On 15 October 2014, the Belgian Competition Authority dismissed on the basis of its enforcement priorities an antitrust complaint filed by A. Spira BVBA against De Beers UK Limited and Diamdel NV.

In a press release issued on 6 January 2012, the Belgian Competition Council announced the adoption on 19 December 2011 of new Guidelines regarding the calculation of fines for EU and Belgian competition law infringements.

The European Commission has adopted revised rules governing the application of EU competition law to technology transfer agreements, namely the updated Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation...

The Belgian Competition Authority published a non-confidential version of its 20 April 2017 decision to clear the acquisition of Belmedis, Espafarmed, Cophana, Alpha Partners and a controlling stake in Sofiadis by McKesson.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently handed down its judgment in an appeal brought by the Schindler group against a judgment of the General Court which upheld the European Commission’s 2007 decision finding that the companies within the Schindler group had infringed Article 101(1) TFEU by participating in a cartel on the market for elevators and escalators.

On 24 May 2012, the General Court of the European Union delivered a judgment dismissing MasterCard’s appeal against a European Commission.

On 26 November 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") handed down three judgments dismissing in their entirety appeals brought by Group Gascogne, Gascogne Sack Deutschland and Kendrion against the General Court’s ("GC") rulings in the plastic industrial bags cartel case.

The ECJ handed down a ruling partially setting aside the GC’s judgment in the road bitumen cartel case and reducing the fine imposed on Ballast Nedam.

On 15 September 2011, the General Court ("GC") handed down its judgment on an appeal brought by Koninklijke Grolsch NV against the European Commission’s decision of 18 April 2007, fining it € 31.66 million for its participation in a cartel affecting the beer market in the Netherlands between 1996 and 1999.

This regular update (no. 44 | 21 April 2021) covers key regulatory EU developments related to the evolving COVID-19 situation (Antitrust & State Aid; Trade/Export Controls; Medicines, Medical ..

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

This regular update (no. 56 | 19 July 2021) covers key regulatory EU developments related to the evolving COVID-19 situation (Antitrust & State Aid; Trade/Export Controls; Medicines, Medical Devices...

On 24 April 2018, the European Commission fined Altice, a Dutch-based telecom operator, € 125 million for procedural infringements of the EU Merger Regulation.

The infringement lasted from 1 January 2014 to 31 October 2017.

Apple lost a legal challenge in the Netherlands after a ruling that the company abused its dominant market position by imposing unfair terms on dating app developers.