Author: 21st Century Competition

New Publications: Macdonald-Laurier Institute Report Argues Canadian Internet Privacy Overshadows Competition, Other Key Objectives (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

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June 11, 2014

A new Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) report caught my eye discussing whether Canada’s Internet privacy policies are overbroad and overshadow other important rights and principles, such as free expression, competition and economic growth: Finding the Balance on Digital Privacy: Toward a New Canadian Model for Data …read more

Umbrella pricing- Case C-557/12 Kone, or when effectiveness may go too far with little effective consequences (Chillin’ Competition)

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Last Thursday the ECJ delivered its –once again remarkably brief (4 pages)- Judgment in Kone, Case C-557/12. In her widely discussed Opinion in this case Advocate General Kokott had raised the stakes, pointing out that “[t]he Court’s Judgment in this case will without doubts be groundbreaking …read more

European Commission – Statement by Vice President Almunia on opening of three investigations on transfer pricing arrangements on corporate taxation of Apple (Ireland), Starbucks (Netherlands) and Fiat Finance and Trade (Luxembourg)

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European Commission Brussels, 11 June 2014 Statement Today the Commission has opened three in-depth investigations to examine whether decisions by Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg with regard to the corporate income tax of certain specific companies, are in line with EU state aid rules. …read more

European Commission – State aid: Commission approves Croatia’s regional aid map 2014-2020

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European Commission Press release Brussels, 11 June 2014 The European Commission has approved Croatia’s map for granting state aid between 2014 and 2020 within the framework of the new regional aid guidelines adopted by the Commission in June 2013 (see IP/13/569). …read more