Europe-US Overview
"Cartel enforcement remains a top priority for competition authorities in the European Union and the United States. While the covid-19..."
Australia
"Cartel conduct remains an enduring priority for enforcement and compliance by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC has continued its focus on investigating and prosecuting..."
Brazil
"Unlike in previous years, when cartel investigations were responsible for all the high and impressive numbers in the annual statistics released by the Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE), there has been..."
China
"Cartels have remained an enforcement priority since the antitrust enforcement powers of the National Development and Reform..."
European Union
"Bart de Rijke: The digital economy, and in particular online platforms, has been on the radar of the European Commission..."
Germany
"In 2020, and more recently at the beginning of 2021, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) again concluded antitrust investigations in sectors of different kinds, with two recurring themes: the metal industry, which was..."
Hong Kong
"The Competition Commission (the Commission) has brought seven cases before the Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal) to date, spanning four types of..."
Italy
"Lucio D’Amario, Giorgio Valoti and Lorenzo Sfragara: In line with recent years, the Italian Competition Authority (the Authority) continues to fight vigorously all types of antitrust..."
Japan
"Recently, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has turned its attention to enforcement against international cartels, imposing very..."
Mexico
"According to the 2018–2021 Strategic Plan, the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) is interested..."
South East Europe
"Competition enforcement in the South East Europe (SEE) region (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo) remains..."
Switzerland
"Recently, the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) has examined state aid in the aviation sector and, in the watch market, it decided that the supply obligations and restrictions that had applied..."
Turkey
"The Turkish Competition Authority (the Authority) places equal emphasis on all areas of enforcement. The significance of the cartel enforcement..."
United Kingdom
"Rather than focusing on any one particular industry, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) (the UK’s primary competition authority) has opened..."
United States
"The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division generally focuses its criminal enforcement efforts on ‘hardcore’ cartels that involve..."