State of Competition | Dr. Valentin Mircea

October 17, 2018 In Europe, Uncategorized By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Competition policy, not competition politics

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...

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...

March 26, 2018 In Antitrust By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Antitrust in Asia Conference

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...

January 31, 2018 In Uncategorized By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Consiliul Concurenței ca și componentă a statului de drept

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...

January 18, 2018 In Antitrust, Guest Contributions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Nemo censetur ignorare legem si implicatiile in dreptul concurentei

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...

January 16, 2018 In Antitrust, Guest Contributions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

An interview with Alfonso Lamadrid

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...

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...

November 29, 2017 In Antitrust By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Concurrences Review 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards

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...

October 3, 2017 In Antitrust, Private Enforcement By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Implementation of the EU Damages Directive in Central and Eastern European Countries (Chapter on Romania)

The Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia) still lags behind some countries in the West of the European Union - particularly the United Kingdom, Germany and The Netherlands - in terms of actions for damages produced by...

September 28, 2017 In Antitrust, Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

”Carthago (Google) delenda est!”

”Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam” i.e. ”I consider that Carthage must be destroyed” is a famous sentence attributed to the ancient orator Cato the Elder, who ended all his speaches in the Roman Senate by asking his fellow senators to declare war and seek...