Competition weekly highlights—13 July 2023

Table of contents

• FDI
• Government publishes 2022–23 annual report on the NSI Act
• UK private actions
• CAT dismisses Dye & Durham’s appeal against the CMA’s decision declining to approve its proposed alternative remedy approach regarding the divestment of TMG Group
• EU mergers
• Commission fines Illumina a record €432m and GRAIL €1,000 for gun-jumping
• Broadcom/VMware merger conditionally cleared
• Amazon/iRobot referred to phase II
• Foreign Subsidies Regulation
• Commission adopts rules for implementing the Foreign Subsidies Regulation

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Article summary

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from an EU perspective, the Commission’s decisions to: (1) fine Illumina a record fine of €432m for gun-jumping, (2) adopt the implementing regulation for the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, (3) conditionally clear Broadcom/VMware merger, (4) refer Amazon/iRobot to a phase II investigation. This week’s highlights also includes, from a UK perspective, (1) publication by the UK government of its 2022–2023 annual report in the NSI Act 2021 and (2) the CAT’s judgment dismissing Dye & Durham’s appeal against the CMA’s decision declining to approve its proposed alternative remedy approach regarding the divestment of the TMG Group.