The European Commission has issued Statements of Objections to construction chemicals manufacturers in France, Germany and Spain, along with three national trade associations, over suspected price coordination. The preliminary assessment suggests manufacturers coordinated future price increases for chemical additives and admixtures between 2021 and 2022 in response to rising raw material costs following the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's war against Ukraine.

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets has intervened in ANWB Energie's billing crisis, requiring the energy supplier to compensate approximately 700 customers who have experienced prolonged delays exceeding six weeks. The regulatory action addresses systemic issues stemming from incompatible metering hardware and mandates direct customer contact, automatic compensation payments, and potential contract modifications for affected households.

Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") has finally published the Draft Guidelines for Competition Violations in Labour Markets ("Draft Labour Guidelines")...

Significant amendments aimed at strengthening consumer rights have been introduced to the Regulation on Distance Contracts through the "Regulation Amending the Regulation on Distance Contracts", published by the Ministry of Trade in the Official Gazette dated 24 May 2025 and numbered 32557.

31 Aralık 2025 tarihli ve 33124 (5. Mükerrer) sayılı Resmî Gazete'de yayımlanan Harçlar Kanunu Genel Tebliği (Seri No: 98) ile Harçlar Kanununa bağlı tarifelerde yer alan maktu harçlar...

The European Commission ("Commission") has concluded its investigation into Google's practices in the online advertising technology sector, finding that the undertaking abused its dominant position by engaging in self-preferencing conduct in access to ad inventory, auction mechanisms, and pricing processes. As a result, the Commission has imposed a fine of €2.95 billion on Google.

As announced at Spring Budget 2023, the government will legislate in Spring Finance Bill 2023 to extend the current headline rates of relief for the TTR, OTR and MGETR for two years until March 2026.

06/09/2025 tarihli ve 33009 sayılı Resmî Gazetede yayımlanan 10364 sayılı karar ile...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued the latest annual Corporate Tax Statistics, a report covering over 160 countries and jurisdictions that includes two years...

The European Commission has introduced comprehensive Guidelines on Article 102 TFEU addressing abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings. These Guidelines establish a three-stage assessment framework covering market dominance determination, competitive distortion analysis, and objective justification examination. The framework provides detailed analytical approaches for various forms of exclusionary conduct including predatory pricing, margin squeeze, exclusive dealing, and self-preferencing, wh

The Danish Competition Council has conditionally approved Uber's acquisition of Dantaxi, Denmark's largest taxi operator, marking the country's first mandatory notification of a below-threshold transaction. The decision requires Uber to divest substantial parts of Dantaxi's business to address concerns about market tipping and reduced competition in Greater Copenhagen's taxi services market.

European Commission, in its investigation into the automotive starter battery market initiated on September 26, 2017, following a leniency application by Clarios (formerly JC Autobatterie)...

The European Commission adopted an EU Industrial Maritime Strategy and a Ports Strategy to enhance the competitiveness, sustainability, decarbonisation, security, and resilience of the EU's maritime sector...

The European Commission has released a comprehensive economic study examining how mergers influence innovation, investment, and future market competition, providing an analytical foundation for updating its merger guidelines. Drawing on over 450 academic publications, the study proposes new frameworks for assessing dynamic effects, including an "Expected Consumer Welfare" standard and sector-specific analyses across biopharmaceuticals, quantum computing, and clean technologies.

The European Commission has launched its first formal investigation in the medical devices sector, examining whether Align Technology's business practices constitute anticompetitive behavior by allegedly forcing dental professionals to purchase iTero scanners in order to use Invisalign clear aligners. The investigation centers on claims that Align has refused to approve competing scanners and rejected digital scans from other manufacturers since 2017, potentially creating a closed ecosystem that shields its

The European Commission (“Commission”) announced that it has imposed interim measures on Meta Platforms Inc. in the context of its ongoing antitrust investigation, with the aim of preserving access...

Turkey's Capital Markets Board has lowered the public disclosure threshold for shareholding changes in listed companies from 5% to 3%, effective September 11, 2026. This regulatory amendment requires earlier disclosure of shareholder structure changes and updates the Central Securities Depository's reporting requirements, though indirect shareholding data remains informational only for certain capital markets regulations.

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Provisional Article 32 of the Banking Law No. 5411 ("Banking Law")...

The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DoJ") announced the issuance of its first-ever whistleblower reward, granting $1 million to an individual whose information led to EBLOCK Corporation resolving criminal antitrust...

On October 28, 2025 the Order approving NACE 2.1-UA was issued, which means transition to the EU statistical classification, full synchronization of methods...