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 usOn 30 January 2015, Mr Justice Frank Clarke issued a detailed judgment outlining the reasons for the Supreme Court's dismissal of an appeal by Dublin Airport Authority ("DAA") against the High Court judgment of 30 May 2014 on a refusal to lift an automatic suspension.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (the "2014 Act") has introduced significant changes to Irish media mergers effective from the 31 October 2014. The 2014 Act now mandates dual notification of media mergers to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) (or the European Commission) and the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Minister).
EU, Competition & ProcurementThis article addresses Irish merger control under the Competition Act 2002 (as amended) (Act) and its possible application in the context of property transactions.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published a guidance document for SMEs on consortium bidding for public contracts. The guide outlines how SMEs can comply with competition law when tendering on a joint basis.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has published draft Regulations which, if adopted in their current form, will regulate commercial dealings between suppliers and certain operators in the grocery sector.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe European Commission has rejected a complaint from Protégé International Ltd alleging that three Irish whiskey producers had agreed not to supply it with whiskey in breach of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (Article 101 prohibits anti-competitive agreements between businesses). Protégé alleged that the refusal would lead to its exclusion from the market
EU, Competition & ProcurementBusinesses and consumers who suffer loss because of the anti-competitive behaviour of others may sue for damages. Some businesses have mounted major actions to claim damages in various courts to recover losses due to cartels, abuses of dominance and other breaches of competition law.
EU, Competition & ProcurementMany hotel sales are now subject to Irish merger control approval due to the change to the turnover thresholds triggering a notification requirement to the CCPC.
Corporate & M&AEvery executive in business inevitably meets competitors. Commercial life probably could not function if one did not meet competitors at some point – for example, at meetings of trade associations, where companies come together to tender for a job that none of them could do individually or when regulators and government agencies call industry representatives together to canvass the views of the in
EU, Competition & ProcurementTonnage tax regimes are increasingly common worldwide. Under such schemes, shipping companies are taxed on the basis of the tonnage of their fleets rather than the actual profits of the companies
EU, Competition & ProcurementIt is very likely that new rules will be put in place for the grocery sector. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has published a draft of the proposed statutory instrument which will set out the rules. The Minister has asked for comments on the draft by the end of February. This A&L Goodbody client bulletin sets out key points of the proposed statutory instrument.
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