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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Francesco Carloni |Giovanni Campi |Nikolaos Peristerakis |Michael Hofmann Dr
On 14 January 2025, the French Competition Authority(Autorité de la concurrence, FCA) launched a public consultation on the introduction of anew merger control framework aimed at addressing below-thresholdtransactions that could harm competition in France. The FCA's initiative follows the Illumina/Grail judgmentissued by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 3September 2024.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Mélanie Bruneau |Francesco Carloni |Giovanni Campi |Nikolaos Peristerakis |Michael Hofmann |Simas Gerdvila | +2 more
Antitrust and CompetitionThe French Competition Authority Launches Public Consultation Addressing Below-Threshold Transactions On 14 January 2025, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence, FCA) launched a public consultation on the introduction of a new merger control framework aimed at addressing below-threshold transactions that could harm competition in France.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Francesco Carloni |Giovanni Campi |Nikolaos Peristerakis |Michael Hofmann Dr
European Commission Imposes a Total Fine of €5.7Million for Restricting Cross-Border SalesOn 28 November 2024, the European Commission imposed a totalfine of €5,737,000 million on a company active in the fashionindustry and its largest licensee for breaching Article 101(1) ofthe Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union by restrictingcross-border sales of the fashion brand's products, as well assales of such products to specific customer.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Kathleen Keating |Nikolaos Peristerakis
On 17 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) published its
Fourth Annual Report on the screening of foreign
direct investments (FDI) into the Union (Fourth Annual Report),
which is an annual update of the FDI reviews undertaken at the EU
level under the EU cooperation mechanism on FDI screening (EU FDI
mechanism).
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
klgates.com | Kathleen Keating |Nikolaos Peristerakis
On 17 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) published its Fourth Annual Report on the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Union (Fourth Annual Report), which is an annual update of the FDI reviews undertaken at the EU level under the EU cooperation mechanism on FDI screening (EU FDI mechanism).
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Nikolaos Peristerakis
The Foreign Subsidies Regulation that entered into full effect
late in 2023, added a third layer of regulatory scrutiny for large
European Union (EU) Mergers and Acquisitions, in addition to merger
control and foreign investment reviews. On 24 September 2024, the
European Commission (EC) issued its first conditional clearance
following its in-depth investigation of an acquisition under the
Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), being a foreign non-EU buyer.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Francesco Carloni |Mélanie Bruneau |Giovanni Campi |Nikolaos Peristerakis |Michael Hofmann |Petr Bartoš | +4 more
The General Court Upholds Commission’s Findings on Abusive Predatory PricingOn 18 September 2024, the General Court of the European Union (General Court) largely upheld the fine imposed by the European Commission (Commission) finding that a global tech company had engaged in predatory pricing of its mobile chipsets. This judgment confirms that dominant companies’ conduct consisting in pricing below cost can be hardly justified.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Nikolaos Peristerakis |Mélanie Bruneau
On 24 September 2024, the European Commission (EC) issued its first conditional clearance following its in-depth investigation of an acquisition under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), being a foreign non-EU buyer. The transaction in question involved the acquisition of an Eastern European telecoms group by a United Arab Emirates (UAE) telecommunications company that is ultimately controlled by a UAE sovereign wealth fund.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mélanie Bruneau |Francesco Carloni |Giovanni Campi |Nikolaos Peristerakis |Michael Hofmann |Simas Gerdvila | +4 more
Antitrust and Competition The Court of Justice of the European Union Finds That the European Commission Lacks Jurisdiction to Review Transactions That Fall Below the EU and National Merger Filing Thresholds On 3 September 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) overturned the judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2022 and annulled the European Commission (Commission) decisions to review a transaction that was not reportable at both EU and national Member State level...
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Francesco Carloni |Giovanni Campi |Nikolaos Peristerakis |Michael Hofmann Dr
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