Antitrust Newsletter nº 27
INDEX
EUROPEAN UNION
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- The Commission approves the Spanish bank recapitalization plan
- The European competition authorities publish two reports on their investigative and
decision-making powers - The Commission fines six producers of tubes for computer monitor and TV screens
€1.47bn for participating in a cartel
RECENT CASE LAW
- The beginning of a new era in the application of Article 106 TFEU?
- The CJEU holds that the Charter of Fundamental Rights does not prevent the
Commission from filing suit on behalf of the EU to compensate the loss suffered as a
result of an agreement contrary to EU law
SPAIN
DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMPETITION COMMISSION
- The CNC fines SEDIGAS and AOGLP
- The CNC fines the CEOE €150,000 and Joan Gaspart €50,000 for a collective price
recommendation - The CNC imposes fines of more than €88.5m on various shipowners for forming a cartel
in the maritime transport market between the Spanish Peninsula and Morocco - The CNC fines wine producers’ associations
RECENT CASE LAW
- Judgment of the National Appeals Court, declaring that the purchase by CONSENUR
of exclusive control over ECOTEC was not a notifiable concentration - The TSJ of the Valencia Autonomous Region annuls the region’s plan to modernize the
concessions for the scheduled public road passenger transport, allowing the appeal
brought by the CNC - Judgments of the National Appeals Court annulling the fines imposed by the CNC on
AECOVI-JEREZ and the Regulatory Council of the ‘Jerez-Xérés-Sherry’, ‘Manzanilla
Sanlúcar de Barrameda’ and ‘Vinagre de Jerez’ Designations of Origin due to no fault
having been shown - Judgment of the AN upholding the appeal brought by Asfaltos Los Santos against the
CNC Decision declaring its participation in a tender-sharing cartel
PORTUGAL
Portuguese Competition Authority fines undertaking for resale price maintenance