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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Luxembourg is the only country in the European Union ("EU") that has no prior merger control system. In principle, acquisitions do not fall within the…
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The draft law n° 6968 on certain rules governing actions for damages for infringements of competition law (hereinafter the “Draft Law”) amends the law…
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La Chambre des Députés a voté cet après-midi le projet de loi n.° 6588 portant organisation des services de taxis et modification du Code de la consom…
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Le Conseil de la concurrence s'est à nouveau saisi de sa propre inititiave pour rendre le 16 février 2016 un avis sur un projet de loi, cett…
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Suite à la libéralisation des prix des leçons de conduite des auto-écoles en juillet 2011 et dans le cadre de sa mission légale (article 33 de la Loi …
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On 2 July 2015, after two years of discussions, the Chamber of Deputies finally adopted the Law relating to electronic archiving and amending Article …
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Following complaints by the Luxembourg retail sector and the attention by the European Commission on possible restrictions on the internal market in t…
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The Luxembourg government has adopted the Law of 2 April 2014 implementing Directive 2011/83/CE of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights and amending the…
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Regulation (EC) 44/2001 of December 22nd 2000 on jurisdiction and the regulation and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (the "Br…
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The directive 2014/104/UE on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the…
Read MoreOn 23 July 2014, Directive 2014/92/EU1 (the "Payment Accounts Directive") has been adopted with the aim to improve consumer rights of EU citizens in t…
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On 30 September 2014, the European Commission (the "EC") published the non-confidential version of a decision taken on 11 June 2014 launching a formal…
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On 30 September 2014, the German Bundeskartellamt published a revised guidance paper on "Domestic Effects in Merger Control". The guidance paper aims …
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On 10 October 2014, the General Court ("GC") struck down the Commission decision against Soliver NV (Case T-68/09) given that it had failed to establi…
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On 9 October 2014, the Court of Justice dismissed the appeal lodged by Industries Chimiques du Fluor ("ICF") against the judgment of 18 June 2013, in …
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On 7 October 2014, the General Court ("GC") handed down a judgment in the hotly debated area of access to the file. Damage claimants are frequently se…
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The EU state aid rules are directed to Member States. In situations where public undertakings take measures which can be seen as conferring an advanta…
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A recent EU case reminds us of how important it is to meticulously prepare an antitrust complaint.
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A new framework applicable to market abuse prohibition and prevention has been adopted by the European institutions. It consists of Regulation 596/201…
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On 8 July 2014, the Luxembourg Parliament passed a law setting out specific rules for vertical agreements in the car distribution sector. The law is i…
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