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 usThe Brexit-related Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between the EU and the UK was announced on Christmas Eve 2020.
BrexitOn 8 April 2021, the European Commission launched a public consultation inviting all interested parties (including businesses) to comment on a proposed revision of the EU's State Aid Framework for Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I).
EU, Competition & ProcurementA proposed Canadian M&A deal – which has just been abandoned because of EU opposition to the deal - gives a glimpse of possible future tensions between the EU and the UK over Brexit.
BrexitThe adoption in December 2020 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom was welcomed because it avoided a No Deal Brexit.
BrexitThe Supreme Court this week delivered judgment in two separate security for costs appeals.
DisputesDespite being announced on 24 December 2020 and signed on 30 December 2020, the TCA is still not in full force. For example, it is still only "provisional". The European Parliament and the European Council have yet to sign off on the document. It is expected that they will sign off by the end of April 2020. So, Brexit is not yet done!
BrexitOn 9 March 2021, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) published its Consumer Protection List for the period 1 January to 31 December 2020.
EU, Competition & ProcurementDr Vincent Power, Head of A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group, provides an overview of the legal framework, policies and guidance in relation to cartels and leniency law in Ireland.
EU, Competition & ProcurementSome mergers and acquisitions in the pharma sector have proved challenging and controversial. Given the impact of COVID-19, it is likely that pharma deals will be scrutinised even more thoroughly now and in the future by the various national and international competition agencies.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 5 February, the European Commission published a Working Paper setting out guidance on the circumstances which may warrant disapplication of the prohibition on anti-competitive arrangements contained in Article 101(1) TFEU in cases where the same entity acts both as an independent distributor and as an agent for products of the same supplier.
EU, Competition & ProcurementA&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group has published its report on merger control by Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in 2020.
EU, Competition & ProcurementA&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement team has submitted a response to the public consultation on certain aspects of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021.
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