Competition weekly news summary
10 July 2015


Antitrust

  • Commission sends Statement of Objections to MasterCard on cross-border rules and inter-regional interchange fees
    9 July 2015
    The European Commission today has sent a Statement of Objections to MasterCard. The Statement of Objections outlines the Commission's preliminary view that MasterCard's rules prevent banks from offering lower interchange fees to retailers based in another Member State of the European Economic Area (EEA), where interchange fees may be higher. As a result, retailers cannot benefit from lower fees elsewhere and competition between banks cross-border may be restricted, in breach of European antitrust rules. The Statement of Objections also alleges that MasterCard's interchange fees for transactions in the EU using MasterCard cards issued in other regions of the world breach European antitrust rules by setting an artificially high minimum price for processing these transactions. The sending of a Statement of Objections does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation.
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Court

  • Axa Insurance vs Commission
    7 July 2015
    The EU Court of Justice annulled Decisions (GestDem 2012/817 and 2012/3021) of the Commission from 29 October 2014 in the Case COMP/39.125 regarding the access to documents in the carglass case. (EN translation not available yet)
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  • ECJ confirms €288m fine for Innlux in LCD panel cartel
    9 July 2015
    The Court confirms the €288 million fine imposed on InnoLux for its participation in the cartel on the market for LCD panels.
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  • France vs Commission
    9 July 2015
    The EU Court of Justice ruled that France has failed to fulfil its obligations by failing to recover aid amounting to €220 million granted to SNCM for certain ferry services between Marseille and Corsica.
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