Antitrust News Feed

Dec 27, 2023

The Rethmann Group has been identified as a clear market leader in the domestic waste collection and hollow glass processing sectors, prompting the Bundeskartellamt to consider imposing notification obligations on the company for future takeovers of smaller businesses.

Dec 27, 2023

The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) has announced that maximizing computer forensics tools will be a top priority for the organization in 2024.

Dec 27, 2023

The President of UOKiK has imposed a fine of over 1 million PLN on the travel portal Wakacje.pl for displaying inaccurate and incomplete prices for many trips, leading to misleading purchasing decisions by users.

Dec 26, 2023

The CNMC has approved a resolution establishing the toll prices for electricity transportation and distribution for 2024, with an average reduction of 1.1% compared to the prices applied on January 1, 2024.

Dec 26, 2023

The Spanish competition authority, CNMC, has opened an investigation into Repsol for potentially abusing its dominant position in the wholesale distribution market of hydrocarbons in Spain.

Dec 25, 2023

The Autorité de la concurrence is seeking public consultation on a draft notice that aims to provide informal guidance to undertakings on the compatibility of their sustainable development projects with competition rules.

Dec 22, 2023

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has rejected Motorola's appeal against the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) price cap on mobile radio network services for UK emergency services, ensuring a fairer price and saving taxpayers nearly £200 million per year.

Dec 22, 2023

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed additional conditions on energy supplier HEM, requiring it to address its financial and administrative shortcomings and refund consumers promptly.

Dec 22, 2023

The majority of Spanish households have fixed broadband, while the use of landline telephony continues to decline.

Dec 22, 2023

The owner of delfi.lt, Ekspress Grupp, has been found to have violated competition law by acquiring Lrytas without notifying and obtaining permission from the Competition Council.

Dec 21, 2023

The Spanish competition authority, CNMC, has concluded its investigation into Ecoembes for potential abuse of dominance in its auctions for plastic packaging waste, with Ecoembes agreeing to implement a new electronic auction system to ensure transparency and equal participation.

Dec 21, 2023

Alternative operators in Spain have captured 82% of the new active fiber-optic (FTTH) connections, with the majority of them being deployed in municipalities with less than 100,000 inhabitants.

Dec 20, 2023

The Court of Justice has ruled that the FIFA and UEFA rules requiring prior approval for interclub football competitions, such as the Super League, are in violation of EU competition law and the freedom to provide services.

Dec 20, 2023

Benoît Cœuré, President of the Autorité de la concurrence, and Mattias Guyomar, senior judge at the Conseil d’Etat and the European Court of Human Rights, discussed the impact of European Court of Human Rights case law on the application of competition law in a recent @Echelle webinar.

Dec 20, 2023

The Court of Justice has confirmed that the rules of the International Skating Union (ISU) on the prior authorization of skating competitions infringe EU law by restricting competition to the detriment of athletes, consumers, and audiences.