Organisation: European Court of Justice

Hungary’s decision to block an EU company from acquiring a strategically important domestic raw materials supplier under its foreign investment rules was a “particularly serious restriction” of EU law as it only sought to protect the national economy, the bloc’s top court has said.

13 July 2023

Non-compete clauses agreed between potential rivals operating in separate markets must be interpreted as an unlawful market sharing conspiracy unless proven to be strictly necessary for the otherwise lawful partnership, an advocate general at the EU’s top court has said.

02 March 2023

The EU General Court’s finding that a skating union’s policy of banning athletes for competing in unauthorised events infringed competition law is marred by an unclear by-object analysis, an advocate general has said.

15 December 2022