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The General Court of the European Union Dismisses a EUR 1.7 Billion Damages Claim Against the European Commission For a Failed Merger* On 23 February 2022, the General Court of the European Union (the "General Court") issued a landmark judgment dismissing a request to hold the European (...)

On 5 October 2020, the General Court of the European Union (the “General Court”) confirmed the 2017 decision by the European Commission (the “Commission”) to prohibit the proposed acquisition by HeidelbergCement and Schwenk of Cemex Croatia (the “HeidelbergCement case”). In its judgment, the General (...)

The European Commission (the “Commission”), which has exclusive jurisdiction to review State aid cases, has demonstrated its intention, and ability, to react rapidly to requests from Member States in the rescue of distressed companies as a result of the Covid-19 crisis affecting the European (...)

On January 23, 2019, the European Court of Justice (hereinafter the “Court” or the “ECJ”) handed down a preliminary ruling on the notion of “existing aid”. The Court held, in particular, that the circumstance where a new aid that becomes existing aid by virtue of the 10 years limitation period has (...)

Belgian Competition Authority vs. International Equestrian Authority : second round* On April 28, 2016, the Brussels Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (“FEI”) of an injunction issued by the Belgian Competition Authority (the “BCA”) that suspended the (...)