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Nov 26, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | European Court |Jeffrey Tassey
In the judgment C-883/19 P (HSBC v. European Commission) of January 12, 2023 on appeal by HSBC against a judgment of the Court of the European Union (T-105/17 of September 24, 2019) the Court of Justice is proceeding with what can be considered as a reversal of case law, concerning the (…)
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | European Court |Nils Wahl |Ethel Fonseca
Previous article Next article Share on | Economic operators from a third country which has not concluded an international agreement on public procurement with the European Union cannot claim equal treatment in this area* In the absence of an international agreement on public procurement concluded between the European Union and a third country, economic operators in that third country cannot rely on the provisions of the relevant directive on that matter [1] in order to claim participation in...
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | European Court |Nils Wahl |Ethel Fonseca |Sergio Rodriguez |Sergio Rodríguez
Previous article Next article Share on | Competition: the Court upholds the decision of the European Commission prohibiting the proposed merger between thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel* thyssenkrupp, a German industrial group, and Tata Steel, a company whose registered office is in India, are active, inter alia, in the manufacturing and supply of flat carbon steel products and of electrical steel. Their centres of production are located, respectively, in Germany, the United Kingdom and the...
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | European Court |Nils Wahl |Ethel Fonseca |Sergio Rodriguez |Sergio Rodríguez
Football: some FIFA rules on international transfers of professional footballers are contrary to EU law*Those rules hinder the free movement of players and competition between clubsA former professional footballer residing in France is challenging before the Belgian courts a number of the rules adopted by Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA), the association responsible for the organisation and control of football at world level, arguing that they hindered his being empl...
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | European Court |Nils Wahl |Ethel Fonseca |Sergio Rodriguez |Sergio Rodríguez
Football: some FIFA rules on international transfers of professional footballers are contrary to EU law*Those rules hinder the free movement of players and competition between clubsA former professional footballer residing in France is challenging before the Belgian courts a number of the rules adopted by Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA), the association responsible for the organisation and control of football at world level, arguing that they hindered his being empl...
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
all-about-industries.com | European Court
Hidden number? The EU's own resources based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste (plastic own resources) have evidently been struggling with issues since their introduction in 2021... The EU's own resources from plastics are intended, on one hand, to contribute to the repayment of loans taken for the EU's coronavirus aid package.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | European Court |Nils Wahl |Sergio Rodriguez |Sergio Rodríguez |Ethel Fonseca
25 Sep 2024 Dinner organised by Concurrences with Nils Wahl (European Court of Justice ) in Brussels on September 25th, 2024 in partnership with RBB Economics. This event’s document is restricted to subscribers. Please sign-in to access.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | European Court |Sergio Rodriguez |Sergio Rodríguez |Andrea Marván Saltiel
Online accommodation reservation platforms: price parity clauses cannot, in principle, be classified as ‘ancillary restraints’ for the purposes of EU competition law*Booking.com, a company incorporated under Netherlands law with its registered office in Amsterdam (Netherlands), offers a worldwide online intermediation service for the reservation of accommodation. Hotel establishments pay a commission to Booking.com for any reservation made by travellers through the platform. While establishm...
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | European Court
Markets for agricultural products: Hungarian legislation requiring traders to offer for sale certain agricultural products at a fixed price and in predetermined quantities is contrary to EU law*That legislation prevents traders, without appropriate justification, from freely setting the selling prices and the quantities offered for sale of those products on the basis of economic considerationsIn February 2022, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, Hungary regulated, by Government Decree,...
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | European Court
Illumina-Grail merger: the Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the General Court and annuls the decisions by which the Commission accepted requests from national competition authorities seeking the examination of the proposed concentration* The Commission is not authorised to encourage or accept referrals of proposed concentrations without a European dimension from national competition authorities where those authorities are not competent to examine those proposed concentrations under...
