Con provvedimento del 31 gennaio 2018, l’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) ha avviato un’istruttoria nei confronti di GE Medical Systems Italia S.p.A., e delle sue controllanti GE Healthcare Italia S.r.l. e GE Italia Holding S.r.l, di Siemens Healthcare S.r.l., e della sua controllante Siemens Healthineers Holding III B.V., di Philips S.p.A., e delle sue controllanti Philips SAECO S.p.A e Koninklijke Philips N.V., per accertare l’esistenza di possibili violazioni dell’articolo 102 TFUE, nell’ambito del procedimento A517.
L’istruttoria attiene alcuni presunti comportamenti anti competitivi volti ad ostacolare l’erogazione di servizi di manutenzione da parte di soggetti diversi dalle case produttrici sui dispositivi di diagnostica per immagini di ciascuna marca, e messi in atto in particolare da GE, Siemens e Philips. Allo stato degli elementi disponibili, le condotte risultano poste in essere quantomeno dal 2016, ma potrebbero anche essere antecedenti e sono tutt’ora in corso.
Il procedimento dovrà concludersi entro il 30 aprile 2019.
Il provvedimento di avvio è disponibile qui: A517 DISPOSITIVI DIAGNOSTICI.
Fonte: AGCM
Autore: Carlo Edoardo Cazzato
Carlo Edoardo Cazzato graduated in law from the University of Bari “Aldo Moro” with top marks (J.D. 2005). He also gained a PhD in Commercial Law at the same University and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law and an LL.M. in International Business Law at King’s College London and De Montfort University of Leicester respectively. After his internship at the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM), he practised at Studio Legale Libertini – Scognamiglio, DLA Piper and Lipani Catricalà & Partners, where in 2017 he became the coordinator of the antitrust and regulatory practice. He joined Orsingher Ortu Avvocati Associati as a partner in 2021. Edoardo assists clients on a wide range of issues in the field of European and Italian antitrust, competition, merger control and consumer law. He acquired a broad experience in TLC and regulated sectors such as media, energy and pharmaceuticals, advising clients before the AGCM, the European Commission, the Italian Administrative and Civil Courts and the European Courts. Since 2019, Edoardo has been a Non-Governmental Advisor of the European Commission’s DG Competition. He is Adjunct Professor of Antitrust Law at the Mercatorum University and the author of several publications on competition law, including a handbook and a monographic work. He was admitted to practice in 2009 and, since 2021, he has rights of appearance before the Italian Supreme Court. Edoardo speaks English and has a basic knowledge of French.
