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Jun 20, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo |Douglas Ginsburg
Commission approves €3 billion German State aid scheme to support the development of Hydrogen Core Network*The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an estimated €3 billion German scheme to support the construction of the Hydrogen Core Network (‘HCN’). The measure will contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the EU Hydrogen Strategy and ’Fit for 55’ package, by enabling the creation of hydrogen transmission infrastructure that is needed to foster the use of r...
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo |Douglas Ginsburg
Commission finds special tax rules for public casinos operators in Germany to be incompatible State aid*The European Commission has concluded that Germany’s special tax schemes for public casinos operators are not in line with EU State aid rules. Germany must now recover the incompatible State aid, including interests, and abolish the tax schemes for the future. The Commission’s investigationIn December 2019, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the special tax ...
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo |Douglas Ginsburg
Immunity and Leniency programs updated to include wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements*The Competition Bureau and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) issued updated Immunity and Leniency Programs today to include the Competition Act’s new wage-fixing and no-poaching provisions. The new criminal conspiracy provisions, which came into force on June 23, 2023, prohibit companies from undermining competition by: Agreeing to fix, maintain, decrease or control wages or other terms of...
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo |Douglas Ginsburg
Previous article Next article Share on | Garmin equipment – investigation procedure and searches* President of UOKiK, Tomasz Chróstny, has launched an investigation procedure regarding a possible competition-restricting agreement.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo |Douglas Ginsburg
Takeover of assets belonging to Ludendo (La Grande Récré) by the JouéClub group: the Autorité clears the transaction, subject to commitments concerning 6 stores*On 15 May 2023, the JouéClub group notified the Autorité de la concurrence of the acquisition of assets belonging to the Ludendo group, of which 89 business assets operated under the La Grande Récré banner in France and 48 store franchise and commercial concession contracts operated under the La Grande Récré and Starjouet banners.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo |Douglas Ginsburg
The European Commission is carrying out unannounced inspections at the premises of a consultancy firm in two Member States. The Commission has concerns that the company may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and restrictive business practices (Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union). Today’s inspections are conducted in the context of an investigation for which the Commission carried out inspections earlier in 2024. The Commission is concerned t...
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo |Douglas Ginsburg
Commission invites comments on draft revised State aid rules for land and multimodal transport*The European Commission has launched today a public consultation inviting all interested parties to comment on its draft rules for land and multimodal transport replacing the Guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings (‘Railway Guidelines’) as well as on its new Transport Block-Exemption Regulation (‘TBER’). Interested parties can respond to the public consultation until 20 September 2024. Th...
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Jun 16, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo |Douglas Ginsburg
Commission approves €570 million Italian State aid scheme to reduce emissions in ports*The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €570 million Italian scheme to incentivise ships to use shore-side electricity when they are at berth in maritime ports. The measure contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and noise in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal. The Italian measureItaly notified the Commission of its plans to adopt a €570 m...
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Jun 16, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo |Douglas Ginsburg
Commission approves €570 million Italian State aid scheme to reduce emissions in ports*The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €570 million Italian scheme to incentivise ships to use shore-side electricity when they are at berth in maritime ports. The measure contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and noise in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal. The Italian measureItaly notified the Commission of its plans to adopt a €570 m...
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo |Douglas Ginsburg
Call for comments: Planned budget increase for Norwegian aid scheme for floating offshore wind*The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) calls upon interested parties to comment on the planned budget increase in an aid scheme to support investment in floating offshore wind. The changes to the scheme were notified following a simplified procedure on 13 June 2024. The scheme was originally approved by ESA in 2023 and set to run through 2025. It aims at developing renewable energy production by sup...
