EU Competition Law Newsletter
Below are links to EU Competition Law Newsletters that Cleary publishes each month.
2023
July
Highlights
The Commission Approves Broadcom’s Acquisition of VMware Subject to Remedies
- On July 12, 2023, the Commission approved Broadcom’s proposed €55 billion acquisition of VMware after a Phase II review ruling out most of its initial concerns. The Commission’s decision is subject to technology access and interoperability remedies.
CK Telecoms (Case C-376/20): Call for Return to Orthodoxy Accepted by the Court of Justice
- On July 13, 2023, the Court of Justice delivered its much anticipated judgment in Commission v. CK Telecoms, setting aside the General Court’s landmark judgment that annulled the Commission’s 2016 prohibition of the proposed 4-to-3 merger between Telefónica Europe Plc (“O2”) and Hutchinson 3G UK Investments Limited (“Three”), the second and fourth largest mobile network operators in the UK, that would have created a new market leader with a combined share above 40%.
News
Commission Updates
Commission Approves Advent’s Acquisition of GfK Subject to Divestment of GfK’s CPS Business
- On July 4, 2023, the Commission conditionally approved, in Phase I, Advent’s acquisition of market research provider GfK through its subsidiary NielsenIQ, after Advent pulled and refiled the merger notification.
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The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation Takes Effect
- On July 12, 2023, the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”) entered into effect.
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Court Updates
Super Bock: RPM Not Automatically a Restriction of Competition By Object
- On June 29, 2023, the Court of Justice ruled on questions referred by the Lisbon Court of Appeals relating to alleged resale price maintenance (“RPM”) by Super Bock, a Portuguese beverage manufacturer.
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Meta: Court of Justice Confirms That Competition Authorities Can Assess GDPR Compliance In Abuse of Dominance Cases
- On July 4, 2023, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Meta Platforms Inc. v. Bundeskartellamt, following a request for a preliminary ruling from the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (“Düsseldorf Court”) on the validity of the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) 2019 decision finding that Meta Platforms (“Meta”) abused its dominant position by collecting and processing data without users giving their consent freely.
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