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The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on EU Competition law—daily round-up (20/05/2025)
The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on UK Competition law—daily round-up (20/05/2025)
The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on UK Competition law—daily round-up (19/05/2025)
The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on EU Competition law—daily round-up (19/05/2025)
UK private actions—ongoing cases trackerThis table tracks and summarises all current claims in respect of an infringement decision or an alleged...
EU phase I mergers—closed cases trackerThe table lists completed European Commission phase I merger investigations since 13 June 2013.For information...
EU competition law and exclusive distribution agreements STOP PRESS—On 10 May 2022, the Commission adopted a new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation...
Dominant position under Article 102 TFEUArticle 102 TFEU prohibits undertakings which hold a dominant position within the EU or a substantial part of...
Information request for drafting Form COThis Practice Note is a template for a typical request for information (RFI) to compile the information required for drafting a merger notification (the Form CO) to the European Commission (Commission). The Form CO requires extensive information, documents and
EU merger rules—joint venturesJoint ventures are one of the means by which companies enter into a new market and develop new products. Their treatment under EU competition law will differ depending on whether there is a concentration and whether the EU merger control rules apply. Under the EU merger
EU mergers—remedies—a practical guideThe EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) empowers the European Commission (the Commission) to accept remedial undertakings as a condition of a phase I clearance or after a phase II in-depth investigation (under the EUMR, remedies are known as 'commitments'). The
Calculating turnover under the EU Merger RegulationThe first step of any EU merger control analysis is to assess whether or not a transaction falls within the jurisdiction of the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR). The EUMR only applies to concentrations with an 'EU dimension'. The term concentration
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