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 usIrish 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.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 26 March 2021, the European Commission (Commission) published a Staff Working Document summarising the findings of an evaluation (Evaluation) of procedural and jurisdictional aspects of the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 (i.e. the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR)).
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe general rule is that resellers may charge whatever price they want when they resell goods which they have bought – in other words, the supplier may not tell the reseller the price at which goods are to be resold.
EU, Competition & ProcurementIreland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has cleared an acquisition of six companies in the nursing home sector subject to commitments by the buyer.
EU, Competition & ProcurementVincent Power analyses the European Commission Sigma-Aldrich case when a fine was imposed for providing misleading information to the Commission.
EU, Competition & ProcurementA&L Goodbody's Dr Vincent Power was recently invited to write for the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law on the important EU shipping law case of LG and others v. Rina SpA, Ente Registro Italiano Navale (Case C-641/18 before the Court of Justice of the European Union).
BrexitPresident Donald J Trump brought the US Presidential Executive Order to international prominence. He signed 220 of them. A tiny figure compared to the three-term Depression and Wartime President Franklin D Roosevelt. The concept of the Order goes back to George Washington who signed eight of them.
EU, Competition & ProcurementAnyone who is tempted to breach competition law and expect to get away with it because of the Lockdown should think twice.
EU, Competition & ProcurementThe European Commission has a growing list of tech-related competition cases. What are they about? What happens in these cases? What are the outcomes? A&L Goodbody's Dr Vincent Power unpacks the "who, what, when, why and how" of EU tech cases generally.
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