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Case Digests ×

12. Oktober 2020  |   Features von Alexandr Svetlicinii

Two hats on one head: Competition authorities and FDI screening
Competition Blogs - brexit 4100607 1920
The Regulation 2019/452 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (EU FDI Screening Regulation) was adopted on 19 March 2019 and became fully operational on 11 October 2020. Its adoption was preceded by the heated discussion on the need to reform the EU merger control framework, which according to some stakeholders, should be able […]
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9. Juni 2020  |   Features von Alice Rinaldi

Re-imagining the Abuse of Economic Dependence in a Digital World
Mobile apps image
As proven by the recent consultation on the Digital Services Act, the European Union is actively pursuing new solutions to cope with the challenges posed by digitalization. This post proposes a new approach to conducts taking place in the context of online commercial relationships, such as refusals to access platforms or datasets. Namely, it suggests that the European legislator should […]
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Keine Kommentare
28. Mai 2020  |   Features von Marios Iacovides

Covid-19 and the transformative power of State Aid: a framework for a democratically legitimate recovery
corona virus
By Julian Nowag and Marios Iacovides The coronavirus pandemic has led to major shocks to the global economy and the EU Member States, with hardly any State spared. The European Commission estimates that the EU economy will contract by 7.5 % in 2020. Unemployment is forecast to rise from 6.7% in 2019 to 9% in 2020. Within this context, the […]
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Keine Kommentare
6. April 2020  |   Features von Rita Paukste

EURIBOR Cartel: Features of Collusion and Detection of Cartel
Competition Blogs - skyscraper
A colleague of mine (kudos for you know who you are) once told me that in his competition law class he has a part called “how to make a good cartel?” A thought-provoking academic exercise in many aspects, indeed. When analyzing cartels in the financial sector this popped in mind to raise other questions – how participants in cartels in […]
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Keine Kommentare
4. Februar 2020  |   Features von Liesbet Van Acker

The Intermarché-Coca Cola dispute: Who’s the bad guy? An analysis of the retail distributor-supplier relationship
Competition Blogs - beverages 3105631 1920 1 825x400 1
If you want to buy Coca Cola products in the supermarket Intermarché in France, you will arrive home empty-handed. Since the end of December, Coca Cola has refused to refill Intermarché’s stock, following a conflict about Intermarché’s unwillingness to sell the whole assortment of Coca Cola’s products. In the summer, Intermarché communicated to Coca Cola that it would like to […]
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10. Januar 2020  |   Features von Friso Bostoen

The antitrust books you should’ve read in 2019 [part 1]
Competition Blogs - stanislav kondratiev 6pO3QFkk7hQ unsplash
While the past year may not have been spectacular on all fronts, it was a very good one when it came to the publication of antitrust books. New editions of authoritative textbooks were published, including the 7th edition of Jones & Sufrin (the 9th edition of Whish & Bailey was released in 2018). New entrants also dared challenge the incumbents: Lianos, Korah & Siciliani released their own competition […]
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Keine Kommentare
17. Oktober 2019  |   Features von Rita Paukste

Competition law and public procurement – an easy catch for competition enforcers?
Competition Blogs - competition law
If you ask what the common recent trends are among EU Member States in competition law enforcement, the answer surprisingly (or not) would be related not to digital economies but to public procurement. Lately national competition authorities had quite a fruitful harvest investigating competition law infringements in public procurement markets. Among them are, for example, the French, Italian, Dutch, Hellenic, […]
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Keine Kommentare
4. Juli 2019  |   Features von Rita Paukste

Audit and consulting services sector to face ‘unbundling’ by competition laws?
office table, laptops, papers
Lately in Europe, international accounting and consulting firms have been facing a number of legal issues due to infringements of audit, finance and competition laws. After a market study, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published proposals for improvements in the auditing sector; among them, legislative amendments to split up auditing from consulting services. This ‘unbundling’ of activities will […]
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Keine Kommentare
14. Juni 2019  |   Features von Friso Bostoen

U.S. antitrust agencies divide jurisdiction over Big Tech and single out Google for investigation
Competition Blogs - kai wenzel 06MHFfYv6YY unsplash
Last year, I wrote about how the United States considers boarding the tech regulation train that has been racing through Europe. It seems that they have now taken another decisive step in that direction: the U.S. antitrust agencies have agreed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will oversee investigations of Google and Apple, while the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is responsible for antitrust […]
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Keine Kommentare
19. Februar 2018  |   Case Digests von Kiran Desai

2017-597 Report – Persidera SpA v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni
Competition Blogs - ah life rd2jRzEum9g unsplash
Court Court of Justice Date of ruling 26 July 2017 Case name (short version) Persidera SpA v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni & Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti Case Citation Case C-112/16 P ECLI:EU:C:2017:597 Key words Reference for a preliminary ruling — Electronic communications — Telecommunication services — Directives 2002/20/EC, 2002/21/EC and 2002/77/EC — Equal […]
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Anja Naumann

Blog Editor

LL.M., PhD, currently legal trainee at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin.

>> Anja’s CoRe Blog posts >>

Daniel Mandrescu

Blog editor

Assistant Professor EU competition law, Europa Institute, Leiden University

>> Daniel’s CoRe blog posts >>

Friso Bostoen

Blog Editor

Assistant Professor of Competition Law and Digital Regulation, Tilburg University

Friso Bostoen is an assistant professor of competition law and digital regulation at Tilburg University. Previously, he was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. He holds degrees from KU Leuven (PhD, LLM) and Harvard University (LLM). Friso’s research focuses on antitrust enforcement in digital markets. His work has resulted in numerous international publications, presentations, and awards (including the AdC Competition Policy Award 2019 and the Concurrences PhD Award 2022). In addition, Friso edits the CoRe Blog and hosts the Monopoly Attack podcast.

>> Friso’s CoRe Blog posts >>

Nelly Stratieva

Head of Editorial Department and Data Protection Officer

Responsible for EStAL (European State Aid Law Quarterly), EPPPL (European Public Private Partnership Law Review) and CoRe (European Competition and Regulatory Law Review). Overseeing Lexxion Publisher’s privacy and data protection compliance.

Parsa Tonkaboni
Picture Rita Paukste
Rita Paukste

Former Blog Editor

Senior Associate, Motieka & Audzevicius PLP, Vilnius

>> Rita’s CoRe Blog posts >>

Case Digests ×

12. Oktober 2020  |   Features von Alexandr Svetlicinii

Two hats on one head: Competition authorities and FDI screening
Competition Blogs - brexit 4100607 1920
The Regulation 2019/452 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (EU FDI Screening Regulation) was adopted on 19 March 2019 and became fully operational on 11 October 2020. Its adoption was preceded by the heated discussion on the need to reform the EU merger control framework, which according to some stakeholders, should be able […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
9. Juni 2020  |   Features von Alice Rinaldi

Re-imagining the Abuse of Economic Dependence in a Digital World
Mobile apps image
As proven by the recent consultation on the Digital Services Act, the European Union is actively pursuing new solutions to cope with the challenges posed by digitalization. This post proposes a new approach to conducts taking place in the context of online commercial relationships, such as refusals to access platforms or datasets. Namely, it suggests that the European legislator should […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
28. Mai 2020  |   Features von Marios Iacovides

Covid-19 and the transformative power of State Aid: a framework for a democratically legitimate recovery
corona virus
By Julian Nowag and Marios Iacovides The coronavirus pandemic has led to major shocks to the global economy and the EU Member States, with hardly any State spared. The European Commission estimates that the EU economy will contract by 7.5 % in 2020. Unemployment is forecast to rise from 6.7% in 2019 to 9% in 2020. Within this context, the […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
6. April 2020  |   Features von Rita Paukste

EURIBOR Cartel: Features of Collusion and Detection of Cartel
Competition Blogs - skyscraper
A colleague of mine (kudos for you know who you are) once told me that in his competition law class he has a part called “how to make a good cartel?” A thought-provoking academic exercise in many aspects, indeed. When analyzing cartels in the financial sector this popped in mind to raise other questions – how participants in cartels in […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
4. Februar 2020  |   Features von Liesbet Van Acker

The Intermarché-Coca Cola dispute: Who’s the bad guy? An analysis of the retail distributor-supplier relationship
Competition Blogs - beverages 3105631 1920 1 825x400 1
If you want to buy Coca Cola products in the supermarket Intermarché in France, you will arrive home empty-handed. Since the end of December, Coca Cola has refused to refill Intermarché’s stock, following a conflict about Intermarché’s unwillingness to sell the whole assortment of Coca Cola’s products. In the summer, Intermarché communicated to Coca Cola that it would like to […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
10. Januar 2020  |   Features von Friso Bostoen

The antitrust books you should’ve read in 2019 [part 1]
Competition Blogs - stanislav kondratiev 6pO3QFkk7hQ unsplash
While the past year may not have been spectacular on all fronts, it was a very good one when it came to the publication of antitrust books. New editions of authoritative textbooks were published, including the 7th edition of Jones & Sufrin (the 9th edition of Whish & Bailey was released in 2018). New entrants also dared challenge the incumbents: Lianos, Korah & Siciliani released their own competition […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
17. Oktober 2019  |   Features von Rita Paukste

Competition law and public procurement – an easy catch for competition enforcers?
Competition Blogs - competition law
If you ask what the common recent trends are among EU Member States in competition law enforcement, the answer surprisingly (or not) would be related not to digital economies but to public procurement. Lately national competition authorities had quite a fruitful harvest investigating competition law infringements in public procurement markets. Among them are, for example, the French, Italian, Dutch, Hellenic, […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
4. Juli 2019  |   Features von Rita Paukste

Audit and consulting services sector to face ‘unbundling’ by competition laws?
office table, laptops, papers
Lately in Europe, international accounting and consulting firms have been facing a number of legal issues due to infringements of audit, finance and competition laws. After a market study, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published proposals for improvements in the auditing sector; among them, legislative amendments to split up auditing from consulting services. This ‘unbundling’ of activities will […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
14. Juni 2019  |   Features von Friso Bostoen

U.S. antitrust agencies divide jurisdiction over Big Tech and single out Google for investigation
Competition Blogs - kai wenzel 06MHFfYv6YY unsplash
Last year, I wrote about how the United States considers boarding the tech regulation train that has been racing through Europe. It seems that they have now taken another decisive step in that direction: the U.S. antitrust agencies have agreed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will oversee investigations of Google and Apple, while the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is responsible for antitrust […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
19. Februar 2018  |   Case Digests von Kiran Desai

2017-597 Report – Persidera SpA v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni
Competition Blogs - ah life rd2jRzEum9g unsplash
Court Court of Justice Date of ruling 26 July 2017 Case name (short version) Persidera SpA v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni & Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti Case Citation Case C-112/16 P ECLI:EU:C:2017:597 Key words Reference for a preliminary ruling — Electronic communications — Telecommunication services — Directives 2002/20/EC, 2002/21/EC and 2002/77/EC — Equal […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
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Case Digests ×

12. Oktober 2020  |   Features von Alexandr Svetlicinii

Two hats on one head: Competition authorities and FDI screening
Competition Blogs - brexit 4100607 1920
The Regulation 2019/452 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (EU FDI Screening Regulation) was adopted on 19 March 2019 and became fully operational on 11 October 2020. Its adoption was preceded by the heated discussion on the need to reform the EU merger control framework, which according to some stakeholders, should be able […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
9. Juni 2020  |   Features von Alice Rinaldi

Re-imagining the Abuse of Economic Dependence in a Digital World
Mobile apps image
As proven by the recent consultation on the Digital Services Act, the European Union is actively pursuing new solutions to cope with the challenges posed by digitalization. This post proposes a new approach to conducts taking place in the context of online commercial relationships, such as refusals to access platforms or datasets. Namely, it suggests that the European legislator should […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
28. Mai 2020  |   Features von Marios Iacovides

Covid-19 and the transformative power of State Aid: a framework for a democratically legitimate recovery
corona virus
By Julian Nowag and Marios Iacovides The coronavirus pandemic has led to major shocks to the global economy and the EU Member States, with hardly any State spared. The European Commission estimates that the EU economy will contract by 7.5 % in 2020. Unemployment is forecast to rise from 6.7% in 2019 to 9% in 2020. Within this context, the […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
6. April 2020  |   Features von Rita Paukste

EURIBOR Cartel: Features of Collusion and Detection of Cartel
Competition Blogs - skyscraper
A colleague of mine (kudos for you know who you are) once told me that in his competition law class he has a part called “how to make a good cartel?” A thought-provoking academic exercise in many aspects, indeed. When analyzing cartels in the financial sector this popped in mind to raise other questions – how participants in cartels in […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
4. Februar 2020  |   Features von Liesbet Van Acker

The Intermarché-Coca Cola dispute: Who’s the bad guy? An analysis of the retail distributor-supplier relationship
Competition Blogs - beverages 3105631 1920 1 825x400 1
If you want to buy Coca Cola products in the supermarket Intermarché in France, you will arrive home empty-handed. Since the end of December, Coca Cola has refused to refill Intermarché’s stock, following a conflict about Intermarché’s unwillingness to sell the whole assortment of Coca Cola’s products. In the summer, Intermarché communicated to Coca Cola that it would like to […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
10. Januar 2020  |   Features von Friso Bostoen

The antitrust books you should’ve read in 2019 [part 1]
Competition Blogs - stanislav kondratiev 6pO3QFkk7hQ unsplash
While the past year may not have been spectacular on all fronts, it was a very good one when it came to the publication of antitrust books. New editions of authoritative textbooks were published, including the 7th edition of Jones & Sufrin (the 9th edition of Whish & Bailey was released in 2018). New entrants also dared challenge the incumbents: Lianos, Korah & Siciliani released their own competition […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
17. Oktober 2019  |   Features von Rita Paukste

Competition law and public procurement – an easy catch for competition enforcers?
Competition Blogs - competition law
If you ask what the common recent trends are among EU Member States in competition law enforcement, the answer surprisingly (or not) would be related not to digital economies but to public procurement. Lately national competition authorities had quite a fruitful harvest investigating competition law infringements in public procurement markets. Among them are, for example, the French, Italian, Dutch, Hellenic, […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
4. Juli 2019  |   Features von Rita Paukste

Audit and consulting services sector to face ‘unbundling’ by competition laws?
office table, laptops, papers
Lately in Europe, international accounting and consulting firms have been facing a number of legal issues due to infringements of audit, finance and competition laws. After a market study, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published proposals for improvements in the auditing sector; among them, legislative amendments to split up auditing from consulting services. This ‘unbundling’ of activities will […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
14. Juni 2019  |   Features von Friso Bostoen

U.S. antitrust agencies divide jurisdiction over Big Tech and single out Google for investigation
Competition Blogs - kai wenzel 06MHFfYv6YY unsplash
Last year, I wrote about how the United States considers boarding the tech regulation train that has been racing through Europe. It seems that they have now taken another decisive step in that direction: the U.S. antitrust agencies have agreed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will oversee investigations of Google and Apple, while the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is responsible for antitrust […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
19. Februar 2018  |   Case Digests von Kiran Desai

2017-597 Report – Persidera SpA v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni
Competition Blogs - ah life rd2jRzEum9g unsplash
Court Court of Justice Date of ruling 26 July 2017 Case name (short version) Persidera SpA v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni & Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti Case Citation Case C-112/16 P ECLI:EU:C:2017:597 Key words Reference for a preliminary ruling — Electronic communications — Telecommunication services — Directives 2002/20/EC, 2002/21/EC and 2002/77/EC — Equal […]
Mehr lesen
Keine Kommentare
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