On 1 June 2023, the European Commission adopted revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations ("HBERs") applicable to R&D agreements and specialisation agreements...

By a decision of 8 June 2021, the Competition Council ("Council") closed its investigation conducted since 2016 against certain companies belonging to the Volkswagen Group.

By a decision of 8 June 2021, the Competition Council ("Council") closed its investigation conducted since 2016 against certain companies belonging to the Volkswagen Group. There will be no further legal proceedings in the matter.

The Competition Council ("Council") has launched an awareness campaign to encourage contracting authorities, companies and individuals to report bid rigging in public procurement processes.

Vertical restraints are restrictions on competition within agreements between companies or individuals at different levels of the supply chain.

On 6 February 2019, the Competition Council ("Council") published a report detailing the results of its enquiry of the distribution sector in Luxembourg.

The European Commission, in its Temporary Framework Communication of 8 April 2020 regarding the assessment of antitrust issues during the crisis, underlines that, in the current exceptional circumstances...

By decision n°2018-FO-02 of 13 June 2018, the Competition Council ("Council") decided not to impose a fine following its own-initiative investigation of a horizontal cooperation agreement...

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Important recent EU case law further defined the application of the prohibition on the abuse of a dominant market position in Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union...

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The "non bis in idem" principle ("Principle"), enshrined in Article 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ("Charter"), prohibits duplication...

By Decision 2017-E-01 dated 8 March 2017, the Luxembourg Competition Council has accepted commitments offered by two companies operating in the passenger transport market in response...

In a judgment of 24 Mars 2021, the Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal confirmed the decision of the President of the Competition Council rejecting a request for interim measures against Amazon Services Europe S.à r.l. for an alleged abuse ...

On 20 January 2022, the Ministry of Economy launched a public consultation on the possible implementation of a merger control regime in Luxembourg.

New EU platform-to-business rules aimed at enhancing transparency of online platforms for business users are now applicable. Implementation of certain procedural aspects in Luxembourg is pending

By its Decision 2017-C-02 of 21 June 2017, the Competition Council rejected a complaint filed against Amazon Services Europe S.à r.l. in June 2016 for an alleged abuse of a dominant position...

At EU level, a number of developments took place over the summer regarding potential competition law infringements in the digital sector.

On 13 December 2023, the European Commission adopted two regulations amending the rules on de minimis state aid ("Regulations"), i.e. state aid that does not have to be notified to the Commission...

What's new? On 1 June 2022, the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation ("VBER") as well as the revised Guidelines on vertical restraints ("Guidelines") entered into force. They were adopted following a thorough review of the 2010 texts.