European Union: Trade Regulation & Practices

Die Europäische Kommission hat neue Leitlinien zum Behinderungsmissbrauch durch marktbeherrschende Unternehmen veröffentlicht, die erstmals als Selbstbindungsinstrument dienen und die veraltete Prioritätenmitteilung aus 2009 ersetzen. Diese Leitlinien systematisieren die aktuelle Rechtsprechung des EuGH und verfolgen einen formaleren, eingriffsfreundlicheren Ansatz mit widerlegbaren Vermutungen für bestimmte Verhaltensweisen.

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...

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At the end of 2017, the Lons-le-Saunier Criminal Court pronounced a conditional sentence for the first time in the context of the application of the anti-gifts law.

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.