The article I published in 2018 in Competition Law Insights has been shortlisted by the jury in the distinguished list of the best competition-related articles from which the best of the best shall be determined, based on your vote. If you like this article, you may...
(http://www.consiliulconcurentei.ro/uploads/docs/items/bucket13/id13829/amenzi_agentii_turism_ian_2019.pdf) Decizia Consiliului Concurenței în cazul agențiilor de turism, din 18 decembrie 2018, prezintă câteva particularități interesante, pe de o parte pentru că este prima analiză de acest fel pe piața românească de turism (la care alte autorități de concurență s-au uitat deja mai demult,...
Competition law enforcement in the European Union is at an all-times high, with several proeminent cases decided by the European Commission and others in the pipeline. The European Commission is now seen as a ”beacon” of competition enforcement in the world, except for the United States of...
The European Commission aims high and seems to like hitting big companies mainly because they are big. As expected by many, yesterday the European Commission handed a fresh decision to Alphabet, the holding company of Google, and almost all the headlines went to the new record...
Concurrences Review, with the support of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Competition Association will hold the 2018 Antitrust in Asia Conference on Friday, May 18, 2018. There will be four panels: Extraterritoriality Enforcement: A Rising Concern? Due Process: Could There Be...
Din ce în ce mai multă lume știe, în ziua de astăzi, că în România există Consiliul Concurenței, o instituție mai degrabă discretă, despre ale cărui activități aflăm cel mai adesea atunci când acesta aplică amenzi operatorilor economici care comit fapte anticoncurențiale - înțelegeri anticoncurențiale...
Fundamentul istoric Principiul nemo censetur ignorare legem exprima, in sensul traditional admis, ideea ca nimeni nu poate invoca ca si mijloc de aparare necunoasterea legii. Originea lui trebuie cautata, probabil, in epoca timpurie a dreptului, atunci cand dreptul penal (caruia acest principiu i s-a...
We start the year on stateofcompetition.eu with a rare treat: an interview with Alfonso Lamadrid de Pablo, the mastermind behind one of the best known competition blogs (and, arguably, the best): Chillin'Competition (www.chillingcompetition.com). Alfonso Lamadrid does not need a long introduction and it suffices to say...
This is mostly an overlooked topic, albeit very important. Market power is at no time an unilateral exercise of the companies and even the stronger corporations need to bow in front of the consumers. Buyer Power in EU Competition Law - AVAILABLE NOW Winner of the 2017...
Nominations for the 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards are open. The present Call for Nominations concerns 3 types of publications: Best Articles: Articles published or accepted for publication in 2017, in both academic journals and professional magazines. Best Soft Law: Most innovative non-enforcement tools issued by competition...