Law: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

A member of the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has urged enforcers to use behavioural remedies to approve a merger that raises competition issues if the deal would help facilitate the fight against climate change.

23 May 2023

The European Parliament's rapporteur on competition policy has made several recommendations to improve the effectiveness of EU antitrust policy, including introducing rebuttable presumptions into merger control.

03 February 2023

Featured in Foreign Direct Investment Regulation Guide - Second Edition

In recent years, the European Commission has pushed for a harmonised approach to FDI screening, aiming to develop an open, sustainable, fair and rules-based system of global trade that recognises the importance of inbound FDI for economic growth, job creation and innovation in the European Union.

06 December 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

The European Commission strives to find an equilibrium between protecting competition law’s primary efficiency rationale and accommodating the EU’s larger sustainability goals.

24 June 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

To allow member state governments to assist companies affected by covid-19, the European Commission adopted a state aid regime worth exploring in the aftermath of the pandemic.

24 June 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

The European Commission’s recent review of its Vertical Block Exemption Regulation, including Vertical Guidelines, led to the adoption of new rules and important amendments to the current rules by partly narrowing the safe harbour but also allowing for more flexibility.

24 June 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

Understanding the Greek antitrust framework in terms of substantive rules and procedures requires knowledge of its public enforcement and comparison with equivalent EU rules.

24 June 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

Based on recent decisional practice and the evolving concept of exclusion in Europe, the European Commission’s 2009 Guidance on Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union may require updating.

24 June 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

In the aftermath of the European response to covid-19, certain issues may require more scrutiny by policy makers in order to minimise the risks of distortions inherent to any public intervention.

24 June 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

The application of EU competition law to joint ventures is influenced by the EU Merger Regulation and article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

24 June 2022