Competition
In the first part of our series, we explored the business reasons driving car manufacturers and importers to gradually implement the agency sales model. However, a significant factor contributing to this shift is the updated interpretation of legal regulations by the European Commission. The agency
When the Competition Authority gets dragged into the game... (Overview of Competition Events for September 2024)
We present you the forty-ninth instalment of our newsletter bringing you interesting facts from the world of competition law. This time for September 2024. Regular readers know that this is a purely subjective selection of events that we found interesting.
HAVEL & PARTNERS provided comments to the ongoing review of the Czech merger control regime
The Czech Competition Authority (the “CCA”) initiated a public consultation concerning the proposed review of the Czech merger control regime. The review may result in the most extensive changes to the regime in decades. HAVEL & PARTNERS has submitted its comments to the consultation.
When to take over employees and when not to? (Overview of competitive events for July and August 2024)
We are pleased to present you with the forty-eighth instalment of the newsletter, which brings you interesting facts from the world of competition law for July and August 2024. Regular readers will know that this is a purely subjective selection of events that we found interesting this time.
What did the first year of FDI screening in Slovakia bring?
Slovakia’s foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regime came into force on March 1, 2023. As decisions of the Slovak Ministry of Economy (MoE), a competent authority enforcing the regime, are not public, only limited information as to how the regime functions in practice has been available so fa
Leniency isn’T for free (Overview of competition events for April to June 2024)
We are pleased to present the forty-seventh instalment of our newsletter, which brings you interesting facts from the world of competition law for the period from April to June 2024. Regular readers will know that this is a purely subjective selection of events that we found interesting this time ar
New Competition Tool à la tchèque?
Rising food prices in recent years have turned the attention of the general public to the role of the Czech Competition Authority (CCA). While some view it as an accomplice to high inflation, the CCA defends itself against such accusations by pointing out that current legislation does not allow it t
The apple of discord (Overview of competition events for March 2024)
We present you the forty-sixth instalment of our newsletter, which brings you interesting news from the world of competition law for the month of March 2024. Regular readers will know that this is a purely subjective selection of events that we found interesting this time.
Sugar-coated antitrust scrutiny (Overview of competition events for February 2024)
We bring you the forty-fifth instalment of our regular newsletter on events in the world of competition law. In this edition we cover the month of February 2024. Again, this is a purely subjective selection of events that we found interesting.
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