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, 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.
BrexitDr Vincent Power reports on the appointment of a new CCPC member on 27 July 2016.
EU, Competition & ProcurementAlan McCarthy looks at actions against Member States by the European Commission for EU law infringements in relation to The Third Energy Package.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 19 July 2016, the European Commission imposed record fines for breaching competition law.
EU, Competition & ProcurementAlan McCarthy looks at a number of significant State aid decisions and initiatives by the European Commission (Commission) and EU Courts concerning Ireland in the last 12 months.
EU, Competition & ProcurementAnna-Marie Curran, EU, Competition & Procurement Partner looks at the potential issues relating to delayed verification of pre-qualification and exclusion criteria with regard to Government Contracts.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIreland's Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O'Connor TD, confirmed on 5 July 2016 that her department is drafting a Statutory Instrument (i.e., Ministerial order) to implement "Directive 2014/104/EU on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of Member States and of the European Union"
EU, Competition & ProcurementThis article examines a recent decision of the Irish High Court, CRH Plc, Irish Cement Ltd and Seamus Lynch v The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission [2016] IEHC 162, which highlights the importance of regulators complying with the scope of search warrants and with privacy laws when conducting dawn raids.
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