The Commission decision concerned the implementation of the cartel within the EU, while the Czech
competition authority concerned the implementation of the cartel within the Czech Republic before accession.
Coca - Cola — provided legal support during a dispute with
the competition authorities concerning exclusive sales
Not exact matches
Irish dairy group Glanbia has reached a settlement with the Irish
competition authority over allegations
concerning the fixing of the retail price of milk.
According to Ezrachi and his co-author Professor Maurice Stucke,
competition authorities can not assume that greater
competition is the answer to quality
concerns.
UK
Competition and Markets
Authority Investigates Online Dating Agency — The case, outlined on GOV.UK,
concerns potential unfair commercial practices and potential unfair contract terms.
This consent order also
concerns separate and distinct violations of the Department's prohibition against unfair and deceptive practices and unfair methods of
competition, 49 U.S.C. § 41712, arising from Respondents» marketing and sale of air transportation services ultimately operated by a company that did not hold proper
authority from the Department.
Article 11 (6) of the Antitrust Regulation provides that the initiation of proceedings by the Commission relieves the
competition authorities of the Member States of their competence to also apply EU
competition rules to the practices
concerned.
This post
concerns a bit of a Dutch thing, namely the «position» of the Dutch National
Competition Authority ACM on an agreement by electricity producers active on the Dutch market, but it is interesting more generally for those who are interested in the relation between (EU) competition law and other issues like sust
Competition Authority ACM on an agreement by electricity producers active on the Dutch market, but it is interesting more generally for those who are interested in the relation between (EU)
competition law and other issues like sust
competition law and other issues like sustainability.
... provides
competition authorities with a specialized yet informal venue for maintaining regular contacts and addressing practical
competition concerns.
the opening by the Commission of a proceeding against a cartel under Chapter III of Regulation No 1/2003 does not, pursuant to Article 11 (6) of Regulation No 1/2003, read in combination with Article 3 (1) of the same regulation, cause the
competition authority of the Member State
concerned to lose its power, by the application of national
competition law, to penalise the anti-competitive effects produced by that cartel in the territory of the said Member State during periods before the accession of the latter to the Union.
Concerning the question whether the behavior of SFR's subsdiairy might also constitute an infringement of Art. 102 TFEU, the French
competition authority concluded the following.
In 2009, in a case
concerning the market for mobile telecom on the French Indian Ocean islands of la Réunion and Mayotte, the French
competition authority imposed interim measures on a subsidiary of the French telecom operator SFR because of (alleged) abuse of a dominant position; I use the word «alleged», since the final decision is not given yet (cf. a second interim decision of 24 January 2012, par.
In the past,
competition authorities, including the European Commission, have not appeared to be overly
concerned with MFN clauses.
My final remark on this case is a second remark
concerning the fact that the ECJ seems to be of the opinion that there was no exclusionary effect, because FK won back the contracts in 2007 and still had its distribution network in place, whereas the decision of the Danish
competition authority at stake dates from 2004.
In all three cases the state and the state alone uses its
authority concerning inputs (lignite, the ability to export and a telecoms licence) to the effect that the public undertaking is protected from too much
competition.
In particular, she has significant litigation experience in matters
concerning antitrust, investigations carried out by European or French
competition authorities, leniency proceedings, monopolies, restrictive practices and distribution law.
Advising Hasbro in relation to a major cartel investigation
concerning price fixing activities in the UK toys market and on obtaining total immunity from fines from the UK
competition authorities.
The
Competition and Markets
Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into online betting companies, following
concerns raised by the Gambling Commission.