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Resume: Deploying its vision of "Global Britain" in the port sector, the British government plans to create some free ports. In addition to an adapted customs regime, these ports and their surroundings will come with significant tax and social benefits. In addition to...
Disclaimer: The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the author, and the opinions expressed herein do not reflect the position of Bredin Prat law firm. Summary: In a noteworthy ruling delivered on January 30th, 2020 in response to a preliminary...
To quote this paper: Florian OLBRECHTS, “The Concept of restriction of competition “by object”: An endless debate”, Competition Forum, 2021, n° 0011, available at: https://competition-forum.com. Would it seem justifiable that a concept of European competition law,...
Resume: Pricing algorithms are increasingly used as a new tool by businesses to respond to an old problem of economic theory: setting the right price on the market for a given product. If such algorithms can have multiple benefits for the consumer and the market, they...
Summary:The treatment of digital platforms by competition laws is the subject of numerous reflections in the economic and legal literatures as well as in the sphere of public policy. The two preliminary impact assessments issued by the Commission, the “New Competition...
Resume. In a speech entitled “Defining markets in a new age”, delivered at the conference organized by Chillin’ Competition in Brussels on December, 9, 2019, the European Commission’s Vice-President, Margrethe Vestager, announced the forthcoming revision of the...
To quote this paper: Maya-Salomé Garnier, “The New Competition Tool: A Trojan Horse to win the war against liberty”, Competition Forum, 2020, art. n° 0005, https://www.competition-forum.com/. The EU Commission initiated in June 2020 a consultation about a...
To quote this paper: V. GIOVANNINI, “Interim measures confirmed against Google in the press publishers’ case”, Competition Forum, 2020, art. n° 0004,https://www.competition-forum.com/. Context.In its decision[1], the French Competition Authority (hereinafter FCA)...
To quote this paper: F. MARTY, “The Complaint brought by the DoJ against Google under Section 2 of Sherman Act: Some possible transatlantic convergences?”, Competition Forum, 2020, art. n° 0003, https://www.competition-forum.com/. “In the United States, the antitrust...
Ms. Vestager announces a new interpretation of Article 22 of Regulation (EC) 139/2004 which allows a national competition authority to refer a case with a non-European dimension to the Commission. As of next year, the Commission will accept the referral even if the...