En date du 1 er novembre 2022, la Suisse et l'Allemagne ont signé un Accord sur la coopération entre leurs autorités de la concurrence ("Accord").

When did you last review your standard terms and conditions? If you can’t remember, now is the time. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has made unfair contract terms a top enforcement priority...

Le 29 novembre 2023, le Conseil fédéral a adopté l'Ordonnance concernant l'appréciation en droit de la concurrence des accords verticaux

Parliament revises the Cartel Act and adopts the concept of "relative market power". Under the new law, prohibitions previously applicable only to dominant companies will be extended to companies...

In today's final vote, the Swiss Parliament voted in favour of the partial revision of the Cartel Act.

Das Parlament revidiert das Kartellgesetz und führt das Konzept der "relativen Marktmacht" ein. Zukünftig sollen die bis anhin nur für marktbeherrschenden Unternehmen geltenden Verbote auch...

Die Schweizer Wettbewerbskommission hat ihre revidierte Bekanntmachung über die wettbewerbsrechtliche Behandlung von Vertikalabreden verabschiedet.

Mit der Revision des Bundesgesetzes gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG) werden per 1. Juli 2012 die Vorschriften für allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen (AGB) angepasst.

This section reviews developments concerning the Federal Act of October 6, 1995 on Cartels and Other Restraints of Competition (the "Competition Act"), which is enforced by the Federal Competition Commission ("FCC").

The Swiss Competition Commission issued its revised notice on the treatment of vertical agreements under competition law.

On January 4 2011, the competition commission announced that it has launched a preliminary investigation into a cooperation agreement between Swisscom and the city of St Gallen to extend the city's fibre-optic network.

On September 15, 2010, the Competition Commission opened an investigation concerning restrictions to internet sales of household appliances. The investigation must show whether the restriction of internet sales constitutes a violation of competition law.

A customer books a hotel online. The headline price looks great, £120 for two nights in London. They add it to their basket, enter their details, and head to checkout.

On 13 November 2015 and 17 December 2015, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court (FAC) issued two judgments on restrictions of passive sales and resale price maintenance.

Following the first decisions by the Competition Commission (COMCO) on the new legal provisions regarding the abuse of relative market power (see our newsletter of March 2022), the COMCO Secretariat (Secretariat).

On 14 December 2022, the Swiss Competition Commission published its revised notice on the treatment of agreements between undertakings at different market levels, together with updated explanations.

La Commission de la concurrence suisse a adopté sa Communication concernant l'appréciation des accords verticaux révisée.

The COVID-19 crisis forces companies from a wide range of industries to cooperate and to change their market behavior.

La Suisse ne dispose à ce jour pas de réglementation générale sur le contrôle des investissements directs étrangers.