Tag: EU
EU Delays Antitrust Nod For Korean Shipbuilder Merger Again
The South Korean news agency Yonhap has reported that the EU’s antitrust review of the proposed merger of Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding...
Amazon Faces EU Fine Over Privacy Violations
A European Union privacy regulator has proposed a fine of more than US$425 million against Amazon, part of a process that could yield the...
EU Vestager Wants Apple To Allow Alternate App Stores
The chief of the European antitrust commission, Margrethe Vestager, wants Apple to allow alternate app stores to enable proper competition on its platforms, reported Apple Insider.
The Epic...
EU Court Considers German Bailout For Thomas Cook Airline
Ryanair persuaded the EU’s second-highest court Wednesday, June 9, that a COVID-19 bailout package for a German charter flight operator was against the the...
EU Concerned Over Market Power Of Siri, Alexa & Google
The market dominance of Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Alphabet’s Google Assistant has triggered concerns of potential anti-competitive practices, EU antitrust regulators announced on Wednesday,...
EU To Decide This Week On ArcelorMittal Bid For Liberty Steel...
European Union antitrust regulators will decide by July 9 whether to clear world No. 1 steelmaker ArcelorMittal's bid for two French steel plants belonging...
Google Allows Rival Search Engines On Android Devices In EU For...
Alphabet unit Google has bowed to pressure from rivals and will let them compete for free to be the default search engines on Android...
EU May Ease State Aid Rules For Renewable Energy Projects
EU competition regulators are considering changes in State aid laws to allow EU countries to subsidise up to 100% of renewable energy projects, the...
EU May Launch Infringement Procedure Against Italy Over Media Law
The European Commission is set to launch an infringement procedure against Italy over a media law potentially curbing Vivendi's interests in the country, newspaper...
Privacy by Default, Abuse by Design: EU Competition Concerns About Apple’s...
By Thomas Hoppner (Technical University Wildau) & Philipp Westerhoff (Hausfeld)
With the most recent updates of its mobile operating systems, in April 2021 Apple implemented...
