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20 Feb 2020

The French Competition Authority fines a company for non-compliance with commitments in the funeral insurance market in La Réunion (La Mutualité de la Réunion)

French Competition Authority • March 2020

The Autorité de la concurrence has fined La Mutualité de la Réunion for non-compliance with commitments* In brief The Autorité has imposed a fine of €200,000 on La Mutualité de la Réunion (MR) for failing to comply with part of the commitments it had entered into before the Autorité that aimed to (...)

20 Feb 2020

The Canadian Competition Authority receives a complaint for abuse of dominance in the internet services market (Teksavvy / Bell / Rogers)

Michael I. Binetti • March 2020

TekSavvy Claims That Bell And Rogers Abuse Their Dominant Position For Internet Services* In a public version of its complaint to the Canadian Competition Commissioner (see below), Internet re-seller TekSavvy says that Bell Canada and Rogers Communications Canada have been abusing their (...)

19 févr. 2020

Réforme : L’Autorité de la concurrence publie sa contribution au débat sur l’évolution de la politique de concurrence face aux enjeux posés par le développement de l’économie numérique

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2020

Le 21 février 2020 l’Autorité de la concurrence a rendu publique sa contribution — appelée à évoluer — au débat sur la politique de concurrence et les enjeux numériques, et ce, dans la perspective des réflexions en cours d’une part au niveau de la Commission européenne et, d’autre part, devant le Parlement (...)

12 Feb 2020

The Indian Government proposes to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs amendments to the Competition Bill and invites public to submit their comments online

Lagna Panda, Karan Singh Chandhiok, Vikram Sobti, Deeksha Manchanda • March 2020

Ten years of enforcement of the Competition Act, 2002 (Act) necessitated a re-look drawing “from past experience and to prepare for future challenges in the enforcement of competition law framework in India.” Recognising this, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) set up the Competition Law (...)

12 Feb 2020

The Indian Ministry of Corporate Affairs notifies the draft Competition Bill 2020 which reflects the recommendations made by the Competition Law review committee

Pallavi Shroff, John Handoll, Naval Satarawala Chopra, Shweta Shroff Chopra, Harman Singh Sandhu, Manika Brar, Aparna Mehra, Gauri Chhabra, Yaman Verma, Rohan Arora • March 2020

Last week, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notified the Draft Competition (Amendment) Bill 2020 (Draft Bill). The proposed changes reflect recommendations made by the Competition Law Review Committee (CLRC) in July 2019. Public comments may be made until 6 March 2020. The 49 page Draft (...)

1 Feb 2020

Dirk MIDDELSCHULTE (Unilever): How purpose-driven business charms a competition practitioner

Dirk Middelschulte, Christian Ahlborn • N° 1-2020

In this interview, Dirk Middelschulte, Global General Counsel Competition for Unilever in Brussels, reviews competition law developments including in the Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector, and his approach, and experiences at, Unilever. Specifically, Middelschulte outlines his views on a (...)

1^er févr. 2020

Conflits d’intérêts et places de marché : Une approche commercialiste

Alexandre Rouhette • N° 1-2020

Les récentes investigations de la Commission européenne relatives à Amazon ont mis en lumière la problématique des conflits d’intérêts en droit de la concurrence. Cet article explore les moyens envisageables pour préserver la concurrence tout en réglementant les conflits d’intérêts inhérents aux (...)

1 Feb 2020

Digital & competition

Paul Belleflamme, Francisco Costa Cabral, Tim Cowen, Daniel Fasquelle, Paula Forteza, Inge Graef, Max Huffman, Frédéric Marty, Jacques Moscianese, Gabriella Muscolo, Martin Peitz, Sebastien Soriano, Thierry Warin, Ramsi Woodcock • N° 1-2020

This series of articles highlights the existing debate about the role of competition policy in the digital economy. Each contribution addresses the subject from a different perspective. The first two discuss non-price strategies practiced by monopoly digital platforms and remedies that can be (...)

1^er févr. 2020

The Role of Media Pluralism in the Enforcement of EU Competition Law, Konstantina BANIA

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 1-2020

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 (...)

1^er févr. 2020

Droit matériel européen des abus de position dominante. Textes et commentaires, Luc DESAUNETTES-BARBERO et Étienne THOMAS

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 1-2020

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 (...)

1^er févr. 2020

Le contentieux de la réparation des pratiques anticoncurrentielles (juin 2019 – nov. 2019)

Rafael P. Amaro, Bastien Thomas • N° 1-2020 • pp. 218-232

Cette nouvelle période est moins riche en “grandes” décisions que la précédente, qui ne comptait pas moins de trois arrêts de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne, mais elle est marquée par plusieurs décisions atypiques qui annoncent peut-être une diversification du contentieux. Des questions (...)

31 Jan 2020

2020 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU, US and National Leading Cases International Antitrust
Turkish Antitrust

Esra Uçtu, Gönenç Gürkaynak, Onur Özgümüş

International Antitrust 315 Turkish Antitrust: An Overview of Turkish Competition Law g önenç g ürkAynAk, esrA U çtU, O nur Ö zgümüş g ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law (Istanbul) gonenc.gurkaynak@elig.com esra.uctu@elig.com onur.ozgumus@elig.com I. Introduction At a first glance, it might be beneficial (...)

31 Jan 2020

2020 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU, US and National Leading Cases Information Technology
Dominance in the IT Sector

James S. Venit

Information Technology 501 Dominance in the IT Sector: An Overview of EU and National Case Law jAmes s. V enit dentons (Brussels) james.venit@dentons.com I. The Significance of the ECJ's Intel Judgment When I arrived in Brussels in 1980, the practice of competition law bore greater resemblance (...)

31 Jan 2020

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

Linda Gratz, Theon van Dijk

67 Margin Squeeze: Recent Developments in EU and National Case Law theon V An d ijk the netherlands Authority for Consumers and markets (the hague) lind A g rAtz e.CA economics (Berlin) gratz@e-ca.com i. introduction dominant undertakings, which are active in upstream and downstream markets, (...)

31 Jan 2020

2020 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU, US and National Leading Cases Dominance in the Pharmaceutical Sector

Marion Provost, Mélanie Thill-Tayara

539 Dominance in the Pharmaceutical Sector: An Overview of EU and National Case Law m élAnie t hill -t A yArA, m Arion P roVost * Dechert (Paris) melanie.thill-tayara@dechert.com marion.provost@dechert.com I. Introduction The pharmaceutical sector stands out as being regularly under the scrutiny (...)

31 Jan 2020

2020 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU, US and National Leading Cases Telecom
Dominance in the Telecom Sector

Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi

Telecommunications 633 Dominance in the Telecom Sector: An Overview of EU and National Case Law FAyro Uze m Asmi -d Azi Frieh Associ?s (Paris) fmasmi-dazi@frieh.law i. introduction the last contribution made on this subject in the e-Competitions Bulletin dates back to 2016 and provided an (...)

31 Jan 2020

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

Raphaël De Coninck

45 Excessive Prices: An Overview of EU and National Case Law r APhAël d eC oninCk CrA international (Brussels) rdeconinck@crai.com one fundamental difference between the european and American approaches to unilateral conduct relates to the treatment of exploitative conduct, including excessive (...)

31 Jan 2020

2020 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU, US and National Leading Cases Buyer Power in Agreements and Abuse of Market Power Cases

Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui

53 Buyer Power in Agreements and Abuse of Market Power Cases: An Overview of EU and National Case Law ignACio h errerA A nChUstegUi University of Bergen, Faculty of law ignacio.herrera-Anchustegui@uib.no i. introduction over the past two decades the importance of buyer power analysis has grown. (...)

31 Jan 2020

2020 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU, US and National Leading Cases Unilateral Conduct in the Energy Sector

John Ratliff

383 Unilateral Conduct in the Energy Sector: An Overview of EU and National Case Law john r AtliFF Wilmerhale (Brussels) john.ratliff@wilmerhale.com i. introduction * This chapter provides an overview of the practice of the European Commission (EC) and European national competition authorities (...)

30 janv. 2020

Accord de report d’entrée : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne expose dans le détail les conditions dans lesquelles un accord de report de l’entrée constitue une restriction de la concurrence par objet ou par effet et en quoi sa conclusion s’analyse en un abus de position dominante (Generics - UK)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2020

Huit jours seulement après que l’avocate générale Juliane Kokott a présenté ses conclusions dans l’affaire C-307/18 (Generics (UK) e.a), la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne vient donc de rendre, ce 30 janvier 2020, dans un temps record, son arrêt dans la même affaire. Aux termes du présent arrêt — (...)

30 Jan 2020

The UK CMA welcomes the EU Court of Justice ruling in a pay-for-delay case (Paroxetine Case)

UK Competition Authority • January 2020

CMA welcomes EU Court ruling in pay-for-delay drug case* The CMA welcomes a ruling from the EU Court of Justice in relation to its case that drug companies supplying an antidepressant called paroxetine broke the law. The ruling, released today, follows appeals from GlaxoSmithKline and other (...)

30 Jan 2020

The Indian Competition Authority closes a case of alleged abuse of dominance by the Indian state broadcaster and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Next Radio / Prasar Bharti / Ministry of Information and Broadcasting)

Shweta Shroff Chopra, Manika Brar, Naval Satarawala Chopra, Pallavi Shroff, John Handoll, Harman Singh Sandhu, Aparna Mehra, Gauri Chhabra, Yaman Verma, Rohan Arora • January 2020

The CCI closed a case of alleged abuse of dominance by Indian state broadcaster Prasar Bharti and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Opposite Parties). [1] Two private broadcasters complained that the Opposite Parties had abused their dominance in the market for the provision of (...)

30 Jan 2020

The EU Court of Justice clarifies the criteria for the "pay-for-delay" agreements in the pharmaceutical sector (Generics - UK)

Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Dafni Katrana, Ruth Allen • March 2020

On 30 January 2020 the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) clarified for the first time the criteria governing whether so-called “pay-for-delay” agreements entered into between originator and generic pharmaceutical companies fall foul of EU competition law rules. Such agreements are a form of patent (...)

30 Jan 2020

The EU Court of Justice rules that pay-for-delay patent settlements may restrict competition ‘by object’ (Generics - UK)

Peter L’Ecluse • March 2020

On 30 January 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) handed down its judgment in Case C-307/18, Generics (UK) and Others. This case marks the first time the ECJ has ruled on patent settlement agree- ments between originator pharmaceutical companies and generic producers. (...)

24 Jan 2020

The German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy publishes the draft bill on the 10th amendment to the German Act against restraints of competition

Michael Masling, Florian Hinderer • January 2020

The German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has published the draft bill on the 10th amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition, which includes a proposal for the revision of abuse control in Germany. Such revision would be of high relevance for undertakings in the (...)

24 Jan 2020

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy issues an update on the reform of German competition law

Martin Favart • March 2020

On 24 January 2020, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy published an update of its draft 10th amendment to the Act against Restraints of Competition (the “ARC”), officially called the “ARC Digitization Act”. Compared to the initial draft (see VBB on Competition Law, Volume (...)

22 janv. 2020

Accord de report d’entrée : L’avocate générale Kokott invite la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne à dire pour droit qu’un accord de report d’entrée peut constituer une restriction de la concurrence par objet ou par effet et que sa conclusion peut s’analyser en un abus de position dominante (Generics - UK)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2020

Estimant que l’incertitude quant à la validité d’un brevet sur un médicament ou sur le caractère contrefaisant de son générique n’empêche pas de considérer le titulaire du brevet et le fabricant du générique comme des concurrents potentiels, l’avocate générale Kokott invite la Cour à dire pour droit qu’un (...)

17 janv. 2020

Maroc : Le régulateur marocain des télécoms sanctionne l’opérateur historique à hauteur de 310 millions d’euros pour avoir abusé de sa position dominante dans la mise en œuvre du dégroupage de la boucle locale (Maroc Télécom)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2020

Le 17 janvier 2020, le régulateur sectoriel marocain des télécoms — l’Agence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications (ANRT) — a adopté une décision historique à plus d’un titre, la décision ANRT/CG/n°01/2020. Au terme de ce qui semble être la première décision faisant application du droit des (...)

16 janv. 2020

Position dominante : L’Autorité de la concurrence refuse de faire application de la jurisprudence Continental Can à une opération de concentration non notifiable (Itas / TDF)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2020

Alors que se multiplient les Killer acquisitions dans les secteurs du numérique et de la pharmacie, alors que les rapports fleurissent ici et là sommant les autorités de concurrence de mettre fin à ce phénomène perçu comme destructeur pour l’économie et pour la concurrence, voici une décision de (...)

16 Jan 2020

The French Competition Authority finds that a non-notifiable acquisition does not amount to an abuse of dominant position in the broadcasting market (Towercast / Itas / TDF)

Tim Kasten • January 2020

On 16 January 2020, the French Competition Authority (the “FCA”) handed down a decision in which it found that mergers and acquisitions did not amount to an abuse of a dominant position. In the case at hand, Towercast (a company active on the market of terrestrial broadcasting in France) (...)

14 Jan 2020

The Indian Competition Authority opens an investigation into allegations that a paint sector undertaking threatened anticompetitive actions against dealers who sought to partner with the complainant (JSW Paints / Asian Paints)

Manika Brar, Pallavi Shroff, Shweta Shroff Chopra, Naval Satarawala Chopra, John Handoll, Harman Singh Sandhu, Aparna Mehra, Gauri Chhabra, Rohan Arora, Yaman Verma • January 2020

The CCI directed the DG to investigate allegations that Asian Paints had abused its dominant position in decorative paints by threatening dealers who sought to partner with the complainant, JSW Paints. [1] The CCI found prima facie that Asian Paints was dominant given its above 50% market (...)

8 Jan 2020

The Indian Competition Authority publishes a market study on e-commerce platforms

Soumya Hariharan, Nandita Sahai, Sakshi Agarwal • January 2020

The growth of e-commerce and online marketplaces has had a significant impact on businesses and consumer behaviour. Competition authorities worldwide are increasingly focused on assessing competition concerns on online platforms, including United Kingdom (UK), Australia, the European Commission (...)

8 Jan 2020

The Indian Competition Authority publishes a report on its market study on e-Commerce in India and focuses on the three broad categories of e-commerce in consumer goods, accommodation services, and food services

Aparna Mehra, Gauri Chhabra, Harman Singh Sandhu, John Handoll, Manika Brar, Naval Satarawala Chopra, Pallavi Shroff, Shweta Shroff Chopra, Yaman Verma, Rohan Arora • January 2020

The CCI published a report on its Market Study on E-Commerce in India. The Study focused on the three broad categories of e-commerce in consumer goods, accommodation services and food services. After giving an overview of trends in and features of e-commerce, the CCI identified and discussed (...)

8 Jan 2020

The Indian Competition Authority releases a market study on e-commerce

Shaurya Aron • January 2020

Introduction In April 2019, the Competition Commission of India (“Commission”) had announced a market study into the functioning of ‘E-Commerce’ in India. The focus area of the study was to gather information relating to “trends, practices and issues” which are relevant to the fair and competitive (...)

8 Jan 2020

The Czech Competition Authority fines the collective rights management organisation for abuse of a dominant position (OSA)

Barbora Cejkova Vickers, Vojtech Chloupek • Preview

In a first-instance decision, the Office for the Protection of Competition ("Office") imposed a fine amounting to CZK 10,676,000 on the collective rights management organisation, Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním ("OSA"), for an abuse of a dominant position. The decision has been (...)

2 Jan 2020

The Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation releases a draft with proposed amendments to the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law

Adrian Emch, Rachel Xu, Andrew McGinty, Qing Lyu, Jun Wei • January 2020

CHINA TABLES FIRST SET OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW* On 2 January 2020, China’s antitrust authority – the State Administration for Market Regulation (’SAMR’) – released a draft proposing amendments to the main antitrust statute in China, the Anti-Monopoly Law (’AML’), for public (...)

2 Jan 2020

The Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation releases its draft proposing amendments to the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law

Jet Zhisong Deng, Ken Dai • January 2020

On 2 January 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China (“SAMR”) released a draft of the proposed amendment to the Anti-Monopoly Law of China (“Draft Amendment”) to solicit public comments from different sectors of society. It indicates that after twelve years, at the beginning (...)

25 Dec 2019

The Israeli Commissioner of Competition fines a company for abuse of its monopoly status, unreasonable refusal to supply and for the violation of merger conditions in the soft drink market (Coca Cola)

Israel Antitrust Authority • December 2019

THE COMMISSIONER OF COMPETITION FINED COCA COLA ISRAEL APPROXIMATELY NIS 39 MILLION:* The Commissioner of Competition decided today (Tuesday) to impose a monetary sanction of approximately NIS 39 Million on the Central Company for Sales and Distribution, for abusing its monopoly status, for (...)

20 Dec 2019

The French Competition Authority fines a research engine company for abuse of dominance in the search advertising market (Google)

French Competition Authority • December 2019

The Autorité de la concurrence hands down a €150M fine for abuse of a dominant position* Google has abused its dominant position in the search advertising market by adopting operating rules of its Google Ads advertising platform which are opaque and difficult to understand and by applying them (...)

20 Dec 2019

The French Competition Authority fines a company for abusing its dominant position in the online search advertising market (Google)

Tim Kasten • December 2019

On 20 December 2019, the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) announced that it had imposed a € 150 million fine on Google for abusing its dominant position in the market for search advertising. This is the fourth antitrust fine imposed on Google by a competition authority of the EU in less than (...)

20 Dec 2019

The City Court of Copenhagen imposes a fine to an ambulance service company for abusing of its dominant position by excluding its competitors through the adoption of exclusion strategies (Falck / BIOs)

Danish Competition Authority • December 2019

FINE OF DKK 30 MILLION TO FALCK* The City Court of Copenhagen has imposed a fine of DKK 30 million to the ambulance service company Falck Danmark A/S for abuse of dominant position. Falck abused its dominant position by excluding its competitor BIOS from ambulance services in the Region of (...)

19 déc. 2019

Abus de position dominante : L’Autorité de la concurrence sanctionne l’opérateur dominant du marché de la publicité en ligne pour abus de position dominante (Google)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2020

Commençons par la décision n°19-D-26 du 19 décembre 2019 à la faveur de laquelle l’Autorité a sanctionné Google à hauteur de 150 M€ pour abus de position dominante. On le subodorait à la lecture du communiqué de l’Autorité. On en a la confirmation à la suite de la lecture de la décision elle-même : la façon (...)

18 Dec 2019

The Turkish Administrative Court annuls a Competition Authority’s decision assessing excessive pricing in the online market and provides guidance on the standard of proof to be followed by the Authority (Sahibinden.com)

Ayberk Kurt, Alper Karafil • Preview

The standard of proof plays a significant role during the process of the investigations performed within the framework of the competition law. However, no explicit provision regarding the standard of proof which shall be taken as basis in the preliminary and full-fledged investigations carried (...)

18 Dec 2019

The Turkish Administrative Court annuls the fining decision of the Competition Authority because it failed to meet the required standards for establishing a competition law infringement based on excessive pricing (Sahibinden.com)

Gönenç Gürkaynak • Preview

This case note analyses Ankara 6th Administrative Court’s (the “Administrative Court”) annulment judgment (18.12.2019; 2019/946 E., 2019/2625 K.) through which the Administrative Court reviewed the Turkish Competition Board’s (the “Board”) decision dated 01.10.2018 and numbered 18-36/584-285, (...)

9 déc. 2019

Marché pertinent : La Commissaire européenne annonce un réexamen de la communication de 1997 relative à la définition des marchés pertinents

Frédéric Marty • N° 1-2020 • pp. 87-88

Les phénomènes de convergence numérique et la structuration de nombreuses industries en écosystèmes induisent des difficultés croissantes en matière de définition des marchés pertinents. Cette définition est cruciale dans les contentieux concurrentiels, notamment dans le numérique pour lequel des (...)

9 Dec 2019

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court confirms and defines margin squeeze as a particular form of abusive pricing strategy (Swisscom)

Marcel Meinhardt, Suzan Hacisalihzade • December 2019

Federal Supreme Court examines margin squeeze under Swiss competition law* Introduction On 9 December 2019 the Federal Supreme Court confirmed that Swisscom AG and Swisscom (Schweiz) AG (together, Swisscom) had abused its dominant position by charging abusive prices for wholesale broadband (...)

28 nov. 2019

Enquêtes : L’Autorité de la concurrence voit ses pouvoirs d’enquête renforcés à la suite de la publication du décret d’application de la loi pour la croissance et la transformation des entreprises (Décret n° 2019-1247)

Christophe Lemaire, Hélène Fricaudet • N° 1-2020 • pp. 148-149

Alors que la loi no 2019-486 du 22 mai 2019 relative à la croissance et la transformation des entreprises, communément appelée loi PACTE, a accordé aux agents de l’Autorité de la concurrence et de la DGCCRF chargés des enquêtes relatives à des pratiques anticoncurrentielles présumées la possibilité (...)

25 nov. 2019

Discriminations tarifaires : Questions d’actualité

Etienne Pfister, Gaël Hichri, Alexandre Carbonnel

Séminaire "Droit et économie de la concurrence" organisé par Concurrences avec Étienne Pfister (Autorité de la concurrence), en partenariat avec Magenta et NERA Economic Consulting.

25 nov. 2019

États-Unis : Le Tribunal du district nord de Géorgie est saisi par une plainte déposée par une entreprise spécialisée dans la publicité en ligne accusant un célèbre moteur de recherche de monopoliser le marché (Inform / Google, Alphabet, Youtube)

Walid Chaiehloudj • N° 1-2020 • pp. 199-202

L’étau antitrust autour de Google se resserre-t-il aux États-Unis ? Une précédente chronique pouvait permettre d’en douter (Concurrences n° 3-2019, art. n° 91291, p. 211). On se souvient que dans l’arrêt Google vs Marshall’s Locksmith Service, le moteur de recherche avait finalement réussi à échapper à (...)

22 nov. 2019

Octroi de licences : L’Autorité de la concurrence lance un test de marché à propos des engagements proposés dans le secteur de la fabrication et la commercialisation de manettes compatibles avec une console de jeux (Sony)

Alain Ronzano • N° 1-2020

Le 22 novembre 2019, l’Autorité de la concurrence a lancé un test de marché d’un mois à propos des engagements proposés par Sony Europe à propos de la procédure présidant à l’octroi de licences officielles pour la fabrication et la commercialisation de manettes compatibles avec la console de jeux (...)

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