Antitrust News Feed

Sep 10, 2024

The Belgian Competition Authority is investigating potential anti-competitive practices in the passenger transport sector by conducting inspections at companies providing bus and coach services.

Sep 9, 2024

The European Commission and EDPB are teaming up to provide guidance on how the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) intersect, ensuring a coherent application to digital gatekeepers.

Sep 9, 2024

Innovelle Pharma Kft. successfully reduced its fine by over 10 million forints through cooperation in a case involving misleading advertising practices.

Sep 9, 2024

The Court of Justice upheld a €2.4 billion fine imposed on Google for abusing its dominant position by promoting its comparison shopping service over competitors.

Sep 9, 2024

The Competition Authority of Slovenia has initiated an investigation into the food delivery market through digital platforms in the country due to concerns of potential competition restrictions or distortions.

Sep 9, 2024

The Competition Authority is scrutinizing the activities of five companies in the food supplement sector to ensure compliance with laws against unfair trading practices.

Sep 8, 2024

The Austrian waste management company Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG cooperated with authorities in a cartel investigation, leading to a reduced fine request of EUR 7.085 million.

Sep 6, 2024

Italian and Polish competition authorities collaborate to address issues of digital market dominance and consumer protection.

Sep 6, 2024

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of the CMA's appeal against the CAT's decision to overturn its finding of a market sharing agreement in the pharmaceutical sector.

Sep 6, 2024

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has preliminarily found that Google is abusing its dominant positions in the ad tech sector, potentially harming UK publishers and advertisers.

Sep 6, 2024

The Commercial Inspection Authority conducted tests on 10 models of protective gloves to assess their resistance and labeling accuracy.

Sep 5, 2024

The latest episode of the GVH Podcast sheds light on how the online Price Monitoring system, operated by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) in collaboration with the Government, has proven to be an effective tool in combating inflation through stimulating market competition.

Sep 5, 2024

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is conducting a full Phase 2 investigation into Coca-Cola HBC's proposed purchase of BDS Vending Solutions.

Sep 5, 2024

European competition authorities have released guidelines to enhance legal certainty in cases of abusive behavior by dominant companies, aiming to promote effective enforcement of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

Sep 5, 2024

On 4 September 2024, the Chair and CEO of the CMA wrote a letter to the government.