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Suppliers and customers braced for new competition law block exemption

11 May 2010 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has recently adopted a new exemption from breaching Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (previously Article 81 of the EC Treaty). Article 101 prohibits...

Tags on this discussion: active sale active selling advertising anti-trust Article 101 Article 81 block exemption Chapter I Prohibition commercial agreement Competition Act competition law distributor EC Treaty European Commission Guidelines Internet passive sale passive selling search engine search engines selective distribution supplier TFEU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union vertical agreement

European Commission looks to reform public procurement rules

26 April 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission is looking to reform public procurement rules. The rules apply to many projects where the public sector buys goods, services or software. They are designed to open up competition...

Tags on this discussion: B2G business to government contract contract law contracts EU law European Commission European Union public procurement

European Commission deeply committed to net neutrality as it prepares to launch consultation on the issue

22 April 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has fully supported the concept of net neutrality, as she prepared to launch a consultation on how to protect it. Net neutrality is the concept...

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UK consumers to retain high level of protection after EU’s plans for fully harmonised consumer laws are dead in the water

25 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

For the last couple of years, the European Commission has been seeking to create a totally unified set of consumer laws across the European Union. The aim was to guarantee consumers wherever they were...

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Microsoft compliance with EU competition law ruling sees use of rival browsers increase, but some complain of still being marginalised

16 March 2010 | Mark Weston

Opera has revealed that the number of downloads for its browser software has increased threefold since Microsoft has included access to their products for people who had previously only had Microsoft’s...

Tags on this discussion: abuse of dominant position competition law European Commission European Community market abuse

European Commission proposes the 28th regime as alternative to national laws

4 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has proposed a new law spanning the European Union which would aim to increase cross-border trade. In 2008, only 7% of web site transaction were made cross-borders. Viviane Reding,...

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European Commission wants to push ahead with Consumer Rights Directive

4 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has signalled its intent to push forward with its proposed Consumer Rights Directive. Viviane Reding, the Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Commissioner, would like to...

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European Commission investigates allegations that Google acted ‘anti-competitively’ in ranking of rivals’ sites on its natural search results

26 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission is investigating allegations that Google has acted anti-competitively over the way it has been ranking search results. Three businesses have complained to the Commission that their...

Tags on this discussion: abuse of dominant position comparative advertising competition law EU law European Commission European Union market abuse

European data protection supervisor concerned over data protection issues with international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement

25 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Peter Hustinx – the European data protection supervisor – has expressed concern that the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement currently being negotiated may not be protecting people’s data protection...

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European Commission updates data export laws to take account of sub-contracting in outsourced processing

18 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Under the EU’s Data Protection Directive, personal data cannot be transferred out of the European Economic Area unless there is adequate protection of the data. One way of ensuring adequate protection...

Tags on this discussion: data data controller data processor data protection data protection act EEA European Commission European Economic Area export exporter import importer outsourcing personal data service provider subcontract

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Latest news and views tagged European Commission

Suppliers and customers braced for new competition law block exemption

European Commission looks to reform public procurement rules

European Commission deeply committed to net neutrality as it prepares to launch consultation on the issue

UK consumers to retain high level of protection after EU’s plans for fully harmonised consumer laws are dead in the water

Microsoft compliance with EU competition law ruling sees use of rival browsers increase, but some complain of still being marginalised

European Commission proposes the 28th regime as alternative to national laws

European Commission wants to push ahead with Consumer Rights Directive

European Commission investigates allegations that Google acted ‘anti-competitively’ in ranking of rivals’ sites on its natural search results

European data protection supervisor concerned over data protection issues with international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement

European Commission updates data export laws to take account of sub-contracting in outsourced processing

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