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Test case: we're all equal (but just not yet)!

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • Belgium, European Union
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  • March 21 2011

On 1 March 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided the so-called Test Achats case on insurance premiums

CJEU judgment on compulsory healthcare schemes

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union, France
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  • March 21 2011

On 3 March 2011, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment on a reference from a French district court asking whether a compulsory healthcare scheme in the French bakery sector was subject to competition law

Judgments of the General Court in cartel appeals regarding gas insulated switchgear

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union
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  • March 21 2011

On 3 March 2011, the EU's General Court reduced the fines of certain members of the gas insulated switchgear cartel but upheld the fine of 396.6 million imposed on Siemens

State aid: recovery of illegal state aid gets faster as Commission tightens procedures

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union
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  • March 21 2011

On 23 February 2011, the Commission reported that Member States recovered a total of 530 million in State aid in 2010 which was granted to businesses before they were notified to the Commission and later found to be incompatible with EU State aid rules

European Commission Green Paper on the modernisation of EU public procurement policy towards a more efficient European procurement market

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union
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  • March 21 2011

The Commission on 27 January 2011 published a Green Paper for the purposes of seeking submissions from stakeholders on the modernisation of EU public procurement policy

Commission confirmed dawn raids in the e-book publishing sector

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union
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  • March 21 2011

The Commission confirmed on 1 March 2011 that Commission officials initiated unannounced inspections at the premises of companies that are active in the e-book (electronic or digital books) publishing sector in several Member States

Commission closes probe into Hollywood studios after they change terms of contracts for digitisation of European cinemas

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union
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  • March 21 2011

On 4 March 2011, the Commission announced that it had closed an antitrust investigation concerning the digitisation of European cinemas

Time limits for court challenges - Commission v. Ireland

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • 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

New competition commissionerdirector general

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union
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  • May 19 2010

Joaqín Almunia is the new Commissioner for competition policy

Antitrust: improved transparency and predictability of proceedings

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union
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  • May 19 2010

The Commission wishes to enhance the transparency and predictability of its anti-trust proceedings and has published detailed explanations as regards how its antitrust procedures work in practice