Gabriel Bleser is a managing partner at Bonn & Schmitt in Luxembourg. Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 1997, Gabriel Bleser has more than 20 years’ of professional experience. He is recognised for his significant experience in European law with particular emphasis on European competition law (cartels, abuse of dominant position, joint ventures, state aid, merger control, distribution law) and sectoral regulation (gas, electricity, transportation, telecommunications). He also advises on Luxembourg competition law, unfair competition law, administrative law and public law, public procurement law and procedures, in real estate and urban planning law, on new technologies, labour law and social security law. Gabriel represents the law firm in the Labor Law group within the IR GLOBAL network. Gabriel was the first general rapporteur of the Inspectorate of Competition and has gained significant experience in European and Luxembourg competition law. He helped set up the new Luxembourg competition authorities in 2004. Gabriel Bleser is a founding member and President of the Luxembourg Association for the Study of Competition Law (ALEDC), a board member and treasurer of APSI (Association luxembourgeoise des professionnels de la société de l’information), member of APDL , the Luxembourg Data Protection Association and of the AIPPI (International Association for the protection of intellectual property). He is member of the Disciplinary commission of the Chambre immobilière . Gabriel is also the President of the Luxembourg National Committee of the Union International des Avocats (UIA). Before joining Bonn & Schmitt in October 2020, Gabriel was a partner in his own law firm and in several reputable law firms.
118
Introduction On 6 January 2015, the Luxembourg Competition Authority (formerly the Competition Council, hereinafter “Authority”) opened an investigation against the food supplier Bahlsen on suspicion of aligning resale prices to consumers. After a search of the supplier’s headquarters on 15 (...)
399
I. Introduction On January 25, 2021 the Administrative Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (hereinafter the “Administrative Tribunal”) rendered a judgment ruling for the first time on the competence of the Competition Council of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (hereinafter the (...)
613
I. Introduction On 17 December 2020, the President of the Luxembourg Competition Council (hereinafter the “President”) rendered a decision on a request for interim measures requested by the laboratory Bionext S.A. (hereinafter “Bionext”) against the Laboratoire National de Santé (hereinafter (...)
829
Introduction In a judgment dated 20 May 2009 (the Judgment), the Luxembourg administrative tribunal (the Tribunal) annulled two decisions of the Competition Council (the Council) and the President of the Council (the President) concerning interim measures and fines imposed on the (...)
2889
Background By a decision of 30 April 2007 (the "Decision") the Competition Council (the "Council") imposed fines and periodic penalty payments on three companies which had refused to submit appropriate information to the Competition Inspectorate (the "Inspectorate") in the course of a cartel (...)
2745
I. Background On 15 November 2007, the Luxembourg administrative tribunal (Tribunal administratif) (the “Tribunal”) rejected an action for annulment (hereinafter the “Action”) of a decision by the Competition Inspectorate (Inspection de la Concurrence) (the “Inspectorate”), by virtue of (...)
4138
I Background On 22 January 2008, the President of the Competition Council (the “Council”) handed down, for the first time since the law of 17 May 2004 on competition ("Law on competition") came into force, a decision imposing a limited number of interim measures on the public entity (...)
3998
On 24 January 2008, the Administrative Court (Cour administrative) (the Court) adopted an important decision by definitely clarifying the leniency procedure introduced by article 19 of the law on competition of 17 May 2004 (the Law on Competition) and confirmed the judgment of 13 June 2007 (...)
4691
On 22 January 2008, the President of the Competition Council (Council) handed down an 83-pages decision, for the first time after the law of 17 May 2004 on competition (Law on competition) came into force, imposing a limited number of conservatory measures on the public entity Entreprise des (...)
2627
On 10 December 2007, the Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade submitted a draft bill (No 5816) (the Draft Bill), proposing substantial revisions to the law of 17 May 2004 on competition (the Law on Competition). Under the Draft Bill, the substantial rules (relating to the prohibition of (...)
3714
Introduction 1. Luxembourg only abolished its price control regime in May 2004, when it introduced a completely new competition law and created two competition authorities, both members of the European Competition Network. Compared with its neighbors - France, Belgium and Germany - (...)
2010
In December 2007, the Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade (Minister) submitted a draft bill to Parliament (Draft Bill) with the aim of reforming the law of 17 May 2004 on competition, as amended (the Law on Competition). Although no serious assessment was made concerning the three years (...)
3627
Following a request from the Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade of 19 September 2007, on 15 November 2007 the Council issued an opinion n° 2007-AV-02 on the question of whether the State is still allowed to fix prices in the market for taxi services under the conditions set out by the (...)
3591
I. Introduction On 15 November 2007, the Luxembourg administrative tribunal (Tribunal administratif) (“Tribunal”) rejected an action for annulment (hereinafter the “Action”) filed against a decision adopted by the Competition Inspectorate (Inspection de la concurrence) (“Inspectorate”), by (...)
6726
On 5 September 2007, following quite a lengthy decision, The Competition Council (Conseil de la concurrence) (Council) rejected a complaint submitted to the Competition Inspectorate (Inspectorate) by a professional association of car damage experts (Ordre des experts indépendants (...)
3763
The Luxembourg administrative tribunal (“Tribunal”) adopted on 13 June 2007 a landmark decision by clarifying the leniency procedure introduced by article 19 of the law of 17 May 2004 on competition (“the Law on competition”). The facts of the case were the following : a company, subject to an (...)
3228
In its 2006 annual report, recently published on the website, the Luxembourg Competition Council (“Council”) announces a reform of the legislative framework, entered into force on 30 May 2004 and applied by the two authorities (being the Council and the Competition Inspectorate) since November (...)
5967
I. Introduction In the course of a cartel investigation carried out by the Competition Inspectorate (Inspection de la concurrence) (the “Inspectorate”), the addressee of the decision refused to submit accurate information to the Inspectorate, which, in reaction, adopted a formal request by (...)
2243
In the course of a cartel investigation carried out by the Competition Inspectorate (Inspection de la concurrence)(the "Inspectorate"), the addressee of the decision refused to submit accurate information to the Inspectorate, which, in reaction, adopted a formal request by way of decision (...)
2822
I . Background In 2005, the Luxembourg Competition Inspectorate (Inspection de la concurrence) (“ Inspectorate “) launched an investigation against several companies suspected having participated to a cartel in the construction sector (bid-rigging) and carried out dawnraids in several (...)
7443
Even if courts had already the power to apply article 81, paragraph 1, EC Treaty before the 1st May 2004, article 81 EC Treaty has been rarely applied by Luxembourg courts and there exists not really a developed Luxembourg case law concerning the application of articles 81 and 82 EC Treaty. (...)
2940
Depuis le 29 mai 2004, date de l’entrée en vigueur de la loi du 17 mai 2004 relative à la concurrence, le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg dispose enfin d’une nouvelle loi relative à la concurrence et d’une autorité de concurrence. Sept ans, et la forte volonté politique d’un ministre libéral de (...)
3188
Since 17 May 2004 (Loi du 17 mai 2004 relative à la concurrence, published in the Official Journal, Mémorial A - n° 76 du 26 mai 2004, entered into force on 29 May 2004) (hereafter : “Law”), Luxembourg has a new law on competition and two competition authorities have been created by the Law : (...)
4896
La question dans quelle mesure la taille d’une économie affecte la mise en place d’un droit de la concurrence efficace attire de plus en plus d’intérêt. Pour cette raison, cette édition de la Revue Concurrences publie quelques contributions présentée lors de la conférence consacrée à ce sujet (...)
3824
Introduction 1. Luxembourg only abolished its price control regime in May 2004, when it introduced a completely new competition law and created two competition authorities, both members of the European Competition Network. Compared with its neighbors - France, Belgium and Germany - (...)
5401
Dans cet article, M. Gabriel Bleser, n° 2 de l’Autorité luxembourgeoise de la concurrence, dresse un bilan de la réforme du régime luxembourgeois mettant en œuvre la modernisation du droit communautaire de la concurrence. Depuis le 29 mai 2004, date de l’entrée en vigueur de la loi du 17 (...)
Prix
85,00 €
Dictionnaire de droit de la concurrence
