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Tipping the balance? Assessing the competitive impact of platform exclusivity

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Digital platforms employ exclusive arrangements as a widespread strategy across sectors such as food delivery, online travel, streaming,...

The Role of International Credits for an Affordable Green Transition

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR AFFORDABLE CLIMATE ACTION Broader international cooperation has the potential to lower the cost of climate...

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Clean power, smarter markets Finland and Sweden are setting the pace in the global energy transition. Their ambitions...

Recycling dreams, dirty realities: Europe’s waste problem

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With bold targets and new legislation, the EU is driving a push to boost recycling and build a...

Credible green claims: Driving investments in greener production

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The Business Case for Green Premiums Nearly 7,000 companies have set voluntary science-based decarbonisation targets under the SBTi...

Societal value of demand-side flexibility

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Demand side flexibility a key component in an electrified economy Electricity markets are facing significant structural changes. The...

EU Industrial Policy: Dependencies in global green technology

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China’s dominance in green technology production Clean electricity production and storage are cornerstones in the energy transition. To...

Energy Transition: Unlocking economic potential with net zero

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Balancing costs, opportunities, and challenges Transitioning to net zero will be costly but it also opens up vast...

Unlocking the potential of African-European green hydrogen trade

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Three barriers that need to be addressed by policy to grow the African hydrogen industry and lower transition...

VODAFONE/3 UK: Signs of A new playbook for mobile mergers?

September 30, 2024
Interpreting the CMA’s provisional findings The CMA is concerned that Vodafone/3 UK will lead to increased prices On...

The price-cost test in the Art 102 new draft guidelines: when and how to use it

August 8, 2024
The European Commission has published the long-awaited new draft Guidelines on the application of Article 102. The document...

Generative AI Partnerships: Separating Good from Bad

August 1, 2024
Generative AI promises to reshape the digital world. Agreement is widespread that this technology will have a significant...

The Road Becomes Clearer

July 30, 2024
The Commission provides initial clarifications on distortion and balancing tests. In a recent staff working paper, the Commission...

Cloud on the regulatory horizon? A time of reckoning for the EU telecoms industry

June 24, 2024
Cloud is subject to regulatory scrutiny To achieve the EU’s “Digital Decade” targets, significant investments in cloud infrastructure...

Reduced regulation for telecoms? A time of reckoning for the EU telecoms industry

May 6, 2024
EU Telecoms regulation soon to get a revamp The EU may soon see a significant shift in telecoms...

Quality: A game changer in market definition?

March 14, 2024
A key change in the recently published Market Definition Notice is the greater emphasis on non-price elements as...