State of Competition | Competition Basics

July 19, 2018 In Cases and Decisions, Europe, Innovation By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Google – big fine, little reasoning (so far)

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...

December 4, 2017 In Antitrust, Europe By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Buyer Power in EU Competition Law

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...

June 6, 2017 In Competition Basics By Dr. Valentin Mircea

ICC Competition Compliance Toolkits – acum și în limba română/ICC Competition Compliance Toolkits – now available in Romanian

Cele mai bune ghiduri în materia conformării cu regulile de concurență Ghidurile de conformare cu regulile de concurență elaborate în cadrul International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) sunt disponibile acum și în limba română, în ambele versiuni - versiunea completă și versiunea prescurtată, dedicată IMM-urilor. Ambele variante ale...

November 22, 2016 In Competition Basics By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Choice: A New Standard for Competition Law Analysis? Now Released

Concurrences Review, an independent publisher of US and EU antitrust issues, has released its newest book on consumer choice and competition law. In this book, ten prominent authors offer eleven contributions that provide their varying perspectives on the subject of consumer choice in the EU,...

November 18, 2015 In Competition Basics By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The Rise of the Giants

The business landscape in Europe is on the verge of significant changes, which may affect the future of many industries and the long-term prospects of the EU economy. It is well known that Europe did not manage to have the same number of successful start-ups...

October 14, 2015 In Cases and Decisions, Legislation By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Despre prescriptia aplicarii amenzilor prevazute de Legea concurentei

Prin OUG nr.31/2015 au fost modificate mai multe prevederi ale Legii concurentei nr.21/1996, republicata dar printre cele mai importante este una care nu iese deloc in evidenta: o modificare de nuanta, care schimba insa in totalitate sensul unui articol.Astfel, au fost modificate alineatele (1) si...

October 5, 2015 In Cases and Decisions, Competition Basics By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Angajamente si…angajamente la Consiliul Concurentei

In ultima vreme Consiliului Concurentei a fost implicat intr-un numar destul de mare de angajamente, procedura prin care intreprinderile isi asuma obligatia de a isi schimba comportamentul pe piata iar Consiliul Concurentei nu mai duce pana la capat investigatia, care poate rezulta - sau nu...

April 15, 2015 In Communications and Technology, Competition Basics By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Google accusations – competition law as the theory of everything – UPDATED

UPDATE: where is the harm? Even competitors who complain about its behavior are thriving because of Google, inter alia, and their tears are very likely to be crocodile tears (see Expedia, for instance) - http://googleblog.blogspot.mxBy pressing long-announced accusations on Google for an alleged abuse of dominant...

March 28, 2015 In Legislation By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Nu exista niciun drept legal la fumat!

...Dar exista dreptul la viata si dreptul la sanatate ale tuturor: fumatori sau nefumatori. Am decis sa scriu acest material dupa ce am auzit, repetat de mai multe ori, de catre reprezentantii si sustinatorii industriei tutunului, ca fumatorii ar fi titularii unui adevarat drept. Acesta...

December 11, 2014 In Legislation By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Scurte consideratii cu privire la recentele modificari ale Legii concurentei prin OUG nr.77/2014

Prima observatie este ca autoritatea de concurenta persista in lipsa de transparenta fata de partenerii institutionali ("stakeholders"), asa ca OUG 77/2014 a fost adoptata de guvern pe 3 decembrie 2014 in cea mai mare discretie. OUG 77/2014 a fost publicata in Monitorul Oficial al Romaniei...