Competition weekly highlights—20 November 2025
This week’s edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) a CAT judgment granting a CPO in relation to a collective damages action brought against mobile network operators for an alleged abuse of dominance over ‘loyalty payments’, and (2) the CMA’s response to government request for a market study on competition in the UK private dental care sector. This week’s highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Commission’s decision to launch an investigation into Red Bull for alleged abuse of dominance in energy drinks sector, (2) the Commission’s decision to launch a consultation on commitments offered by SAP in relation to its maintenance and support services for ERP software, and (3) the Commission’s decision to conditionally clear ADNOC/Covestro after a phase II FSR investigation, (4) the Commission’s decision to launch an investigation into a potential DMA breach by Google for demoting media publishers’ content in search results, (5) the Commission’s decision to launch market investigations on cloud computing services under the DMA, (6) a Court of Justice judgment dismissing appeals against the General Court’s order concerning the Commission decision regarding the Madeira Free Zone tax scheme, and (7) a Court of Justice judgment holding that Bulgaria failed to take necessary steps to recover State aid granted to private forest owners.