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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...

Final Basel III: Impact on capital costs and prices for European banks

January 11, 2023
New regulation could change the competitive landscape in banking There has been a lot of discussion in recent...

The Digital Markets Act and the role of economics

November 24, 2022
The final version of the Digital Markets Act has now been approved. It represents a significant overhaul of...

Cargotec/Konecranes: red card to mix-and-match remedies?

April 7, 2022
In a recent decision, the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority blocked the proposed merger between Cargotec Corporation...

BOEM sells seabed off the seashore

March 29, 2022
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently held an auction to allocate offshore lease sites in the...

Do you know your funding gap?

March 16, 2022
New guidelines open for more state aid to green investments, but applicants should expect more focus on the...

Digital competition enforcement in the Nordics

March 10, 2022
Digital markets and platforms have increasingly attracted the attention of Nordic competition authorities in recent years. The interest...

Economics of Potential Competition

February 21, 2022
Potential competition is an economic force not yet shaping competition in a given market, but which has the...

Gone with the wind: Foregone revenues in the Danish Thor tender

December 13, 2021
A competitive tender process for the Thor offshore wind farm was recently concluded in Denmark. The German energy...