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 usAs environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals become a growing business priority, competition law is, in some ways, adapting to encourage or facilitate collaboration between competitors that promote these objectives.
ESG & SustainabilityOn 15 September 2023, it was announced that Brian McHugh has been appointed as the new Chair of Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIreland’s Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Amendment Act) will very largely come into operation on 27 September 2023.
Corporate & M&AThe European Commission published Guidance in March 2021 in which it indicated that it intended in certain circumstances to encourage and accept Article 22 referrals where the referring Member State(s) did not have the power to review the transactions concerned under national rules.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (Act) is a landmark statute which will introduce significant changes to the Irish competition law regime, including the ability for civil fines to be imposed in respect of breaches of competition law, an updated leniency regime and amended merger control provisions.
EU, Competition & ProcurementA new EU regulatory regime, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), will be commencing shortly. It enables the European Commission to scrutinise companies making certain acquisitions, engaging in public procurement, or otherwise carrying out economic activities in the EU which have benefited from non-EU subsidies.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 10 May 2023, the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union (Court) published its judgment in the joint decisions of Cases T-34/21 Ryanair v Commission and T-87/21 Condor Flugdienst v Commission (Lufthansa; COVID-19).
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe EU's Foreign Subsidies Regulation came into force on 12 January 2023 and grants sweeping new powers to the European Commission to tackle harmful non-EU subsidies.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a landmark piece of legislation designed to regulate the activities of large platforms and to enhance the contestability and fairness of the services they provide. From 2 May, platforms will be required to notify the European Commission where they meet specific financial and user thresholds.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe report highlights key time periods and trends in Irish merger control in 2022 and also looks ahead to anticipated developments in 2023.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe European Commission is currently consulting on an updated draft of its Notice on the Definition of the Relevant Market for the Purposes of Union Competition Law (Market Definition Notice).
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 24 November 2022, the European Commission approved, under the EU's State Aid Temporary Crisis Framework, a €1.22bn Irish scheme to support many businesses in Ireland with higher energy costs as a result of the Ukraine crisis.
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