Competition weekly news summary
24 June 2016

Competition

  • Commissioner Vestager and Commissioner Bonakele, head of the South African Competition Commission, sign Memorandum of Understanding on competition issues'
    22 June 2016
    European Commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager and the head of the South African Competition Commission, Commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding pdf between the Commission's Directorate-General for Competition and the South African Competition Commission. Commissioner Vestager said: "Increasing cooperation with the South African Competition Commission is an opportunity to make our competition authorities more effective. The cooperation works to the benefit of both consumers and companies in both Europe and South Africa." The Memorandum creates a dedicated framework for dialogue between the authorities on competition policy matters and for sharing views and non-confidential information on on-going investigations. The signing of the Memorandum also sends a positive signal for cooperation between the EU and South Africa.
    Read the Memorandum of Understanding>

Court

  • Case T-118/13 Whirlpool Europe vs European Commission (FagorBrandt case)
    22
    June 2016
    The EU General Court ruled on an action by Whirlpool for the annulment of a Commission decision of 2012. The Commission's 2012 decision had authorised under certain conditions state aid in favour of FagorBrandt, a company active in home appliances. The Court held that Whirlpool had not established that its position was substantially affected by the aid and dismissed the action as inadmissible.
    See Court of Justice case page>
    See the Commissions' 2012 Decision>

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