Tag: Competition
UK Regulator Tells Package Holiday Firms To Refund Customers
Package holiday firms should promptly issue refunds to customers whose holidays have been cancelled, even in spite of the “extraordinary pressures” they are facing...
Mexican Regulator Creates Digital Markets Area Directorate
Last Friday, July 3, the Federal Commission on Economic Competition published in the Official Gazette and agreement with which it modifies its Organic Statute...
Trading Systems Merger Raises UK Competition Concerns
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that ION’s completed purchase of Broadway Technology raises competition concerns in the supply of electronic trading...
New Hire At French Competition Authority
Béatrice Bourgeois-Machureau, State Councilor, was appointed member of the college of the Competition Authority.
She succeeds Séverine Larère, who was called upon to exercise the...
Mexico Court Backs Competition Watchdog in Energy Clash
Mexico’s Supreme Court has upheld a complaint by antitrust regulator Cofece against an attempt by the energy ministry to stop new renewable power plants...
UK-US New Body To Advise On Competition In Farming
Farmers have welcomed plans for a new body to advise ministers on welfare standards and fair competition in trade deals with the US and...
Germany Calls For Tougher Measures Against Fake Reviews
The German competition regulator Bundeskartellamt demanded that online portals had to take tougher measures against fake reviews on their websites, the German competition authority...
Romania Opens Competition Consultations
Romanian regulator ANCOM (National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications) has begun a public consultation after its own review identified no issues requiring...
UK’s Competition Chief Tyrie To Step Down In September
Andrew Tyrie, chair of Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), will step down in September, just over two years after taking up the role,...
Australia Says Google’s $2.1B Fitbit Deal Could Harm Competition
Australia's antitrust regulator warned Google's planned $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness tracker maker Fitbit may give it too much of people's data, potentially hurting...
