The ECJ ruled in favour of the Commission who approached Belgium's practice of giving tax breaks to multinational companies as a system or scheme. politico.eu/article/vestag…

The #EC adopted this week a Statement of Objections to Illumina and GRAIL, after both companies completed their merger while the Commission’s in-depth investigation regarding the acquisition of GRAIL by Illumina is still on-going. #Competition #Mergers ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

The #EC has adopted today the proposal for the new EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP ) for the period 2024-2034. The new proposal will incentivize sustainable economic growth and good governance issues in low-income countries #GSP #Trade ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

The #EC approves Vueling to obtain 18 daily slots currently held by Air France at Paris-Orly airpot following its recapitalisation by the French State #StateAid #Competition #Aviation ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

We are eager to hear about the outcome of the discussions of the first Trade and Tech Council (TTC) taking place today in #Pittsburgh ! Valdis Dombrovskis Margrethe Vestager Secretary Antony Blinken Ambassador Katherine Tai Secretary Gina Raimondo #Competition #TTC reuters.com/technology/com…

Clash of Titans? Google claims payments to phone makers were done to balance Apple dominance, and not harm competition: can this save them from a record 4.3-billion-euro fine? #Competition #antitrust reuters.com/technology/goo…

The incident of Facebook's six-hour outage on Monday showed the need for more competition and further players in the tech market #DMA #FacebookDown #Vestager #Competition competitionpolicyinternational.com/eus-vestager-s…

The EC will investigate Nvidia’s ARM bid, the UK’s most important technology company, after the concessions offered by Nvidia failed to address competition concerns #antitrust #technology #competition reuters.com/technology/eu-…

The #EC is conducting unannounced inspections in the wood pulp sector across different Member States #antitrust #Competition ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

The #EC approved a €700 million French scheme to support certain retailers and services to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19, in line with EU State aid rules #Competition #StateAid #France ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

#EUAntitrust Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager’s speech on ‘A new era of cartel enforcement’, at the Italian Antitrust Association Annual Conference in Rome, "the birthplace of competition law". ec.europa.eu/commission/com…

Is the rise in energy prices in part due to illegal activity of bloc’s main gas suppliers? #competitioninvestigation #antitrust politico.eu/article/eu-ant…

The EVP #Vestager gave a keynote speech on the past Competition Law conference organised by the Association of Finnish Lawyers, regarding the Finnish approach to competition policy as main driver for market economy and innovation ec.europa.eu/commission/com…

#EUCompetition Speech by EVP Margrethe Vestager to the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority 🇩🇰 for the 2021 Competition Day - "What is competition for?" ec.europa.eu/commission/com…

The #EC approves €173 million Polish aid scheme to create a comprehensive network of electric charging and hydrogen-refuelling infrastructure for zero and low emission vehicles in Poland #EGD #StateAid ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

#EUStateAid #StrongerTogether Commission 🇪🇺 approves €73 million Italian 🇮🇹 scheme to support bus 🚌operators in the context of the #coronavirus outbreak ⬇️ ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

On last 25 November 2021, the #EC adopted the revised Communication on State aid rules for #IPCEI. It includes some targeted adjustments to align the relevant rules to the current EU priorities on #innovation and infrastructure projects. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

#EUStateAid Commission adopts revised Guidelines on State aid to promote risk finance investments ➡️ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

#EUStateAid Commission 🇪🇺 approves €3 billion scheme under the Spanish #recovery and #resilience Plan to support research, development, innovation, environmental protection and #energy efficiency in automotive value chain ⬇️ ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

#EUStateAid Commission 🇪🇺 approves €374 million Italian 🇮🇹 scheme to compensate rail freight transport companies for the damage suffered due to the #coronavirus pandemic ⬇️ ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…