Tag: European Commission
European Commission Closes Antitrust Probe Into Alcogroup
The antitrust investigation into Alcogroup's alleged involvement in an ethanol cartel was closed by the European Commission on Tuesday.
Alcogroup and Agroetanol, companies based in...
What is the Information Needed for the Commission to Conduct its...
The new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”) adopted at the end of 2022 is not yet applicable but it has already been subject to...
European Commission Eases Mergers Process For Businesses
The European Commission has adopted a package aimed at simplifying procedures for reviewing concentrations under the EU Merger Regulation.
The package includes (i) a revised Merger...
European Commission Closes Internache Casino Collusion Probe
The European Union regulators ended their investigation into collusion allegations between French supermarket chains Casino Guichard Perrachon SA and Intermarche, following a recent ruling...
European Commission Approves €100M Irish State Aid For Microelectronics
The European Commission recently endorsed a €100 million Irish initiative to advance the microelectronics production industry in the context of the ongoing conflict between...
Sisyphus, The Commission, And The Digital Markets Act
This paper makes recommendations to ensure that the implementation DMA does not end up being a Sisyphean task, laborious and futile. I believe that...
Just How Honest Does One Have to be with the Commission?...
By Simon Vande Walle1
Former President Bill Clinton famously denied having had sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky. After the details of his affair became public,...
DOJ, FTC & EC Hold Second US-EU Joint Technology Competition Policy...
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, Federal Trade Commission Chair (FTC) Lina M. Khan and Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager of...
EC Approves €220 Million Spanish State Aid
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €220 million Spanish measure to support Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, S.A. in the...
EU Commission Welcomes US Executive Order For A New EU-US Data...
On 25 March 2022, President von der Leyen and President Biden announced that they had reached an agreement in principle on a new EU-US...
