Tag: European Commission
EU: Commission to order Luxembourg to collect multimillion Amazon tax
According to Financial Times, the European Union's antitrust regulator is set to order Luxembourg to retrieve roughly several hundreds of millions of euros in...
EU: Commission fines Lithuania railway operator over competition breach
European Union antitrust regulators have fined Lithuania's state-owned railways almost €28 million (US$33 million) for breaching the bloc's competition rules.
The European Commission, which polices...
EU: “We will ‘actively’ watch Google’s remedies” says Vestager
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager said on Wednesday (27 September) that the institution would “actively monitor” a set of remedies proposed by Google...
EU: Google to create new unit for shopping service to avoid...
Alphabet's Google unit later this week will make its shopping service a stand-alone business within Google's operations and require it to bid against other...
EU: Regulators to investigate US$54 billion Luxottica, Essilor deal
EU antitrust regulators will investigate whether the planned €46 billion (US$54 billion) merger of Italian eyewear maker Luxottica and French lens manufacturer Essilor could...
EU: US chipmaker asks EC to probe Taiwanese manufacturer
US based chipmaker GlobalFoundries has complained to the European Commission that Taiwanese rival TSMC has been abusing loyalty rebates, exclusivity clauses and bundled rebates...
India: FMC wins approval for Dupont acquisition
The Competition Commission of India has granted FMC Corporation approval to buy a significant percentage of Dupont's Crop Protection business.
FMC and Dupont signed a...
EU: EC president calls for more scrutiny in foreign takeovers
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker today confirmed his plans for a new framework to “screen” foreign takeovers of EU companies.
The commission is expected to...
EU: Vestager stresses that German carmakers may face high fines
Volkswagen, Daimler, BMW, Audi and Porsche have to may face drastic consequences in the diesel sector, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told Business Insider...
EU: Google outlines plans to follow order on search results
Alphabet’s Google is set to sketch out to the European Union’s antitrust authority on Tuesday, August 29, how it plans to implement the regulator’s...
