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Judgments with significant impact have been handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union On 21 December 2023 the Court of...
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The energy company Effekthandel ApS (“Effekthandel”) and 49 energy producers, each supplying reserve-capacity to the electricity system...
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On 22 November, the European Commission (“Commission”) fined Dutch Rabobank €26.6 million for participating in a cartel concerning the...
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Introduction The Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) recently issued a report on the competitive functioning and health of the Belgian...
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On 18 November 2023, the Italian Competition Authority (“ICA”) launched an ex-officio fact-finding market investigation (the...
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On 27 September 2023, the EU’s General Court (GC) rejected an appeal brought by Valve Corporation (Valve) against the European Commission...
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In late November this year, the competition taskforce of the Australian Government Treasury (Treasury) published a consultation paper...
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In its ruling from 6 November 2023, the Czech Supreme Administrative Court (“NSS”) confirmed a first instance court decision that...
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The Polish Competition Authority (“PCA”) has recently taken action against two companies operating in the Polish market - Dr Smile and...
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In a judgment issued on 29 June 2023 based on a request for preliminary ruling (CJEU, June 29, 2023, aff. C-211/22) (the “Judgment”), the...
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For the first time in Finland, a court has assessed in more detail the compatibility of joint bids made by competing companies. The...
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The District Court of Rotterdam ruled on November 13, 2023 that Samsung Electronics Benelux B.V. (Samsung) had unlawfully influenced the...
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This is a summary of an interview published in the January 2024 edition of Financier Worldwide magazine. The EU and the UK are placing...
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I had the pleasure of speaking on the new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) at the annual FAIB The legal year in review lunch debate...
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I finally had some time to write up some key take-aways/observations from a recent Florence EUI autumn conference panel presentation I...
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined three money transfer firms over £150,000 for price fixing in Glasgow. This step was...