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UK & EU competition update – October 2011
Practice Area: EU Competition Law
Sector: Business services
Jurisdiction: European Union
Published: 25 October 2011
Law Firm: Nabarro
Overview
Nabarro's EU & Competition team offer a monthly update covering all the key news relevant to UK and EU competition, procurement and state aid. October's edition features stories on the following:
UK COMPETITION
● OFT deals blow to local newspaper industry
● Results of ECJ ruling on broadcasting rights for major sporting events is an even match
● OFT abandons criminal cartel case in the automotive sector
EU COMPETITION
● Producers of glass for cathode ray tubes for TV and computer screens settle with a £128m cartel
● Probe into EURO interbank rates - cartel or misunderstanding?
● Pacific Fruit fined €8.9m for operating a banana cartel with Chiquita
● European Commission publishes final antitrust best practices guidelines
● Antitrust procedural manual to be disclosed following Ombudsman inquiry
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