EU Competition & Regulatory

The EU institutions based in Brussels and the Court in Luxembourg are the generators of EU policy, legislation and interpretation of EU law affecting the lives of 513 million people and the world’s second largest economy. The influence of EU laws extends well beyond the EU’s borders.

In this Insight section lawyers in the EU Competition & Regulation and the EU State Aid & Trade practices describe and explain EU developments, with attention given to practical application as well as the underlying fundamentals of developments in EU law and policy.

Web analytics tools: according to the French DPA, the use of a proxy server could be a solution to what it considers as unlawful data transfer to the US.
July 22, 2022 - The French data protection authority (‘CNIL’) recently published FAQs concerning CNIL’s enforcement actions regarding the use of a famous web […]
Competition law compliance for non-profit organisations: Cheating or competing?
September 2, 2021 - The FAIB (i.e. the Federation of European and International Associations established in Belgium) which represents international associations from all walks […]
Competition law compliance for Associations & Foundations
May 21, 2021 - The European Society of Association Executives (ESAE), a leading organisation which aims to bring together association professionals and facilitate the […]
Antitrust M&A: 4 to 3 mergers might be back on the strategic table
June 22, 2020 - Antitrust M&A: 4 to 3 mergers might be back on the strategic table Recently the EU’s General Court[1] overturned the […]
The sharing economy: legal fragmentation might lead to harmonization of the law
June 12, 2020 - The sharing economy: legal fragmentation might lead to harmonization of the law Questions arise from recent activity by the European […]
EU State Aid – An overlooked element of transaction strategy
June 11, 2020 - EU State Aid – An overlooked element of transaction strategy Despite Covid-19, M&A is on the C-suite agenda As the […]
COVID-19: State Aid as Part of Your Financial Solution – The Questions to Ask
April 20, 2020 - EY’s latest Capital Confidence Barometer survey – see article ‘How do you find clarity in the midst of the COVID-19 […]
EU Competition Rules: Covid-19 Crisis Response
April 1, 2020 - EU Competition Rules: Covid-19 Crisis Response Businesses can play a crucial role to overcome the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, […]
EU State Aid rules: Covid-19 Crisis Response
March 23, 2020 - As the world is grappling with the response to the current COVID-19 crisis, governments have to impose very strict and […]
Chemicals Industry: Competition Rules and State aid: Key EU Developments
March 18, 2020 - Two EU developments announced on 10 March 2020 are likely to have a material impact on the chemical industry: a […]
A Major Strategy Initiative – EU Data – Competition & Industrial Policy
February 24, 2020 - On 19 February 2020 the European Commission issued a communication on the EU’s strategy for data.[1] The Commission expects feedback […]
Data ownership and monetization are core issues of a recent competition complaint
December 18, 2019 - Probably the leading fundamental of the digital economy that remains far from addressed is what is the value of data. […]
EU General Court: Case Note: Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd and Others v European Commission
December 11, 2019 - Court: General Court Date of ruling: 16 January 2019 Case name (short version): Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd and Others v European […]
EU General Court: Case Note: Groupe Canal + v European Commission
November 6, 2019 - Court: General Court Date of ruling: 12 December 2018 Case name (short version): Groupe Canal + v European Commission Case […]
Case Note*: EU Competition Law: The Court of Justice of the European Union
November 5, 2019 - Court: Court of Justice Date of ruling: 9 March 2018 Case name (short version): Panalpina World Transport (Holding) and Others […]
Conditions Precedent: Necessary Deal Breakers
September 12, 2019 - Summary The sale and purchase of shares is often made conditional upon the satisfaction of one or more conditions. […]
Investing to create market dominance – is this a competition issue?
September 2, 2019 - Context An article in the Financial Times newspaper (23 August 2019, WeWork’s magical thinking disguises a flawed model by Elaine […]
EY Law acts in relation to appealing EU Commission State aid decision
August 29, 2019 - EY Law acts on appeal to the EU’s General Court of a European Commission decision concerning alleged State aid. The […]
EU Court of Justice: Case Note: Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd AG v European Commission
August 20, 2019 - Court: Court of Justice Date of ruling: 21 March 2019 Case name (short version): Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd and Others v […]
Power & Utilities Sector – EU Regulatory Law developments – Digital challenges foreseen
July 16, 2019 - The P&U sector is undergoing significant change, some of which is market driven, some driven by regulatory changes. As regards […]
EU Court of Justice: Case Note: Infineon Technologies AG v European Commission
June 21, 2019 - Court: Court of Justice Date of ruling: 26 September 2018 Case name (short version): Infineon Technologies AG v European Commission […]
EY Law advises on Second Phase Polish merger control investigation
June 12, 2019 - Our EU Competition Law team led by Kiran Desai and assisted by Margarita Peristeraki and Manu Mohan, with assistance from […]
Sharing data: the 4D competition law model to determining data value
June 4, 2019 - Following a fascinating hackathon in Chicago in 2018 organized by EY, three data ‘worlds’ were modeled.[1] Across all three models, […]
EU Court of Justice: Case Note: Agria Polsk sp. z o.o. and Others v European Commission
May 2, 2019 - Court: Court of Justice Date of ruling: 20 September 2018 Case name (short version): Agria Polska sp. z o.o. and […]
EU Court of Justice: Case Note: Deutsche Bahn and Others v Commission
April 29, 2019 - Court: Court of Justice Date of ruling: 1 February 2018 Case name (short version): Deutsche Bahn and Others v Commission […]
EU Court of Justice: Case Note: MEO – Serviços de Comuniçações e Multimédia SA v Autoridade da Concorrência
April 10, 2019 - Court: Court of Justice Date of ruling: 19 April 2018 Case name (short version): MEO – Serviços de Comuniçações e […]
EU Commission to review rules of distribution
March 12, 2019 - The EU Commission is considering revising the block exemption regulation (VBER) and accompanying guidelines relating to vertical agreements (agreements between […]
Foreign direct investment will in future be screened in the EU
March 7, 2019 - On 5 March 2019 the EU adopted legislation that will establish a framework for screening by EU Member States of […]
EU Court of Justice: Case Note: Apple Sales International and Others MJA
February 21, 2019 - Court: Court of Justice Date of ruling: 24 October 2018 Case name (short version): Apple Sales International and Others MJA […]
Competition law implications for Technology Media and Telecommunications
January 30, 2019 - Excellent piece from Kiran Desai about competition law implications for the TMT sector on EY Global Law website.
EY Law advises Vue International on the acquisition of leading German cinema group Cinestar
October 26, 2018 - Our EU Competition Law team led by Kiran Desai and assisted by Margarita Peristeraki and Manu Mohan is advising Vue […]
EY Law advises Vue International on the acquisition of Polish cinema chain Cinema3D
July 24, 2018 - Our EU Competition Law team led by Kiran Desai and assisted by Margarita Peristeraki and Manu Mohan, with assistance from […]