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Switzerland's latest cartel law reform introduces significant changes to competition assessment methodology and merger control procedures. While the reform modernizes merger review by adopting the SIEC test, it simultaneously creates a paradox by potentially diverging from EU standards in how agreements between undertakings are evaluated, raising questions about the balance between effects-based analysis and legal certainty.

Am 19. Dezember 2025 wird das Parlament die Teilrevision des Kartellgesetzes verabschieden. Die wichtigsten Änderungen sind...

The Swiss Competition Commission (the ComCo) is the competition authority that oversees merger control procedures. The ComCo receives support from its investigative body, the Secretariat...

Cartels disrupt market integrity and harm economic players.

When it comes to anti-trust aspects, the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) is competent to investigate in the financial sector.

The legal bases of the cartel prohibition are Articles 4(1) and 5 of the Federal Act on Cartels and other Restraints of Competition of 6 October 1995 (CA), the equivalent to Article 101...

Adressaten des Kartellrechts sind primär Unternehmen. Der aktuelle WEKO-Entscheid zu Absprachen im Graubündner Baugewerbe zeigt, dass jedoch auch Verbände ...

The primary addressees of competition law are companies. However, the recent ComCo decision concerning agreements in the Grisons construction industry ...

In der kommerziellen Kommunikation sind Aussagen wie «klimafreundlich», «CO2-neutral» oder «nachhaltig» kritisch zu prüfen.

Dans un arrêt de référence qui vient d'être rendu par le Tribunal fédéral concernant un abus de position dominante (2C_698/2021), notre Haute Cour s'est exprimée de manière...

The Secretariat of the Federal Competition Commission calls for fines of up to CHF 25.5 million against companies in the perfume and cosmetics sector for alleged cartel activities.

Draft amendment to the Notice on Vertical Agreements. On September 5, the FCC issued a draft amendment on the Notice on Vertical Agreements of February 18, 2002.

Vertical restraints are regulated in the Act on Cartels of 6 October 1995 (CA).

In 2025, the Swiss M&A market reached record levels, with Swiss companies involved in transactions exceeding $163 billion, the highest volume since 2018.

In a 19th December 2003 ruling, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court clarified the situation regarding the right of residence of third country (family members of EC nationals who are Swiss residents ).