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 usSignificant and wide-ranging new powers of intervention will be given to the Irish merger control authority i.e. the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), under the recently-published Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Bill).
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn Sunday, 30 January 2022, Ireland's Enterprise Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar TD, announced the unveiling of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022.
EU, Competition & ProcurementMergers, acquisitions and certain joint ventures are notified to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) which determines whether the proposed transaction would “substantially lessen competition" in Ireland.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 20 January 2022, the Irish Deputy Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, told Dáil Éireann – the more powerful of Ireland's two houses of parliament – that Ireland will publish new competition legislation during the week of 24 January 2022.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is Ireland's primary competition and consumer protection agency.
EU, Competition & ProcurementWhile the continued impact of EU competition law on big tech in particular, dominates the headlines - and will probably do so into 2022, including the Digital Markets act - there has been a flurry of very recent State aid decisions by the European Commission (Commission) and activity before the EU Courts (both pandemic and non-pandemic related).
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn both sides of the Atlantic, there has been a significant number of recent court rulings, investigations and hearings to review the way Big Tech operates and to address antitrust, as well as wider data issues.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 20 October 2021, the General Court of the European Union (General Court) handed down judgments in Cases T-296/18 and T-240/18 regarding actions brought by Polskie Linie Lotnicze ‘LOT’ SA, to challenge the European Commission's (Commission) decisions approving the acquisition by easyJet and Lufthansa of assets of the Air Berlin Group.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIrish competition law is mainly found under the Competition Act 2002 (as amended) (2002 Act). Irish competition law (including Irish merger control) is based on EU competition law (including EU merger control).
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 17 November 2021, Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) announced some important changes to the procedure for notifying mergers and acquisitions to the CCPC under Part 3 of the Competition Act 2002.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe shift towards mandating green public procurement (GPP) in Ireland has advanced with the publication of the Climate Action Plan 2021 on 5 November 2021.
Climate ActionDawn raids are well-known in competition or antitrust law cases, however they can also arise in consumer law cases in Ireland.
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