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On January 23, a cartel workshop was held in Brussels in which the Director of the Cartel Directorate of the DG Competition, Mrs. Maria Jaspers, was questioned on the state of play of cartel enforcement and what the Commission's priorities are for 2025...

On 2 October 2014, the European Commission published a study on the evolution of the European food retail market over the last ten years.

The exchange of information between competitors can raise antitrust concerns. For such exchanges to be legitimate, they must pursue an objective that has positive...

On September 5, Advocate General (AG) Medina rendered her opinion in Alphabet and Others, (Opinion) suggesting the Court of Justice not to apply the strict Bronner 2criteria for assessing...

Nur zweieinhalb Jahre nach der 10. GWB-Novelle (GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz) – und somit deutlich früher als der übliche Abstand zwischen (älteren) GWB-Novellen erwarten ließ – sehen sich Unternehmen...

2023 saw some very significant decisions, investigations, court judgments and legislative developments in European Union merger control.

Council Regulation 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty<SUP>1</SUP> ("Regulation 1/2003") has revolutionized the enforcement of the EC competition law since its entry into force in May 2004. Regulation 1/2003 introduces major changes in the procedure governing the implementation of art. 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty ("ECT).

On November 28, 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR or the "Regulation"), a new legislative tool designed to prevent foreign subsidies...

On 27 March 2023, the European Commission (Commission) announced its intention to adopt detailed new guidelines on the application of Article 102 TFEU to exclusionary conduct.

Following a comprehensive review and consultation process, the new revised EU vertical agreements block exemption Regulation (VBER) and Guidelines have now been published and will come into force on 1 June 2022.

The BCA has designated five priority sectors for 2026 — agri-food, digitalization and telecommunications, healthcare, basic services (including regulated professions...

On 2 July 2025, the General Court of the European Union confirmed that transactions below the EU merger filing thresholds may be referred upward to the European Commission...

In the following sections, we first provide a factual overview of the significant case developments at EU level, and thereafter provide detailed analysis of important substantive or procedural developments addressed in these cases.

On 16 March 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its keenly anticipated judgment in Towercast(Judgment), following a request for a preliminary ruling by the Court of Appeal...

On 21 March 2024, Advocate General Emiliou (AG) delivered his non-binding opinion on the Illumina/GRAIL judgment that had confirmed the European Commission's (EC) powers under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR).

French authorities fine metal recycling companies for non-compete and no-poach agreements in merger...

On 26 March 2021, the European Commission ("EC") published its "Guidance on the application of the referral mechanism set out in Article 22 of the Merger Regulation to certain categories of cases" ("Guidance").