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 usHome Secretary, Amber Rudd, has announced that the Home Office will recruit an extra 1,200 immigration caseworkers to help register the 3 million EU nationals currently living in the UK before the Brexit deadline.
BrexitThe Irish Competition Authority regularly dawn-raids businesses, professional bodies, trade associations and homes. Everyone in business in Ireland needs to be briefed on how to deal with such unannounced visits. A&L Goodbody’s EU, Competition & Procurement Group briefs you on what you need to know.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (DBEI) launched a public consultation on the provisions relating to mergers and acquisitions under the Competition Act 2002 on Friday 29 September 2017 (Consultation).
EU, Competition & ProcurementAn update on mergers that are required to be notified to the CCPC in 2017 to date.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has called for submissions on issues of Transparency and International Data Transfers under the GDPR.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will automatically come into force across the EU on 25 May 2018. As the deadline fast approaches, Member States are busy progressing their draft implementing legislation. Article 23 of the GDPR provides Member States with discretion over how certain provisions will apply.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIreland's competition and consumer protection agency is the "Competition and Consumer Protection Commission" ("CCPC"). On 3 September 2017, the CCPC published its annual report for 2016.
BrexitIreland's competition and consumer protection agency is the "Competition and Consumer Protection Commission" ("CCPC"). It began operations on 31 October 2014 after a long gestation over a number of years which involved the merger of the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 7 September, the European Commission's Brexit Task Force published a paper on Northern Ireland.
BrexitThe Court of Justice of the European Union (CoJ) has handed down a decision which means that an exclusivity rebate by a dominant undertaking will not be regarded automatically as an abuse of dominance by the where there is evidence that demonstrates that the effect of the conduct was not to exclude competition.
EU, Competition & ProcurementDr Vincent Power, Partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group looks at State Aid law and policy in Ireland. This article was first published in State Aid 2017 by Getting the Deal Through.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe European Union (Award of Concession Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations (S.I. No. 326 of 2017) (the Concessions Remedies Regulations) were published on 17 July 2017. The Concessions Remedies Regulations implement the parts of the Concessions Directive (Directive 2014/23/EU) which cover review procedures for breaches of the rules on concessions contracts into Irish law.
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