London, July 9, 2025 — Seven of the UK’s biggest housebuilders have agreed to pay a combined £100 million to affordable housing programmes across the UK, in a landmark settlement with the Competition and Markets […]
Category: Horizonal
Horizontal agreements, cartels.
Slovak Antimonopoly Office Launches Proceedings Over Inspection Obstruction
July 8, 2025 – BratislavaThe Slovak Antimonopoly Office (AMO) has opened administrative proceedings against a business owner who refused to cooperate during a surprise inspection on June 10–11, 2025. The entrepreneur, active in the HVAC […]
Hong Kong Competition Commission Raids 12 Locations in Swimming Pool Cartel Probe
Hong Kong, July 8, 2025 — The Hong Kong Competition Commission has conducted a major enforcement operation in its investigation into suspected cartel conduct among swimming pool service providers, executing search warrants at 12 premises, […]
Turkish Competition Authority Launches Investigation into Nasal Spray Market Abuse by Avixa and Avigem
Ankara, July 8, 2025 — Turkey’s Competition Authority has opened a formal investigation into pharmaceutical companies Avixa İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ and Avigem İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti over alleged abuse of dominance […]
Spanish Competition Authority Expands Rail Freight Probe to Include Executives
Madrid, July 8, 2025 — Spain’s competition watchdog has widened its investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct in the rail freight sector by adding two company executives to its ongoing probe. The National Commission on Markets […]
Germany’s Cartel Office Ends Mail Consolidation Probe After Deutsche Post and Max Ventures Unwind Ties
July 8, 2025 – Bonn Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) has discontinued its antitrust investigation into Deutsche Post AG (DPAG) and the Max Ventures Group after the two companies agreed to dissolve corporate ties that […]
Portuguese Competition Authority Reopens Health Sector Cartel Case After Evidence Ruling
Lisbon, 3 July 2025 – The Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) has reopened its investigation and issued a fresh indictment against a sector association and five private healthcare groups for allegedly engaging in a restrictive agreement […]
Bid Rigging and EU Courts: Trends in Competition Law
At the Annual Meeting of the Association of European Competition Law Judges on 4 July 2025, Professor Nuno Cunha Rodrigues, president of the AdC, presented on the application of Article 101 TFEU in the context […]
Korea Sanctions Collusion in Power Plant Panel Replacement Project
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC), chaired by Han Ki-jung, has imposed corrective orders and a provisional fine totaling 152 million KRW on two companies involved in unfair collusion during a 2016 public bid for the […]
Fair Trade Commission Holds 23rd Meeting to Combat Bid Rigging in Public Procurement
On July 2nd, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), chaired by Han Ki-jung, convened the 23rd meeting of related organizations to strengthen efforts against bid rigging in public markets. The meeting brought together 22 key public […]
