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ARTICLE · 17 FEBRUARY 2022

Competition Flashback Q3 2021

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This is the Competition Flashback by bureau Brandeis, featuring a selection of some of the key competition law developments of the past quarter.

European UnionAntitrust/Competition Law
Bas Braeken
Bas Braeken
Jade Versteeg
Jade Versteeg
Lara Elzas
Lara Elzas
Timo Hieselaar
Timo Hieselaar
Demi van den Berg
Demi van den Berg
Berend Verweij
Berend Verweij

This is the Competition Flashback by bureau Brandeis, featuring a selection of some of the key competition law developments of the past quarter (see the original version here).

Overview Q3 2021

  • Altice's appeal against gunjumping fine dismissed by General Court
  • Commission launches two investigations into Google and Apple after preliminary report Internet of Things
  • ACM makes (long-awaited) turn and fines vertical price fixing agreements
  • Genuine or non-genuine agency? New interlocutory judgment in Prijsvrij/Corendon is not yet conclusive
  • ACM gives second green light for merger of Sanoma and Iddink
  • Prestressing steel cartel and elevators cartel: far-reaching duty to allege cartel damage and causality

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