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On 12 and 19 July 2012, the European Court of Justice handed down its judgments dismissing in their entirety appeals brought by Compañía Española de Tabaco en Rama, Alliance One International Inc., and Standard Commercial Tobacco Co. Inc.

On 9 December 2014, the Paris Court of Appeal made a request for a preliminary ruling to the ECJ for clarification.

On 15 July 2015, the General Court adopted three judgments partly annulling the decisions adopted by the EU Commission in 2009 and 2010 in the heat stabiliser cartels case.

On 16 November 2012, the General Court granted requests for interim relief in appeals against the Commission’s refusal to grant confidential treatment to part of its 2006 decision in the bleaching chemicals cartel case.

A parent company can rebut this presumption by bringing forward sufficient evidence that its subsidiary acted autonomously on the market.

In June 2008, the Commission – representing the EU – brought parallel proceedings before the Brussels Commercial Court.

The ECJ handed its judgment in Kone AG and Others V ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, finding that participants in a cartel may be held liable for damage caused outside the cartel.

On 26 July 2016, the Commission made legally binding the commitments offered by Paramount Pictures as it considered that they adequately addressed its concerns regarding specific contractual clauses restricting passive sales.

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.

The European Commission wants to be able to block or conditionally approve transactions, mainly in the digital economy and in the pharmaceutical sector, even when the thresholds for notification...

The judgment responds to a request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Landgericht (Regional Court) Düsseldorf in Germany (the "Landgericht") dated March 21, 2013.

On 1 March 2016, the board of the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") adopted new guidelines concerning the leniency regime under Belgian competition law.

On 28 February 2018, the Brussels Court of Appeal held that the decision of the Belgian Competition Authority to partially lift specific conditions imposed on Kinepolis was poorly reasoned..

On 24 April 2025, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) announced a landmark decision imposing fines totaling over €11.2 million on three major pharmaceutical companies...

Over the last year, an increasing number of voices have entered the debate on whether competition law should play a role in supporting and promoting sustainability and, if so, how.

On March 4, 2026, the EU Commission released the long-anticipated proposal for its Industrial Accelerator Act designed to reinforce the European Union's manufacturing industry in response to recent extensive public support initiatives for domestic industries in China and the United States.