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Portugal Competition Authority sanctions Energias de Portugal (EDP) €48m for abuse of its dominant position in the secondary electricity reserve market

On 17 September 2019, the Portuguese Competition Authority fined the electricity company EDP €48 million for abusing its dominant position...
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Portuguese healthcare companies and hospitals sanctioned by the Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) €190m for collusive behaviour in public health services tenders

On 1 July 2022, the Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) sanctioned a group of hospitals for collusive behaviour and imposed a...
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Finnish Competition Authority (KKV) proposes a total fine of €44 million on HVAC infrastructure pipeline companies for prohibited cooperation

On 8 September 2022, the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV) found that six companies, namely the three largest Finnish...
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Dutch Competition Authority (ACM) publishes a study on Dutch cloud services and identifies switching barriers

On 5 September 2022, the Dutch Competition Authority (ACM) published a market study on potential anti-competitive practices and their negative...
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Spanish largest construction firms fined €203.6m by the CNMC for bid rigging of infrastructure construction and restoration tenders

On 7 July 2022, the CNMC imposed a fine of €203.6m on the six main national construction firms for manipulating...
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Seven banks involved in European Government Bonds trading cartel during financial crisis

On 20 May 2021, the Commission found that Bank of America, Natixis, Nomura, RBS (now NatWest), UBS, UniCredit, and WestLB...
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Spain: Point-system highway maintenance providers’ cartel

CNMC, the Spanish Competition Authority, has imposed a fine of EUR 59.67 million on 12 companies providing maintenance and management...
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Belgium: Pharmaceutical wholesalers sanctioned for collusion

On 18 February 2022, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) sanctioned two pharmaceutical wholesalers, imposing a total fine of EUR 29.8...
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Jedi Blue Agreement (Google / Facebook)

On 11 March, the European Commission and the Competition and Markets Authority of the United Kingdom announced investigations into a...
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The Bundeskartellamt has conducted unannounced dawn raids at the German premises of cable manufacturers

In January 2022, the Bundeskartellamt conducted unannounced dawn raids at the German premises of cable manufacturers and other companies active...
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Spain: collusion in the markets related to football rights acquisitions

On 27 December 2021, the Spanish appeal court confirmed an earlier decision of the Spanish Competition Authority fining Telefónica and...
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Illegal information exchange between cigarette manufacturers in the Netherlands and Belgium

On 29 September 2021, the Dutch Competition Authority fined tobacco manufacturers British American Tobacco (BAT), Philip Morris, Japan Tobacco International...
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