Overview

The latest EU and competition team newsletter from UK law firm Nabarro concerns legal developments at both UK and EU level.

These include the proposed merger of the UK’s Competition Commission and Office of Fair Trading; the European Court of Justice upholding Deutsche Telekom’s €12.6m fine for imposing a ‘margin squeeze’ and the new French scheme to subsidise music downloads.

The full contents can be read below. To read on, click ‘View Briefing’.

CONTENTS

UK
• Proposed merger of Competition Commission and the OFT
• OFT consults on draft guidance on land agreements
• General Healthcare offers to sell one hospital to secure approval of its other acquisitions
• OFT confirms view on CAMRA super-complaint

EU
• ECJ upholds Deutsche Telekom’s €12.6m fine for imposing a ‘margin squeeze’
• Commission clears acquisition by Brookfield of Prime

Internal market
• New late payment law adopted

Procurement
• ECJ rules on right to damages for breach
• Complaints of discrimination blights award of electronic toll collection contracts
• Use of negotiated procedure to award a framework contract for stationery unjustified
• Ombudsman critical of use of generalised CPV codes

State aid
• Commission clears aid for rehabilitation of a polluted site
• French scheme to subsidise music downloads
• Commission asks ECJ to penalise Spain for State aid breaches