European Union: Trade Regulation & Practices

A Belgian court has suspended a €750 million casino concession after the contracting authority failed to include mandatory Foreign Subsidies Regulation notification requirements in its tender procedures. The ruling demonstrates that national courts are prepared to directly enforce FSR compliance obligations in public procurement, potentially creating new enforcement dynamics similar to those seen in State aid cases.

On 30 June 2026, the European Union published two regulations implementing tariff commitments from the EU-US Joint Declaration of August 2025, eliminating customs duties on US industrial products while introducing...

EU-kommissionen har antagit nya riktlinjer för tillämpningen av artikel 102 FEUF om utstängande missbruk av dominerande ställning. Riktlinjerna sammanfattar utvecklad vägledning och praxis sedan 2009 och behandlar bedömningen av dominans, konkurrensbegränsande beteenden som underprissättning, rabatter, exklusivitetsarrangemang, leveransvägran och self-preferencing, samt möjliga objektiva motiveringar för sådana ageranden.

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The sale of food is currently a much-debated topic across society, at least when it comes to prices. This area is subject to significant control under the Act on Unfair Terms in Food Trade.

The Administrative Court of Appeal Munster asked the ECJ for a preliminary ruling on the question whether Over-the-Top (OTT) services shall be caught by the European regulatory framework on telecommunications services.

Market-dominant and powerful companies in Germany are subject to a number of rules that are significantly broader and stricter than the European Union's, Article 102 AEUV, which prohibits the abuse of a dominant position.

On 22 December 2017, the Luxembourg Minister of Economics filed Bill of law 7228 ("Bill") aiming to amend the Law of 2 September 2011 on access to certain professions, as amended ("2011 Law") ...