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20 Mar 2020

The Canadian Competition Authority is scrutinising competition law compliance and companies taking advantage of consumers by engaging in price fixing and misleading claims about products during the COVID-19 outbreak

W. Michael G. Osborne, Chris Hersh • Preview

The Competition Bureau is watching for evidence of companies taking advantage of consumers by making false or misleading claims about a product’s ability to combat COVID-19 or engaging in price fixing, the Commissioner of Competition warned in a recent statement. The Commissioner added that (...)

19 Mar 2020

The UK Competition Authority welcomes the Government’s relaxation of competition law for supermarkets during the COVID-19 outbreak and promises no enforcement action against businesses engaging in cooperation to supply essential products and services

UK Competition Authority • Preview

COVID-19: CMA approach to essential business cooperation* The CMA is very conscious of concerns that competition law enforcement could impede necessary cooperation between businesses to deal with the current crisis and ensure security of supplies of essential products and services, such as (...)

18 Mar 2020

The UK Government issues guidance on using public procurement policy to respond to the COVID-19 emergency situation

Albert Sánchez Graells • Preview

EXTREME EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT AND COVID-19 — RE TODAY’S UK GUIDANCE* The UK Government has issued guidance on using public procurement to respond to the COVID-19 emergency earlier today (see PPN 1/20). This follows other EU countries’ introduction of emergency legislation and guidance on the same (...)

18 Mar 2020

The UK Government publishes a Procurement Policy Note which sets out guidelines to contracting authorities on responding to the impact of COVID-19 when carrying out regulated procurement activities

Euan Burrows, Steven Vaz • Preview

Introduction In the light of the global outbreak of Covid-19, contracting authorities will need to procure goods, services and works in truly exceptional circumstances and, potentially, their requirements will be extremely urgent. Therefore, contracting authorities may have legitimate reasons (...)

11 Mar 2020

Richard Whish QC (Hon) Liber Amicorum Anchoring Competition Policy: Keep Consumer Welfare and Carry On

Adrian Majumdar

17 Anchoring Competition Policy: Keep Consumer Welfare and Carry On adrian M aju Mdar and iestyn W illia Ms* RBB Economics Abstract The consumer welfare standard plays a notable role guiding decision-making by competition authorities. It prioritises consumer outcomes when one dimension of (...)

9 Mar 2020

The French Competition Authority launches a public consultation to prepare a new opinion on the freedom of establishment of lawyers at the French State Council and the National Supreme Court

French Competition Authority • March 2020

Public consultation - Lawyers at the Conseil d’État (French Administrative Supreme Court) and the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)* The Autorité de la concurrence has launched a public consultation with a view to preparing a new opinion on the freedom of establishment of these (...)

9 Mar 2020

The US DOJ and FTC publish a statement on the violation of antitrust laws in connection with the manufacturing, distribution, or sale of public health products during the COVID-19 situation

Thomas Dillickrath, Nadezhda Nikonova • March 2020

DOJ and FTC To Focus On Antitrust and Consumer Protection Violations Relating to Coronavirus* The rapidly evolving COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation is impacting local and global companies, disrupting supply chains, creating volatility in the stock market, and causing great concern in local (...)

4 Mar 2020

The California, New York and Washington Attorneys General announce their intent to take action against unfair "price gouging" and the US DOJ focuses on public health products during the COVID-19 situation

Brad S. Karp, Andrew C. Finch, Jonathan S. Kanter • Preview

State AGs Respond to COVID-19-Related “Price Gouging” and DOJ Antitrust Enforcement to Focus on Public Health Products* The outbreak and continued spread of a new strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, has led to surging demand for, and in some cases shortages in the supply of, a wide variety of (...)

28 Feb 2020

The EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation into public service delegation contracts for maritime services which potentially constituting State aid in Corsica (Corsica Linea)

European Commission • March 2020

State aid: Commission launches in-depth investigation into public service delegation contracts for maritime services to Corsica* The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation to determine whether the public service delegation contracts for maritime services to Corsica awarded (...)

28 Feb 2020

The EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation into the regulation mechanism for natural gas storage in France

European Commission • March 2020

State aid: the Commission launches an in-depth investigation into the regulation mechanism for natural gas storage in France* The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation in order to determine whether the regulation mechanism for the storage of natural gas implemented by (...)

28 Feb 2020

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

European Commission • March 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 (...)

25 Feb 2020

The Australian Competition Authority announces its compliance and enforcement policy and priorities for 2020

Georgina Foster, Helen Joyce, Lynsey Edgar • March 2020

Beliefs in markets and consumer protection guide the ACCC’s investigations and enforcement actions At an event hosted by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Sydney on Tuesday, Rod Sims, Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), announced the (...)

24 Feb 2020

The EU Commission approves a Romanian rescue aid to state-owned airline company (TAROM)

European Commission • March 2020

State aid: Commission approves around €36 million Romanian rescue aid to state-owned flag carrier TAROM* The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Romania’s plans to grant a temporary loan of approximately €36.7 million (around RON 176 million) to the state-owned flag (...)

24 Feb 2020

The EU Commission approves public funding granted by Romania to an airport as well as the fees payable by all airlines using the airport (Timișoara)

European Commission • March 2020

State Aid: Commission clears public support to Timișoara Airport, airport fees and discounts, as well as individual agreements with Wizz Air* The European Commission has cleared the public funding granted by Romania to Timișoara Airport between 2007 and 2009, as well as the fees payable by all (...)

21 Feb 2020

The EU Commission fines hotel group for including restrictive clauses in its agreements with tour operators (Meliá)

European Commission • March 2020

Antitrust: Commission fines hotel group Meliá €6.7 million for discriminating between customers* The European Commission has fined Spanish hotel group Meliá €6 678 000 for including restrictive clauses in its agreements with tour operators. These clauses discriminate consumers within the European (...)

21 Feb 2020

The EU imposes a €6.7 million fine on a Spanish hotel group for restrictions on cross-border sales of hotel accommodations by including discriminatory clauses in its agreements with tour operators (Meliá)

Andrzej Kmiecik • March 2020

On 21 February 2020, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced its decision to fine Spanish hotel group Meliá € 6,678,000 for including clauses in its agreements with tour operators that discriminated between consumers based on their country of residence. According to the Commission’s (...)

18 Feb 2020

The Mexican Competition Authority fines polyethylene gloves providers for price coordination and bid-rigging in the health sector (Galeno / Holiday)

Mexican Competition Authority • March 2020

COFECE sanctions polyethylene gloves providers for coordinating their prices and discounts bids in public procurement in the health sector*  The Commission proved the responsibility of Galeno and Holiday in the execution of absolute monopolistic practices, also known as collusive agreements or (...)

13 Feb 2020

The Canadian Competition Authority fines $1.3 million for allegedly failing to adequately disclose the full price of tickets in the online ticket seller market (StubHub)

Steve Szentesi • March 2020

The Price, the Whole Price and Nothing But the Price: StubHub Pays $1.3 Million Penalty Following Bureau Drip Pricing Probe* The Competition Bureau’s (Bureau) top priority for enforcement and advocacy is currently the digital economy (see, for example, here, here, here, here and here). And for (...)

11 Feb 2020

The Peruvian Competition Authority initiates a proceeding against construction companies and their executives for bid-rigging in the construction sector (Altesa Contratistas Generales)

Peruvian Competition Authority • March 2020

Indecopi has initiated an administrative sanctioning proceeding against 35 construction companies and 28 of their executives for an alleged liability of participating in bid rigging in 112 public tenders nationwide in the construction sector* The 112 tenders were convened by the Ministry of (...)

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 • March 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 (...)

5 Feb 2020

The Russian Competition Authority analyses the state of competition in the market for seeding soybeans

Russian Competition Authority • March 2020

FAS ANALYSED THE STATE OF COMPETITION ON THE MARKET OF SEEDING SOYBEANS* The results show significant dependence of the Russian market on import of the agricultural crop The goal of the survey1 is to analyze dependence of the domestic market on supplies of foreign-developed seed material to (...)

1 Feb 2020

Digital & competition

Paul Belleflamme, Francisco Costa Cabral, Tim Cowen, Daniel Fasquelle, Paula Forteza, Inge Graef, Max Huffman, Frédéric Marty, Jacques Moscianese, Gabriella Muscolo, Martin Peitz, Sebastien Soriano, Thierry Warin, Ramsi Woodcock • N° 1-2020

This series of articles highlights the existing debate about the role of competition policy in the digital economy. Each contribution addresses the subject from a different perspective. The first two discuss non-price strategies practiced by monopoly digital platforms and remedies that can be (...)

31 Jan 2020

2020 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU, US and National Leading Cases Privacy and Antitrust

Giuseppe Colangelo

345 Privacy and Antitrust: An Overview of EU and National Case Law g iUsePPe C olAngelo University of Basilicata (Potenza) giuseppe.colangelo@unibas.it i. introduction * the emergence of multi-sided media platforms occurred in parallel with the success of business models that revolve around the (...)

31 Jan 2020

2020 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU, US and National Leading Cases Environment & Energy
Environment and Competition Policy

Annalies Outhuijse

Environment & Energy 373 Environment and Competition Policy: Trends in European and National Cases A nnAlies o UthUijse stibbe (Copenhagen) annalies.outhuijse@stibbe.com i. introduction this special issue contains discussions of cases in european and national practice concerning the interface (...)

30 Jan 2020

The EU Commission fines several companies for restricting sales of film merchandise products (NBCUniversal)

European Commission • January 2020

Antitrust: Commission fines NBCUniversal €14.3 million for restricting sales of film merchandise products* The European Commission has fined several companies belonging to Comcast Corporation, including NBCUniversal LLC, (“NBCUniversal”) €14 327 000 for restricting traders from selling licensed (...)

30 Jan 2020

The EU Commission reiterates its position that if a business allows for the non-exclusive licensing of its products in the EEA, the licensor can no longer control the sale of the product (NBCUniversal Media / Comcast)

Wilko Van Weert, Mai Muto • March 2020

The European Commission has reiterated its position that if a business allows for the non-exclusive licensing of its products in the EEA, such licensor can no longer control where, to whom, and in what manner (online/off-line) the products can be sold within the EEA. On 30 January 2020, the (...)

28 Jan 2020

The French Competition Authority creates a guide for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

French Competition Authority • January 2020

The Autorité de la concurrence creates a guide for SMEs* The Autorité wishes to develop, as part of a preventive approach, the knowledge of competition law held by all companies, in order for them to avoid breaching the law and for them to be able to use the tools of competition law to fight (...)

27 Jan 2020

The US FTC files a complaint against an undertaking seeking permanent injunctive relief and equitable relief, including monetary relief, for an anticompetitive scheme to preserve a monopoly for a drug (Vyera Pharmaceuticals / Pharma Bro)

Jeffrey May • January 2020

WILL THE SUPREME COURT LIMIT THE FTC’S USE OF SECTION 13(B) COURT ACTIONS?* The FTC’s authority to seek permanent injunctive relief and monetary relief under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act is being called into question. While more commonly used in consumer protection cases, Section 13(b) has been (...)

22 Jan 2020

The German Competition Authority discontinues the proceedings against the "alliance of publishing houses" in the press wholesale sector as they end minimum sales requirement (Verlagsallianz / BPVG)

German Competition Authority • January 2020

Bundeskartellamt brings an end to minimum sales requirement in the press wholesale sector* The “alliance of publishing houses” (Verlagsallianz) consisting of seven major German publishing houses and the Association of German Book, Newspaper and Magazine Wholesalers (BPVG) have refrained from (...)

16 Jan 2020

The German Competition Authority issues a study on algorithms and competition

German Competition Authority • January 2020

Bundeskartellamt publication on “Algorithms and Competition“* Bonn, 16 January 2020: As a follow up to its joint study with the French Autorité de la concurrence on Algorithms and Competition the Bundeskartellamt has published a new paper on this theme. The paper appears in the Bundeskartellamt’s (...)

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 & (...)

13 Jan 2020

The German Competition Authority fines seven wholesalers of plant protection products and their responsible employees for agreeing on price lists, discounts and some individual sales prices (AGRAVIS Raiffeisen / AGRO Agrargroßhandel / BayWa / Betriebsmittel Service Logistik / Getreide / Raiffeisen Waren / Kassel / ZG Raiffeisen)

German Competition Authority • January 2020

Wholesalers of plant protection products fined for anti-competitive agreements on price lists, discounts and individual prices* Bonn, 13 January 2020: The Bundeskartellamt has imposed fines totalling 154.6 million euros on seven wholesalers of plant protection products and their responsible (...)

8 Jan 2020

The Belgian Competition Authority imposes interim measure suspending the implementation of the shareholders agreement and the radio access network sharing agreement in the telecommunications market (Telenet / Orange Belgium / Proximus)

Belgian Competition Authority • January 2020

Interim measure imposed on Orange and Proximus in respect of the joint venture for the sharing of the mobile radio access networks* The Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has at the request of Telenet Group NV and Telenet BVBA (Telenet) imposed on 8 January 2020 an (...)

20 Dec 2019

The French Competition Authority fines a research engine company for abuse of dominance in the search advertising market (Google)

French Competition Authority • December 2019

The Autorité de la concurrence hands down a €150M fine for abuse of a dominant position* Google has abused its dominant position in the search advertising market by adopting operating rules of its Google Ads advertising platform which are opaque and difficult to understand and by applying them (...)

20 Dec 2019

The French Competition Authority fines a company for abusing its dominant position in the online search advertising market (Google)

Tim Kasten • December 2019

On 20 December 2019, the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) announced that it had imposed a € 150 million fine on Google for abusing its dominant position in the market for search advertising. This is the fourth antitrust fine imposed on Google by a competition authority of the EU in less than (...)

19 Dec 2019

The Canadian Competition Bureau announces that agencies and brands involved in influencer marketing have to comply with the Competition Act

Steve Szentesi • December 2019

INFLUENCER ADVERTISING: COMPETITION BUREAU INCREASES PRESSURE ON BRANDS AND AGENCIES TO COMPLY WITH THE COMPETITION ACT* Practical Law Canada has published a New Legal Update, which discusses the Competition Bureau’s new guidelines for influencer advertising. While the Bureau’s new guidelines (...)

18 Dec 2019

The Dutch Competition Authority assists the French Competition Authority in the dawn raids of a Dutch company in order to dismantle a cartel in the selling of apple sauce (Coroos)

Dutch Competition Authority • December 2019

ACM AND THE FRENCH COMPETITION AUTHORITY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER IN FINING A FRENCH CARTEL* The French competition authority today imposed fines, totalling 58.3 million euros, on seven food companies for concluding anticompetitive arrangements regarding the selling of apple sauce. These companies (...)

16 Dec 2019

The Spanish Competition Authority launches an inquiry in the inter-city bus transport sector in Spain

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

The CNMC has announced the launch of an inquiry on the competition conditions in the inter-city bus sector in Spain. The first phase of the inquiry includes a public consultation, which aims at obtaining input from operators, regulators, consumers and sector experts. This consultation is (...)

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, (...)

6 Dec 2019

The French Competition Authority clears two separate mergers of companies in the same group in the transport sector (Capelle / AltéAd Marchal Levage and Mediaco-Capelle / AltéAd)

French Competition Authority • December 2019

The Autorité de la concurrence clears two separate acquisitions but concerning companies belonging to the same group, AltéAd* These decisions are made following the opening of judicial reorganisation proceedings regarding AltéAd. On 25 June 2019, Mediaco Levage and Capelle Investissements (...)

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., (...)

2 Dec 2019

The French Competition Authority issues two maps regarding the establishment of court bailiffs and judicial auctioneers

French Competition Authority • December 2019

Freedom of establishment for court bailiffs and judicial auctioneers* The process of progressively opening up the two professions, which are scheduled to merge into the new profession of commissioner of justice in 2022, is producing encouraging results and should continue. Pursuant to the (...)

2 Dec 2019

The Australian Competition Authority releases its final report on customer loyalty schemes with implications for all businesses that collect and use personal information

Kaman Tsoi, Kate French, Sarah Benbow • March 2020

The recommendations in the ACCC’s final report on loyalty schemes have implications for all businesses that collect and use personal information The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released the final report and recommendations coming out of its market study into (...)

27 Nov 2019

The German Competition Authority and the Federal Network Agency publish their joint annual monitoring report on developments in the German electricity and gas markets

German Competition Authority • November 2019

ENERGY MONITORING REPORT 2019 PUBLISHED BY THE BUNDESNETZAGENTUR AND THE BUNDESKARTELLAMT* The Bundesnetzagentur and the Bundeskartellamt have today published their joint annual monitoring report on developments in the German electricity and gas markets. At present no market dominance in (...)

27 nov. 2019

Audiovisuel : L’Assemblée plénière du Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel prononce une nouvelle mise en demeure contre une chaîne de télévision pour la tenue de propos diffamatoires de la part d’un polémiste et en raison de l’absence de maîtrise de l’antenne (Société d’exploitation d’un service d’information)

Sebastien Martin • N° 1-2020 • pp. 172-173

Suite à près de 4 300 signalements, le Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel s’est, de nouveau, intéressés à des propos tenus par M. Eric Zemmour dans l’émission Face à l’info des 15, 21 et 23 octobre 2019. Dans une décision de l’Assemblée plénière du 27 novembre 2019, le régulateur a mis en demeure l’éditeur (...)

21 Nov 2019

The German Competition Authority fines car manufacturers for anticompetitive practices in the purchase of steel (BMW / Daimler / Volkswagen)

German Competition Authority • November 2019

German car manufacturers fined for anticompetitive practices in the purchase of steel* The Bundeskartellamt has imposed fines totalling around 100 million euros on Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Daimler AG and Volkswagen AG for anticompetitive practices in the purchase of long steel products. (...)

7 Nov 2019

The Swedish Competition Authority initiates a market study on competition law in the Swedish markets for digital platforms

Swedish Competition Authority • November 2019

MARKET STUDY OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS* The Swedish Competition Authority is initiating a market study into competition on the markets for digital platforms in Sweden. This includes, for example, digital advertising, food delivery, audiobooks, and digital payment services. The study will illuminate (...)

6 Nov 2019

The French Competition Authority publishes alongside the German Competition Authority a report on algorithms and competition

Alessandro Massolo • March 2020

THE AUTORITÉ DE LA CONCURRENCE AND BUNDESKARTELLAMT REPORT ON “ALGORITHMS AND COMPETITION”* I. Introduction Algorithms may raise competition concerns especially when assessing collusive practices. Very often, the term “algorithm” is used improperly. When we imagine the cartels of the future, we (...)

1 Nov 2019

Marina TAVASSI (Milan Court of Appeal): The development of private enforcement in Italy – the experience of a specialised judge

Marina Tavassi, Ginevra Bruzzone, Enrico Adriano Raffaelli • N° 4-2019

In this interview, President Marina Tavassi tackles several issues in the field of private antitrust enforcement, drawing on the remarkable experience she has gained as a specialised judge in different Italian Courts. Interview conducted by Ginevra Bruzzone, economist, School of European (...)

1 Nov 2019

Banking and big data

Fabio Falconi, Caroline Janssens, Adam Land, Stuart D. Levi, Sheldon Mills, Jorge Padilla, Bill Roberts, Stefano Trento, Ingrid Vandenborre, Marianne Verdier • N° 4-2019 • pp. 22-47

Big data is changing the competitive landscape of the banking industry. Banks are using new technologies (blockchain, artificial intelligence) and exploit large databases to offer new services to their clients. New players (FinTechs, Big Techs) are also able to offer banking services online (...)

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