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Electrabel fined EUR20 million for implementing merger without prior approval

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union
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  • September 25 2009

Electrabel, a Belgian electricity company, has been fined EUR20 million by the European Commission for implementing a merger without the Commission’s prior approval, in breach of the EC merger control rules

Commission fines Intel EUR1.06 billion for abuse of dominance

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union
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  • September 25 2009

On 21 September 2009, the European Commission published its decision of 13 May 2009 finding Intel guilty of an infringement of Article 82 of the EC Treaty (abuse of a dominant position) and imposing a fine of EUR1.06 billion

European Commission accepts commitments offered by Microsoft

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union
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  • January 29 2010

On 16 December 2009, the European Commission announced that it had adopted a decision making legally binding the commitments offered by Microsoft to address the Commission's concerns that Microsoft had tied its web browser, Internet Explorer, to the Windows PC operating system

Commission accepts binding commitments from Visa in relation to interchange fees

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union
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  • February 1 2011

On 8 December 2010, the European Commission announced that it had accepted commitments offered by Visa Europe to make significant reductions to the level of its cross border and certain domestic multilateral interchange fees ("MIFs") for consumer immediate debit card payments in the EEA