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Antitrust
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07/12/2023
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Commission adopts antitrust Guidelines for sustainability agreements in agriculture
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The European Commission adopted today Guidelines on how to design sustainability agreements in the field of agriculture (‘Guidelines') using a novel exclusion from EU competition rules introduced by the recently reformed Common Agricultural Policy.
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07/12/2023
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Commission fines ethanol producer Lantmännen €47.7 million over ethanol benchmarks cartel
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The Commission has fined Lantmännen ek för and its subsidiary Lantmännen Biorefineries AB (formerly named Lantmännen Agroetanol AB) around €47.7 million for participating in a cartel concerning the wholesale price formation mechanism for ethanol in Europe. This decision follows the adoption of a settlement decision against Abengoa in 2021 and the closure of proceedings against Alcogroup in 2023.
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State aid
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Conferences/Speeches
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06/12/2023
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Competition policy at the frontiers
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Speech by Commissioner Didier Reynders at Annual CRA Conference,
Brussels, 6 December 2023.
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competition policy is in motion. It is moving because the markets that demand our attention are being shaped by the great trends of our time – digital transition, a new era for global markets, and historic geopolitical shifts. If we are to protect the contestability of markets at the centre of these changes, we are obliged to adapt. [...]"
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Court
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07/12/2023
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RegioJet and STUDENT AGENCY
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The Commission takes note of the preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union clarifying the distinction between the role of the Commission and the national court in the treatment of illegal aid, as further elaborated in the notice on the enforcement of State aid law by national courts.
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05/12/2023
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Luxembourg v Commission and Engie Global LNG Holding and Others v Commission
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We take note of today’s judgment of the Court of Justice, annulling a 2018 Commission decision. The Commission decision concerned tax rulings by Luxembourg, which allowed two Engie group companies to avoid paying taxes on almost all their profits for about a decade (between 2008 and 2018). Engie was given selective advantages that the Commission found illegal and incompatible under EU State aid rules.
We will carefully study the judgment and assess its implications.
See also Curia's press release (in PDF format).
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Events
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07/12/2023
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Watch the debate of the fourth "Markets for people" series
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On December 7th, the fourth episode of the Markets for People series (titled “Why do we need competition?”) took place in Brno, Czechia.
In case you missed it, you can watch the recorded debate (original version in Czech also available!).
More episodes of the Markets for People series will come, so watch this space!
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New legislation
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