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31 Dec 2020 B

The EU Commission and the UK Government publish an agreement governing post-Brexit trade relations that includes provisions regulating antitrust enforcement and cooperation

Nick Wolfe, James Anderson, Bill Batchelor, Frederic Depoortere, Giorgio Motta, Ingrid Vandenborre, Aurora Luoma, Alexander Kamp • January 2021

The European Union (EU)-U.K. Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) governing post-Brexit trade relations between the U.K. and the EU includes provisions regulating EU/U.K. antitrust enforcement and cooperation effective January 1, 2021: Anticompetitive practices and mergers. The TCA provides (...)

21 Dec 2020 B

The EU Commission publishes guiding templates to assist Member States in the design of their national recovery and resilience plans, consults on a possible extension of the general block exemption regulation, and conducts a survey on the implementation of the State aid temporary framework

European Commission • January 2021

State aid: Commission puts forward initiatives to further facilitate implementation of recovery and coronavirus support measures * The European Commission has today published guiding templates to assist Member States in the design of their national recovery and resilience plans in line with EU (...)

18 Dec 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves State aid scheme to the Icelandic airport

EFTA Surveillance Authority • January 2021

COVID-19 Pandemic: ESA approves ISK 15 billion in aid to Keflavík Airport* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved an Icelandic measure that will offer damage compensation to Isavia, the operator of Keflavík Airport, by increasing its share capital. Air travel has plummeted in (...)

18 Dec 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves ISK 400m compensation to Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre due to the Covid-19 Pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • January 2021

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves ISK 400m compensation to Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved state aid for Harpa aiming to compensate for damages suffered as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has had serious (...)

17 Dec 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves continued and increased support to long-distance bus and passenger boat services in Norway as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • January 2021

COVID-19 Pandemic: ESA approves continued and increased support to long-distance bus and passenger boat services in Norway* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved a prolongation of a scheme to compensate losses incurred by operators of long-distance bus and passenger boat (...)

17 Dec 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves Norwegian compensation scheme for canceled and downscaled large public events as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • January 2021

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves Norwegian compensation scheme for cancelled and downscaled large public events* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved a scheme offering compensation to organisers and co-organisers of large public events for losses due to the COVID-19 (...)

17 Dec 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves aid to national metals company to develop green technology for zinc production (Boliden Odda)

EFTA Surveillance Authority • January 2021

ESA approves aid to Boliden Odda to develop green technology for zinc production* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved environmental aid to facilitate a project to develop more environmentally friendly and energy efficient processes and technologies for the production of (...)

16 Dec 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority adopts revised emissions trading system State aid guidelines

EFTA Surveillance Authority • January 2021

ESA adopts revised Emissions Trading System state aid guidelines* The EFTA Surveillance Authority adopts revised guidelines for assessing state aid for sectors exposed to the European carbon market, the Emissions Trading System (ETS). The guidelines will allow Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (...)

14 Dec 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves Icelandic grant scheme for businesses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • January 2021

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves Icelandic grant scheme for businesses* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved an Icelandic scheme that will offer grants to companies suffering income losses as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, (...)

14 Dec 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves amendments to the Norwegian support scheme for cultural events due to the COVID-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • January 2021

COVID-19 Pandemic: ESA approves amendments to Norwegian support scheme for cultural events* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved amendments to a scheme to cover losses due to cancellation or postponement of events. Norway notified ESA on 14 December of changes to the (...)

14 Dec 2020 B

The EU Commission approves €30 billion Dutch scheme to support projects reducing greenhouse gas emissions

European Commission • January 2021

State aid: Commission approves €30 billion Dutch scheme to support projects reducing greenhouse gas emissions* The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €30 billion Dutch scheme to support projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands. The scheme (...)

14 Dec 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves additional aid to Norway’s national airport due to the COVID-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • January 2021

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves additional aid to Norway’s Torp Sandefjord Airport* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) today found a Norwegian plan to continue support to Torp Sandefjord Airport to be in line with EEA state-aid rules. The aid will help alleviate the airport’s financial losses (...)

11 Dec 2020 B

The EU Commission approves €106.7 million restructuring aid and €30.2 compensation for damages suffered due to coronavirus outbreak in favour of French airline (Corsair)

European Commission • January 2021

State aid: Commission approves €106.7 million restructuring aid and €30.2 compensation for damages suffered due to coronavirus outbreak in favour of French airline Corsair* The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, two French measures in favour of Corsair, an airline active (...)

10 Dec 2020 B

The Spanish Competition Authority takes part in the EU Commission’s public consultation on competition policy and environmental sustainability targets

Spanish Competition Authority • January 2021

The CNMC takes part in the European Commission’s public consultation on competition policy and environmental sustainability targets The CNMC includes the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as one of its key areas of activity. Competition policy contributes to the SDGs by stimulating (...)

9 Dec 2020 eB

Douglas H. Ginsburg Liber Amicorum : An Antitrust Professor on the Bench Vol. II Fair Competition Versus Fair Competition Review System in China

Susan Ning, Ting Gong

119 Fair Competition Versus Fair Competition Review System in China susan n InG, t InG G OnG and t IanJIe Z hanG * King & Wood Mallesons Abstract Over the past three decades, China has made extraordinary economic progress in a relatively short period of time. Being an important source of such (...)

8 Dec 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority clears public financing of Norway’s e-health record system (Akson)

EFTA Surveillance Authority • January 2021

ESA clears public financing of Norway’s e-health record system Akson* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today concluded that Norway’s financing of Akson, an electronic health (e-health) record system, does not raise state aid issues. On 25 November 2020, Norway notified ESA of its (...)

3 Dec 2020 B

The EU Court of Justice AG Kokott thinks the Commission is right to consider that the Belgian practice of making downward adjustments to profits of undertakings forming part of multinational groups constitutes an aid scheme (Magnetrol International)

European Court of Justice • December 2020

Tax rulings: According to Advocate General Kokott, the Commission was right to consider that the Belgian practice of making downward adjustments to profits of undertakings forming part of multinational groups constituted an aid scheme* The judgment of the General Court of the European Union to (...)

3 Dec 2020 B

The EU Court of Justice AG Kokott suggests annulling the judgment of the General Court and provides guidance on the concept of “aid scheme” in cases of tax rulings (Magnetrol International)

Francesco Pili, Markus Wellinger • January 2021

On 3 December 2020, Advocate General Kokott delivered her opinion on the appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court in case Belgium and Magnetrol International v Commission (Cases T-131/16 and T-263/16) of 14 February 2019 (the “Judgment under appeal”) (See VBB on Competition Law, (...)

19 Nov 2020 B

State aid and judicial review: An overview of EU and national case law

Isabel Taylor • State aid judicial review

This Special Issue of e-Competitions contains a compilation of annotations of case law in relation to judicial review of State aid decisions. The cases concern a wide range of measures, including land transactions, guarantees, renewable energy levies, settlement agreements and tax rulings and (...)

18 Nov 2020 B

The Slovakian Competition Authority publishes its annual report for 2019

Radovan Repa, Bibiana Mozoľová • November 2020

The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as the "Office") has published its annual report on its website, in which it has evaluated and summarized its activities in the past year. In 2019, the Office imposed fines of over EUR 3.3 million, approximately one third (...)

18 Nov 2020 B

The Polish Competition Authority extends its aid programs to help entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Polish Competition Authority • November 2020

UOKiK notifies extension of aid programmes* On 13 November of this year UOKiK has notified the extension of the aid programmes to the European Union, the objective of which is to support Polish entrepreneurs in relation to the Covid-19 epidemic. The Authority expects the EC to issue its (...)

18 Nov 2020 eB

Women & Antitrust - Voices from the Field, Vol. II STÉPHANIE YON-COURTIN, European Parliament
and ANGÉLIQUE DE BROUSSE, Johnson & Johnson

Angélique de Brousse, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin

177 Stéphanie Yon- Courtin European Parliament Angélique de Brousse Stéphanie Yon-Courtin became a lawyer at the Paris Bar in 2004, specialising in competition law, and worked in international law firms. She then joined the office of the president of the French Competition Authority (Bruno (...)

16 Nov 2020 B

The EU Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager gives a speech on the future of State aid rules for the recovery from the current COVID-19 outbreak

Renato Antonini • November 2020

On 16 November 2020, Executive VP and Competition Commissioner Vestager spoke at the State Aid High Level Forum of the Member States, focusing on new State aid rules to respond to the current economic crisis caused by the pandemic. In addition to the Temporary Framework for State Aid, which is (...)

3 Nov 2020 B

The Georgian Parliament adopts amendments to its competition act

Liana Japaridze • November 2020

Upgrading Georgia’s Competition Legislation – New Obligations and Balancing Benefits for Market Players* Recently, after almost 15 months of discussions, the Parliament of Georgia adopted a comprehensive set of amendments to the Law on Competition (hereinafter – “LC”). Prepared within the framework (...)

3 Nov 2020 B

The Georgian Competition Authority announces that the law amendments in the competition sector will come into force

Georgian Competition Authority • November 2020

Most of the amendments to the Law on Competition will come into force on November 4* A unified legal framework has been created for the separation of competencies between the Georgian National Competition Agency and regulatory bodies. Accordingly, the authorities will act unitedly on the basic (...)

1 Nov 2020 R

Pierre Régibeau (DG COMP): Chief Economist – Priorities and cases in times of upheaval

Pierre Régibeau, Cristina Caffarra • N° 4-2020

A conversation with Cristina Caffarra, Head of European Competition, Charles River Associates, London/Brussels. The big “Zeitgeist” discussion when you started off as chief economist was—and continues to be—about antitrust enforcement falling short in its ability to deal with digital platforms in (...)

30 Oct 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves Norwegian State aid to cancelled Offshore Northern Seas conference and fair due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Offshore Northern Seas Foundation)

EFTA Surveillance Authority • October 2020

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves state aid to cancelled Offshore Northern Seas conference and fair* The EFTA Surveillance Authority has today approved state aid for the Offshore Northern Seas Foundation’s (ONS) 2020 conference, which was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The (...)

30 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission publishes results of evaluation of State aid rules

European Commission • October 2020

State aid: Commission publishes results of evaluation of EU State aid rules* The European Commission has published a Commission Staff Working Document summarising the results of an evaluation of the State aid rules adopted as part of the State Aid Modernisation package. The evaluation (...)

30 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission publishes the results of its policy evaluation of the State aid modernisation reform

Francesco Pili, Markus Wellinger • October 2020

On 30 October 2020, the Commission published the results of its policy evaluation of the State aid modernisation (“SAM”) reform launched in 2012 (the “Fitness Check”). The Fitness Check concerned the State aid rules provided in the General Block Exemption Regulation, the de minimis Regulation, the (...)

30 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission publishes results of an evaluation of State aid rules

Donald Slater • October 2020

On 30 October 2020, the European Commission ("Commission") published a Staff Working Documentsummarising the results of the evaluation of EU State aid rules. While State aid rules are broadly fit for purpose, some individual rules will need to be adapted or updated, notably to reflect the (...)

29 Oct 2020 B

The EU Court of Justice Advocate General Tanchev thinks the Court should dismiss the appeal of the Commission against the judgment of the General Court on support measures adopted by an Italian consortium of banks for the benefit of one of its members (Banca Popolare di Bari / Fondo interbancario di tutela dei depositi / Banca d’Italia)

European Court of Justice • October 2020

According to Advocate General Tanchev, the Court should dismiss the appeal of the Commission against the judgment of the General Court on support measures adopted by an Italian consortium of banks for the benefit of one of its members* The General Court was right in considering that those (...)

28 Oct 2020 B

The EU Court of Justice clarifies conditions under which request for de minimis aid can be modified to comply with the ceiling (INAIL / Zennaro)

Francesco Pili, Markus Wellinger • October 2020

On 28 October 2020, the Court of Justice (“ECJ”) answered a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Council of State, Italy) concerning the interpretation of Articles 3 and 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 (...)

23 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission opens in-depth State aid investigation into the authorization granted by Belgium to gambling company to operate virtual betting (Ladbrokes)

Peter L’Ecluse, Valerie Lefever • October 2020

On 23 October 2020, the European Commission (the Commission) published a notice (the Notice) inviting interested third parties to comment on the authorisation granted by Belgium to Derby NV, a local subsidiary of the betting and gambling company Ladbrokes PLC and operating in Belgium under the (...)

21 Oct 2020 B

The EU Court of Justice clarifies the concept of “State resources” concerning financial contributions collected by an authorized private eco-body (Eco TLC)

Francesco Pili, Markus Wellinger • October 2020

On 21 October 2020, the Court of Justice answered a request for a preliminary ruling made by the French Conseil d’État (“Council of State”), which raised interesting questions with regard to the notion of “State resources” within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU. The background of the case (...)

21 Oct 2020 B

The EU Court of Justice clarifies that prices fixed by the state do not constitute State aid (Eco TLC)

Phedon Nicolaides • January 2021

Attribution to the State does not necessarily Imply Control by the State* Prices fixed by the state do not necessarily confer control to the state over the private resources which are used to pay those prices. Introduction Judging from how many times EU courts have been asked to interpret (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission prolongs and expands temporary framework to further support companies facing significant turnover losses due to the COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • October 2020

State aid: Commission prolongs and expands Temporary Framework to further support companies facing significant turnover losses* The European Commission has decided to prolong and extend the scope of the State aid Temporary Framework adopted on 19 March 2020 to support the economy in the (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission extends for the fourth time the State aid temporary framework to support the economy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

François-Charles Laprévote, Theodora Zagoriti • October 2020

On October 13, the Commission extended and expanded for the fourth time the scope of the State aid Temporary Framework to support the economy in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak (the “TF”).. Based on this amendment, all TF provisions are extended until June 30, 2021 while the section on (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission publishes the fourth amendment to the State aid temporary framework to support the economy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Nina Niejahr, Bram Hoorelbeke, Hannelore Wiame • October 2020

On 13 October 2020, the Commission decided to extend the coverage of the Temporary Framework and prolong it for six months until 30 June 2021, except for the section on recapitalisation support, which was extended for three months until 30 September 2021 (4th Amendment). In March 2020, the (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission publishes a call for contributions to determine if and how competition policy can better support the European Green Deal

Maurits Dolmans, Robbert Snelders, Richard Pepper, Frédéric de Bure, Laura Chovet-Ballester, Giulio Cesare Rizza, Romina Polley • October 2020

On October 13, 2020, the European Commission published a call for contributions to determine if and how EU competition policy can better support the European Green Deal. The European Green Deal is a comprehensive action plan aimed at making Europe the world’s first climate neutral continent by (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission calls for contributions to gather ideas on how competition rules and sustainability policies can best work together

Elisabetta Righini, Javier Ruiz Calzado, David Little, Pierre Bichet • October 2020

The European Green Deal & Competition Policy – Call for contributions on how EU competition rules and sustainability policies can work together* On 13 October 2020, the European Commission (EC) published a call for contributions to gather ideas on how EU competition rules (State aid, (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission prolongs its State aid temporary framework in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Renato Antonini, Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Jörg Hladjk, Cristiana Spontoni • October 2020

On 13 October 2020, the European Commission decided to prolong and extend the scope of the State Aid Temporary Framework as follows: Extension of Temporary Framework: All sections of the Temporary Framework are prolonged for six months until 30 June 2021, except the section that enables (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission calls for contributions regarding the relationship between competition and sustainability policies

Christian Ritz, Oliver Cook, Florian von Schreitter • October 2020

With the announcement of the European Green Deal at the latest, the issue of sustainability and environmental protection has been pushed high up the agenda of competition law practitioners and scholars. With the recently published background paper of the German Working Group on Competition Law (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission announces extension of the EU State aid temporary framework in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Matthew Levitt, Leigh Hancher, David Gabathuler • October 2020

Prolongs the Regime until 30 June 2021, Allows for Short-term Support for Uncovered Fixed Costs and Adapts Conditions for State Recapitalization Measures The European Commission (‘Commission’) relaxed the strict EU state aid rules and introduced a Temporary Framework (‘TF’) in March 2020 to allow (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission adopts the fourth amendment to the State aid temporary framework in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, making Serbia add recapitalization measures

Bisera Andrijašević • October 2020

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the Government of Serbia has adopted several state aid measures aimed at helping the economic entities preserve jobs and liquidity. In this respect, the Government took the lead from the European Commission and its measures adopted within the scope of (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission prolongs and expands COVID-19 temporary framework to further support companies facing significant turnover losses

Francesco Pili, Markus Wellinger • October 2020

On 13 October 2020, the Commission prolonged the scope of the COVID-19 Temporary Framework adopted on 19 March 2020. All sections of the Temporary Framework have been prolonged for six months (i.e. until 30 June 2021), and the section to enable recapitalisation support is prolonged for three (...)

5 Oct 2020 B

The EU General Court provides additional guidance on the scope of the presumption of advantage granted by State guarantees (IFPEN)

Francesco Pili, Markus Wellinger • October 2020

On 5 October 2020, the General Court delivered another important judgment in the so-called EPIC saga – where “EPIC” is a French acronym standing for “Établissement Public à caractère Industriel et Commercial” (“Publicly owned industrial and commercial establishment”). The EPICs came under the (...)

2 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission consults Member States on a proposal to prolong and adjust State aid Temporary Framework in the context of the changing COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • October 2020

Coronavirus: Commission Statement on consulting Member States on proposal to prolong and adjust State aid Temporary Framework* Today, the European Commission has sent to Member States for consultation a draft proposal to prolong until 30 June 2021 the State aid Temporary Framework, adopted on (...)

23 Sep 2020 B

The EU General Court rules that the Spanish tax system applicable to certain finance lease agreements entered into by shipyards constitutes an aid scheme and that the unlawful State aid granted under that system must be recovered from the beneficiaries (Spanish Tax Lease System)

General Court of the European Union • September 2020

The Spanish tax system applicable to certain finance lease agreements entered into by shipyards constitutes an aid scheme* The unlawful State aid granted under that system must be recovered from the beneficiaries In 2006, the European Commission received a number of complaints concerning the (...)

23 Sep 2020 B

The EU General Court dismisses the actions for annulment in the "Spanish tax lease" saga (Spanish tax lease system)

Markus Wellinger, Francesco Pili • September 2020

On 23 September 2020, the General Court delivered another judgment in the “Spanish tax lease saga”, concerning certain aid measures granted through tax provisions applicable to agreements put in place for the financing and acquisition of vessels in Spain. This judgment follows the annulment and (...)

22 Sep 2020 B

The EU Court of Justice confirms the Commission decision approving UK aid for a nuclear power station (Hinkley Point C)

European Court of Justice • September 2020

The Court of Justice confirms the Commission decision approving United Kingdom aid for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station* By decision of 8 October 2014, the European Commission approved aid which the United Kingdom is planning for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, located in Somerset, (...)

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