Publications

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