The EU Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of joint control of OnTower Austria GmbH, based in Austria, by Electricité de France S.A. and Vauban Infrastructure Partners S.C.A., both based in France. The transaction mainly concerns the telecommunications sector in Austria.
The EU Council today adopted, by common accord with the President-elect of the Commission, the list of persons whom it proposes for appointment as members of the Commission until 31 October 2029.
The EU Commission has approved a €2.7 billion Austrian scheme to support companies active in the industrial sector to decarbonise their production processes. The measure will contribute to the implementation of Austria’s National Energy and Climate Plan and to the achievement of the European Green Deal targets.
The policy brief, written by EU Commission staff, explores market dynamics, emerging tendencies, and barriers to entry in these sectors. It suggests elements of a preliminary framework for the analysis of cases, such as theories of harm and efficiency gains. In particular, it looks at what types of anticompetitive concerns may emerge and at the possible tools to address them.
The EU Court of Justice annuls the Commission decision finding certain United Kingdom rules on the taxation of controlled foreign companies (CFCs) to be State Aid incompatible with the internal market and sets aside the judgment of the General Court confirming that decision. The Commission and the General Court erred in law in finding that the rules applicable to CFCs constituted the appropriate reference framework for examining whether a selected
The EU Court annuls the 2016 ECB decision refusing the acquisition of a qualifying holding in Banca Mediolanum by Silvio Berlusconi. The ECB could not lawfully oppose Berlusconi’s ownership of a qualifying holding in the bank, as that situation resulted only from the interested party having continued to own a qualifying holding which he had acquired prior to the transposition of the provisions of EU law on which the ECB
Online accommodation reservation platforms: price parity clauses cannot, in principle, be classified as ‘ancillary restraints’ for the purposes of EU competition law.
The European Commission takes note of the withdrawal of the initial referral requests by seven Member States to review under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation (‘EUMR’) the acquisition of certain assets of Inflection AI, Inc. (‘Inflection’) by Microsoft Corporation (‘Microsoft).
The transaction mainly concerns auctions and private sales of works of art and luxury goods. The EU Commission concluded that the proposed concentration would not raise competition concerns, given that the companies are not present in the same or vertically related markets. The notified transaction was examined under the super-simplified merger control procedure.
The EU General Court sets the amount of the fine at approximately € 238.7 million as opposed to the € 242 million imposed by the EU Commission.
The EU General Court annuls the Commission’s decision. It upholds the majority of the Commission’s findings but annuls the decision imposing a fine of almost €1.5 billion on Google, on the ground inter alia that it failed to take into consideration all the relevant circumstances in its assessment of the duration of the contract clauses that the Commission had deemed abusive.
Under the scheme, the aid will take form of direct grants. The measure will be open to companies producing relevant equipment, namely batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, heat-pumps, electrolysers, equipment for carbon capture usage and storage, as well as key components for the production of critical raw materials.
Erste Reaktionen auf die heute vorgestellte neue EU-Kommission von Ursula von der Leyen zeigen ein gemischtes, Bild. Anbei ein Überblick von Statements deutscher EU-Abgeordneter. Die Übersicht wird Insight EU fortlaufend aktualisieren.
EU Parliament leaders had an exchange of views with the President-elect of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on the new College of Commissioners. After this meeting, Ursula von der Leyen presented the planned College structure to the media.
During a visit to Eurojust, the President of Slovenia, Ms Nataša Pirc Musar, highlighted how judicial cooperation through the Agency supports justice being done across borders and ensures Europe’s safety.
The EU Commission has approved a €682 million Belgian state aid scheme to support offshore wind energy and the transition towards a net-zero economy. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework.
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of Partner in Pet Food Hungaria Kft. of Hungary by CVC Capital Partners of Jersey and Cinven Capital Management (VI) of Guernsey.
The transaction relates primarily to the sector of live entertainment and music festivals, in particular to the provision of accommodation solutions, staging and production services to music festivals and live events.
The transaction mainly concerns the market for maritime transport of liquefied natural gas. The EU Commission concluded that the proposed concentration would not raise competition concerns, given the limited market positions of the undertakings concerned resulting from the proposed transaction.
Mit seinem Urteil von heute weist der Gerichtshof das Rechtsmittel zurück und bestätigt somit ebenfalls den Entzug der Bankzulassung.
The EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation into the sale of the German Nürburgring racetrack complex to Capricorn Nürburgring Besitzgesellschaft GmbH. The measure was found to be in line with State aid rules in October 2014, but this decision was annulled by the Court of Justice on 2 September 2021.
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