During the Obama Administration, the U.S. competition authorities have made food and agriculture a priority for antitrust enforcement. These efforts, undertaken by both the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission, have concentrated primarily on preventing anticompetitive harm to buyers …read more
Perhaps more than ever, tensions between suppliers and retailers have become the defining feature of the grocery industry worldwide. These tensions have also frequently formed the basis for interventions (or proposed interventions) by competition enforcement authorities in this sector.
Canada is no exception to this global trend. The Canadian retail grocery …read more
European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 June 2014 Under the EU Merger Regulation, the European Commission has authorised EDF’s proposed acquisition of Dalkia France, Dalkia Investissement and the other subsidiaries of Dalkia in France (‘Dalkia’). …read more
European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 June 2014 The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to verify whether compensation paid by the Polish state to Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A. (AWSA), the operator of part of the Polish A2 motorway, was in line with EU state aid rules. …read more