Zum 1. Juni 2022 ist eine neue Vertikal-Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung („Vertikal-GVO“) in Kraft getreten. Gleichzeitig hat die Europäische Kommission die begleitenden Vertikal-Leitlinien neu aufgelegt. Diese beiden...more
What has changed?
• On January 19, 2021, new German antitrust rules entered into force under the 10th amendment Act to the Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC) and introduced a number of significant changes.
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What Happened:
• On January 19, 2021, major changes to German antitrust/competition law, i.e. the 10th Amendment Act to the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (ARC) entered into force.
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As of 29 May 2020, an amendment to the German merger control regime enters into force. The amendment, thought as a response to the Covid-19 crisis, temporarily extends the review periods from one to two months (Phase 1), and...more
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As reported previously, German competition law was recently amended. The amendments included with the introduction of a “size of transaction”-threshold a notable change with respect to German merger control. The following is...more
A number of amendments to the German competition law (Amendment) entered into force on 9 June 2017. The key changes are:
..Merger control: Introduction of a new “size of transaction”-threshold...more