On 14 June 2016, a draft law amending the Austrian Federal Act against Unfair Competition 1984 and the Austrian Price Labelling Act was published for public consultation.

Austrian merger control continues to capture non-full-function joint ventures. Joint ventures covered by merger control are sheltered against parallel assessment under the Austrian rules against anticompetitive agreements (no dual control).

The Supreme Court upheld a decision of the Cartel Court against SPAR, a leading company in the Austrian food retail sector, concerning collusion on resale prices (Resale Price Maintenance; RPM) with suppliers of dairy products.

Gewerberechtliche Geschäftsführer sind gemäß § 39 Abs 1 GewO zum einen dem Gewerbeinhaber, mithin dem Unternehmen gegenüber für die fachlich einwandfreie...

No approval is required if the foreign investor is an EU, EEA, or Swiss citizen or has its seat (i) in the EU or the EEA, ie in the EU or Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, or (ii) in Switzerland.

On 5 November 2013, the EU Commission published its long-awaited Guidance to Member States on state intervention in electricity markets.

Following the abolishment of the Austrian prohibition of promotional bonuses, the admissibility of such sales promotion activities businesses is still confronted with certain pitfalls.

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

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

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The legal basis for Cartel Prohibition in Austria is the Cartel Act (Kartellgesetz 2005), as amended

The Official Parties assess notifications in phase I proceedings.