Region: Luxembourg

EU institutions cannot use state aid law to shape an “ideal” tax regime, advocate general Juliane Kokott has said in calling to annul the European Commission’s finding that Luxembourg granted Engie unlawful aid through tax decisions.

04 May 2023

Luxembourg’s government is considering whether to introduce a national merger control regime, which local lawyers say would bring “important change” to the country’s competition law and economy.

26 January 2022

The European Court of Justice should annul the European Commission’s finding that Luxembourg granted Fiat Chrysler an unfair tax advantage, advocate general Priit Pikamäe has said.

16 December 2021

The EU General Court has annulled the European Commission’s finding that Luxembourg gave Amazon an unfair tax break, but upheld a separate state aid decision concerning a tax advantage that the same country granted to Engie.

12 May 2021

A Luxembourg court has upheld the Competition Council's decision to dismiss a complaint that alleged an already-completed merger amounted to an abuse of dominance.

08 February 2021

Luxembourg’s Competition Council has fined a biscuit supplier and three supermarkets a total of €3.3 million for fixing resale prices over five years.

23 November 2020

Competition authorities in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have asked the EU to enable them to impose remedies on dominant digital companies without first establishing a legal infringement.

11 October 2019

Luxembourg’s Competition Council has rejected an abuse of dominance complaint and an application for interim measures by a retailer who was kicked off Amazon's marketplace.

10 July 2019

Marc Barennes has joined specialist follow-on damages litigator CDC Cartel Damage Claims as an executive director, moving from the EU’s General Court where he was a senior legal advisor for 12 years.

11 February 2019

Luxembourg’s competition enforcer has published its retail food sector inquiry report, three years after it concluded its review of the market.

08 February 2019