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 usDr Vincent Power, Partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group provides an overview of State Aid law and policy in Ireland. This article was first published in State Aid 2016 by Getting the Deal Through.
EU, Competition & ProcurementWhile each company and organisation has its own specific needs relating to Brexit, there are eleven key questions, from the legal perspective, which every CEO, General Counsel and executive should ask. These questions should be asked periodically throughout what is going to be a long Brexit process spanning not only the negotiation of the exit arrangements but also its implementation process which
BrexitWhen the EU and UK diplomats eventually begin talks on the post-Brexit trading relationship, the structure and possibly outcome of those talks will, at least in part, be affected by the legal basis on which the EU negotiates trade agreements with third countries. While Ireland will seek to actively engage with the EU institutions to outline issues directly affecting Ireland
BrexitThe European Commission's Directorate General for Competition has published a very useful document setting out statistics on EU cartel investigations. The document includes even the recent Trucks case which involved the highest ever individual fines (on Daimler and DAF).
EU, Competition & ProcurementVincent Power, Catherine Duffy and Eileen Roberts, Partners at A&L Goodbody, provide an overview of shipping law, the shipping industry, regulation and the legislative framework in Ireland.
EU, Competition & ProcurementWith the current State aid issues regarding recapitalisation of banks in Italy and the on-going post-Financial crisis rescue of banks across the EU (including Ireland), the Court of Justice has given a preliminary ruling following a reference from a Slovenian court which queried the compatibility of the 2013 Commission Communication on aid to the banking sector in the context of burden-sharing
EU, Competition & ProcurementWill the Brexit Crisis be resolved? The good news is that ultimately the current crisis will be resolved to a greater or lesser extent.
BrexitDr. Vincent Power, Partner, A&L Goodbody reviews the European Union State Aid law relating to ports in an article published in the Journal of International Maritime Law ("European Union State Aid Law and Ports" (2016) 22 Journal of International Maritime Law 179-195). It is imperative that shipping companies, port companies and EU Member States comply with State aid law so this article explains ho
EU, Competition & ProcurementAlan McCarthy looks at how antitrust commitments can be terminated early in relation to energy and competition law.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 27 July 2016, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker appointed Michel Barnier as the European Commission's Chief Negotiator.
EU, Competition & ProcurementDr. Vincent Power, Partner and Head of EU, Competition and Procurement at A&L Goodbody explains the EU competition law relating to seaports. This article was first published in the committee newsletter of the 'Transportation, Energy & Antitrust – Section of Antitrust Law' by the American Bar Association, Spring 2016.
EU, Competition & ProcurementKey practical issues from a (re)insurers’s perspective in relation to Brexit.
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