Environmental protection and climate change are by far the hottest topics in contemporary competition policy. The European Green Deal, signed by the EU 27, sets out to make Europe the first climate-neutral...

In 2017 Germany and Austria implemented an additional merger threshold, catching cases that fall below existing turnover thresholds but the consideration ...

The Austrian legal regime regulating market dominance is set out in Part II (Sections 4 to 6) of the Austrian Cartel Act (KartG), stipulating the prohibition on abusing a (single or collective) ...

Nach der Sektorenuntersuchung der Europäischen Kommission zum E-Commerce1 und der Geoblocking-Verordnung 2018 kommt eine weitere Weichenstellung auf (vertikale) Vertriebssysteme im „online-Zeitalter" zu.

It has only been three years since the Austrian cartel law was last amended. Whereas at that time the focus was on the creation of new authorities (Federal Competition Authority and Federal Cartel Prosecutor) and procedural changes, the new amendment primarily concerns substantive issues. The present amendment is, for the time being, the last brick of alignment with EC cartel law.

On 25 April 2017, important changes ("Amendments") to Austrian competition law entered into force - a number of changes will enter into force at different times.

In connection with the outlined division of the sources of EU law, the question arises: should soft law provisions be taken into consideration in judicial practice of national competition authorities and of Member States' courts?

Two recent Supreme Court decisions have triggered significant debate in the competition field, both in Austria and at a European level.

Prior to the amendments brought by Law 255/2013, Romania’s Competition Council was able to conduct dawn raids at the premises of undertakings without a court warrant, but rather based only on an internal order issued by the President of the Competition Council.

Across the globe, more and more companies are looking into ways to strengthen their environmental

Der auf EU-Ebene spürbare Kampf für Fairness im Wettbewerb schlägt sich in Zahlen nieder, die eine klare Botschaft senden: Unfairer Wettbewerb kann massive Konsequenzen haben.

As of 14 September 2012 Moldova has adopted new competition legislation.

Several block exemption regulations (BER) issued by the European Commission (the Commission) under Art 81(3) EC will expire in 2010. This applies in particular to the BER on vertical agreements and the BER on agreements in the motor vehicle sector.

Gerade noch vor Jahresende hat der Gesetzgeber mit der Novelle des Nahversorgungs­gesetzes die europäische UTP-Richtlinie umgesetzt.

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In recent years, the caseload in Austrian courts regarding civil and commercial litigation has decreased by approximately 20%, from 0.5 first instance litigation cases pending per 100...

Multi-digit Euro fines for anti-competitive behaviour and continued press coverage of bribes have moved compliance programmes ever more into the focus of attention.

„Zusammen sind wir stark!" – Nach diesem Motto haben sich in letzter Zeit mehrfach Schischulen zur gemeinsamen Kundenakquise entschlossen.

This regular alert covers key regulatory EU developments related to the COVID-19 situation. It does not purport to provide an exhaustive overview of developments and contains no analysis or opinion.

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