Antitrust News Feed

Dec 29, 2023

The CNMC has concluded that Ouigo's increase in frequencies between Madrid and Albacete does not compromise the economic balance of the public service contract between Renfe Viajeros and the Ministry of Transport.

Dec 28, 2023

The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) has fined Dietmed for imposing retail prices on distributors of food supplements and health food products.

Dec 28, 2023

Trade Inspection and National Tax Administration have jointly questioned 19 out of 100 firework models, preventing over 40,000 dangerous products from entering the Polish market.

Dec 28, 2023

The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has fined Telewizja Polsat and Teleaudio Dwa for organizing a misleading SMS contest on New Year's Eve, with a penalty of nearly 10 million PLN.

Dec 28, 2023

The Competition Council has reduced the fine for Švyturys-Utenos Alus, a beverage producer in Lithuania, after the company obstructed an investigation by deleting relevant information and failing to provide requested data.

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.