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14 Jul 2020 B

The EU Commission invites comments on pharmaceutical company’s proposed commitment to reduce the price by 73% for six off-patent cancer medicines to remove the Commission’s excessive pricing concerns (Aspen)

European Commission • July 2020

Antitrust: Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by Aspen to reduce prices for six off-patent cancer medicines by 73% to address Commission’s concerns over excessive pricing* The European Commission invites comments from all interested parties on commitments offered by Aspen to (...)

8 Jul 2020 R

Reform: The French Senate adopts in first reading the authorization to transpose the ECN+ directive, as well as measures to simplify competition procedures and investigations, but above all an amendment introducing an ex ante merger control mechanism applicable to acquisitions by structuring companies of innovative companies with high value but low turnover and therefore below the notification thresholds (Ddadue)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

After the provisions of the Audiovisual PJL concerning competition procedures were included in the bill containing various provisions adapting to European Union law on economic and financial matters (Ddadue), and during the examination in committee, The senators decided to directly enshrine in (...)

24 Jun 2020 R

Reform: The French Senate directly inscribes in the law the measures of simplification of procedures and competition investigations and grants some assurances to companies on the simplified procedure (Ddadue)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

After the provisions of the Audiovisual PJL concerning competition procedures were included in the bill containing various provisions for adaptation to European Union law on economic and financial matters (Ddadue), committee work began. On 24 June 2020, the Finance Committee, which was seized (...)

16 Jun 2020 R

Reform: The French State Council gives its opinion on the draft law on various provisions for adapting to European Union law on economic and financial matters, concerning the competition provisions (Ddadue)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

It will be recalled that the Government took advantage of the presentation to the Council of Ministers on 5 December 2019 of the draft law on audiovisual communication and cultural sovereignty in the digital age to incorporate into the text two provisions - articles 60 and 61 - concerning the (...)

4 Jun 2020 B

Cooperation between National Competition Authorities: An overview of EU and national case law

Antonio Capobianco, Gabriele Carovano • Cooperation between National Competition Authorities

It is the overriding belief that the EU competition rules should be applied uniformly and the European Competition Network (ECN) was established for attaining such aim. While the ECN has functioned successfully during its initial stages and still represents one of the most developed (...)

9 Apr 2020 B

The EU Commission President forms a team to coordinate the State aid schemes and the EU response to the COVID-19 crisis

Jay Modrall • April 2020

The COVID-19 crisis: EU Competition Policy response In response to the COVID-19 crisis, European Union (EU) President Ursula von der Leyen has formed a team led by eight Commissioners to coordinate the EU response. This team of Commissioners is advised by a new advisory panel of (...)

9 Apr 2020 B

The Bulgarian Competition Authority operates under the state of emergency and follows a new regime during the COVID-19 crisis

Galina Petkova • April 2020

CPC activity during COVID-19 crisis* On 13 March 2020 the government declared a national state of emergency as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The state of emergency is currently in force until 13 May. This article outlines the impact of this declaration on Commission for Protection (...)

3 Apr 2020 R

Relevant market: The European Commission publishes its roadmap for an assessment of its 1997 Notice on the definition of relevant market

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2020

As the first concession granted by Brussels in response to the criticisms that accompanied the rejection of the Siemens/Alstom merger, the European Commission published on 3 April 2020 its roadmap for the future. for an assessment of its 1997 Notice on the definition of the relevant marketwhich (...)

3 Apr 2020 B

The EU Commission issues a first amendment to the Temporary Framework enabling Members States to accelerate research and development testing and the manufacture of COVID-19 relevant products

Paula Riedel, Thomas Wilson, Shane Cranley • April 2020

Update on the EU’s State aid response to COVID-19* Our previous blog post covered the EU Commission’s (“EC”) Temporary Framework of 19 March 2020 (“Temporary Framework”), which aims at enabling national governments to use the full flexibility of State aid rules to support the economy in the context (...)

24 Mar 2020 B

The Luxembourg Competition Authority clarifies implications of the European Competition Network’s joint statement on competition law during the COVID-19 crisis and announces it will prioritize competition cases related to the pandemic

Luxembourg Competition Authority • March 2020

Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the implications for competition law in Luxembourg - joint action of the "European Competition Network (ECN)"* The "European Competition Network (ECN)" issued a joint statement of the European competition authorities for the uniform application of competition law (...)

23 Mar 2020 B

The European Competition Network issues a joint statement on the application of competition law during the COVID-19 crisis, including allowing companies cooperation to meet demand, and reminding that excessive pricing will be sanctioned

European Competition Network Brief • March 2020

Antitrust: Joint statement by the European Competition Network (ECN) on application of competition law during the Corona crisis* The ECN is fully aware of the social and economic consequences triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak in the EU/EEA. The different EU/EEA competition instruments have (...)

23 Mar 2020 R

COVID-19: The European Commission and the ECN reassure companies about the cooperation measures they can take to ensure the production and distribution of essential products (Application of competition law during the Corona crisis)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2020

On 23 March 2020, the European Commission and the European Competition Network (ECN) issued a statement on the application of competition rules during the coronavirus crisis.. In essence, the European competition authorities are seeking to reassure companies of the cooperative measures they can (...)

23 Mar 2020 B

The European Competition Network and individual EU Member State publishes statements in response to antitrust enforcement due to the COVID-19 outbreak

John Ratliff, Anne Vallery, Christian Duvernoy, Frédéric Louis, Cormac O’Daly • March 2020

The European Competition Network of the 27 EU Member State Antitrust Authorities (the ‘ECN’), several individual EU Member State antitrust authorities, the UK’s antitrust authority and Norway’s government have issued statements in response to antitrust enforcement and COVID-19, focusing on three (...)

23 Mar 2020 B

The European Competition Network issues a general joint statement on the application of competition rules during the COVID-19 outbreak

Laurence Bary, Alec J. Burnside, Mélanie Thill-Tayara, Clemens York von Wartenburg • March 2020

Key Takeaways Following several individual initiatives by member state competition authorities to temporarily relax competition rules in specific sectors, the European Competition Network (which includes the European Commission and all member state competition authorities) has issued a more (...)

23 Mar 2020 B

The European Competition Network issues a joint statement announcing that its members will not actively intervene against ’necessary and temporary’ measures to avoid a shortage of supply during the COVID-19 outbreak

Max Küttner, Christian Krohs, Andrea L. Hamilton • March 2020

Amid the economic shocks caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, many industries are facing reduced demand for their products and services. Other industries—notably healthcare and food—are adjusting rapidly to expanding demand requirements and changing consumption patterns due to large-scale (...)

23 Mar 2020 B

The European Competition Network issues a statement on the application of competition law during the COVID-19 crisis

Martin Favart • March 2020

On 23 March 2020, the European Competition Network (ECN), which includes the European Commission and the national competition authorities of the EU (NCAs), issued a statement on the application of competition law during the Corona crisis (the “Statement”). The ECN explains that it “understands (...)

23 Mar 2020 B

The Portuguese Competition Authority follows the European Competition Network and announces a tolerance policy for cooperation between undertakings during the COVID-19 crisis

Nuno Ruiz Lopez, Ricardo Bordalo Junqueiro • March 2020

Coronavirus | Portugal- Impact on the enforcement of competition law* Do national and EU rules on competition law remain in force, during the period of crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak? Competition law rules remain in force, there have been no national or EU legislative measure ordering (...)

23 Mar 2020 B

The European Competition Network assists and advises companies on the application of the competition rules during the COVID-19 crisis

Thomas De Meese, Jeane A. Thomas, Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh • March 2020

European Competition Authorities Provide Guidance on Application of Competition Rules in Times of COVID-19* As the economy in Europe is facing serious challenges due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the European competition authorities are ready to assist and advise companies on the application of (...)

23 Mar 2020 B

The European Competition Network publishes a brief joint statement on the application of competition law during the COVID-19 crisis

Boris Marschall, Marie-Laure Combet • March 2020

In a welcomed attempt to align their approaches, the antitrust enforcers of the European Competition Network (ECN) have published a brief joint statement on the application of competition law during the Covid-19 crisis. If one may regret that its content remains too high-level, it is an (...)

13 Mar 2020 B

The EU Commission issues a communication recalling the various options for Member States that are within the rules and adopts a Temporary Framework for support measures to help with the effects of COVID-19 in order to prevent unfair distortions of competition and trade within the EU’s internal market

Hans-Georg Kamann, Frédéric Louis, Christian Duvernoy, Anne Vallery, John Ratliff • March 2020

The COVID-19 crisis is first and foremost a health issue, as governments around the world seek to limit and treat its effects and save lives. However, it is also an immediate economic and social issue, as companies and individuals strive to deal with its effects on their livelihoods—from (...)

12 Mar 2020 R

Admissibility: The European Commission rejects a complaint already dealt with by a national competition authority (LL-Carpenter)

Karine Biancone • N° 2-2020

Facts. A Czech company acting as an independent intermediary for the purchase abroad of motor vehicles of the Subaru and Daihatsu brands, on behalf of end customers in the Czech Republic, had filed two consecutive complaints against the manufacturer Subaru on the basis of Articles 101 and 102 (...)

9 Mar 2020 B

The US DoJ publishes a statement cautioning that the antitrust laws remain in effect and agreements among competitors that set commercial terms may be illegal

Karen M. Lent, Giorgio Motta, Tara L. Reinhart, Clifford H. Aronson, Steven C. Sunshine, David P. Wales • March 2020

Antitrust-Related Considerations Collaborations With Competitors Companies seeking to collaborate with competitors in response to the COVID-19 crisis must keep in mind, as the Department of Justice has recently cautioned, that the antitrust laws remain in effect, and agreements among (...)

27 Feb 2020 C

The New European Commission and Commissioner Vestager: Competition Policy vs. Industrial Policy

Rainer Wessely, Peter Fatelnig, Martin d’Halluin, Sara Ashall, David A. Higbee

Law & Economics workshop organized by Concurrences in partnership with Shearman & Sterling.

31 Jan 2020 eB

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

Georges Vallindas

257 Amicus Curiae: An Overview of EU and National Case Law g eorges V AllindAs Court of justice of the eU (luxembourg) i. introduction Amicus Curiae, an expression whose first known use is dated in the early 17th century, 1 stands for “friend of the court,” that is to say, in general, someone who (...)

5 Dec 2019 R

Reform: The French Government reviews the system for simplifying competition procedures without making any major substantive change (Draft law on audiovisual communication and cultural sovereignty in the digital age)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2020

The bill relating to audiovisual communication and cultural sovereignty in the digital era was presented to the Council of Ministers on Thursday, December 5, 2019. It is accompanied by its impact study . The Government has initiated the accelerated procedure on this text. on December 5, 2019. (...)

16 Sep 2019 R

Competition policy: The French Competition Authority submits its draft revised Merger Guidelines for a two-month public consultation

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2019

6 years after their last amendments, the Competition Authority launches the final phase of revision of its Merger Guidelines. To this end, it is submitting its draft revised Guidelines for a two-month public consultation until 16 November 2019.. The recast Guidelines aim to (i) endorse the (...)

1 Sep 2019 R

Unfair trading practices in the food supply chain

Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, Ronny Gjendemsjø, Peter Carstensen, Johan Hedelin, Antonio Miño López • N° 3-2019

This On-Topic issue is dedicated to the regulation of unfair trading practices in the food supply chain and brings along selected contributions on different aspects on this highly debated and timely topic. These articles show the complexity in finding a good balance between different policy (...)

1 Sep 2019 R

Conciliation with EU law (The reform of the French Commercial Code’s Title IV Book IV - Nanterre, April 4th, 2019)

Émilie Prouzet, Laurence Idot • N° 3-2019

The Unfair Commercial Practices in the Food Supply Chain Directive Emilie Prouzet European Public Affairs Director, Federation of Commerce and Distribution, Brussels 1. In thirty years, European agriculture has experienced numerous crises, the intensity of which has particularly increased in (...)

1 Sep 2019 R

The obligation for the competition authorities of the EU Member States to apply EU antitrust law and the Facebook decision of the Bundeskartellamt

Wouter Wils • N° 3-2019 • pp. 58-66

Article 3 of Regulation 1/2003 obliges the competition authorities of the EU Member States (national competition authorities or NCAs) to apply Articles 101 and 102 TFEU (EU antitrust law) whenever they apply national competition law to conduct falling within the scope of EU antitrust law. (...)

9 Jul 2019 R

Annual report: The French Competition Authority presents its annual report for 2018 to the press

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2019

On 9 July 2019, President Isabelle de Silva presented the annual activity report of the Competition Authority to the press.This is the tenth since the institution’s creation. 2018 was marked by strong merger control activity with no less than 235 clearance decisions. On the sanctions side, in (...)

4 Jul 2019 B

The French, German and Polish Ministries for Economic Affairs publish joint paper on modernisation of EU competition policy focusing on merger control

Martin Favart • July 2019

In their call for changes to EU merger control and State aid rules, the French and German Ministries for Economic Affairs have been joined by their Polish counterpart. On 4 July 2019, they published a joint paper (available here) containing a number of suggestions for a reform of competition (...)

28 May 2019 R

ECN+: The French Competition Authority launches a thematic study on trade unions and professional bodies

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2019

Following the adoption of the ECN+ Directive, which is still awaiting transposition into French law and which will significantly raise the ceiling on the fine incurred by trade unions and professional bodies engaging in anti-competitive practices to 10% of the sum of the turnover of member (...)

16 May 2019 R

Constitutionality: The French Constitutional Council declares contrary to the Constitution the Article 211 empowering the Government to transpose the ECN+ Directive and to take various measures by ordinance (PACTE draft bill)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2019

The Constitutional Council declares article 211, which empowers the Government to transpose the ECN+ Directive and to take various measures in the field of competition by ordinance, to be contrary to the Constitution on the grounds of legislative cavalierness, but leaves article 212, which (...)

11 Apr 2019 R

ECN+: The French National Assembly definitively adopts the PACTE draft bill after a new reading and the final reading (PACTE draft bill)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2019

Final adoption of the bill after a new reading and final reading by the National Assembly, without amendment with regard to the two provisions of the text directly relevant to competition procedures. After the failure of the Joint Joint Committee on 20 February 2019, convened after a single (...)

4 Feb 2019 R

"Fadets": The Senate reintroduces the amendment allowing the government to transpose the ECN+ Directive and pass an amendment allowing officials of the French Competition Authorities to be provided with the "fadets" (PACTE draft bill)

Christophe Lemaire, Clara Guillaumond • N° 2-2019 • pp. 153-154

Whereas the Senate had deleted the article authorising the government to transpose the ECN+ directive by means of an order, the Senate has just reinstated this amendment and is taking the opportunity to adopt an amendment authorising the agents of the competition authorities to be communicated (...)

1 Feb 2019 R

Legal professional privilege in EU antitrust enforcement: Law, policy & procedure

Wouter Wils • N° 1-2019

This paper discusses the law, policy and procedure of legal professional privilege in EU antitrust enforcement. It focuses primarily on the enforcement of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU by the European Commission, but also touches briefly on the enforcement of EU antitrust law by the competition (...)

1 Feb 2019 B

The Czech Competition Authority launches a public consultation and calls for all interested parties, in particular competitors, lawyers and academics, to provide their views and opinions on the transposition of the ECN+ directive

Vojtech Chloupek • February 2019

At the beginning of this year, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers issued Directive (EU) 2019/1 to "empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market" (the "ECN+ Directive"). The (...)

28 Jan 2019 R

Competition policy: The European Commission finds active competition enforcement contributes to affordable and innovative medicines (Pharmaceutical)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

In a report on the application of competition rules in the pharmaceutical sector, the Commission argues that the application of competition rules in the pharmaceutical sector promotes access to affordable and innovative medicines. On 28 January 2019, the European Commission published a Report (...)

28 Jan 2019 R

Report: The Commission publishes a report on the application of competition law in the pharmaceutical sector and recommends to implement a cooperation between national competition authorities in order to deliver more affordable medicines and promote innovation (Pharmaceutical)

Michel Debroux • N° 2-2019 • p. 72

On 28 January 2019, the European Commission published its report on the application of competition law in the pharmaceutical sector, in which it calls for better collaboration between European competition authorities to promote access to affordable and innovative medicines. As luck would have (...)

24 Jan 2019 R

Draft bill: The French Senate reintroduces article 71 bis enabling the French Government to implement the ENC+ Directive and adopts an amendment to allow agents of competition authorities to communicate fadettes (PACTE draft bill)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

The Senate restores, during the discussion in public session, article 71 bis empowering the Government to transpose the ECN+ directive, which the Special Committee of the same Senate had however just deleted, because of legislative cavalierness... and adopts an amendment of the Government (...)

24 Jan 2019 R

Single European sky: The European Commission adopts two implementing regulation contributing to improving air traffic management (Air transport)

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 2-2019 • p. 180

The European Commission has adopted two implementing regulations which update and complete the legal arsenal that makes up the Single European Sky: on the one hand, Regulation (EU) 2019/123 of 24 January 2019 (which repeals Regulation (EU) No 677/2011) lays down detailed rules for the execution (...)

22 Jan 2019 R

Draft bill: French Senate’s Special Committee abolishes Article 71 bis enabling the Government to implement the ECN+ directive (PACTE draft bill)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

On January 22, 2019, the Senate put online the report n° 254 of Mrs. Élisabeth Lamure and Mr. Michel Canevet and Mr. Jean-François Husson made on behalf of the Special Committee on the bill relating to the growth and transformation of businesses, adopted by the National Assembly at first reading. (...)

14 Jan 2019 R

ECN+: The Official Journal of the European Union publishes the December 11h, 2018, directive (UE Directive 2019/1)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the means of the competition authorities of the Member States to implement the competition rules more effectively and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market was published in OJEU No L 11 (...)

11 Dec 2018 B

The EU Parliament and Council adopt a directive to empower the Member states’ Competition Authorities to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market (ECN +)

Jacques Buhart, Mai Muto, Philip Bentley • December 2018

On 4 December 2018, the Council adopted the Directive 2019/1 to enable Member State competition authorities to be more effective enforcers (ECN+). This adoption followed an agreement reached with the European Parliament at first reading. In March 2017, the EC published a proposal for a new (...)

11 Dec 2018 R

Competition policy: The European Parliament and the Council adopt the ECN+ Directive which reinforces the institutional and procedural convergence within the European Competition Network (Directive 2019/1)

Christophe Lemaire, Alexandre Lacresse, Julie Bousin • N° 2-2019 • pp. 144-148

One recalls that about two years ago, the Commission made public a proposal for a directive aimed at providing NCAs with the means to implement the competition rules more effectively (see Ch. Lemaire, ECN: The European Commission makes public a proposal for a directive aimed at providing NCAs (...)

29 Nov 2018 R

ECN+: The French Parliament discusses the PACTE draft bill and publishes a report on the evaluation of the Macron Law, which provide for measures to empower the French Competition Authority and the Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control to be more effective enforcers (Law n° 2015-990)

Christophe Lemaire, Julie Bousin • N° 1-2019 • pp. 171-174

The period under review saw the presentation before or by Parliament of two initiatives that deserve to be reported here, although their future is uncertain at the moment given the very recent position adopted by the Senate. On the one hand, during the night of 14 to 15 September 2018, the (...)

15 Nov 2018 B

Amicus Curiae: An overview of EU and national case law

Georges Vallindas • Amicus curiae

Amicus Curiae participation in domestic court cases is well developed in Common law countries and especially in U.S. jurisprudence. It is important to note that civil law jurisdictions do not have a tradition in using such an instrument and its introduction is mostly recent. Amicus intervention (...)

7 Nov 2018 R

European competition network: After a political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council, the European Parliament adopts at first reading the amended proposal for an ECN+ directive (Amendements)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2019

On 14 November 2018, the European Parliament, meeting in plenary session, broadly adopted (569 against 70 and 36 abstentions), on the basis of the report by Andreas Schwab, the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council aimed at providing the competition (...)

14 Sep 2018 R

Investigations: The Special Committee of the French National Assembly adopts without discussion the Government’s amendment seeking to reform competition procedures (Bill on the change and transformation of enterprises)

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2018

During the night of 14 to 15 September 2018, the Special Commission to review the Business Growth and Transformation Bill adopted, without any discussion, the following legislationamendment No 2029 presented by the Government aimed at authorizing it to transpose the ECN+ directive by means of (...)

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