27/4/2018
In her speech, Margrethe Verstager addressed key topics for consumer and competition on the online stage, namely: changing digital markets; competition for digital services: Apple/Shazam; competition and innovation; competition in telecoms networks; Altice; and the future of competition in digital markets. Access the speech here
26/4/2018
An article published on the online version of the Spanish business newspaper Expansión (see article in Spanish here) reports about Iberdrola informing the competition services of the EU Commission about what it perceives as unfair practices by Enel for breaching market rules by heavily relying on the support of the Italian state in the takeover [...]
26/4/2018
The purpose of the taxes is to contribute to environmental protection and to town and country planning by attempting to correct and counterbalance the adverse effects of large retail establishments. According to the CJEU, “exemptions based on the size or nature of the activities of an establishment provided for by taxes such as those in [...]
23/4/2018
The Commission has decided to open an in-depth investigation into Apple's proposed acquisition of Shazam. The aim of such an investigation is to further assess the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple under the EU Merger Regulation amid concerns that the merger could reduce choice for users of music streaming services. Access the EU Commission [...]
5/4/2018
The study, entitled ‘An update on change drivers and economic and legal implications of transfers of players’, aims at assessing the changes undergone by the transfers market since 2013 in terms of financial and legal developments. Access the report here
24/4/2018
José Páez analyses the legal aspects in the 2018 report to the European Commission on the Football Transfer Market, whilst assessing how successful the previous 2013 Study has been in promoting actual changes to the regulatory landscape governing the player transfer market. Link to the article "A distillation of the COM report" on World Sports Advocate [...]
24/01/2018
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02/01/2018
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