorAdC confirms dawn raids in the healthcare sector* The Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC) - Portuguese Competition Authority confirms it has carried out dawn raids in eight locations of nine entities in the healthcare sector in Lisbon, Porto and Algarve, following suspicions of anticompetitive (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority fines two companies and one of its managers for participating in a horizontal agreement in the railway maintenance services sector (Mota-Engil / Engenharia e Construção)AdC sanctions an undertaking and its manager for anticompetitive practices in the sector of railway maintenance services* The AdC imposed fines totalling 906.485,58 euros on Mota-Engil – Engenharia e Construção, S.A., and one of its managers, for participating in a horizontal agreement (cartel), (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority issues statements of objections to supermarket chains and beverage suppliers for price fixing (Modelo Continente / Pingo Doce / Auchan and Intermarché / Lidl / E. Leclerc)AdC issues Statements of Objections to supermarket chains and beverage suppliers for price fixing, harmful to consumers* The AdC – Portuguese Competition Authority issued three Statements of Objections to six large food retail groups in Portugal and three beverage suppliers for taking part in (...)
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Service public : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne se prononce sur une procédure de (re)privatisation de manière telle à préserver l’effet utile d’un régime d’obligations de service public (Associação Peço a Palavra)L’arrêt rendu par la Cour de justice de l’Union le 27 février 2019 dans l’affaire C-563/17, Associação Peço a Palavra e.a., l’est par voie préjudicielle, sur saisine de la Cour administrative suprême du Portugal, à propos des conditions figurant dans le cahier des charges de la procédure de reprivatisation (...)
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Action privée : L’avocat général Kokott rend ses conclusions dans une affaire portugaise où est invoquée pour la première fois l’application de la directive Dommages (Cogeco / Sport TV Portugal)L’avocat général Kokott rend ses conclusions dans une affaire portugaise où est invoquée pour la première fois l’application de la directive « Dommages ». Le 17 janvier 2019, l’avocat général Juliane Kokott a rendu ses conclusions dans l’affaire C-637/17 (Cogeco Communications Inc contre Sport TV (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority fines two insurance companies for market sharing (Fidelidade – Companhia de Seguros / Multicare – Seguros de Saúde)AdC imposes fines of €12 million on insurance companies for cartel settlement* The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência – AdC) imposed fines in the total amount of €12 million on the insurers Fidelidade – Companhia de Seguros and Multicare – Seguros de Saúde for market (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority presents three recommendations to the Government and administrations to improve competition in the maritime ports sectorPorts: AdC presents three recommendations to the Government and administrations to improve competition in the sector * The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência, AdC) recommends to the Government and port authorities the adoption of measures to promote competition in the (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority fines an undertaking and its manager for bid-rigging in the sector of railway maintenance services (Sacyr Neopul)AdC sanctions an undertaking and its manager for anticompetitive practices in the sector of railway maintenance services.* The AdC imposed fines totalling 365,400 euros on Sacyr Neopul S.A., and its production manager, for participating in a horizontal agreement (cartel) that resulted in price (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority confirms unannounced inspections in five locations of four telecommunications operatorsAdC confirms dawn raids in four telecommunications operators* The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC - Autoridade da Concorrência) confirms that it carried out dawn raids have been carried out in five locations of four telecommunication companies, following suspicions of antitrust practices (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority issues its final version of the Issues Paper “Technological Innovation and Competition in the Financial Sector in Portugal”The AdC has published the final version of the Issues Paper “Technological Innovation and Competition in the Financial Sector in Portugal”, in which warns of the risks in PSD2’s implementation* The AdC has approved the final version of the Issues Paper “Technological Innovation and Competition in (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority clears a merger subject to remedies in the liquefied petroleum gas market (Repsol / Rubis)AdC clears the acquisition of Repsol’s LPG business in Madeira and Azores by Rubis, subject to conditions* The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) has accepted the divesture commitments brought forth by Rubis II Distribuição Portugal, and hence has approved Rubis’ acquisition of the existing (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority sends a statement of objections to five railway maintenance companies and their directors and managers for alleged involvement in a cartel (Construções e Técnicas Ferroviárias / Indústrias Ferroviárias / Engenharia e Construção / Sociedade de Estudos e Construções / Engenharia e Obras Ferroviárias)AdC issues Statement of Objections to 5 companies and 6 directors and managers for cartel in railway maintenance companies* The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência - AdC) issued a Statement of Objections to railway maintenance companies of Mota-Engil, Comsa, Somague, (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority issues statement of objections to a company for abuse of dominance to the detriment of consumers in the electricity market (EDP Produção)The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência – AdC) issued a Statement of Objections against EDP – Gestão da Produção de Energia, S.A. (EDP Produção) for abuse of dominance in the market, a practice that led to price increases in electricity paid by Portuguese consumers. The AdC (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority sends a statement of objections to five insurance companies and their directors and managers for participating in a cartel (Fidelidade / Multicare / Seguros de Saúde / Seguradoras Unidas / Zurich Insurance)AdC issues Statement of Objections to 5 insurance companies and 14 directors and managers for participating in a cartel * The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência - AdC) issued a Statement of Objections to the insurance companies Fidelidade – Companhia de Seguros, (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority sends a statement of objections to an undertaking over possible resale price maintenance of its products in hotels, restaurants and cafés (Super Bock)AdC issues Statement of Objections to Super Bock for fixing minimum resale prices of beverages in hotels, restaurants and cafes* The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência – AdC) issued a Statement of Objections to Super Bock Bebidas S.A. for suspicion of behavior (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Auhtority renders legally binding a set of remedies that expand the scope of postal network access offer of a postal operator to competing operators (CTT)AdC’s intervention expands the scope of CTT postal network access offer to competing operators and broadens consumer choice* The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) adopted a decision which renders legally binding a set of commitments that expand the scope of CTT’s Postal Network Access Offer (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority clears a merger between wind power electricity producers (New Finerge / Empreedimentos Eólicos do Rego / Eolcinf / Parque Eólico do Vale de Abade / Biowatt / Eolflor)On May 4th 2018, the Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) was notified of a merger where New Finerge, S.A. (New Finerge), a company operating in the electricity production market, aimed to acquire exclusive control over five wind farm management companies: Empreedimentos Eólicos do Rego, S.A. (...)
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Gun jumping : La Commission européenne publie la décision sanctionnant un opérateur de télécom pour avoir procédé de façon anticipée à l’acquisition d’une entreprise concurrente (Altice / PT Portugal)Le 25 juillet 2018, la Commission européenne a rendu publique la décision du 24 avril 2018 à la faveur de laquelle elle a infligé une amende de 125 millions d’euros à Altice pour Gun Jumping, c’est-à-dire pour la prise de contrôle de PT Portugal avant d’avoir obtenu l’autorisation de procéder à la (...)
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The EU Commission imposes a fine of €124.5 million for gun jumping to a multinational cable and telecommunications company (Alice / PT Portugal)COMMISSION IMPOSES UPON DUTCH CABLE & TELCO COMPANY ALTICE A RECORD FINE OF €125 MILLION FOR GUN JUMPING UNDER THE EU MERGER REGULATION* On 24th April 2018 the European Commission announced that it had imposed a fine of €124.5 million on Altice, the multinational cable and telecommunications (...)
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Abus de position dominante : La Cour de justice de l’Union dit pour droit que la constatation d’un « désavantage dans la concurrence », à la suite de l’application de prix discriminatoires par une entreprise dominante à ses partenaires commerciaux sur le marché aval, n’implique pas la démonstration d’une détérioration effective et quantifiable de la position concurrentielle d’un partenaire, mais seulement la démonstration, après un examen concret de l’ensemble des circonstances pertinentes, d’une possible affectation de ladite position concurrentielle (MEO)Le 19 avril 2018, la Cour de justice de l’Union a rendu son arrêt dans l’affaire C-525/16 (MEO – Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia SA contre Autoridade da Concorrência), laquelle fait suite à une demande de décision préjudicielle formée par le Tribunal de la concurrence, de la régulation et de la (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority clears a merger between tour operators (Escalatur / Nortravel)On March 23rd 2018, the Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) was notified of a merger where Escalatur – Viagens e Turismo, Unipessoal, Limitada (Escalatur), a company within the Barceló Group, which operates in the tourism sector and is active in various countries, aimed to acquire exclusive (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority identifies barriers to entry of new FinTech firms and recommends measures to promote choice for consumers and companiesThe AdC identifies barriers to entry of new FinTech firms and recommends measures to promote choice for consumers and companies in financial services in Portugal* The Portuguese Competition Authority - Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC), identified barriers to entry of new firms based on (...)
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Contrat commercial : La Cour de Justice de l’Union s’exprime concernant la juridiction devant laquelle un concessionnaire évincé peut porter son action en indemnisation lorsque le réseau de distribution s’étend sur plusieurs États membres (Lusavouga)Devant quelle juridiction, dans le contexte d’une relation de distribution à caractère international, le concessionnaire évincé peut-il porter son action en indemnisation ? Plus précisément, qu’en est-il lorsque le concédant est installé dans un premier État (la Belgique), le concessionnaire dans un (...)
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Research Handbook on State Aid in the Banking Sector, François-Charles LAPRÉVOTE, Joanna GRAY et Francesco de CECCO (dir.)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 (...)
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Différenciation des prix : L’avocat général Nils Wahl estime qu’une pratique de différenciation de prix n’est constitutive d’un abus de position que si elle produit un désavantage concurrentiel et invite la Cour de justice de l’Union à dire pour droit que l’existence d’un désavantage concurrentiel doit être concrètement établie (MEO/Autoridade da Concorrência)Le 20 décembre 2017, l’avocat général Nils Wahl a présenté ses conclusions dans l’affaire C-525/16 (MEO – Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia SA contre Autoridade da Concorrência). La présente affaire fait suite à une demande de décision préjudicielle formée par le Tribunal de la concurrence, de la (...)
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Entente : La Cour de justice de l’Union confirme la qualification de restriction de concurrence par objet de la clause de non-concurrence conclue entre deux acteurs du secteur des télécommunications dans le cadre de l’acquisition d’un opérateur mobile brésilien par l’un d’eux, en ce qu’elle instaure un accord de répartition des marchés (Telefónica)Le 13 décembre 2017, la Cour de justice de l’Union a rendu un arrêt dans l’affaire C-487/16 (Telefónica contre Commission). Elle y confirme pour l’essentiel la qualification de restriction de concurrence par objet de la clause de non-concurrence conclue entre Portugal Telecom et Telefónica dans le (...)
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Buyer Power in EU Competition Law Chapter 8. Exploitative Buyer Power: Unfair Purchasing PracticesI. Herrera Anchustegui — Buyer Power in EU Competition Law 3878 EXPLOITATIVE BUYER POWER: UNFAIR PURCHASING PRACTICES* I. Introduction A powerful buyer, alone o r i n agreement with other buyers, may exploit its buyer power vis-à-vis its supplier(s) by imposing ‘unfair’ trading conditions, (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority fines five paper envelopes manufacturers and distributors for cartel (Copidata)Portuguese Competition Authority dismantles cartel of paper envelopes* The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) dismantled a five-member cartel of paper envelopes producers and distributors, and imposed a fine of €160.000,00 on the company Firmo Papéis e Papelarias, S.A. The investigation (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority sends a statement of objections to a company specialized in standard mail services suspected to abuse of dominance (CTT)The Portuguese Competition Authority sends Statement of Objections to CTT – Correios de Portugal S.A.* The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência – AdC) confirms having sent a Statement of Objections to CTT – Correios de Portugal S.A. (CTT) outlining its preliminary view that (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority renders legally binding the commitments offered by a food retailer (Dia)The PCA adopts a decision which renders legally binding the commitments offered by Dia Portugal related to Minipreço franchise* The Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) adopted a decision which renders legally binding the commitments offered by Dia Portugal Supermercados, Sociedade (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority opens a market inquiry concerning the commitments proposed by a supermarket suspected of resale price maintenance (Dia)DIA Portugal offers commitments to the PCA* On 3 April 2014, the Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) opened proceedings against DIA Portugal Supermercados, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. (DIA Portugal), for alleged infringement of national competition rules in the context of the Franchise (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority renders binding commitments proposed by car manufacturer regarding motor vehicle warranties (Fiat)The PCA adopts a decision which renders legally binding the commitments offered by Fiat regarding motor vehicle warranties* The Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) adopted a decision which renders legally binding the commitments offered by FCA Portugal, S.A., in relation to Fiat brands (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority launches unannounced inspections in the credit sectorThe Portuguese Competition Authority confirms unannounced inspections in the specialised credit sector* The Portuguese Competition Authority (the PCA) confirms that it carried out unannounced inspections on 28 and 29 January 2016, at 13 premises of various specialised credit institutions (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority closes its infringement procedure in the case of motor vehicles warranties (SEAT Portugal)Intervention of the Portuguese Competition Authority led to positive changes in the motor vehicles warranties* The Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) decided to close the infringement procedure against SEAT Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda. (SEAT Portugal) because the company, diligently, (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority fines an association of pharmacists for abuse of dominance on the pharmacies’ commercial data market (ANF)The Portuguese Competition Authority fined ANF Group for abusing its dominant position* The Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) has imposed fines of € 10.340.000 on ANF (Associação Nacional das Farmácias) and three companies of the ANF Group (Farminveste – S.G.P.S., S.A., Farminveste – (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority receives remedies from an automobile constructor regarding motor vehicles warranties (Fiat)Fiat offers commitments regarding motor vehicles warranties* The Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) opened proceedings against Fiat Group Automobiles Portugal, S.A., now FCA Portugal, S.A. (Fiat), in relation to the Fiat brand, for alleged infringements of competition rules. The (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority receives commitments from a car manufacturer ending competition concerns regarding motor vehicles warranties (SIVA)SIVA offers commitments to the Portuguese Competition Authority regarding motor vehicles warranties* The Portuguese Competition Authority has opened proceedings against SIVA – Sociedade de Importação de Veículos Automóveis, S.A., the Portuguese importer of Audi, Volkswagen and Skoda brands, for (...)
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The Portuguese Competition Authority clears a merger on the air transport market (TAP)AdC clears the acquisition of TAP* The Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) adopted a clearance decision on the merger concerning the acquisition of joint control of the air transport undertaking TAP – Transportes Aéreos Portugueses, SGPS, S.A. by HPGB, SGPS, S.A. and DGN Corporation, through (...)
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