THE SPANISH COMPETITION AUTHORITY REQUIRES THE GOVERNMENT TO ELIMINATE ANTICOMPETITIVE RESTRICTIONS IN THE MARKET OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT BY ROAD

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The CNMC has required the Ministry of Public Works to eliminate anticompetitive restrictions on passenger transport in the segment of hiring a car with driver (VTC). These restrictions have been introduced by the Royal Decree 1057/2015, which incorporates obstacles to competition that have no economic justification. The restrictions detected by the CNMC are the following:…

THE FRENCH ‘LOI HAMON’ ON COLLECTIVE ACTIONS MATERIALISES THE FIRST RESULTS

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Since the entry into force of the ‘Loi Hamon’ on 1 October 2014, introducing the class action in the French system, several claims have been lodged in the competent courts by consumer associations. The first class action was brought by the association UFC – Que Choisir against Foncia, on 1 October 2014, in order to…

EU COUNCIL GIVES DIRECTIVE ON COMPETITION DAMAGES ACTIONS THE GREEN LIGHT

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Today (10 November 2014), the Council formally adopted the corrigendum text as approved by the ECON Committee in September 2014 for the Directive on antitrust damages actions. The text was signed off without amendments and it is therefore expected that the text of the Directive, which will shortly be published in the Official Journal of…