Significant and wide-ranging new powers of investigation, intervention and enforcement are proposed to be given to the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), under the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022.
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Oct 2025
On 30 September 2025, the European Commission announced that it had conducted “unannounced inspections”, dawn raids, on the premises of a company active in the vaccines sector.
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The European Commission has clarified that sustainability-driven cooperation agreements, such as joint decarbonisation in ports, can comply with EU competition law if certain safeguards are followed.
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This case marks the first time that the Commission imposed a fine under article 23(1)(b) of Regulation 1/2003 for the provision of incomplete information in reply to an information request in the context of an antitrust investigation. Read more.
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