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 usOn 21 July 2022, Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) announced that it has approved unconditionally the proposed acquisition by Permanent TSB plc (PTSB) of certain assets of Ulster Bank Ireland DAC (UBIDAC) (part of NatWest) after a Phase 2 investigation.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 30 June 2022, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the EU’s internal market (the Regulation).
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 30 June 2022, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the EU’s internal market (Regulation).
EU, Competition & ProcurementNew cartel leniency programme in Ireland - Key points in the Act.
EU, Competition & ProcurementMerger control and the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 - Key points in the Act.
EU, Competition & ProcurementLast month in Canon v Commission (Case T-609/19), the EU's General Court upheld the European Commission's €28m fine on Canon in 2019 for gun-jumping in relation to its two-step acquisition of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (TMSC).
Corporate & M&AOn 6 October 2021, the European Commission (Commission) invited Member State and all interested parties to comment on further amendments to the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) regarding aid measures for the green and digital transition.
EU, Competition & ProcurementDid you know that your business could well have a "vertical agreement"? Indeed, your business could be entirely dependent on so-called "vertical agreements".
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 5 May 2022, the European Commission announced that it had authorised Italy, under EU State aid law, to operate a €119m scheme to support cabotage and other maritime services because of the impact of COVID-19.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIn this publication we look at the principal features of the UTP Regulations, as well as the manner in which they will be impacted by the enactment of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022 (Bill).
ESG & SustainabilityOn 27 April 2022, the European Commission approved Irish State aid worth €18m to support the road haulage sector given the Ukrainian crisis.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIf enacted as currently drafted, the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Bill) would give effect to Directive (EU) 2019/1 (i.e. ECN+) by further empowering the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)) to investigate and enforce EU competition law in Ireland.
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