The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened a preliminary consultation period on a potential merger to determine whether it may substantially reduce competition within UK markets. This “invitation to comment” offers an early […]
Month: November 2024
Indonesia’s KPPU Criticizes Ministerial Regulation on SOEs, Citing Unfair Competition Concerns
Indonesia’s Competition Commission (KPPU) has raised concerns over a recent ministerial regulation that it says could stifle competition in State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) procurement. The regulation in question, Minister of SOEs Regulation No. PER-2/MBU/3/2023, allows for […]
Bundeskartellamt Fines Strabag AG €2.79 Million for Collusive Tendering
Germany’s competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, has imposed a fine (6 November) of €2.79 million on Strabag AG for collusive tendering practices related to a 2017 works contract for the renovation of Cologne’s Zoobrücke bridge. Strabag […]
EU Investigates Corning for Antitrust Issues in Glass Market
The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Corning Inc., the U.S.-based glass manufacturer, to assess whether it may have abused its dominant market position by restricting competition in the global market for alkali-aluminosilicate […]
EU Court Upholds €2M Aid for TAROM Amid Wizz Air Appeal
The General Court of the European Union has dismissed today (6 November) an appeal from Wizz Air seeking to annul a €2 million aid package provided by Romania to its national airline, TAROM, to compensate […]
