Clifford Chance
Antitrust Review July - December 2012
21 December 2012
Articles in this issue:
EU
- Commission fines producers of TV and computer monitor tubes €1.47 billion.
- Microsoft receives SO for non-compliance with commitments.
- Universal/EMI receives conditional clearance.
- General Court upholds Commission's bitumen decision.
- Commission opens wire harnesses investigation.
- Commission sends SO to computer CD and DVD drives suppliers.
China
- Wal-Mart's acquisition of Chinese online retail platform receives conditional clearance.
- ARM / Giesecke & Devrient / Gemalto JV receives conditional clearance.
- Second hand car dealers fined for cartel conduct.
Czech Republic
- Amendments to the CCA. A bill amending the Czech Competition Act came into effect on 1 December 2012.
Germany
- FCO fines Haribo for information exchange.
Japan
- FTC warns alcohol wholesalers against suspected beer sales below cost.
Romania
- RCC closes mobile telecommunication prepay cards investigation.
Slovak Republic
- Council of the Antimonopoly Office confirms fine against ZSE-D.
United Kingdom
- Cross channel transport merger referred to CC.
- OFT recommends release from Yellow Pages undertakings.
- OFT launches revised Competition Act procedures guidance.
- OFT launches review of personal current account market.
- Voluntary assurances to the OFT by NHS hospital trusts.
United States
- FTC addresses standard essential patent conduct in merger review.
- Biglari settles alleged violation of US premerger notification requirements.
- Pharmaceutical cooperative and FTC reach consent order on collective bargaining.
- FTC seeks comments on proposed changes to reporting requirements under the HSR Act for exclusive patent licenses in the pharmaceutical industry.
