On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (the “Commission”) issued a fining decision of EUR 329 million against online food delivery companies Delivery Hero (owner of Foodora) and Glovo for participating in a multifaceted cartel that included an agreement not to hire each other’s employees (so called...
On 8 May 2025, the European Commission (the “Commission”) launched a public consultation on the review of its EU merger control guidelines which will last at least two years. The consultation consists of two components. The first adopts a broad perspective, asking stakeholders to respond to overarch...
On 20 May 2025, the European Union (the “EU”) adopted its 17th sanction package against Russia. The new measures include economic and individual restrictive measures aimed at further restraining Russia’s access to key military technology and limiting its energy revenues. In this blog post, we summar...
On 25 February 2025, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ” or the “Court”) issued a preliminary ruling in Case C-233/23, Android Auto, concerning the application of Article 102 TFEU to Google’s refusal to ensure interoperability between its Android Auto platform...
On 24 February 2025, the European Union (the “EU”) adopted its 16th sanction package against Russia, marking the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The 16th package focuses on key sectors of the Russian economy, including energy, trade, transport, infrastructure, and finan...
Recently the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) published its final judgment in the case C-465/20 P Commission v Ireland and Others concerning two tax rulings issued by Ireland in favour of Apple. The CJEU overturned the General Court’s judgment and upheld the Commission’s decision,...
Earlier this week the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) published its long-awaited judgment in the joined cases C-611/22 P Illumina v Commission and C-625/22 P Grail v Commission concerning the European Commission’s powers to review mergers that fall under the thresholds of both EU...
On 1 August 2024, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Sw. Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap) published its revised guidelines (MSBFS 2024:8) listing types of essential services that fall under the scope of the Swedish Act on Foreign Direct Investments (the “FDI Act”). The revised guide...
Introduction Despite the increasing number of adopted sanctions, targeting not only Russia and Russian entities, but also, Iran, North Korea, among other jurisdictions, the European Union (the “EU”) has taken note of frequent breaches of sanctions combined with incoherent enforcement at Member State...
The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (the “FSR”), which is applicable in the EU since 12 July 2023, allows the European Commission (the “Commission”) to investigate and to take action against companies that receive financial support from non-EU governments deemed to distort competition within the EU sin...
Following a European Commission proposal in 2022 for a regulation banning products made with forced labour, the EU legislators reached an agreement on 4 March 2024 to adopt a regulation that will ban such products from the EU (the “Regulation”). According to the International Labour Organization, ne...
Introduction and background On 8 February 2024, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted a revised Market Definition Notice (the “Notice”). Defining a relevant market is a necessary step when assessing the market power of an undertaking in merger control and antitrust cases. This provides...