SEOUL, Dec. 19, 2025 —South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) on Friday set out plans to intensify enforcement against market power abuses, collusion and unfair trading practices, highlighting persistent structural imbalances between large companies and […]
Year: 2025
Spain Competition Watchdog Fines Naturgy Unit UFD $6 Million for Restricting Meter Installation Rivalry
MADRID, Dec. 19, 2025 —Spain’s competition regulator CNMC has fined UFD Distribución Electricidad, Naturgy’s electricity distribution arm, €5.08 million for restricting competition in the market for installing certain electricity meters between May 2018 and May […]
Greek Competition Authority Prioritises Probes Into Vertical Agreements in School Bags and Branded Apparel Markets
ATHENS, Dec. 19, 2025 —Greece’s Hellenic Competition Commission has decided to prioritise and formally assign to a rapporteur a series of cases concerning suspected vertical agreements in the markets for school bags and for the […]
New Zealand Regulator Flags Competition Concerns Over Godfrey Hirst–Bremworth Deal
WELLINGTON, Dec. 18, 2025 —New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has decided to issue a Statement of Issues in relation to Mohawk Industries’ proposed acquisition of carpet maker Bremworth, signalling potential competition concerns following an initial review. […]
ACCC Clears Coles’ Victorian Lease Deals Subject to Site Divestment
MELBOURNE, Dec. 19, 2025 —Australia’s competition regulator has cleared Coles’ acquisition of leases to open new supermarkets at Mt Atkinson and Deanside in Victoria, subject to the divestment of a nearby site to preserve competition. […]
