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 usUnder EU and Irish merger control, a merger can be approved subject to the merging parties agreeing to carry-out certain commitments (e.g. such as the sale of part of a business or to act in a certain way on a market).
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 25 May 2018, the European Commission (Commission) concluded that the prolongation of an Irish scheme for the orderly winding-up of credit unions is in compliance with EU state aid rules, and in particular with the Commission's 2013 Banking Communication.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 19 April 2018, the Court of Justice (COJ) issued a preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation of Article 102(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
EU, Competition & ProcurementBusiness fined €124.5m by the European Commission for implementing a deal before getting approval
EU, Competition & ProcurementA detailed article on the challenges involved in representing businesses and trade associations in competition law cases
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe European Commission has approved, under the State Aid rules, Ireland's proposed "sugar tax" on sweetened water-based and juice-based beverages
BrexitDr Vincent Power, Head of A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group, looks at the Irish regime and reviews policies and guidance in relation to cartels and leniency law in Ireland. First published in 'The Cartels and Leniency Review' (Sixth Edition) by Law Business Research.
EU, Competition & ProcurementToday, at 1 o’clock Brussels time, the European Commission published a draft Withdrawal Brexit Agreement.
BrexitVincent Power looks at Brexit and cross-border shopping
BrexitDr Vincent Power, Partner, A&L Goodbody wrote a short article in Public Affairs Ireland on whether Ireland should liberalise its State aid laws because of Brexit.
Brexit2017 saw the second highest ever annual number of notifications of M&A deals to the European Commission
EU, Competition & ProcurementAnnual review of M&A transactions notified to Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
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