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  25.04.2023

  England and Wales

  Consumer regulator given 10% fining powers under new consumer law Bill

  10% fining powers confirmed in newly unveiled consumer law Bill:Highly-anticipated proposals for new consumer laws have today (25 April 2023) been published in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the “Bill”).The Bill propels the UK’s consumer regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), from having no right to fine for consumer law breaches into having the most aggressive fining regime in any country we know, with penalty fines linked to a business’ annual global, rather than UK-specific, turnover.  The proposals show that the...

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  21.02.2023

  Europe

  Sunrise period of the Unified Patent Court to begin 1 March

  After the final version of the UPC Rules of Procedure had been adopted and the judges of the UPC had been selected and appointed, the start of the Sunrise Period, originally planned for 1 January 2023, was postponed to 1 March 2023.Reasons for the postponement of the start of the Sunrise PeriodAccording to an "Implementation Roadmap" published on 6 October 2022, the Sunrise Period was originally to start on 1 January 2023 and the UPCA was to enter into force on 1 April 2023. However, this timeline was changed again by a communication of 5 December 2022. According to the new timeline, the Sunrise...

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  15.02.2023

  England and Wales

  Hot consumer law topics for 2023

  As we ease ourselves into 2023, there has been a recent flurry of activity at UK and EU level in relation to consumer protection law matters. Here is our round-up of the “hot” consumer law topics which consumer-facing businesses should keep an eye on over the coming year, and which are likely to lead to direct enforcement action:1 - Two-tiered EU regime for online platforms and online search engines kicks off this monthThe first deadline under the new EU Digital Services Act (DSA) hits this week, on 17 February. By that date, all providers of online platforms and online search engines...

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  13.09.2022

  Europe

  UPC Rules of Procedure go into force with judgments to be made public

  The entry into force of the Rules of Procedure is part of the final preparations for the United Patent Court (UPC), which is currently expected to start work in early 2023. After the bodies of the UPC were constituted in the course of the year, interviews were held with possible candidates for filling judges' posts and numerous other preparations were made. On 8 July 2022, the Administrative Committee of the UPC met and officially confirmed the locations of the Court of First Instance. The "table of fees", which determines the amount of court fees, was also adopted. Finally, the Administrative...

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  12.05.2022

  International

  Die 10 wichtigsten Themen des neuen EU-Ver­triebs­kar­tell­rechts (Ver­ti­kal-GVO/Ver­ti­kal-Leit­li­nien)

  DE GB

  Die Europäische Kommission hat die neue Vertikal-Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung (VGVO) und die sie ergänzenden, neuen Vertikal-Leitlinien (VLL) am 10. Mai 2022 veröffentlicht. Die neue VGVO wird am 1. Juni 2022 in Kraft treten und für die nächsten zwölf Jahre gelten. Die neuen VGVO/VLL sehen mehrere wesentliche Änderungen vor, die das EU-Kartellrecht im Bereich des Vertriebs modernisieren, für mehr Flexibilität sorgen und wichtige Fragen klären. Zugleich betonen die neuen VGVO/VLL, dass bestimmte Geschäftspraktiken verboten sind. Lieferanten...

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  11.05.2022

  Europe

  La décision de la Commission approuvant l'aide au sauvetage en faveur de TAROM

  GB

  Le 4 mai 2022, le Tribunal de l’UE a confirmé la légalité de la décision de la Commission approuvant l’aide au sauvetage de 36,66 millions EUR de la Roumanie en faveur de la compagnie aérienne TAROM. Il a constaté que cette aide visait effectivement à éviter les difficultés sociales qu’une interruption des services de cette dernière risquerait d’entraîner pour la connectivité de régions roumaines. Dans son arrêt, le Tribunal apporte des précisions sur l’examen de...

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