On 24 March 2011, the European Parliament approved in plenary session a series of amendments to the draft Directive on Consumer Rights (the "Directive") (See, this Newsletter, Volume 2008, No. 10, p. 4 and Volume 2011, No. 1, p. 5).

European Commission examines whether acquisitions of minority shareholdings should be subject to EU merger control

On 25 January 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation on its Draft Guidance on Horizontal Agreements.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

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.

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

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

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 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

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

Perindopril is a blood pressure control medicine that used to be Servier’s bestselling medicine.

The Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament voted on 17 December 2013 the trade mark package which the European Commission had tabled on 27 March 2013

The FCA found that these manufacturers had, for each of these markets, coordinated their commercial policy towards large retail chains as well as coordinated their price increases from 2003 to 2006.

On 3 July 2012, Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, signed a Commencement Order which brought into force the provisions of the Competition (Amendment) Act 2012 ("the Act").