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Irish competition law: concept of undertaking

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • March 21 2011

On 8 March 2011, the High Court (Cooke J.) determined that the HSE was an "undertaking" for the purposes of competition law when engaged in arranging or providing ambulance and other means of transport for patients to and from hospitals and other health facilities in the State

2012 report on pharmaceuticals delivery in Ireland: "delivery of pharmaceuticals in Ireland - getting a bigger bang for the buck"

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • February 14 2012

Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) recently commissioned and funded a report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI

Award of contracts for non-priority service contracts may be subject to a standstill requirement

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • March 16 2009

Contracting authorities awarding non-priority service contracts will need to bear in mind a recent decision from the Northern Ireland High Court which found that a standstill period may be required for such awards under fundamental principles of EC law

The detection and prevention of collusive tendering

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • May 19 2010

The Competition Authority has published a booklet which provides information to contracting authorities on the tell-tale signs of bid-rigging and how to report it

Competition Authority Annual Report

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • May 19 2010

On 28 February 2010, the Competition Authority published its 2009 Annual Report

Costs awarded to acquitted defendants in Mayo waste cartel case

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • May 19 2010

In March 2009, Mr Justice Liam McKechnie awarded all the defendants in the Mayo waste case their costs following their acquittal by a jury on all counts of bid rigging in July 2009

Competition Authority identifies necessary reforms in GP services

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • May 19 2010

The Competition Authority has published the first two parts of its report on General Medical Practitioners

Time limits for court challenges - Commission v. Ireland

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland
  • -
  • May 19 2010

In its judgment of 28 January 2010 in Commission v. Ireland (Case C-45608), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that Order 84A of the Rules of the Superior Courts which sets out the procedure and timeframe for initiating a challenge to a procurement procedure is contrary to EU law

Finance Act 2010

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • May 19 2010

The Finance Act 2010 contains measures concerning the VAT status of the State and Public Bodies (the Act is expected to be commenced in the coming weeks

Grocery code of conduct

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • May 19 2010

The Government has appointed David Byrne, who formerly served as Attorney General and European Commissioner, as a facilitator to develop a Code of Practice for Grocery Goods Undertakings