Tag: European Commission
EU: Commission approves €5B Polish support for cogenerated electricity
The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules (1) a Polish scheme to support high-efficiency cogeneration and (2) reduced surcharges to finance...
EU: Facebook to change the rules for providing services
The European Commission and EU Member States have negotiated a change to the terms of providing services by Facebook. There was doubt about the...
UK: CMA clears RWE purchase of stake in E.ON
Britain’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Monday, April 8, it had cleared German utility RWE’s purchase of rival E.ON’s renewables business and nuclear...
EU: EC charges Valve and steam with geo-blocking games
Two years after the EU began investigating whether Valve uses regional pricing and geo-blocking practices in its Steam store, the European Commission has formally charged...
EU: EC accuses BMW, Daimler, and VW of emissions collusion
The European Commission has formally accused BMW, VW, and Daimler of colluding to impede the rollout of emissions limiting technology. These companies—whose car brands...
EU: Daimler asks watchdog to probe Nokia patents
German carmaker Daimler has complained to EU antitrust regulators about Nokia patents essential to car communications, reported Reuters.
Daimler confirmed that it had lodged a...
EU: Osborne Clarke grows its competition practice
Osborne Clarke announced the appointment of new partner, Steven Verschuur who will join the partnership on April 1, in Belgium.
An expert in EU law...
EU: Regulator accepts Hollywood studios, Sky UK concessions
The European Commission has accepted commitments offered by top Hollywood film studios and Sky UK on their pay TV services that will allow European Union consumers...
EU: Commission opens in-depth investigation Øresund fixed rail-road line
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether Danish and Swedish public support for the Øresund fixed rail-road link is in...
EU: Regulators to probe UK power capacity scheme
EU state aid regulators opened an in-depth investigation into Britain’s capacity market scheme, three months after an EU court scrapped its 2014 decision approving...
