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Antitrust
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30/09/2022
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Commission upgrades eLeniency tool to grant companies online access to leniency and settlement documents
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The European Commission has upgraded its online platform “eLeniency” to ensure that companies who are parties to cartel and antitrust proceedings can easily and securely access documents online. This new version allows for an efficient interaction with the parties, and adapts the tool to today's new working methods.
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29/09/2022
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Commission adopts Guidelines on collective agreements by solo self-employed people
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The European Commission has adopted today its Guidelines on the application of EU competition law to collective agreements (‘Guidelines') regarding the working conditions of solo self-employed people. The Guidelines clarify when certain self-employed people can get together to negotiate collectively better working conditions without breaching EU competition rules.
See also Questions and answers on the new Guidelines.
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State aid
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28/09/2022
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Commission approves €700 million Italian scheme to support companies in context of Russia's war against Ukraine
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The European Commission has approved a €700 million Italian scheme to support companies in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis Framework, adopted by the Commission on 23 March 2022 and amended on 20 July 2022, based on Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, recognising that the EU economy is experiencing a serious disturbance.
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27/09/2022
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Commission approves additional German measures to support electricity production from renewable energy sources
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The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, three additional measures to support electricity production from renewable energy sources in Germany. The additional measures supplement the German Renewable Energy Act (“Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz” – ‘EEG 2021'), and will further contribute to achieving Germany's environmental targets and the EU's strategic objectives relating to the EU Green Deal.
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Conferences/Speeches
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27/09/2022
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Intelligent policies for crisis and transition
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Speech by Executive Vice-President Vestager,
BEUC conference on consumer protection in the digital age, Brussels,
27 September 2022.
[...] "in DG Competition. As defenders of free and fair markets, our decisions have a direct impact on our lives, as you know very well. After all, behind these ‘markets' are people - consumers, families, citizens. That is why we have decided to organise a conference on ‘Making Markets Work for People', to take place here in Brussels on 27 October." [...]
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27/09/2022
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Webinar with the European Central Bank
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EVP Vestager remarks at Webinar with the European Central Bank,
27 September 2022.
[...] " that is why we tabled the Digital Markets Act, that will enter into force in only a few weeks, and that will give us more powers to make sure large digital platforms do not squeeze out small businesses. To ensure a level playing field online and forbid practices like harmful forms of self-preferencing." [...]
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Events
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27/10/2022
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Making Markets Work for People
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Registration is open for Making Markets Work for People. EVP Vestager is inviting top political and business leaders, academics and civil-society representatives to debate the social dimension of competition policy and explore what it can do for ordinary people, especially in this growing cost-of-living crisis.
The conference will take place at The EGG Brussels and online on 27 October, 2022.
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Publications
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Study to support the impact assessment of a possible EU initiative to the application of competition rules to collective bargaining by self-employed
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The information in this study is intended to help inform the Commission’s Impact Assessment exercise in the context of a possible Commission initiative to improve the working conditions of the potentially vulnerable self-employed. The study draws on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data sources. It then created a baseline scenario, which was compared to the four different policy options set out in the Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment. For each of the four options, the study estimates impacts on: the number of self-employed potentially affected; pay rates; consumer prices; poverty rates; the state budget; and any wider impacts.
See also the corresponding EC press release, as well as the Questions and answers.
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Public consultations
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Open calls for tender
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11/08/2022 - 04/10/2022
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Ex Post Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of Antitrust Remedies
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This targeted study on a comparatively small sample of antitrust cases will assess the effectiveness of antitrust remedies, particularly with regard to cases in the digital sphere.
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11/08/2022 - 05/10/2022
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Exploring Aspects of the State of Competition in the EU
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Economic study to obtain:- factual evidence and economic analysis regarding three aspects of the current state of competition in the EU, namely:(a) price-concentration relationships,(b) the role of so-called global ‘superstar’ firms, and(c) the importance for European ‘export champions’ of effective ‘competition at home’;
- and(2) an assessment of the importance of competition for the EU economy.
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New legislation
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