On 25 May 2020, the European Commission decided to open an in-depth investigation under the EU Merger Regulation into the acquisition of Transat by Air Canada.
On 14 May 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled on the Luxembourg tax consolidation regime and took a very positive decision for the Luxembourg corporate taxpayers.
Yesterday (15 May), the European Commission sent 2 letters of formal notice to Luxembourg relating to securitisation, one objecting to more heavy tax of foreign securitisation enterprises and another one asking Luxembourg to remove the ATAD interest rules “carve out” for EU regulated securitisation vehicles.
On 23 March 2020, the European Competition Network (ECN), of which the European Commission and the national competition authorities of all EU Member States are members, published a Joint Statement on the application of competition law during the COVID-19 crisis.
On 23 April 2020, the European Union adopted Regulation (EU) N° 2020/558 on specific measures to provide exceptional flexibility in the use of European Structural and Investment Funds in response to the spread of COVID-19
The coronavirus has spread around the globe and the scale of the threat faced today underlines the imperative need for coordinated restriction measures on the free movement of people at the European level, in order to maximise the potential impact of measures taken at the national level to fight the pandemic.
The European Commission adopted on 19 March 2020 the adapted Temporary Framework to allow Member States to grant more generous aid over a longer period until the end of December 2020.
On 2 April 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) rendered a judgment (C-567/18) clarifying the potential liability of Amazon and other operators of online platforms for trade mark infringement.
On 11 March 2020, Advocate General Pikamäe (the “AG”) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) released his opinion in the BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd case (C-231/19) concerning the VAT treatment of management services supplied by a third-party provider to a fund manager
On 19 March 2020, the Commission issued a Temporary Framework to enable EU Member States to provide aid in order to support the economy within the framework of the existing State aid rules
