European Commission Press release Brussels, 5 August 2014 The European Commission has issued a questionnaire to seek the views of stakeholders on the functioning and the future of the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (IBER), which exempts certain agreements between companies in the insurance sector from EU antitrust rules. …read more
Officials in South Korea have fined the nation’s leading coffee shop chain for abusing its market dominance against shop owners, say reports.
The Fair Trade Commission fined Caffe Bene about $185,000 for the anticompetitive conduct, the largest-ever fine issued by the FTC on franchise operators. The fines were announced Monday.
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The European Commission said late last week that it has approved of a proposed merger between two steel tire cord manufacturers.
Reports say Italy-based Pirelli will be acquired by Belgium-based NV Bekaert, a deal first proposed last February. In its decision, the EU regulator said that not only would the buyout …read more
Israel’s Antitrust Authority announced Sunday that it is looking to ban the practice of companies announcing price changes in advance in efforts to prevent price coordination, say reports.
Regulators say such pricing announcements could have effects on the market that are just as negative as secret negotiations. Now, the Authority has …read more