European Union: Trade Regulation & Practices

Ireland's proposed Media Regulation Bill introduces sweeping reforms to the country's media merger regime, expanding regulatory oversight to include social media platforms and streaming services while transferring assessment authority from ministerial to independent regulatory control. The legislation modernizes decades-old definitions of media businesses and implements new notification thresholds that could significantly increase the volume of transactions requiring regulatory approval.

The Italian Competition Authority has launched investigations into three major supermarket chains for allegedly conducting unauthorized marketing campaigns that exploited Olympic symbols and imagery during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games.

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La Cour de Justice de l'Union Européenne[1] (« CJUE ») et la Cour d'appel de Paris[2] ont affirmé que les fournisseurs de produits de luxe peuvent interdire la distribution de leurs produits sur les..

On 2 October 2018, Minister Heather Humphries, the Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation, signed the Competition Act 2002 (section 27) Order 2018.

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In its judgment of 20 December 2017 (C-393/16) concerning the use of "Champagner Sorbet", the CJEU established, for the first time, principles for the use of a protected designation of origin...

Czy zgodnie z obowiązującymi przepisami, polski sąd może orzec o zniszczeniu towarów, a przeznaczonych pierwotnie na rynki nieeuropejskie, mimo że są one w pełni oryginalne?

Der EuGH hat heute über Beschränkungen im Onlinehandel für Luxusmarken entschieden.