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.
Contact usBe prepared and up to speed on the significant and wide-ranging new powers of investigation, intervention and enforcement being given to the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), under the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022. The main changes will:
Nov 2025
Corporate Transactions Dawn Raid Powers before the Courts In a line of recent cases the General Court has examined the limits on the powers of the European Commission to carry out dawn raids on businesses suspected of breaching competition law.
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On 14 October 2025, the European Commission fined Gucci, Chloé and Loewe over €157m for engaging in illegal resale price maintenance.
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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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