Tag: Spain
Spain’s CNMC Approves Bank Acquisition With Conditions
Spain's competition watchdog, the CNMC, on Tuesday, June 29, approved the acquisition of Liberbank by Unicaja, though the merged lender will have to accept...
Spain’s Watchdog Lowers Prices To Access Telefonica’s Infrastructure
Spain's competition watchdog CNMC on Friday reduced the prices legacy mobile and broadband operator Telefonica charges to let rivals access its network infrastructure.
The CNMC...
Spanish Regulator Approves Masmovil’s €2B Takeover
Spain's competition regulator has given its first phase approval to the takeover of telecom operator Euskaltel by rival Masmovil Ibercom.
The regulator stated in a...
Spain Probes 4 Banks For Antitrust Violations With COVID Loans
Spain’s competition watchdog CNMC said on Wednesday it was investigating possible anti-competitive practices in the marketing of state-backed loans by lenders Banco Sabadell, Santander,...
EU Orders Spain To Recover Aid Given To TV Broadcasters In...
EU competition regulators on Thursday, June 10, ordered Spain to recover illegal State aid given to TV broadcasters to switch to digital broadcasting from...
Telefónica Wins Canal+ Takeover Spanish Court Battle
The Spanish Court Audiencia Nacional has refused appeals from a group of telecoms – Vodafone, Orange, Euskaltel, R, and Telecable, among others – and...
Spain Probes Renewable Power Supplier Audax
Spanish competition regulator CNMC on Wednesday, April 21, announced that it has opened an investigation into domestic renewable power and gas supplier Audax Renovables,...
Antitrust Damages’ Claims in Spain
By Francisco Marcos (IE Law School)
After briefly describing the institutional and legal framework for antitrust damages claims in Spain, this article surveys the courts’...
PNC To Buy US Branch Of Spain’s BBVA For $11.6B
Spanish financial group BBVA has agreed to sell its US business, BBVA USA Bancshares, to PNC Financial Services Group for US$11.6 billion, the Wall...
Amazon Must Heed Mail Regulations, Says Spanish Watchdog
The Spanish antitrust watchdog stated that it had determined that US tech giant Amazon operates as a mail service in Spain and has to...