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The Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has published its priorities paper for 2026, setting out its enforcement priorities and strategic initiatives for the coming year.

The BCA decision is the latest development in a long-running legal saga in the equestrian sector.

In a judgment that will have direct and immediate consequences, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has clarified that for all competition damages actions brought after 26 December 2014...

In a judgment of 7 December 2010, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") adopted a preliminary ruling relating to the right of a national competition authority to participate in appeals before a judicial court against its own decisions

The European Commission has for the first time issued informal guidance under its 2022 revised Notice concerning "novel and unresolved" competition law questions. This may signal a more frequent use of this previously underused tool.

Following the opening of its investigation, the Commission requested detailed and voluminous information from the investigated cement manufacturers.

The proposals contained in the White Paper, if adopted, would constitute the most significant changes to EU merger control since the regime was overhauled in 2004.

The Court for the Defence of Competition has issued two decisions rejecting applications submitted by two card payment system associations (Sistema 4B and Servired) to obtain individual exemptions for their respective agreements on intra-system interchange fees (ie, fees applied to domestic consumer card transactions in retail outlets when the acquirer's and the merchant's banks are members of the same card payment system association).

The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently handed down a judgment on a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Austrian Cartel Court.

On 23 October 2017, the General Court of the European Union (the "Court") dismissed an action brought by Confédération européenne des associations d'horlogers-réparateurs ("CEAHR") against the European Commission ...

The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("TFEU") prohibits Member States from selectively granting public financial support to businesses that distorts competition and affects trade...

On 24 October 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that the European Commission's (the EC) 2009 decision, which imposed a (then record)...

Acknowledging the effects-based approach in abuse of dominance cases, while retracting from a consumer welfare-based, rigorous economic effects analysis.

On 1 October 2014, the Court of Appeal of Ghent confirmed that Ducati North Europe BV ("Ducati") had infringed Belgian competition law by abusively excluding a repairer from its distribution system.

At the end of 2009, the European Commission closed two long-running investigations into misuse of market power afforded to companies whose patented technology had been incorporated into industry standards: the Rambus case and the Qualcomm case.

General Court partially annuls fines imposed on Japanese participants in gas insulated switchgear cartel.

Key takeaway #1 The European Commission promises to consider the specificities of the defense sector and its contribution to defense readiness in its competition enforcement (antitrust, merger control and State aid control).

On 9 July 2014, the European Commission published a Communication which reviews the operation of Regulation 1/2003.