A wave of relief swept through businesses within the competition law landsc…
A wave of relief swept through businesses within the competition law landsc…
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In its judgment of 1 February 2024, the ECJ dismissed Scania’s appeal in its entirety and upheld the Commission’s fine of EUR 880.5 million for Scania…
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The European Commission has updated its guidance on how to define relevant markets for the purpose of EU competition law enforcement. The revised Mark…
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On 23 January 2024, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced its 2024 priorities. They are the same for the fourth consecutive year (se…
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2023 marked the near finale of the European Commission’s overhaul of its competition policy, leaving only a few loose ends to tie up in 2024/2025.
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On 14 December 2023, the CJ sided with Amazon and Luxembourg and dismissed the European Commission’s appeal against a May 2021 judgment of the General…
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The European Commission (EC) recently published its updated Horizontal Guidelines, including a new section on competition and sustainability agreement…
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The parliamentary process leading to the introduction of a new law on business concentrations (Draft Law No. 8296) (the “Draft Concentration Control L…
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On 23 August 2023, Luxembourg’s Ministry of the Economy (Ministry) introduced Bill of law no. 8296 setting up a merger control regime in Luxembourg (B…
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On 12 September 2023, the EU Parliament adopted the Directive on Consumer Credits (CCD II), which will repeal Directive 2008/48/EC of 23 April 2008 on…
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At EU level, the EU Commission has published rules and guidance to further reduce the administrative burden for parties with respect to the merger con…
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“Only 38% of consumers are confident that the investment advice they receive from financial intermediaries is primarily in their best interest”, a rec…
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The Austrian Supreme Court referred a question to the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) for a preliminary ruling. The question concerned whether A…
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The luxembourg competition authority has raised the bar for merger control by joining a referral request under article 22 of the eu merger regulation
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The Digital Markets Act and the Regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the international market enter into force during this year 2023 and provide…
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Depuis le 1er janvier 2023, certains taux de TVA ont été temporairement modifiés
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Depuis le 1er janvier 2023, certains taux de TVA ont été temporairement modifiés[1] : notamment le taux normal de TVA à 17[2]% applicable à la vente d…
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On 24 November 2022, Luxembourg enacted a new law on competition (“Law”), aiming to overhaul the current competition legislation and transpose into Lu…
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Currently, Luxembourg is the only EU Member State without a national merger control regime.
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Merger control seeks to scrutinise concentrations of competitive power by requiring certain transactions to be notified to national or supranational c…
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While lawyers may exercise their activity by forming a commercial company, such law firm admitted to the Luxembourg Bar is civil by nature despite the…
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