Günther Oettinger, the EU Commissioner for Energy, is intending to make recommendations on the creation of a truly integrated EU energy market.

On 2 March 2011, officials of the CNC's Investigations Division conducted unannounced inspections at the premises of various companies and associations active in the production of grapes and wine under the Valdepeñas designation of origin.

After a complaint lodged by the national hotel confederation, CEHAT, the Investigations Division of the Spanish Competition Authority (CNC) has opened infringement proceedings against the royalties collecting society EGEDA, a firm which manages the rights of audiovisual producers, for suspected anti-competitive abusive practices prohibited by article 2 of the Spanish Competition Act 15/2007 (SCA), and article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

On 18 January 2011 the European Commission ('Commission') announced that it had conducted a number of unannounced inspections at the premises of companies in the truck industry in several EU member states.

On 4 July 2011 the European Commission ('Commission') announced that it had decided to repeal its heat stabilisers cartel decision of November 2009 in relation to Ciba/BASF and Elementis.

The European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") has this week rejected the appeal by Akzo and Akcros against the 2007 decision of the General Court.

The European Commission has announced its intention to launch a public consultation on the modernisation of EU public procurement law.

On 13 April 2010, officials of the European Commission (the "Commission") in co-operation with the French competition authority conducted surprise inspections at several companies in France that are active in the water supply and treatment sector on suspicion that they had abused rules prohibiting restrictive business practices and/or dominant positions in the water-treatment sector.

Yesterday, the BKartA fined three consumer goods manufacturers for anti-competitive information exchanges amounting to € 38 million in total.

Dutch state owned bank ABN Amro has initiated legal proceedings at the European Union's General Court regarding the European Commission’s decision to ban the bank from making acquisitions following a state bailout earlier this year.

Following inspections on 19 October 2010, the Spanish Competition Authority ('CNC') decided on 15 March 2011 to commence formal investigation proceedings against 17 companies for alleged anti-competitive practices.

In June 2010, the Comisión Nacional de la Competencia ('CNC') was informed about the existence of an agreement between Anigp-tv and UPIFC Sindicat de la Imatge to, inter alia, negotiate a minimum price list in relation to services provided by press photographers.

On 13 October 2010 the Investigations Division of the Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (the 'CNC') decided to open formal proceedings against the Spanish National Coin and Stamp Factory, the Fábrica Nacional de la Moneda y Timbre (the 'FMNT'), for suspected restrictive practices.

On 26 April 2010 the Spanish National Competition Authority ("CNC") initiated infringement proceedings against motorbike manufacturer Montesa Honda SA and six of its dealers in the Madrid, Guadalajara and Toledo provinces of Spain for alleged anti-competitive practices prohibited by Article 1 of the Spanish Competition Act relating to agreements for fixing the minimum resale price of Honda's motorbikes, as well as the retail margins that dealers grant to their agents for sales made by them.

On 27 October 2010 officials of the Investigations Division of the CNC entered the premises of Grafoplas del Noroeste, S.A. (Grafoplas) in Culleredo (Coruña) to carry out searches in accordance with Article 40 of the Spanish Competition Act (Law 15/2007).

In its recent statement of objections ("SO") the Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") alleges that Cathay Pacific and Virgin Atlantic have participated in unlawful information exchanges in breach of the Chapter I prohibition of the Competition Act 1998.

On 3 August 2011 an OFT criminal investigation into the agricultural wrapping sector, which covers plastic stretch film used to package and protect straw, hay and silage, was dropped due to a lack of evidence.

Germany's newly elected coalition government composed of the Christian Democratic Party (the "CDU") and the Free Democratic Party (the "FDP"), is currently discussing an amendment to the German Act against Restraints on Competition (the "ARC") which will empower the Federal Cartel Office (the "FCO") to apply structural remedies against companies accused of abusing their dominant position.

On 22 October 2009, the OFT published its response to the Campaign for Real Ale ("CAMRA") super-complaint (the "super-complaint") relating to the supply of beer in pubs.

On 15 December 2009, the European Commission gave phase I approval for the acquisition of the flexible packaging and folding carton business of Alcan Packaging by Amcor Limited ("Amcor") from Rio Tinto plc.