The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has implemented a significant reform of its competition law framework through Federal Decree-Law No. 36 of 2023, with key implementing provisions brought into effect by Cabinet Ministerial...more
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On June 20, 2023, the European Commission (the Commission) published the EU’s definition of green hydrogen in the Official Journal. This completes the legislative process for these two long-awaited and highly controversial...more
On 23 December 2022, the new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”)1 was published in the Official Journal of the EU.
The FSR aims at tackling the distortions to the EU internal market caused by subsidies granted by...more
In its judgment of 13 July 2022, the EU General Court confirmed that transactions that do not meet EU or Member State thresholds can be referred by national competition authorities to the European Commission (the...more
On May 10, 2022, the European Commission (“Commission”) adopted the revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) and Vertical Guidelines (“VG”). The new VBER will enter into force on June 1, 2022 for a period of 12...more
On 28 April 2022, the Moroccan Competition Authority (“MCA”) imposed its first ever fine for failure to notify, i.e., gun jumping. The fine was imposed on a Swiss company, Sika AG, in the context of its acquisition of a...more