Europe-US Overview
"This chapter discusses a number of significant developments in cartel enforcement practice in the past year in the..."
Australia
"Enforcement of cartel conduct is an enduring priority for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). There have been a number of civil and..."
Brazil
"Unlike in previous years, when cartel investigations were responsible for all the high and impressive numbers in the annual statistics released by..."
China
"In recent years, China’s top policymakers have consistently put antitrust enforcement as one of the priorities in economic policy planning and..."
European Union
"The Commission finally broke cover, conducting its first dawn raid since the start of the pandemic. The subject of the raid was..."
Germany
"In 2021 the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) concluded antitrust investigations in different kind of sectors especially the digital economy. Affected were Amazon, Apple, Alphabet/Google and..."
Hong Kong
"The Competition Commission (the Commission) has brought 10 cases before the Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal) to date, spanning five different types of..."
Italy
"In line with recent years, the Italian antitrust authority (authority) continues to vigorously fight all sorts of antitrust infringements and particularly cartels and anticompetitive agreements in..."
Japan
"In recent times, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has turned its attention to enforcement against international cartels, imposing very high surcharge payments on..."
Mexico
"It is important to point out that Mexico has two competition authorities, the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) and the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT). The IFT has..."
SEE Overview
"As in the previous years, in 2021 there was no major increase in number of decisions on cartels and other restrictive agreements in the South East Europe (SEE) Region (the Region). According to the..."
Switzerland
"Recently, the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) focused its enforcement efforts on the construction sector and has opened a considerable number of..."
Turkey
"The Turkish Competition Authority (the Authority) places equal emphasis on all areas of enforcement. The significance of the cartel enforcement regime under Law No. 4054 on the..."
United Kingdom
"The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) (the UK’s primary competition authority) has continued to pursue its interests in the pharmaceutical sector and in the..."
United States
"The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division generally focuses its criminal enforcement efforts on hardcore cartels that involve price-fixing, bid rigging and..."