Draft revised vertical regulation and guidelines
19/07/2021
The European Commission takes a hard line against online platforms, dual distribution and MFNs
Competition law
Draft revised vertical regulation and guidelines
Luxembourg competition law update
31/03/2021
Several decisions and judgments in the competition law field over the last quarter are noteworthy. A link to the 2020 Annual Report of the Competition Council is available here .
Luxembourg Competition Council imposes highest ever fine for resale price maintenance agreements
26/11/2020
Luxembourg Competition Council imposes highest ever fine on Bahlsen and supermarket chains Cactus, Auchan and Delhaize for resale price maintenance agreements
Competition update: Digital sector, provisional measures and competition law revision
21/10/2019
At EU level, a number of developments took place over the summer regarding potential competition law infringements in the digital sector.
Acquisition of shares: No abuse of dominance
07/06/2019
By Decision 2019-R-01 of 15 March 2019, the Competition Council (“Council”) dismissed the complaint filed against Encevo S.A. (“Encevo”), Enovos Luxembourg S.A. (“Enovos”), the number one energy suppliers in Luxembourg
Useful details concerning competition law inquiries
26/10/2018
A request for information, issued by the Designated Advisor to the Competition Council in the context of an investigation of anti-competitive practices, is not subject to an action for annulment before the Administrative Tribunal
Cooperation between companies from the standpoint of competition law and the FEDIL competition conference of October 23, 2018
19/10/2018
The boundaries between the legal and the illegal can be very tight, which can be observed in the context of business cooperation agreements. On the Luxembourg market, companies may want to collaborate to better meet certain customer requirements
Competition law and algorithms: the Luxembourg Competition Council exempts a booking platform in the taxi sector
14/06/2018
Algorithms is the hot topic in competition law. In June 2017, the OECD published a paper on the risk of collusion in the use of algorithms. This issue has been regularly addressed by Commissioner Vestager in her speeches.
Towards the end of the monopoly of the National Laboratory of Health?
22/01/2018
On November 30, 2017, the Administrative Court upheld the Administrative Tribunal's judgment of 27 April 2017, according to which a private laboratory must be authorized to expand its activities in the field of pathological anatomy
Le Conseil de la concurrence censuré par la Cour administrative
19/07/2017
Le 1er juin 2017, la Cour administrative a rendu son arrêt, portant le numéro 38930C du rôle, dans une affaire très importante relative à une condamnation de l’entreprise Post pour abus de position dominante. Le Conseil de la concurrence avait infligé par sa décision du 13 novembre 2014 (n° 2014-F0-07), à Post une amende de 2.520.000 euros.
