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On 25 January 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation on its Draft Guidance on Horizontal Agreements.

On 14 June 2018, the French Ministry of Economy announced its intention to carry out, for the first time, a public interest review of Cofigeo's acquisition of the ready meals business of Agripole.

The FCO concluded that, whilst not being dominant, EDEKA’s market position on the procurement market in the food retail sector was strong enough for its suppliers to be economically dependent on EDEKA.

The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf has rejected an appeal by Danish hearing-aid manufacturer GN Store Nord A/S.

In a judgement of 16 January 2013 recently made available, the East Netherlands District Court held ABB to be liable for the injury suffered by its direct purchaser TenneT, the national electricity transmission system operator of the Netherlands, as a result of the insulated switchgear cartel.

On 1 March 2011, a Bill was submitted to the Belgian Parliament modifying Article 1584 of the Civil Code and introducing the obligation to include a condition precedent in all contracts concerning the sale of real estate

In a judgment of 13 February 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal annulled the decision of the Competition Council to impose a fine of EUR 29,121 on VEBIC.

Belgium offers businesses a uniquely central location at the hub of European trade and the heart of European decision-making. Situated close to France, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, Belgium is ideally located to offer local and international businesses access to the most densely populated area in Europe.

The Dutch Competition Authority was entitled to take the EU-wide turnover of the companies concerned as the basis for the imposition of fines.

On 30 October 2012 the Constitutional Court (Grondwettelijk Hof / Cour constitutionnelle) organised a hearing on the question whether Article 53, 6° of the Income Tax Code 92 would be discriminatory (and therefore contrary to Articles 10 and 11 of the Constitution) if it distinguished for purposes of tax deduction between criminal financial sanctions and administrative financial sanctions such as fines levied by the European Commission on the basis of Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Fu

According to British Airways, by raising a plea of its own motion, the GC had grounds to go beyond the form of order set out in British Airways' application for annulment, in particular as it related to a ground...

The Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation ("VABER") will expire on 31 May 2022. As a result, the European Commission has formally commenced its evaluation of the VABER in order to inform

The French Supreme Court has recently ruled that national competition authorities are allowed to take enforcement actions against companies found to be in breach of Article 101 TFEU.

The Regie is responsible for the employment of inmates through 33 workshops spread across Belgium.

On 30 August 2013, the Belgian Competition Council imposed fines amounting to a total of around € 14.7 million on three cement producers, industry association Febelcem and the research institute for the cement industry CRIC/OCCN.

On 29 July 2011, the ‘s-Hertogenbosch District Court issued an injunction against the confectionary company Mars ordering it to cease the further implementation of a marketing strategy relating to the preferred display of its products.

In a decision of 29 November 2010, the Belgian Competition Council amended a condition that was imposed in 2003 on cable network operator Telenet’s acquisition of pay-TV provider Canal+.

On 30 November 2010, Ms Liesbeth Van der Auwera of the Flemish Christian-Democratic Party (CD&V) introduced a Bill in the Chamber of Representatives to amend the Law of 6 April 2010 on Market Practices and Consumer Protection (the "Law") in view of combating misleading business directories