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7 Mar 2019

The EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation concerning a merger in retail markets for electricity and gas (E.ON / Innogy)

European Commission • March 2019 - II

Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into E.ON’s proposed acquisition of Innogy* The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Innogy by E.ON under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission has concerns that the proposed (...)

28 Feb 2019

Mergers and Acquisitions in online platforms: An overview of EU and national case law

Ioannis Kokkoris, Lydia Gavriilidou • Mergers and Acquisitions in online platforms

The European Commission has dealt with various concentrations in the field of online platforms in recent years and has thus developed a policy, which is reflected in its decisions as this article will show. One of the main issues in concentrations in online platforms remains unsolved; it is (...)

28 Feb 2019

The EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation to assess whether Danish and Swedish public support for a fixed rail-road link is in line with EU State aid rules (Øresund)

European Commission • March 2019 - II

State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into public financing of Øresund fixed rail-road link* The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether Danish and Swedish public support for the Øresund fixed rail-road link is in line with EU State aid rules. This (...)

27 févr. 2019

L’innovation prédatrice en droit de la concurrence. Analyses croisées en droit européen et nord-américain de la concurrence, Thibault SCHREPEL

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 1-2019 • p. 246

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 (...)

27 févr. 2019

Petit manuel irrévérencieux d’économie, Emmanuel COMBE

Xavier Niel • N° 1-2019 • pp. 245

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 (...)

26 Feb 2019

The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholds a district Court decision finding a merger in the video distribution sector unlikely to harm competition (AT&T / Time Warner)

Matt Evola, Joel R. Grosberg • February 2019

“[T]here is no need to opine on the proper legal standards for evaluating vertical mergers because, on appeal, neither party challenges the legal standards the district court applied.” —U.S. Circuit Judge Judith W. Rogers, United States v. AT&T Inc. Antitrust practitioners and business (...)

26 Feb 2019

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. finds that the government has not proved that a merger between video distribution companies would substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly (AT&T / Time Warner)

Jeffrey May • March 2019 - II

Justice Department Unable to Overturn Decision Allowing AT&T Merger with Time Warner* The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. last week concluded that the government failed to prove that the combination of AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. would violate Sec. 7 of the Clayton Act. A (...)

25 Feb 2019

The EU Commission approves under EU State aid rules support for four floating demonstration offshore wind farms in France

European Commission • March 2019 - II

State aid: Commission approves support for four floating demonstration offshore wind farms in France* The European Commission has found four French projects promoting electricity generation from renewable wind energy sources to be in line with EU State aid rules. The measures will further (...)

22 Feb 2019

The French Competition Authority closes the case opened at its own initiative regarding practices implemented in the temporary work sector

French Competition Authority • March 2019 - II

Temporary work sector*The Autorité closes the case opened at its own initiative regarding practices implemented in the temporary work sector Following dawn raids, the Autorité de la concurrence started proceedings ex officio in May 2015 relating to a possible set of practices that was alleged (...)

21 Feb 2019

The French Competition Authority issues its opinion on audiovisual sector in which it takes into account the emergence of online video platforms

French Competition Authority • February 2019

Audiovisual sector* In the context of the reform of the audiovisual sector, the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education of the French National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) referred this matter to the Autorité de la concurrence, which today delivers its opinion. In the face of the digital (...)

19 Feb 2019

The EU Commission carries out unannounced inspections in the farmed Atlantic salmon sector

European Commission • February 2019

Antitrust: Commission confirms unannounced inspections in the farmed Atlantic salmon sector* The European Commission can confirm that on 19 February 2019 its officials carried out unannounced inspections in several Member States at the premises of several companies in the sector of farmed (...)

13 Feb 2019

The French Competition Authority carries out unannounced inspections in the sector of engineering, maintenance, decommissioning and waste treatment services for nuclear installations

French Competition Authority • February 2019

Dawn raids* The General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence indicates that unannounced inspections have been carried out in the sector of engineering, maintenance, decommissioning and waste treatment services for nuclear installations Following authorisation from the liberty and (...)

6 Feb 2019

The EU Commission prohibits a merger in the market for railway signalling and very high-speed trains (Siemens / Alstom)

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • March 2019 - II

On 6 February 2019, the Commission adopted a prohibition decision against Siemens’ proposed acquisition of Alstom, which aimed at combining the parties transport equipment and service activities. This decision was based on the Commission’s finding that the transaction at issue would (...)

1 Feb 2019

India: Remedies in merger cases

John Handoll • N° 1-2019

No notified combination has to date been prohibited by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). However, the clearance of some 30 combinations has been subject to the parties implementing structural or non-structural (behavioural) remedies. This article outlines the sometimes innovative (...)

1 Feb 2019

Turkey: Innovation-based analysis of mergers

Gönenç Gürkaynak, Naz Topaloglu • N° 1-2019

Innovation can either be viewed by the competition authorities as a parameter that should be protected from the potential negative effects of a transaction, or it can be utilized by the merging parties as part of a defense argument to set off against or abate the anti-competitive concerns (...)

1^er févr. 2019

Le régime juridique des pratiques restrictives de concurrence en question

Frédéric Jenny • N° 1-2019

La prohibition des pratiques restrictives de concurrence est une des particularités du droit français de la concurrence. Pour une large part, elle vise à restreindre la liberté de négociation entre fournisseurs et distributeurs ou à contraindre le résultat de cette négociation. L’objet de la (...)

1^er févr. 2019

Le droit des concentrations économiques, Mathieu LE COQ

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 1-2019 • p. 246

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 (...)

1 Feb 2019

The Antitrust Revolution. Economics, Competition, and Policy, John E. Jr KWOKA et Lawrence J. WHITE (dir.)

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 1-2019 • p. 246

This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)

28 Jan 2019

The EU Commission approves a Polish investment aid to an electric vehicles batteries plant (LG Chem)

European Commission • January 2019

State aid: Commission approves €36 million Polish investment aid to LG Chem’s electric vehicles batteries plant* The European Commission has found Poland’s €36 million investment aid to chemical company LG Chem for a new electric vehicle batteries plant in the Dolnoślaskie region to be in line with (...)

24 Jan 2019

The French Competition Authority issues an opinion in favour of extending ex-ante regulation of the upstream wholesale digital terrestrial television broadcasting services market by three years

French Competition Authority • January 2019

DTT Broadcasting* The Autorité de la concurrence is in favour of extending ex-ante regulation of the upstream wholesale DTT broadcasting services market by three years. Background Following a referral by the French Telecommunications Regulator (ARCEP), the Autorité de la concurrence today (...)

22 Jan 2019

The Romanian Competition Authority fines three companies on the wood market for bid-rigging (Forestar / Nico Paul / Saniral)

Romanian Competition Authority • January 2019

The Competition Council sanctioned three companies on wood market for rigging the bid* The Competition Council sanctioned three companies with fines totalling lei 2,315,077 (about 497,866 Euro) for rigging the bid conducted by Romsilva through the Neamt Forestry Department for the exploitation (...)

16 Jan 2019

The EU Court of Justice upholds the General Court’s ruling that annulled the Commission’s decision prohibiting a merger in the parcel delivery market (UPS / TNT)

Porter Elliott • January 2019

On 19 January 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) upheld on due process grounds the 2017 judgment of the General Court (“GC”) annulling the decision of the European Commission (“Commission”) in the UPS/TNT Express merger (Case C-265/17P, Commission v. United Parcel Service). The (...)

10 Jan 2019

The EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation into tax treatment of an American multinational company in the Netherlands (Nike)

European Commission • January 2019

State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into tax treatment of Nike in the Netherlands* The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether tax rulings granted by the Netherlands to Nike may have given the company an unfair advantage over its competitors, (...)

9 janv. 2019

Les accords de report d’entrée Partie I. L’émergence des accords de report d’entrée
Titre I. La genèse des accords de report d’entrée
Chapitre 1. L’apparition des accords de report d’entrée par l’instrumentalisation de la loi Hatch-Waxman aux États-Unis

Walid Chaiehloudj

W. Chaiehloudj – Les accords de report d’entrée 19 PARTIE I L’ÉMERGENCE DES ACCORDS DE REPORT D’ENTRÉE TITRE PREMIER. La genèse des accords de report d’entrée.............................................. p. 23 TITRE SECOND. La diversité des accords de report (...)

9 janv. 2019

Les accords de report d’entrée Chapitre 2. La prolifération des accords de report d’entrée par l’instrumentalisation du système des brevets en Europe

Walid Chaiehloudj

W. Chaiehloudj – Les accords de report d’entrée 77 Chapitre 2 La prolifération des accords de report d’entrée par l’instrumentalisation du système des brevets en Europe Imperfection du système des brevets et abus des entreprises détentrices de brevets. Jusqu’à présent, les accords de report d’entrée ont (...)

9 janv. 2019

Les accords de report d’entrée Chapitre 3. Les accords de préentrée, l’instrument original du report de l’entrée

Walid Chaiehloudj

W. Chaiehloudj – Les accords de report d’entrée 241 Chapitre 3 Les accords de préentrée, l’instrument original du report de l’entrée L’assimilation potentielle des accords de préentrée aux accords de report d’entrée. Intégrer les accords de préentrée 1057 (« early entry agreements ») dans une recherche (...)

9 janv. 2019

Les accords de report d’entrée Partie II. Le contrôle des accords de report d’entrée
Titre I. Le rejet partiel des accords de report d’entrée, de lege lata
Chapitre 1. Le contrôle des accords de report d’entrée au moyen du droit des ententes

Walid Chaiehloudj

W. Chaiehloudj – Les accords de report d’entrée 269 PARTIE II LE CONTRÔLE DES ACCORDS DE REPORT D’ENTRÉE TITRE PREMIER. Le rejet partiel des accords de report d’entrée, de lege lata................................ p. 273 TITRE SECOND. L’admission souhaitable des accords de report d’entrée, de lege (...)

9 janv. 2019

Les accords de report d’entrée Titre II. L’admission souhaitable des accords de report d’entrée, de lege ferenda
Chapitre 1. La justification de l’admission

Walid Chaiehloudj

W. Chaiehloudj – Les accords de report d’entrée 381 TITRE II L’ADMISSION SOUHAITABLE DES ACCORDS DE REPORT D’ENTRÉE, DE LEGE FERENDA La justification de l’admission des accords de report d’entrée conduit à proposer l’adoption de nouveaux instruments pour mieux les contrôler. Le précédent titre avait pour (...)

9 janv. 2019

Les accords de report d’entrée Chapitre 2. Les moyens techniques de l’admission

Walid Chaiehloudj

W. Chaiehloudj – Les accords de report d’entrée 407 Chapitre 2 Les moyens techniques de l’admission Les propositions envisagées pour résoudre le problème des pay-for-delay. À ce jour, le débat autour des accords pay-for-delay dans l’Union européenne porte systématiquement sur les principes du droit de la (...)

27 Dec 2018

The Portuguese Competition Authority presents three recommendations to the Government and administrations to improve competition in the maritime ports sector

Portuguese Competition Authority • December 2018

Ports: 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 (...)

21 Dec 2018

The Portuguese Competition Authority confirms unannounced inspections in five locations of four telecommunications operators

Portuguese Competition Authority • December 2018

AdC 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 (...)

20 Dec 2018

The French Competition Authority fines several producers and wholesale distributors of liquid fertilizers for resale price maintenance (Canna France / GHE / Bertels / Biobizz / Hydro Factory / Hydro Logistique and CIS)

French Competition Authority • December 2018

The Autorité hands down fines for anticompetitive practices to several producers and wholesale distributors of liquid fertilisers.* Why are vertical pricing agreements forbidden in competition law? Competition law generally forbids horizontal (between competitors) and vertical agreements (...)

20 Dec 2018

The Danish Competition Authority finds two competing media owners have fixing prices in breach of Danish Competition Law (Clear Channel Danmark and AFA JCDecaux)

Danish Competition Authority • December 2018

Outdoor media owners illegally agreed to fix discounts for several years* The two competing media owners Clear Channel Danmark A/S and AFA JCDecaux A/S, who both sell advertising space in outdoor-media, agreed to common discounts in violation of the Danish Competition Act. Chairman of the (...)

18 Dec 2018

The EU Commission approves plan by France, Germany, Italy and the UK to give public support to joint research and innovation project in microelectronics

European Commission • December 2018

State aid: Commission approves plan by France, Germany, Italy and the UK to give €1.75 billion public support to joint research and innovation project in microelectronics* The European Commission has found that an integrated project jointly notified by France, Germany, Italy and the UK for (...)

18 Dec 2018

The EU Commission approves under EU State aid rules reductions in renewable electricity and cogeneration surcharges for energy-intensive companies in Greece

European Commission • December 2018

State aid: Commission approves reductions in renewable electricity and cogeneration surcharges for energy-intensive companies in Greece* The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, reductions granted to energy-intensive companies on a surcharge to finance support for (...)

18 Dec 2018

The EU Commission approves under EU State aid rules a Bavarian project to deploy very high capacity networks in six municipalities

European Commission • December 2018

State aid: Commission approves Bavarian project for Gigabit broadband networks* The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules a Bavarian project to deploy very high capacity networks in six municipalities. The aid will bring very fast broadband to customers in areas where the (...)

18 Dec 2018

The UK Competition Authority issues a market study in which it proposes reforms to improve competition in the audit sector

UK Competition Authority • December 2018

CMA proposes reforms to improve competition in audit sector* Improvements to the independence and the quality of audits are the focus of the CMA’s market study update. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an update paper outlining serious competition concerns and proposing (...)

17 Dec 2018

The EU Commission fines a clothing brand and retailer for anticompetitive agreements to block cross-border sales (Guess)

European Commission • December 2018

Antitrust: Commission fines Guess €40 million for anticompetitive agreements to block cross-border sales* The European Commission today fined the clothing company Guess €39 821 000 for restricting retailers from online advertising and selling cross-border to consumers in other Member States (...)

17 Dec 2018

The EU Commission finds that a Romanian petrochemical company received around €335 million of incompatible aid (Oltchim)

European Commission • December 2018

State aid: Romania needs to recover incompatible aid from petrochemical company Oltchim* The European Commission has found that Romanian petrochemical company Oltchim received around €335 million of incompatible aid from Romania, since the company’s failed privatisation in September 2012. (...)

17 Dec 2018

The EU Commission fines a clothing company for restricting retailers from online advertising and selling cross-border to consumers in other Member States (Guess)

Jacques Buhart, Mai Muto, Philip Bentley • December 2018

On 17 December 2018, the EC announced its decision to fine the clothing and accessories company Guess EUR 39.821 million for restricting retailers from online advertising and selling cross-border to consumers in other Member States. By doing so the company was able to maintain artificially high (...)

12 Dec 2018

The EU Commission authorizes Greece under EU State aid rules to extend by 20 years the concession for the operation of the Athens International Airport

European Commission • December 2018

State aid: Commission finds no aid in €1.1 billion extension of Athens International Airport concession* The European Commission has authorised Greece, under EU State aid rules, to extend by 20 years the concession granted to AIA to operate Athens International Airport. The fee AIA will pay for (...)

12 Dec 2018

The EU General Court rules that territorial exclusivity clauses in copyright licensing agreements raise competition concerns (Canal +)

Peter L’Ecluse • December 2018

On 12 December 2018, the EU General Court (“GC” or “Court”) dismissed the application for annulment which Canal + SA (“Canal +”) had brought against a European Commission (“Commission”) decision that had made commitments offered by Paramount Pictures Ltd (“Paramount”) in the context of copyright (...)

12 Dec 2018

The Paris Court of appeal specifies a manufacturer’s right to deny access to its selective distribution network to an applicant distributor in the electronic product market in compliance with competition law and civil law (Sony Europe / Concurrence)

Alexandre Glatz, Charles Meteaut • December 2018

This case concerned a consumer electronics manufacturer and a distributor between whom the relationship was particularly conflicting. A large number of commercial disputes were brought before the courts by the distributor to obtain the right to distribute the manufacturer’s products. Even though (...)

10 Dec 2018

The EU Commission approves under EU State aid rules a measure to promote shift of freight transport from road to rail in Germany

European Commission • December 2018

State aid: Commission approves €350 million per year in public funding to promote shift of freight transport from road to rail in Germany* The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules a German aid scheme to promote the shift of freight traffic from road to rail. The scheme will (...)

7 Dec 2018

The EU Commission decides to refer Romania to the EU Court of Justice for failing to fully recover illegal State aid (Viorel / Ioan Micula)

European Commission • December 2018

State aid: Commission refers Romania to Court for failure to recover illegal aid worth up to €92 million* The European Commission has decided to refer Romania to the European Court of Justice for failing to fully recover illegal State aid worth up to €92 million from Viorel and Ioan Micula and (...)

7 Dec 2018

The Latvian Competition Authority detects illegal coordination between providers of office equipment maintenance and delivery services (TOMEGA / BTK.LV)

Latvian Competition Council • December 2018

The CC detects forbidden coordination of activities by providers of office equipment maintenance and delivery services* On 7 December, the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC) adopted a decision, according to which it detected unlawful and repeated coordination of activities between (...)

27 Nov 2018

The EU Commission unconditionally clears a merger in the Netherlands (T-Mobile / Tele2)

Porter Elliott • November 2018

On 27 November 2018, the European Commission (“Commission”) unconditionally approved the proposed acquisition by T-Mobile of Tele2 under the EU Merger Regulation. The transaction combines the third largest (T-Mobile) and fourth largest (Tele2) operators in the Dutch retail mobile (...)

26 Nov 2018

The EU Commission approves aid-free privatisation of a German bank (HSH Nordbank)

European Commission • November 2018

State aid: Commission approves aid-free privatisation of German HSH Nordbank* The European Commission has approved the sale of HSH Nordbank by the German Länder of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein to private investors, after finding the sale was carried out through an open, competitive and (...)

23 Nov 2018

The EU Commission opens a formal investigation to assess whether agreements between booking system providers and airlines and travel agents restrict competition (Amadeus / Sabre)

European Commission • November 2018

Antitrust: Commission opens investigation into airline ticket distribution services* The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether agreements between booking system providers Amadeus and Sabre on the one hand, and airlines and travel agents on the other, may (...)

23 Nov 2018

The EU Commission finds no aid given to container terminal operators in Belgium’s Port of Antwerp (PSA Antwerp / Antwerp Gateway)

European Commission • November 2018

State aid: Commission finds no aid given to container terminal operators in Belgium’s Port of Antwerp* The European Commission has concluded that reductions in compensation payments granted by the state-owned Port of Antwerp to two container terminal operators were granted on market terms and (...)

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