Antitrust and Competition - European Commission Approves Consolidation in the Ground Transportation Sector Subject to Remedies - The companies are two global suppliers of signalling systems for mainline and urban railway...more
On February 24, the European Commission granted approval under EU State Aid Rules for a German scheme supporting rail transport operators using electric traction. The €1.1 billion scheme will provide economic support for...more
On 12 January 2023, the EU Court of Justice upheld the EU General Court’s judgment imposing a fine on Lithuanian Railways for dismantling a section of railway track. While reaffirming its essential facility case law...more
Rail Regulatory and Policy - New European Commission’s Proposals - In the fall of 2021, the European Commission (Commission) expects to put forward a set of proposals covering intelligent transport systems (ITS),...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - A Subsidiary can be Held Liable for the Harm Caused by the Anticompetitive Conduct of its Parent Company - On 19 July 2016, the European Commission (the Commission) imposed fines on several car...more
Sweden-based and celeb-backed oat milk company Oatly hit it big on its first day of public trading, with shares soaring 30% “as investors jumped at the chance to take part in rapid changes in the food industry driven by...more
ANTITRUST and COMPETITION - German Court asks ECJ About Review of Rail Station Fees - The Berlin Higher Regional Court has lodged a request for a preliminary ruling with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) concerning railway...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - Latvia’s Competition Authority Imposes €5.69 Million Fine on LDZ Cargo for Abusing its Dominance in Rail Freight Transport - On 3 February 2020, Latvia’s Competition Council (CC) fined state-owned...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - Belgium to Support Travel Sector With €30 Million - On 22 January 2021, the Belgian government announced new public support for rail. Starting in January 2021 and running through June 2021,...more
Commission Approves €1.5 Billion Dutch Scheme to Compensate Public Transport Companies for Damages Suffered During COVID-19 - On 9 November 2020, the European Commission approved, under European Union (EU) state aid rules, a...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - Rail sector receives €4.7 billion in France - On 3 September 2020, the French government announced its intention to provide a €4.7 billion financial support package for the rail sector. ...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - Commission approves German scheme compensating public transport companies - On 7 August 2020, the European Commission approved €6 billion in German state aid to compensate regional and local public...more
New concerns from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission about Facebook’s protection of information from American government surveillance may soon force the social networking giant to “overhaul its operations to keep data on...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - Achilles And Network Rail Infrastructure: A Second Court Trial On Antitrust Lawsuit - Achilles Information and Network Rail Infrastructure are expected to face a second court trial in 2021...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - Germany Clears CRRC Acquisition Of Vossloh Locomotives - The Bundeskartellamt, the German Federal Cartel Office, has approved the acquisition of Vossloh Locomotives by CRRC, arguing that the...more
The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e - newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for April 2018. ...more
The European Commission recently reaffirmed that industrial policy objectives have no role to play when it comes to applying the EU merger control rules. Despite unusually intense industrial and political pressure to get the...more
The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e - newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe from July to October 2018. ...more
The Development: The European Commission ("Commission") issued a preliminary finding that ZSSK, Slovakia's state-owned railway, obstructed a dawn raid ("inspection") and infringed its obligation to comply with inspectors. ...more
The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e - newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for June 2018. ...more
La fin du monopole d'État du secteur ferroviaire en France, demandée par la Commission Européenne, constitue un changement majeur dans la législation française et aura de nombreuses répercussions économiques,...more
The UK and EU made a significant breakthrough early this morning to “unlock” Brexit divorce negotiations. The still-rough agreement would see Britain repaying $53 billion and addressed in at least vague terms thorny issues...more
When is a private company considered a public body and subject to the EU procurement rules? A recent European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) case has thrown up a novel legal issue which will be of interest to all public...more
The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e-newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for February 2017. Commercial Law -...more
FTC takes another look at merger remedies - On 3 February 2017, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its Merger Remedies Study, which analyzed the success of merger remedies imposed by the FTC from 2006 to...more