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20 Mar 2019

The EU Commission imposes a fine of 1.49 Billions euros on a search engine company for abusing its dominant position by imposing restrictive clauses in contracts with third-party websites (Google Adsens)

European Commission • March 2019 - II

Antitrust: Commission fines Google €1.49 billion for abusive practices in online advertising* The European Commission has fined Google €1.49 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance by imposing a number of restrictive clauses in contracts with third-party (...)

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 (...)

26 Feb 2019

The US FTC announces the launch of a new Technology Task Force to investigate anticompetitive conduct, review past transactions and contribute to pending merger reviews

Noah Feldman Greene, Gregory E. Heltzer • March 2019 - II

THE LATEST: FTC’s New “Technology Task Force” Has Broad Mandate Including Review of Consummated Transactions* The US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition announced the launch of a new Technology Task Force that will investigate anticompetitive conduct, review past transactions, (...)

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 (...)

14 Feb 2019

Dinner in honor of Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt

Andreas Mundt, Thilo Klein, Tilman Kuhn

Dinner organised by Concurrences Review with keynote speaker Andreas Mundt (President, Bundeskartellamt) in partnership with White & Case and Compass Lexecon.

6 Feb 2019

The Mexican Competition Authority clears a merger in the entertainment industry subject to structural remedies (Disney / Fox)

Mexican Competition Authority • February 2019

Clarification on Disney/Fox transaction* Mexico City, February 6, 2019.- In August 2018, the Walt Disney Company (Disney) and Twenty-First Century Fox (Fox) notified, both the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE or Commission) and the Federal Institute for Telecommunications (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority prohibits a social network company in dominant position from combining its user data from different sources (Facebook)

German Competition Authority • February 2019

Bundeskartellamt / Digital Economy Bundeskartellamt prohibits Facebook from combining user data from different sources* Bonn, 7 February 2019: The Bundeskartellamt has imposed on Facebook far-reaching restrictions in the processing of user data. According to Facebook’s terms and conditions (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority orders a social network company to stop collecting and matching data of its users without explicit consent as it constitutes an abuse of dominance (Facebook)

Silke Heinz • February 2019

Bundeskartellamt hits „don’t like“-button on Facebook* On February 7, 2019, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) issued its long-awaited decision in the Facebook case, see press release and background paper in English here. It qualifies Facebook’s current practice of collecting and matching data (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority holds that matching the data collected by a social network company constitutes an antitrust violation (Facebook)

Geoffrey Manne • February 2019

Doing double damage: The German competition authority’s Facebook decision manages to undermine both antitrust and data protection law* The German Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office or FCO) this week reached a decision in its nearly 3-year-old Facebook investigation. The decision appears to (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority finds that merging of user data from multiple sources to be both anti-competitive and in breach of the GDPR (Facebook)

Caroline Henzell • February 2019

In one of the first decisions to consider data protection and competition issues side by side, the German competition regulator (the Bundeskartellamt) last week found that Facebook had both abused its market power in Germany and breached EU data protection laws in the way in which it collects (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority finds that the data gathering practices of a social network are an abuse of its dominant position so orders amendments in the data processing policy (Facebook)

Tim Kasten • February 2019

On 6 February 2019, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) concluded administrative proceedings concerning the data gathering practices of Facebook Inc., Facebook Ireland and Facebook Germany (together “Facebook”). The FCO found that Facebook abused its dominant position by making the private use (...)

4 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority publishes a paper summarizing its sector inquiry into online price comparison websites

Martin Favart • March 2019 - II

On 4 February 2019, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) published a fifth paper in its series “Competition and Consumer Protection in the Digital Economy”. The paper summarizes the sector inquiry into online comparison websites in the travel, energy, insurance, telecommunications and financial (...)

1^er févr. 2019

The Roles of Innovation in Competition Law Analysis, Paul NIHOUL, Pieter VAN CLEYNENBREUGEL (dir.)

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 (...)

31 Jan 2019

The French Competition Authority orders a search engine company to review and clarify the rules of its online advertising service (Google)

Tim Kasten • January 2019

On 31 January 2019, the French Competition Authority (the “FCA”) ordered Google to review the rules of its Google Ads service. The FCA’s Order follows a complaint by Amadeus, an operator of online enquiry services – such as “a directory that provides call or text numbers for business/ residential (...)

18 Jan 2019

The Romanian Competition Authority fines a company operating in the retail market of IT products, home appliances and marketing via e-commerce platforms for gun jumping (Corsar Online)

Romanian Competition Authority • January 2019

The Competition Council sanctioned Corsar Online Srl with fines of 1.6 million lei * The Competition Council sanctioned the company Corsar Online SRL with fines of approximately 1.6 million lei for the implementation of a merger before being authorized by the Competition Authority. In the (...)

17 Jan 2019

Privacy and antitrust: An overview of EU and national case law

Giuseppe Colangelo • Privacy and antitrust

The emergence of multi-sided media platforms occurred in parallel with the success of business models that revolve around the collection and use of personal data, generating revenue from user-data-based profiling and advertising. Given that only some of the firms elaborating those profiles hold (...)

17 Jan 2019

The EU Commission hosts a conference to address the challenges of digitization for competition policy

Enrique Fayos, Pedro Callol • January 2019

“Shaping Competition Policy in the era of digitization”: The European Commission hosts a conference with academic and business leaders to address the challenges of digitization for competition policy. On 17 January 2019, the European Commission hosted an experts conference to address the (...)

15 Jan 2019

The Indian Competition Authority dismisses allegations of resale price maintenance against a manufacturer and seller of kitchen appliances due to lack of witnesses and manufacturer’s distribution rights (Snapdeal / Jasper Infotech / Kaff Appliances)

Man Mohan Sharma • January 2019

CCI finds no evidence of resale price maintenance on sale of KAFF appliances on Snapdeal* CCI, by way of order dated 15.01.2019 under Section 26(6) the Act, has dismissed allegations of Resale Price Maintenance (“RPM”) against Kaff Appliances (India) Pvt. Ltd. ( “KAFF/ OP”).The information was (...)

13 déc. 2018

Service universel : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne précise qu’une entreprise qui se limite à offrir, au moyen d’un site internet, un accès à des contenus fournis sur internet ne fournit pas un réseau de communications électroniques (France Télévisions)

Francesco Martucci • N° 1-2019 • pp. 185-186

À l’occasion d’une question introduite par le Conseil d’État, la Cour de justice a interprété la directive 2002/22/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil, du 7 mars 2002, concernant le service universel et les droits des utilisateurs au regard des réseaux et services de communications électroniques qui (...)

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 Metaut • 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 (...)

6 déc. 2018

Neutralité du net : L’Organe des régulateurs européens des communications électroniques adopte un avis relatif à l’application du règlement européen et de ses lignes directrices sur la neutralité du net (L’évaluation de l’application du règlement et des lignes directrices sur la neutralité du net)

Alexandre Martin, Orion Berg • N° 1-2019 • pp. 186-188

Le 6 décembre 2018, l’Organe des régulateurs européens des communications électroniques (ci-après “l’ORECE”) a adopté, après consultation des parties intéressées, un avis sur l’application du règlement (UE) 2015/2120 du Parlement et du Conseil établissant des mesures relatives à l’accès à un internet ouvert (...)

29 Nov 2018

The German Competition Authority initiates an abuse of dominance proceeding against a major e-commerce company (Amazon)

German Competition Authority • November 2018

Bundeskartellamt initiates abuse proceeding against Amazon* The Bundeskartellamt has today initiated an abuse proceeding against Amazon to examine its terms of business and practices towards sellers on its German marketplace amazon.de. Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt: “Amazon (...)

23 Nov 2018

The Turkish Competition Authority holds that online sales channels exerts competitive pressure in traditional sales channels in the market of sales of books (Doğan Müzik Kitap Mağazacılık ve Pazarlama A.Ş.)

Bahadır Balkı • November 2018

Should Traditional and Online Sales Channels Constitute Separate Relevant Markets? (The TCA’s D&R Decision) On November 23, 2018, the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) published its reasoned decision (“D&R Decision”) concerning the investigation conducted against Doğan Müzik Kitap (...)

6 Nov 2018

The Indian Competition Authority dismisses abuse of dominance allegations in the market for online marketplace platforms because it finds no dominance in the relevant market (All India Online Vendors Association / Flipkart India)

Man Mohan Sharma • November 2018

CCI defines online sale platform as a separate relevant market -holds neither Flipkart nor Amazon as dominant in the market for online marketplace platforms* CCI, by way of order dated 06.11.2018 has dismissed allegations against Flipkart India Private Limited (“Flipkart India”) and Flipkart (...)

6 Nov 2018

The Indian Competition Authority dismisses cartel allegations against taxi app drivers because they were just following the algorithm pricing and not actively colluding to fix prices (Samir Agrawal / ANI Technologies / Uber India)

Man Mohan Sharma • November 2018

CCI closes allegation of cartelization between taxi aggregators* By way of an order dated November 6, 2018, the CCI dismissed allegations of concerted action against Ola and Uber Group (OPs). Allegations were levelled against the pricing algorithm adopted by the OPs which allegedly manipulated (...)

25 Oct 2018

Most Favored Customer Clause and competition law: An overview of EU and national case law

Antoine Chapsal, Benoit d’Udekem, Marc Van Audenrode • MFC clause

Over the last few decades, business practices have evolved at an astonishingly fast pace. Products have become more sophisticated, pricing and contracting strategies have become more complex, and management tools have developed. Competition enforcement authorities have had to adapt to these (...)

24 Oct 2018

Towards more competition in high-tech markets? European perspectives

Adina Claici, Alexis Walckiers, Claus Kastberg Nielsen, Colin Raftery, David A. Higbee, Elvira Aliende Rodriguez, Iulian Stanciu, Jakob Hald, Jonas Hedman, Marie Goppelsroeder, Natalia Przystasz, Noémie Papp, Norbert Maier, Tommaso Valletti, Witte Wijsmuller

This 2nd edition of the Competition in high-tech markets half-day conference was organized by Concurrences Review, in partnership with Copenhagen Economics and Shearman & Sterling.

24 Oct 2018

The Egyptian Competition Authority imposes interim measures on the two ride-hailing applications available in Egypt to preserve the competitive structure of the market (Uber / Careem)

Egyptian Competition Authority • October 2018

Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) imposes Measures on Uber and Careem to regulate competition between them and safeguard the competitive structure of the market. * Dr. Amir Nabil, Chairman of the Egyptian Competition Authority, said: “Uber and Careem are the only ride-hailing applications (...)

24 oct. 2018

Distribution en ligne : L’Autorité de la concurrence applique les jurisprudences Pierre Fabre et Coty pour apprécier la validité des critères sélectifs choisis par la tête de réseau, s’agissant de la possibilité, pour ses distributeurs, de recourir à la distribution en ligne (Distribution de matériel de motoculture)

Anne-Sophie Choné-Grimaldi • N° 1-2019 • pp. 81-82

À la suite d’une enquête réalisée par la DGCCRF, l’Autorité de la concurrence, saisie d’office, a sanctionné un fabricant de matériel de motoculture (marque Stihl), placé à la tête d’un réseau de distribution de sélective, pour avoir restreint la possibilité offerte à ses distributeurs de recourir à la vente (...)

24 oct. 2018

Plateformes tierces : L’Autorité de la concurrence sanctionne l’interdiction de revente en ligne par les distributeurs sur leurs propres sites internet mais valide celle portant sur la revente via des plateformes tierces (Distribution de matériel de motoculture)

Anne-Cécile Martin • N° 1-2019 • pp. 97-99

Le régime d’encadrement des ventes en lignes sur les sites internet des distributeurs membres d’un réseau de distribution sélective ainsi que celles via des plateformes tierces se construit peu à peu. Pour mémoire, la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne avait admis la possibilité d’interdire aux (...)

19 Oct 2018

The EU Commission clears a merger in the market of software development (Microsoft / Github)

European Commission • October 2018

Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft* The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft. The Commission concluded that effective competition in the relevant markets would continue and Microsoft would (...)

19 Oct 2018

Interoperability: The European Commission approves the acquisition of an open-source software development platform by a leading supplier of computer software (Microsoft/GitHub)

Ianis Girgenson • N° 1-2019 • p. 120

On 19 October 2018, the European Commission approved the acquisition of U.S. company GitHub by Microsoft Corporation. Both parties are active in the supply of software development and operations (“DevOps”) tools. GitHub is a popular hosting platform for software development. Developers can join (...)

4 Oct 2018

Merger control in the IT sector: An overview of EU and national case law

Adrien Alberini • IT & Mergers

Competition law, and merger control in particular, is a prime location to observe and participate in the evolution of the IT sector from a technology, economic and legal perspective. From Microsoft to Google through Oracle/Sun Microsystems, it has been a fantastic – and sometimes hectic – (...)

1 Oct 2018

The Turkish Competition Authority fines an online platform service provider for excessive pricing (Sahibinden)

Ertuğrul Can Canbolat, Hanna Stakheyeva • October 2018

The Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) fined Sahibinden.com (online platform service provider) approx. EUR 1,525,801 for excessive pricing. The TCA initiated two full-fledged investigations against Sahibinden.com back in 2017. Consequently, the TCA concluded on 1 October 2018 that (...)

1 Oct 2018

The Turkish Competition Authority finds that an online platform services for real estate and vehicle sales abused its dominant position trough implementing excessive prices (Sahibinden)

Esra Uçtu, Gönenç Gürkaynak • October 2018

This case note analyses the Turkish Competition Board’s (“Board”) recently published Sahibinden.com decision of October 1st, 2018 numbered 18-36/584-285 in which the Board assessed whether Sahibinden Bilgi Teknolojileri Paz. ve Tic. A.Ş. (“Sahibinden.com”) –an online platform which acts as an (...)

1^er oct. 2018

Petit manuel (irrévérencieux) d’économie Chapitre 5. Remettre l’Etat à sa vraie place : Protéger, libérer, réguler

Emmanuel Combe

123 Chapitre 5 Remettre l’Etat à sa vraie place : Protéger, libérer, réguler En France, l’Etat a trop souvent la fâcheuse habitude de se mêl\ er de tout, et surtout de questions économiques. Pourtant, force est de constater que les résultats obtenus ne sont pas à la hauteur des m\ oyens budgétaires (...)

27 Sep 2018

Dinner with Jean Tirole, Isabelle de Silva, Nils Wahl and Delphine Gény-Stephann

Antoine Chapsal, Antoine Winckler, Delphine Gény-Stephann, Isabelle de Silva, Jean Tirole, Nils Wahl, Pierre Cremieux

Dinner organised by Concurrences Review, Analysis Group and Cleary Gottlieb.

19 Sep 2018

The EU Commission announces antitrust probe into data use (Amazon)

Caroline Henzell, Ian Hastings • September 2018

The European Commission (the EU’s antitrust regulator) has announced that it is investigating Amazon’s use of third-party data as part of a wider probe into its business practices. Many retailers use Amazon as a platform to sell their products and, in doing so, provide Amazon with sales data. At (...)

19 Sep 2018

The Turkish Competition Authority follows the European Commission’s footsteps in the search engines’ battles (Google / Yandex)

Bahadır Balkı • September 2018

The tech giant Google has been under the Turkish Competition Authority’s (“TCA”) scrutiny due to its practices in the market for licensable mobile operating systems and under the judicial review since July 2015. In September 2018, the TCA has finally released its short decision and imposed a fine (...)

19 Sep 2018

The EU Commission looks into an online platform’s use of online sales data (Amazon)

Dirk Auer • September 2018

The Amazon investigation and Europe’s "Big Tech" Crusade* The dust has barely settled on the European Commission’s record-breaking €4.3 Billion Google Android fine, but already the European Commission is gearing up for its next high-profile case. Last month, Margrethe Vestager dropped a (...)

11 sept. 2018

Plateformes électroniques et droit de la concurrence

Bénédicte Wautelet, Brice Allibert, Etienne Pfister, Florence Ninane, Maria Maher

Séminaire "Économie et droit de la concurrence" avec Brice Allibert (DG COMP) et Etienne Pfister (Autorité de la concurrence) organisé par la Revue Concurrences, en partenariat avec Allen & Overy et Cornerstone Research.

6 Sep 2018

The EU Commission clears a merger in the market of music recognition for smartphones, tablets and PCs (Apple / Shazam)

European Commission • September 2018

Mergers: Commission clears Apple’s acquisition of Shazam* The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple. The Commission concluded that the merger would not adversely affect competition in the European Economic Area or any (...)

6 Sep 2018

The EU Commission clears a merger after an investigation into the potential anti-competitive effects resulting from a major data transfer in the digital music streaming sector (Apple / Shazam)

Maxime Tecqmenne, Santos Miguel Leyva Rubio • September 2018

The European Commission has unconditionally cleared Apple’s EUR 400 million purchase of Shazam. Following an in-depth phase II investigation into the possible anti-competitive effects resulting from Apple getting access to Shazam’s data set, the Commission concluded that the proposed merged (...)

3 Sep 2018

The Egyptian Competition Authority sends official notice and request of information to the two ride-hailing companies of Egypt (Uber / Careem)

Egyptian Competition Authority • September 2018

Attempted merger agreement between the two main competitors in the ridesharing market in Egypt, Uber Group and Careem Group * Based on several reported information concerning an attempted merger agreement between the two main competitors in the ridesharing market in Egypt, Uber Group and Careem (...)

1 Sep 2018

Blockchain: Mind the gap! Lessons learnt from the net neutrality debate and competition law related aspects

Falk Schöning, Myrto Tagara • N° 3-2018

Blockchain is one of the breakthrough technologies of our times and has already started to penetrate into various industries across the globe. Given the growing recent interest in big data, algorithms as well as net neutrality, it is conceivable that blockchain technology might attract (...)

1 Sep 2018

Online distribution: Are the rules now set? (New Frontiers of Antitrust - Paris, 11 June 2018)

Mark Powell • N° 3-2018

The steady growth of e-commerce continues to change the competitive landscape in which traditional bricks-and-mortar retailers operate. It is undeniable that this rapid growth is putting immense pressure on traditional retailers. Competition policies may have unwittingly accentuated the crisis (...)

1 Sep 2018

Riccardo FALCONI (Uber): Has digital economy disrupted competition law?

Riccardo Falconi, David Tayar, Katrin Schallenberg • N° 3-2018

Interview conducted by Katrin Schallenberg, Partner, Clifford Chance and David Tayar, Partner, Clifford Chance. Digital actors and platforms have been disrupting markets by bringing together innovation and scalability to unprecedented levels and by unlocking efficiencies in various sectors. (...)

1 Sep 2018

Electricity Network Regulation in the EU. The Challenges Ahead for Transmission and Distribution, Leonardo MEEUS and Jean-Michel GLACHANT (dir.)

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 3-2018 • p. 218

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 (...)

1 Sep 2018

Online and Offline Retailer Competition: New challenges for Competition Economists and Practitioners

Aaron Fix, Antoine Chapsal, Claudio Calcagno, Emily Cotton, Joshua White, Nikita Piankov • N° 3-2018

In this On-Topic we explore a number of competition issues that arise at the intersection of online and offline retail distribution. We first provide a brief overview of the effects of online distribution and the associated potential challenges for competition policy. In the first paper, we (...)

1^er sept. 2018

Sébastien SORIANO (ARCEP) : Inventons une régulation “Robin des Bois” qui reprenne le pouvoir aux géants du numérique pour le distribuer à tous !

Charlotte Tasso de Panafieu, Olivier Fréget, Sebastien Soriano • N° 3-2018

Interview réalisée par Charlotte Tasso-de Panafieu et Olivier Fréget, avocats, cabinet Fréget – Tasso de Panafieu, Paris. Depuis plusieurs années, au-delà ou en complément de votre mission de régulateur, vous avez alerté l’opinion avec quelques prises de position fortes quant aux dangers de “l’économie (...)

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