Competition Policy Brief
Occasional papers by staff of the Competition Directorate–General of the European Commission about policy issues and key cases.
Since 2017, the Competition Policy Briefs are distributed/announced via the general newsletter. If you are interested, we suggest to subscribe.
2025
- Issue 1: Legal professional privilege in competition law investigations: has the status of in-house lawyers changed? (10/11/2025)
2024
- Issue 3: Competition in Generative AI and Virtual Worlds (19/09/2024)
- Issue 2: Antitrust in Labour Markets (3/05/2024)
- Issue 1: This issue focuses on non-price competition in EU merger control (17/04/2024)
2023
- Issue 2: The 2023 Merger Simplification Package: cutting red tape and refocussing resources (1/09/2023)
- Issue 1: A dynamic and workable effects-based approach to Article 102 TFEU (27/03/2023)
2022
- Issue 2: Merger Enforcement in Digital and Tech Markets: an Overview of the European Commission’s Practice (12/12/2022)
- Issue 1: Customer savings generated by the Commission's antitrust and merger enforcement:
A 10-year perspective (1/10/2022)
2021
- Issue 3: Students challenge 2021 greening competition (10/12/2021)
- Issue 2: Industry concentration and competition policy (15/11/2021)
- Issue 1: Competition Policy in Support of Europe's Green Ambition (10/09/2021)
State aid Brief
Occasional papers by the Competition Directorate-General of the European Commission about State Aid.
Since 2017, the Competition Policy Briefs are distributed/announced via the general newsletter. If you are interested, we suggest to subscribe.
2025
- Issue 1: The use of crisis State aid measures in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (March 2022-June 2024) (statistical annex .xlsx version)
2024
- Issue 1: The use of crisis State aid measures in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (until end-June 2023) (statistical annex .xlsx version)
- Issue 2: The access to finance rules in the revised GBER: an overview
2023
- Issue 1: The use of crisis State aid measures in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (statistical annex .xlsx version)
2022
- Issue 1: The use of COVID-19 related State aid measures by EU Member States – First semester 2021 update (statistical annex .xlsx version)
- Issue 2: The review of the Notice on the enforcement of State aid rules before national courts
- Issue 3: Looking back at the State aid COVID Temporary Framework: the take-up of measures in the EU (statistical annex .xlsx version)
2021
Merger Brief
Occasional papers by staff of the Competition Directorate–General of the European Commission about merger cases.
Since 2017, the Competition Policy Briefs are distributed/announced via the general newsletter. If you are interested, we suggest to subscribe.
2025
- Issue 3 - M.11602 SES/Intelsat; M.11830 UniCredit/Banco BPM; M.11539 Liberty Media/Dorna Sports (19/12/2025)
- Issue 2 - M.10806 Broadcom/VMware; M.10149 Korean Air/Asiana; M.11481 Buying Ansys; M.11564 International Paper / DS Smith; M.11536 Constantia / Aluflexpack; M.11253 Safran/Collins (29/10/2025)
- Issue 1 - M.11383 Cooper/Viatris (European OTC Business); M.11577 Eiffage / EQOS; M.11159 JD Sports / Groupe Courir; M.11486 Novo Holdings/Catalent (21/05/2025)
2024
- Issue 4 - M.10721 Celanese / Dupont (Mobility & Materials Business); M.10615 Booking/eTraveli; M.10149 Korean Air/Asiana & M.11071 Lufthansa/MEF/ITA & M.11109 IAG/Air Europa; M.11204 Bunge/Viterra (29/11/2024)
- Issue 3 - Celebrating ‘20 Years that Made a Difference’ of the EU Merger Regulation (22/10/2024)
- Issue 2 - M.11033 Adobe/Figma; M.10920 Amazon/iRobot; M.10896 Orange/MasMobil; M.11143 CMA CGM/Bolloré Logistics (25/09/2024)
- Issue 1 - M.10807 Viasat/Inmarsat; M.10646 Microsoft/Activision Blizzard; M.10507 Hitachi Rail/Thales GTS; M.11043 Novozymes/Chr. Hansen (21/05/2024)
2023
- Issue 3 - M.10506 Parker/Meggitt; M.10663 Orange/VOO/Brutélé; M.10438 MOL/OMV Slovenija; M.10433 Vivendi/Lagardère; M.10860 Advent/Gfk (19/12/2023)
- Issue 2 - EU Green Mergers & Acquisitions Deals; M.10658 Norsk Hydro / Alumetal and M.10702 KPS Capital Partners / Real Alloy; M.10560 Sika/MBCC (25/09/2023)
- Issue 1 - M.10108 S&P Global/IHS Markit; M.9969 Veolia/Suez; M.10262 Meta/Kustomer; M.10078 Cargotec/Konecranes; M.10431 Ali/Welbilt; M.10575 Bouygues/Equans (25/05/2023)
2022
- Issue 2 - M.9564 LSEG/Refinitiv; M.9076 Novelis/Aleris; M.9343 Hyundai/Daewoo; M.10249 Derichebourg/Ecore (22/12/2022)
- Issue 1 - M.9820 Danfoss/Eaton Hydraulics; M.8181 Merck/Sigma-Aldrich; M.9829 Aon/Willis Towers Watson; M.10153 Orange/Telekom Romania Communications (11/05/2022)
2021
FSR Brief
Occasional papers by staff of the Competition Directorate–General of the European Commission about Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
2025
- Issue 1: The e&/PPF Telecom case – Interference on the foreign subsidies line to the EU (15/12/2025)
2024
Archived newsletters
Competition Policy Newsletter
This publication has been discontinued. The Competition Policy Newsletter contained articles written by staff of the Competition Directorate-General about policy issues and cases.
Competition Weekly News Summary
Short summaries on the latest key developments on antitrust, cartels, merger control and State aid control. Includes speeches by the Commissioner for competition and judgements from the European Court of Justice.
Competition Weekly Newsletter
Latest Competition Weekly Newsletter
State Aid Weekly e-News
The last issue of the State Aid newsletter was sent on 5 November 2020. A new version of the Competition Weekly Newsletter, which also includes State aid news, replaces it. If you wish to subscribe to the new competition newsletter, you can do so here.