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EU competition law and joint sales in LNG

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • European Union
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  • April 2 2013

Liberalization of the EU natural gas sector began almost two decades ago. Since then, the European Commission (the "Commission") has used various

Application of competition law to the energy sector: changes to UK concurrency regime

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 1 2013

The UK government has tabled reforms to UK competition law which could allow the removal of the "concurrent" powers of sector regulators to apply

Competition law and the energy sector EU, UK, and beyond; looking ahead to 2013

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • European Union, India, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 1 2013

Since it is early in 2013 (according to the Gregorian calendar), this competition law update considers possible competition law developments in the

Russia gives go-ahead to Rosneft’s acquisition of TNK-BP

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • February 1 2013

The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service ("FAS") has cleared Rosneft's US$ 55 billion acquisition of TNK-BP, subject to divestments and conduct

European Commission opens two abuse of dominance inquiries against Bulgarian and Romanian energy companies

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • Bulgaria, European Union, Romania
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  • January 2 2013

The European Commission ("Commission") has announced two formal proceedings to investigate potential competition law violations by energy companies in

UK Competition Commission publishes energy licence modification appeals rules

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 2 2012

The UK Competition Commission has published new rules of procedure for the conduct and disposal of energy licence modification appeals

Competition Commission of India goes full power with investigation against Coal India a study in contrast to a recent European Commission decision

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • European Union, India
  • -
  • October 1 2012

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has started an investigation against Coal India Limited (CIL) alleging unfair trade practices and abuse of a dominant position in the supply of coal to power producers

Greek public power company wins EU court challenge

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • October 1 2012

The EU General Court has decided in favour of the Greek state-owned power company Public Power Corporation (PPC) against a European Commission decision sanctioning the utility’s continued virtual monopoly rights over lignite or “brown coal.”

Czech energy commitments

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • Czech Republic, European Union
  • -
  • September 1 2012

The European Commission (Commission) is seeking comments on commitments offered by Czech electricity incumbent operator, CEZ, to address allegations that it may have infringed EU antitrust rules by restricting market entry on the Czech electricity market, in particular through excessive capacity reservations

EU General Court slashes E.ON and GDF antitrust fines

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 1 2012

The European Commission (Commission) fined E.ON and GDF Suez over EUR 1 billion for an alleged market sharing agreement dating back to the 1970s