The European Commission finally published, more than 6 months after its adoption, its first decision under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”)....more
4/30/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Competition ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
Investment ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
New Regulations ,
State Aid
On 24 September 2024, the European Commission adopted its first decision under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”)....more
In an important judgment handed down on 29 June 2023 (Case C-211/22), the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") ruled that a vertical agreement to fix minimum prices does not necessarily constitute a restriction...more
10/25/2023
/ Advertising ,
Anti-Competitive ,
CNIL ,
Competition ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Liability ,
Data Controller ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
France ,
French Competition Authority ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
White Collar Crimes
On March 9, the European Commission adopted a series of measures to foster investment and financing the transition to climate neutrality and a net-zero industry in the EU.
To this end, the Commission has...more
4/17/2023
/ Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Member State ,
Net Zero ,
Project Finance ,
Renewable Energy ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Startups
Welcome to the first edition of the Litigation Gazette. Each quarter, BCLP's Paris team keep you informed of the main litigation news in competition law, commercial litigation, labor law, IP/IT/Data and compliance.
In this...more
The Digital Markets Act (DMA), introduces stricter rules for ‘big tech’ in the EU and comes into force today, November 1 2022. The DMA forms part of the European Commission’s new package of legislation governing conduct in...more
On the 13 July 2022, the General Court upheld the European Commission’s decision to accept a referral from Member States under Article 22 of the EU Regulation n°139/2004 on merger control (“EUMR”) to review a deal that fell...more
The Egalim 2 law, which aims to improve farmers' income by maximizing the transparency of trade relations, came into force on October 18, 2021. Eight months later, its implementation is still largely imperfect, for reasons...more
6/9/2022
/ Agricultural Sector ,
Commodities ,
EU ,
Farmers ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Foreign Suppliers ,
Suppliers ,
Trade Relations ,
Transparency ,
Ukraine ,
Upstream Contracts
On May 10 2022, the EU Commission adopted the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Vertical Guidelines. The regulation includes several significant new developments including readjusting the safe harbour and providing...more
5/13/2022
/ Competition ,
Contract Terms ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Exclusivity ,
Exclusivity Clauses ,
Member State ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Safe Harbors ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
V-BER (Vertical Block Exemption Regulation) ,
Vertical Agreement
The European Commission (“EC”) is consulting on new rules for collaborations between competitors by inviting comments on two draft Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations on Specialisation and R&D (“HBERs”) and accompanying...more
This newsletter focuses on two recent legal updates in the agri-food sector:
..The Egalim 2 Law, adopted on 19 October 2021, is aimed to grant guaranties to the French food sector. More specifically, this law intends to...more
12/15/2021
/ Agricultural Sector ,
Distributors ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Supply ,
France ,
New Legislation ,
Remuneration ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Supply Chain ,
Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER)
Order No. 2021-649 of May 26, 2021 (the "Order") finalizes the transposition into French law of the European Directive so-called "ECN +" of December 11, 2018, which aims to strengthen the powers of national competition...more
Welcome to this first edition of BCLP’S Competition Collective: Antitrust, Foreign Investment and Trade Insights from around the world. This period was marked by uncertainty – and the harsh realities of the pandemic for many...more
5/27/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Digital Services ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Sports ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Agreements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
The Competition and Distribution team of BCLP's Paris office reviews some key news from the end of 2020, in particular:
..The “Dammann Frères” decision of 3 December 2020 concerning the tea manufacturer's online sales...more
2/2/2021
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Competition Authorities ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Distributors ,
EU ,
France ,
French Competition Authority ,
French Supreme Court ,
Online Marketplace ,
Price-Fixing ,
Vertical Agreement
This Newsletter of the Competition and Distribution team of BCLP's Paris office features some of the key developments of the last quarter. In this newsletter:
..To enable national authorities to better apprehend killer...more
12/3/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
France ,
French Competition Authority ,
Member State ,
Mergers ,
Netherlands