ECN Brief

Commission publishes findings of the evaluation of rules on horizontal agreements between companies

The European Commission has published today a Staff Working Document that summarises the findings of the evaluation of the two horizontal block exemption regulations on Research & Development and specialisation agreements (“R&D BER” and “Specialisation BER” respectively, together “HBERs”), together with the Horizontal Guidelines. The aim of the evaluation was to allow the Commission to...Read more
Posted on 07/05/2021

European Commission consults stakeholders on a possible new competition tool

The European Commission has published today an inception impact assessment as well as an open public consultation inviting comments on exploring the need for a possible new competition tool that would allow addressing structural competition problems in a timely and effective manner. Stakeholders can submit their views on the inception impact assessment until 30 June 2020 and respond to the open...Read more
Posted on 12/06/2020

Mladen Cerovac reappointed as president of the Council of the Croatian Competition Agency

Mr. Cerovac has continuously held the leading positions of the CCA since its beginnings in 1997 (deputy to the former head of the CCA, the head of Competition Division, independent advisor to the president of the Competition Council). From 2005 to 2008 he was a member of the Competition Council and from 2008 to 2013 the vice-president of the Competition Council. In 2013, and then again in 2015,...Read more
Posted on 12/06/2020

S. Ābrama leaves the work at the Competition Council of Latvia

15 April was the last working day of Skaidrīte Ābrama, the Chairwoman of the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC). S. Ābrama worked in the Authority for 16 years, and half of this period – as the Head of the Authority. Skaidrīte Ābrama says: “When I became the Head of the Authority, basically, I had two main goals. One of them – to focus on the detection of the most severe infringements of the...Read more
Posted on 24/04/2020

Joint statement by the European Competition Network (ECN) on application of competition law during the Corona crisis

The ECN is fully aware of the social and economic consequences triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak in the EU/EEA. The different EU/EEA competition instruments have mechanisms to take into account, where appropriate and necessary, market and economic developments. Competition rules ensure a level playing field between companies. This objective remains relevant also in a period when companies and...Read more
Posted on 23/03/2020