ANTITRUST AUTHORITIES OF ITALY, FRANCE AND SWEDEN ACCEPT BOOKING.COM’S COMMITMENTS

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The Italian, French and Swedish Antitrust Authorities, in coordination with the European Commission, have accepted the commitments submitted by Booking.com. The three national watchdogs launched domestic investigations on the online travel agent in 2014, to which followed a market test of the European Commission. The main concern of these investigations were the so-called “parity clauses”…

THE ECJ SETS ASIDE THE GENERAL COURT’S DECISION IN THE FLAT-GLASS CARTEL CASE AND REDUCES THE FINE ON GUARDIAN

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The Court of Justice has set aside the General Court’s ruling in the Guardian case, providing a different approach to the calculation of the fine. The fine for a competition law infringement is generally calculated as a percentage of the undertaking’s annual sales of the product concerned by the infringement. The relevant sales are usually…