The European Union quite early on, as early as 1989, made its first rudimentary attempts to harmonise rules on public procurement across the internal market for two principal reasons:

On the 8th February 2024, the European Commission published its revised Market Definition Notice (the ‘Notice'). This is the first update since the original notice published in 1997 and reflects the evolution...

On 8 February 2024, the European Commission ("Commission") updated its Market Definition Notice ("Notice") for the first time since its initial publication in 1997.

The Maltese Office for Competition within the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority recently published for consultation proposed Regulations providing for the power to waive or reduce the applicable fine in cartel investigations.

The Office for Competition has launched a public consultation on the most significant overhaul of Malta's merger control framework since 2007. The proposed amendments to the Control of Concentrations Regulations...

The Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (MCCAA) has launched a public consultation on the proposed amendments to the Control of Concentrations Regulations...

Following the landmark constitutional judgements in the case of Federation of Estate Agents vs the Director General et, whereby the Constitutional Court

In the fourth episode of the Ganado Meets Corporate Podcast, Dr Clement Mifsud-Bonnici, Senior Associate at Ganado Advocates, speaks with Office of Competition's Director General...

The use of competition law to regulate the pharmaceutical industry is beginning to see a new impetus.

New call-in powers and raised turnover thresholds mark the first significant update to competition regulations in two decades.

Following a proposal which was put forward by the Commission in May 2016, on the 6th February, 2018, the European Parliament voted in favour of a proposed regulation on addressing unjustified geo-blocking.

On 14 June 2013, the Maltese Office for Competition within the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority published for consultation proposed Regulations providing for the power to waive or reduce the applicable fine in cartel investigations.

On 9 February 2022, the General Court of the European Union (the ‘‘Court'') delivered its judgement in the case of ‘Sped-Pro S.A. vs. Commission' wherein it annulled a European Commission (the "Commission")

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission ("EC") imposed fines totaling €329 million on Delivery Hero (Germany) and Glovo (Spain) for participating in a cartel in the online food delivery sector.

The use of competition law to regulate the pharmaceutical industry is beginning to see a new impetus.

Malta's Office for Competition ("the Office") has issued a press release, noting that on the 18 September 2024, it issued a decision prohibiting the acquisition by Lidl Immobiliare Malta Limited ("Lidl") of property owned...

Malta is on the cusp of a significant judicial reform with the publication of Bill No.133, entitled "Various Laws relating to the Establishment and Jurisdiction of the Commercial Court (Amendment) Act, 2025"...

On 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the ‘'CJEU'') delivered a preliminary ruling whereby it concluded that the Fédération internationale de football association...

This guide provides an overview of merger control laws in Malta and spans jurisdictional and turnover test thresholds, process, timetable, and sanctions. It is intended to guide the reader...

The proposed amendments to the Control of Concentration Regulations (S.L. 379.08) represent a significant step in the continued evolution of Malta’s merger control regime.