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Competition
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08/02/2024
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Commission adopts revised Market Definition Notice for competition cases
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The European Commission has today adopted a revised Market Definition Notice (“the Notice”). Market definition requires identifying the boundaries of competition between companies when assessing mergers and most antitrust cases. The revised Notice brings the Commission's guidance in line with new market realities, as well as with developments in the Commission's case practice and EU case law. It will enhance transparency and legal certainty for businesses, facilitate compliance and contribute to a more efficient competition enforcement.
See also Questions and answers on the revised Market Definition Notice; the COMP Flash by Inge Bernaerts, Director of Policy and Strategy at DG COMP, as well as the remarks by Executive Vice-President Vestager.
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Antitrust
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07/02/2024
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Commission sends Statement of Objections to PPC over predatory pricing in the Greek wholesale electricity market
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The European Commission has informed the Greek electricity provider Public Power Corporation (‘PPC') of its preliminary view that it has breached EU antitrust rules by selling electricity in the Greek wholesale market below cost, thereby excluding its main rivals.
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05/02/2024
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Commission welcomes continued airline competition on the routes from Amsterdam to the US
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The European Commission welcomes the positive developments at Amsterdam airport enabling new entrant JetBlue Airways Corporation (‘JetBlue') to continue operating at the airport over the IATA Summer 2024 Season.
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State aid
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05/02/2024
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Commission opens State aid in-depth investigation into Corsair amended restructuring plan
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The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to determine whether France's contemplated amendments to Corsair's restructuring plan are in line with EU state aid rules. It does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation and whether such amendments are in line with EU state aid rules.
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05/02/2024
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Commission approves €300 million Polish State aid scheme to alleviate social costs of closing coal- and lignite-fired power plants and lignite mines
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The European Commission has approved, under EU State Aid rules, a €300 million Polish scheme to support workers affected by the closure of coal- and lignite-fired power plants and lignite mines.
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Court
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07/02/2024
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Ryanair v Commission (KLM II ; COVID-19)
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The Commission takes note of today’s judgment of the General Court, which annuls a Commission Decision of 16 July 2021. In the decision, the Commission re-approved, under EU State aid rules, a €3.4 billion Dutch aid measure consisting of a State guarantee on loans and a subordinated State loan to KLM to provide urgent liquidity to the company in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. This re-approval decision followed the annulment by the General Court of the initial Commission decision on the Dutch measure of July 2020.
The Commission will carefully study the judgment and reflect on the possible next steps.
See also Curia's press release (in PDF format).
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Events
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18/04/2024
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EU Merger Regulation 139/2004: 20 Years that Made a Difference
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To mark the twentieth anniversary of the EU Merger Regulation (Regulation 139/2004), DG COMPETITION is organising a conference that will bring together leading experts to discuss and reflect on the impact of EU merger control over the last decades.
The event will be a full-day conference with keynote speeches, panels and a fireside chat, involving contributors from DG Competition, National Competition Authorities, judges, competition enforcement practitioners, in-house counsels and academics on a wide range of topics related to the main theme.
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Public consultations
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09/01/2024 - 11/03/2024
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Calls for contributions: Competition in Virtual Worlds and Generative AI
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The European Commission has launched today two calls for contributions on competition in virtual worlds and generative artificial intelligence (‘AI') and sent requests for information to several large digital players.
Interested parties are invited to submit their responses to the calls for contributions by 11 March 2024. Interested parties may contribute to one of those two calls for contributions, or to both, as they wish.
See also the Commission's press release.
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Open calls for tender
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28/11/2023 - 06/03/2024
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Training of national judges in EU competition law and judicial cooperation between national competition law judges
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The objective of this call for proposals is to co-finance projects aiming to train national judges in the context of enforcing European competition rules. This includes public and private enforcement of both the Antitrust rules and the State aid rules, thereby increasing the knowledge and know-how of national judges. The final aim is to ensure a coherent and consistent application of EU competition law by national courts.
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New legislation
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