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In separate judgments delivered on 25 October 2011, the EU General Court ("GC") annulled € 9.9 million of fines previously imposed by the Commission on the Spanish undertaking Aragonesas and its parent company Uralita for their alleged participation in a cartel on the sodium chlorate market.

The air travel tax is an excise duty which airline companies operating in Ireland must pay in respect of every passenger departing on an aircraft from an airport situated in Ireland.

On 3 October 2011, the European Ombudsman, tasked with responding to complaints of maladministration by EU institutions or officials, published a decision on a complaint about the European Commission's refusal to provide access to its internal manual of antitrust procedure and competition law for cases involving the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU under Regulation 1/2003 (the so-called "ManProc").

The Commission will analyse the outcome of the survey before deciding whether any legislative or procedural changes are needed.

A DG Comp public consultation is anticipated on the draft Guidelines.

The guidelines offer potential solutions and give practical suggestions as to how Google’s privacy policy could satisfy EU data protection requirements.

On July 5 2011 a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel published a report in which it ruled in favour of the European Union in a challenge against export restrictions in China.

The FCA considered that the improved commitments offered by Nespresso adequately lifted the technical, legal and commercial barriers to entry for other manufacturers.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal quashed the decision of the Office of Fair Trading (now the Competition and Markets Authority) in the online hotel booking case.

On 16 February 2018, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales applied the qualified effects test (i.e. the test according to which EU competition law can be applied to conduct ...

On 26 November 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") handed down three judgments dismissing in their entirety appeals brought by Group Gascogne, Gascogne Sack Deutschland and Kendrion against the General Court’s ("GC") rulings in the plastic industrial bags cartel case.

On 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (the "ECJ") handed down its judgment in case 70/10 Scarlet v. SABAM.

On 28 November 2014, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") announced the adoption of an ethical charter applicable to its assessors.

On 24 December 2013, the Board of Directors of the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") published in the Belgian Official Journal (Belgisch Staatsblad / Moniteur belge) its Guidelines on competition inspection procedures (the "Guidelines").

On 27 January 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority published a notice on the handling of requests for an informal opinion by the President of the BCA.

The College of Prosecutors (Auditoraat / Auditorat) of the Belgian Competition Authority published its preliminary views on a proposed joint venture between the Jupiler Pro League and Telenet.

In a preliminary reference of 20 December 2012, the Belgian Constitutional Court ("Grondwettelijk Hof/Cour constitutionelle") held that EU cartel fines cannot be considered as a business expense which is deductible from corporate tax bills.

Samsung operates a selective distribution system for its high-end products and prohibits its dealers from selling outside the network, including over the Internet.