Significant and wide-ranging new powers of investigation, intervention and enforcement are proposed to be given to the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), under the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022.
Contact usFisheries is reported to be one of the top three issues in the final stages of the EU-UK negotiations on a trade deal. Dr Vincent Power, Head of EU, Competition and Procurement at A&L Goodbody, explains, in a practical way, how the topic of fisheries fits into the Brexit debate.
BrexitCompetition dawn raid inspectors are usually very keen to get access to the mobile phones of those people on the premises being dawn raided. This is usually for three reasons:
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe so-called "Level Playing Field" has become an important topic in the Brexit Trade Negotiations. Dr Vincent Power, Head of EU, Competition and Procurement at A&L Goodbody, explains, in a practical way, the meaning of "level playing field" in the Brexit debate.
BrexitArticle 101(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) prohibits agreements between undertakings that restrict competition (unless they demonstrate "efficiencies" i.e. by improving the production or distribution of goods or services or promoting technical or economic progress, while allowing consumers a fair share of the resulting benefits
EU, Competition & ProcurementWhile Brexit makes the UK a third country for the purposes of EU law, Ireland's proximity (geographically and econonomically) to the UK makes the application of competition law to cross-border trade that more relevant and complex.
BrexitOn 24 September 2020, as part of its new Digital Finance Package, the European Commission published a renewed strategy for modern and safe retail payments.
EU, Competition & ProcurementAs we head towards the end of the year, what have been the most notable Irish competition law highlights so far?
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe New Competition Tool initiative (if ultimately adopted) is one of a number of measures aimed at making competition policy and competition rules in the EU fit for the modern economy.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe phrase "State aid" is used regularly in business. However, the phrase has a technical meaning in European Union law.
EU, Competition & ProcurementClimate change is rapidly degrading habitats and shrinking wildlife. In addition, it has the potential to create very significant economic harm. The European Commission (Commission) has recognised this and the "Green Deal" aims to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
EU, Competition & ProcurementWhat is the ECN+ Directive? It is Directive (EU) 2019/1. It was signed into law on 11 December 2018 and was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 14 January 2019.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 4 September 2020, the High Court dismissed procurement proceedings brought against Kildare County Council's (KCC) relating to its decision to eliminate a bidder from a tender competition for failure to submit a quality submission and proposing abnormally high and low rates.
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