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 usAn 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.
EU, Competition & ProcurementGina Conheady, Head of A&L Goodbody’s San Francisco Office, looks at Ireland in a post-Brexit world.
BrexitOn 5 July 2017, the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) published a new set of guidelines on the procurement of goods and services (the Guidelines). The Guidelines, available here, are primarily intended as guidance for public bodies but also provide a toolkit for suppliers and practitioners.
EU, Competition & ProcurementDr Vincent Power, Partner, A&L Goodbody gives a preliminary assessment of the impact of Brexit on Competition Law.
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