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 usLast month in Canon v Commission (Case T-609/19), the EU's General Court upheld the European Commission's €28m fine on Canon in 2019 for gun-jumping in relation to its two-step acquisition of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (TMSC).
Corporate & M&AOn 6 October 2021, the European Commission (Commission) invited Member State and all interested parties to comment on further amendments to the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) regarding aid measures for the green and digital transition.
EU, Competition & ProcurementDid you know that your business could well have a "vertical agreement"? Indeed, your business could be entirely dependent on so-called "vertical agreements".
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 5 May 2022, the European Commission announced that it had authorised Italy, under EU State aid law, to operate a €119m scheme to support cabotage and other maritime services because of the impact of COVID-19.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIn this publication we look at the principal features of the UTP Regulations, as well as the manner in which they will be impacted by the enactment of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022 (Bill).
ESG & SustainabilityOn 27 April 2022, the European Commission approved Irish State aid worth €18m to support the road haulage sector given the Ukrainian crisis.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIf enacted as currently drafted, the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Bill) would give effect to Directive (EU) 2019/1 (i.e. ECN+) by further empowering the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)) to investigate and enforce EU competition law in Ireland.
EU, Competition & ProcurementSignificant and wide-ranging new powers of intervention will be given to the Irish merger control authority i.e. the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), under the recently-published Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Bill).
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn Sunday, 30 January 2022, Ireland's Enterprise Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar TD, announced the unveiling of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022.
EU, Competition & ProcurementMergers, acquisitions and certain joint ventures are notified to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) which determines whether the proposed transaction would “substantially lessen competition" in Ireland.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 20 January 2022, the Irish Deputy Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, told Dáil Éireann – the more powerful of Ireland's two houses of parliament – that Ireland will publish new competition legislation during the week of 24 January 2022.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is Ireland's primary competition and consumer protection agency.
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