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    18/03/2024

    New legislation on foreign direct investment screening in Sweden applies from 1 December 2023 – main features and challenges

    The new Foreign Direct Investment Screening Act (Sw: lag (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar) applies in Sweden from 1 December 2023. The act covers a broad range of businesses and investments and thus needs to be taken into account before executing transactions relating to Swedish businesses.What are the main features of the new legislation?The FDI Act requires a specific screening procedure to be carried out prior to investments in certain protected activities (below Protected Activities). Given the wording of the act, Protected Activities is a rather broad concept...
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    13/03/2024
    International

    After EU Commission's first decision on Carbon Contracts for Difference, Germany initiates bidding of EUR 4bn

    The European Commission approved the first Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) scheme under the new Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy 2022 (CEEAG).Following the Commission's decision, on 12 March 2024 the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) initiated the first bidding process with a total volume of EUR 4bn. With this funding scheme, Germany is taking a pioneering role in Europe and internationally in the field of state aid for climate protection. Concept of contracts for differenceA contract for difference entitles...
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    13/03/2024
    EU

    Revised European Commission Notice on the definition of the relevant market for the purposes of Union competition law

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    On 8 February 2024, the Commission adopted its revised Notice on the definition of the relevant market for the purposes of Union competition law. The objective of this Notice, which was the subject of a public consultation at the end of 2022, is to provide guidance on how the Commission applies the concept of the relevant market in its enforcement of competition law, taking into account the significant developments that have occurred since its original Notice of 1997. By publishing the methodology it follows and indicating the main criteria and evidence on which it relies to define relevant markets,...
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    07/03/2024
    Belgium

    Belgian Competition Authority publishes study on consumer goods price trends in Belgium and neighbouring countries

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    Since 2013, the Belgian Competition Authority (the "BCA") has been mandated with additional jurisdiction over competition and price trends.Book V of the Code of Economic Law provides for a system in which:the Price Observatory analyses prices and margins, either on its own initiative or at the request of the Minister, and identifies any structural problems in the market; andin the event of structural market problems, problems with prices or margins, or abnormal price trends, the Collège de la Concurrence (Competition Board) may, at the request of the Price Observatory, issue decisions on...
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    05/03/2024
    United Kingdom

    ‘Many – or even most – firms have some wage-setting power’: the CMA’s report on competition and market power in UK labour markets

    The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA’s) new Microeconomics Unit has recently published a flagship report: Competition and market power in UK labour markets, which takes a ‘deep dive’ into key trends in the UK labour market, focusing on the impact of competition and employer market power. This is the first report of its kind in the UK and comes at a time when scrutiny of competition in labour markets is emerging as a key enforcement priority for the CMA.The report highlights the importance of well-functioning labour markets for productivity; where workers are able...
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    04/03/2024
    United Kingdom

    Digital Regulatory and Competition Reforms Pass Lords Committee Stage with Limited Amendments

    The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (“Bill”) has been making its way through the House of Lords committee stage. A new version of the DMCC Bill, incorporating amendments proposed by the House of Lords Grand Committee has been published here. Our team has been tracking developments closely. This short alert provides a status update on the Bill’s passage through Parliament.As set out in our LawNow articles to date, the Bill introduces significant reforms to competition law and an entirely new digital regulatory regime. Please see our previous articles on the subject...
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