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To quote this resource: A. EBNELHAJ, “The problem of implementing the Digital Markets Act”, Competition Forum –Resources, 2022, n° 0008, https://competition-forum.com. Abstract: The Digital Markets Act, proposed on December 15, 2020, was presented as a solution to...
Resume: Almost 10 years after the publication of the initial version and following the public consultation conducted at the end of last year, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) published on May 24, 2022 a largely revised version of its...
Resume: Politics is a tool of law, but should law be a political tool? Yet another antitrust case is aiming one of the GAFA’s. Judge Boasberg has finally agreed to hear the FTC's complaint against Facebook after a first temporary dismissal of the case. Accusing the...
Resume: Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation allows EU member states to ask the Commission to examine a concentration not meeting the EU thresholds. Especially in the light of the Commission’s recent switch to expansive interpretation and use of the said Article 22,...
Abstract: In the December 2020, the European Commission has presented its proposal for a Digital Market Act (DMA) aiming at promoting competition and preventing unfair practices on digital markets. The DMA creates a new category of platforms, ``gatekeepers'', based on...
To quote this paper: A. Portuese, “The DMA and the EU’s French Presidency: The Road To Precaution and Tensions”, Competition Forum, 2021, n° 0029, https://competition-forum.com.The Digital Markets Act (DMA) proposed by the European Commission in December 2020 appears...
Summary: On November 24th, 2021, the Paris Court of Appeal upheld claims by retailers in the follow-on action subsequent to the decision of the French Competition Authority on the dairy products cartel in 2015. This decision led to several dairy producers being fined...
Resume: On the 15th of September 2021, 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines were withdrawn by the Federal Trade Commission only a short year after they were adopted in June 2020. It is possible to find two main points of focus in the Statement of the majority: (1) a...
To quote this paper: J. Kupčík, “AKZO presumption of dominance: Time to abandon?”, Competition Forum, 2021, n°0025, https://competition-forum.com. I. Introduction EU competition law has been and still is relying primarily on market shares for an analysis of a dominant...
Summary: This Article performs a competition assessment of Wide and Narrow Platform Parity Clauses (PPCs) imposed on sellers wanting to avail the services of online marketplaces and intermediaries. It analyses judicial decisions from across the globe, examining the...