On 18 July 2025, the European Commission (EC) published the draft guidelines on the implementation of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR Guidelines)....more
7/30/2025
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The European Commission (EC) has published draft antitrust guidelines on exclusionary abuses (the Draft Guidelines) and is conducting a public consultation to gather feedback....more
9/5/2024
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Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
The European Commission (EC) has revamped the 1997 Commission Notice on the definition of the relevant market for the purposes of Community competition law (the 1997 Notice), and published a new Notice (Notice) on 8 February...more
The EU’s new regime for tackling foreign subsidies will kick in on 12 July 2023.
On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (Commission) published the final text of the Implementing Regulation (Final IR) on proceedings...more
7/17/2023
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The European Commission (EC) has revamped the 1997 Commission Notice on the definition of the relevant market for the purposes of Community competition law (the 1997 Notice), and conducted a public consultation to gather...more
A new regulation to control foreign subsidies could entail more complex, costly, and time-consuming deal clearances.
European M&A is set to become more complex after the entry into force of the Foreign Subsidies...more
10/24/2022
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A new regulation to control foreign subsidies could result in more complex, costly, and time-consuming M&A clearance processes.
European M&A is set to become more complex after the European Parliament and European Council...more
10/21/2022
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Competition ,
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European Merger Control Regulation ,
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