The Italian competition Authority (the "<B>Authority</B>") has recently completed two investigations into the infant formulae industry after having received complaints from consumers about excessive prices.

Digital platforms have evolved from neutral intermediaries into powerful economic regulators, wielding algorithmic systems that determine visibility, market access, and competitive survival. As automated enforcement mechanisms increasingly operate through opaque, inconsistent logic, legitimate operators face a paradoxical reality where transparency becomes vulnerability and compliance no longer guarantees protection.

On 28 January 2021, the European Commission extended the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current emergency of COVID-19" (the "Temporary Framework")

The development of the Internet in Italy begun only in the late 1990s and Internet use has only recently become widespread.

Except for differences in procedural law, Italian competition rules mirror those of the European Union.

On January 19, 2017, the Italian Government has adopted the Legislative Decree No. 3/2017 ("Decree"), which has implemented in Italy the Directive No. 2014/104/UE dated November, 26, 2014, ...

In data 6 ottobre 2021 la Corte di Giustizia dell'Unione Europea si è pronunciata nella Causa C-882/19, Sumal, S.L. contro Mercedes Benz Trucks España, S.L...

On 17 June 2020, the European Commission published a White Paper dealing with the distortive effects caused by foreign subsidies in the Single Market.

The Privacy Regulations in force within the European Union are currently contained in two Directives: (a) the original Data Protection Directive (No. 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995 "on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data"), (b) the ePrivacy Directive, adopted a few years later (No. 2002/58/EC of 12 July 2002 ) with the specific intent to regulate "the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the elec

As declared by the chairman of the Italian Competition Authority while presenting the Annual Report April 2007–March 2008 of the ICA, ‘cartels are not minor sins; they are serious misdeeds which harm our society by obstructing the free play of competition’.

The "Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato" is an independent administrative body established in 1990 with its seat in Rome.

While in 2007 the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) reached its personal record in cartel’s prosecution by applying fines for €62 million in total, positioning itself, according to its Annual Report published in June 2008 (2008 Report), as the ‘top European national competition authority for fining cartels’, 2008 has indubitably been a year of decrease: ICA, indeed, applied fines in three cartel cases for ‘only’ €1.6 million in total.

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