In 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.
EU, Competition & ProcurementSignificant 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).
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