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The ruling is of particular interest as it considers the application of the evidentiary standard needed to prove a 'concerted practice' in the context of an e-commerce platform.

Shipping has historically been sheltered from the full force of EU competition law. For the past 20 years, EU Block Exemption Regulation 4056/86 has allowed liner conferences to fix prices and regulate capacity. Some shipping companies were fined for fixing prices outside liner conferences. Most non-conference shipping activities completely avoided the reach of competition law.

On 18 April 2023, the European Commission conducted unannounced inspections at the premises of companies active in the fashion and luxury sector in a number of EU member states including Italy.

On 3 September 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) overturned the judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2022 and annulled the European Commission (Commission)...

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation enables the European Commission to take action in relation to foreign subsidies that may distort competition within the European Union.

The Belgian Competition Authority has issued comprehensive guidelines on sustainability agreements, introducing novel mechanisms for businesses to cooperate on environmental and social objectives while navigating antitrust compliance.

The European Commission's broad information-gathering powers came under scrutiny when Vivendi and Lagardère challenged requests for documents from personal devices during a gun-jumping investigation. The General Court's dismissal of these challenges confirms that competition authorities can access professional communications on personal devices, even when fundamental rights concerns are raised, provided appropriate safeguards are in place.

Court of Justice upholds fines imposed on ArcelorMittal and ThyssenKrupp in steel beams cartel and alloy surcharge cartel cases

On 4 April 2019, the European Commission published the much anticipated Report Competition Policy for the digital era (hereinafter referred to as the "Report").

On 28 March 2024, the Belgian Federal Chamber of Representatives adopted a new act implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022...

This Newsflash highlights the most important aspects of the preliminary ruling and discusses its key consequences.

On 3 February 2026, the European Commission launched an in-depth Foreign Subsidies Regulation investigation into a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, due to concerns over possible grants and preferential treatment affecting EU competition. This is the second in-depth ex officio (i.e., on its own initiative) FSR investigation against Chinese manufacturers.

On 24 May 2024, the EU Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, announced that the European Commission (Commission) will conduct a fact-finding exercise on territorial supply constraints (TSCs).

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2021 has been a record-setting year in global M&A activity. Total transaction volume topped $5.5 trillion, exceeding prior peaks in 2007 and 2015 that remained below $5 billion.

On 14 September 2022, the European Commission issued a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council "on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market"...

In March the European Commission ("Commission") published, for consultation, its draft revised Guidelines on the application of Article 101 TFEU to horizontal cooperation agreements ("draft revised Horizontal Guidelines").

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has clarified that a supplier must actively agree with its other distributors that a territory is exclusively reserved if it wants to appoint exclusively a distributor for that territory.