ArticleFormal proceedings opened against Formula One and other international motor racing series.European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawSundström Rieser & Cie/Nordic Law Offices
ArticleGeneral Court Largely Upholds Commission Decision In The TV And Computer Monitor Tubes CartelOn 9 September 2015, the General Court ("GC") largely upheld the Commission's decision in the TV and computer monitor tubes cartel on both the substantive issues and the general principles followed to set the level of the fines. European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleGeneral Court Upholds Fine Imposed On Lucite In Acrylic Glass Cartel Case And Rejects Commission’s CounterclaimOn 15 September 2011, the General Court ("GC") handed down its judgment on an appeal brought by Lucite International and its UK subsidiary Lucite International UK (collectively referred to as "Lucite") against a Commission decision fining the company a total of € 25.025 million in connection with the polymethyl-methacrylates ("PMMA") cartel. European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleGuidelines On Regional Aid For 2014-2020 AdoptedThe European Commission has approved a new set of guidelines on regional aid for the period between 2014 and 2020. European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleSociété Générale's Fine Substantially Reduced For Its Involvement In The Euribor Cartel – This Case Highlights Challenges Of The Settlement ProcedureOn 6 April 2016, the European Commission announced that it had reduced the fine imposed on French bank Société Générale from €446 million to €227.7 million after having revised the value of sales used to calculate the fine.European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleThe EU's New Gig Economy ProposalsThe European Commission has introduced a new package of measures designed to improve employment conditions for digital platform workers.European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawIus Laboris
ArticleUK Government Proposes Significant Changes To Merger Control RegimeThese proposals are significant and seek to more closely scrutinise foreign investment deals that affect national security.European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleThe Belgian Competition Authority Adopts New Decision In The Caudalie Case Following Court AnnulmentIn 2021, the Belgian Competition Authority imposed a fine of EUR 859,310 on several companies in the French Caudalie group for breaching competition law by imposing minimum prices and restricting active and passive sales in the framework of its selective distribution network. BelgiumAntitrust/Competition LawCMS Law-Now
ArticleCourt Of Justice Rules That Flemish Language Decree Violates EU Law On Free Movement Of GoodsOn 21 June 2016, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") handed down a judgment in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from the Ghent Commercial Court...BelgiumCorporate/Commercial LawVan Bael & Bellis
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ArticleBelgian Competition Authority Clears Collaboration In Supporting Living Banana Wages On Sustainability GroundsOn 30 March 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority approved a sustainability initiative between the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) and five large retail chains in Belgium...BelgiumEnvironmentArnold & Porter
ArticleAdvocate General Wahl Issues Opinion On Liability Of Cartel FacilitatorsIn late 2009, the Commission found that a number of undertakings had infringed Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement by participating in two sets of anti-competitive agreements...European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleECJ Dismisses Appeal In Elevator Cartel CaseOn 24 October 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") dismissed an appeal brought by Kone Oyj, Kone GmbH and Kone BV against a General Court ("GC") judgment which upheld the European Commission’s decision in the elevator cartel case.European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleECJ Issues Ruling On Application Of EU Rules On Jurisdiction To Competition Damages ClaimsThe Lithuanian Court of Appeal granted LAL’s applications for provisional and protective measures in December 2008.European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleECJ Rejects Commission’s Appeal Against General Court Judgment In Copper Fittings Cartel CaseIn the final of a series of appeals in the copper fittings cartel case, the Court of Justice of the European Union, on 4 July 2013, dismissed an appeal by the Commission against a General Court judgment that upheld an appeal by Aalberts against the European Commission’s decision. European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleEU General Court Clarifies Notion Of State Resources In 2012 German Renewable Energy Law CaseOn 10 May 2016, the General Court of the European Union ("Court") handed down a judgment in a case concerning the German law on renewable energy of 2012. European UnionAntitrust/Competition LawVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleCommission Reports On Implementation Of Collective Redress Recommendations At National LevelThe Report canvasses the extent to which those principles and recommendations have been incorporated into national law by Member States. European UnionConsumer ProtectionVan Bael & Bellis
ArticleHeightened Antitrust Risk In The EU: Restriction Of Parallel ImportsThe European Commission's Consumer Affairs Commissioner Meglena Kuneva presented a new report on cross-border e-commerce in the EU. The report highlighted that cross-border e-commerce has been slow to develop in the EU.European UnionConsumer ProtectionO’Melveny & Myers LLP