Tag: Competition
UK’s Price Cap Plan For Funerals Shelved During Pandemic
The competition regulator says the coronavirus pandemic has forced it to abandon a series of measures it was considering to fix the UK's funeral...
Hong Kong Port Operators Offer List Of Concessions
A powerful alliance that controls much of Hong Kong’s major container port has released a list of proposed remedies aimed at addressing concerns raised...
Germany’s ‘Lex Apple Pay’: Payment Services Regulation Overtakes Competition Enforcement
By Jens-Uwe Franck & Dimitrios Linardatos (University Mannheim
As of January 2020, Section 58a of the German Payment Services Supervisory Act (PSSA) provides a right...
EU Competition Chief Wants EU-US Agreement On Platform Antitrust Policy
The EU and the US should formulate “common visions” on how best to regulate competition in the platform economy, the European Commission’s digital chief...
Germany’s Monopolies Commission Presents Their Biennial Report XXIII
Monopolies Commission: Strengthening the competition regime in Europe in times of the Corona crisis, digital change and growing challenges from Chinese state capitalism
Germany has...
Morocco’s King Probes Competition Regulator’s Dysfunctions
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has decided to create an ad hoc committee to investigate dysfunctions relating to a probe by the competition council,...
Roland Broke The Law Intentionally, Says UK Watchdog
Having already detailed its reasons for handing Korg UK a £1.5 million (US$1.9 million) fine in relation to price fixing, the Competition and Markets...
EC Adopts Guidance For National Courts Handling Confidential Information In EU...
The European Commission has adopted a Communication on the protection of confidential information by national courts in proceedings for the private enforcement of EU...
Italy’s Top Court Refers Enel Competition Fine To EU
Italy’s top administrative court on Monday, July 20, referred a case over a fine on utility Enel for alleged abuse of dominant market position...
Saudi competition body permanently cancels beIN licence, issues $2.7m fine
Saudi Arabian competition authorities have permanently cancelled the licence of Qatar-based pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and issued a fine of SAR10m (€2.34m/$2.67m) for what...
