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Generative AI Partnerships: Separating Good from Bad

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A new stage for postal regulation? Insights from recent

Adding uncertainty to incentivise investments in risky areas

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4-to-3 – back to 4? A time of reckoning for the EU telecoms industry

February 22, 2024
4-to-3 mobile mergers appear to be making a comeback in Europe after an 8-year hiatus. Operators have been...

Biosolutions: a series of overlooked climate technologies

February 14, 2024
The world is facing existential threats from climate change, loss of biodiversity, and a growing population. To overcome...

Daring to compete – Discarding the AEC test may significantly harm competition in the postal sector

December 21, 2023
Since its introduction, the as-efficient competitor (AEC) test has played a pivotal role in the economic assessment of...

Navigating the complexities of the green transition: our considered approach to risk analysis

December 12, 2023
To meet the Paris Agreement and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we must transform the world’s energy systems over...

Digital ecosystem mergers: a convenient lock-in?

November 30, 2023
The recent Booking/eTraveli merger investigation marked the first time the European Commission (the “Commission”) concluded that a merger...

An affordable green transition: the what and the how

November 22, 2023
What policymakers should know about energy transition affordability: three critical policy ELEMENTS when stepping up from “STEPS” to...

A new stage for postal regulation? Insights from recent developments in Denmark

September 26, 2023
What will be the next stage for postal sector regulation in the EU? According to the Danish example,...

6 reflections on the recent designation of gatekeepers under the DMA

September 11, 2023
Highly anticipated since the DMA came into force late last year, the European Commission last week announced which...

Compliance crunch time for the Digital Markets Act

July 25, 2023
While the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) has been in force since November 2022, it is only now...

CK Telecom Judgement: Setting the standards

July 18, 2023
On 13 July, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) delivered its long-awaited CK Telecoms...

Foreign subsidies regulation in the context of mergers: tracing the cause and effect

June 19, 2023
The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”) seeks to address potential distortions caused by foreign subsidies on the internal market.[1]...

Clearing the air? What the revised horizontal guidelines say about quantifying the benefits of sustainability agreements

June 12, 2023
The European Commission maintains its framework for green collaboration   On 1 June, the European Commission published the...

Access to digital assets

May 30, 2023
At what price? Access to “digital assets”, such as data or digital platform services, has been a hotly...

Adding uncertainty to incentivise investments in risky areas

May 25, 2023
An economic perspective on how the European Commission’s proposal to direct incentives towards areas of high unmet medical...

Who moves first? The quest for clarity on how to assess sustainability agreements

May 2, 2023
A chicken-and-egg problem hinders the initiation of sustainability agreements Collaboration between companies can contribute to climate change goals...

Parcel delivery services for e-commerce shoppers in Sweden

February 6, 2023
Longer delivery times for letters and no need to designate a provider for e-commerce delivery services. These are...