The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €450 million (CZK 12 billion)
Czech measure to support US chipmaker Onsemi in setting up a novel integrated chip manufacturing
plant for Silicon Carbide (‘SiC’) power devices in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.
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The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a German support measure of up
to €1.75 billion in favour of Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG (‘LEAG’). The aid will compensate
LEAG for the early phase-out of its lignite-fired power plants in the Lusatian mining area by 2038.
The Commission is assessing whether Amazon and Microsoft should be designated as gatekeepers for their cloud computing services under the DMA. The Commission is also assessing if the DMA can effectively tackle practices that may limit competitiveness and fairness in the EU cloud computing sector.
The European Commission has approved, under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (‘FSR’), the acquisition by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company PJSC (‘ADNOC’) of Covestro AG (‘Covestro’). The approval is conditional upon full compliance with the commitments offered by the parties.
Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by SAP over possible anticompetitive practices in the provision of maintenance and support services for its popular business management software
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether the energy drinks company Red Bull has illegally restricted competition in the energy drinks sector in breach of EU competition rules that prohibit the abuse of a dominant market position.
The European Commission has launched proceedings to assess whether Google applies fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions of access to publishers’ websites on Google Search, as required under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The European Commission has approved a €700 million Spanish scheme to support strategic investments that add clean technology manufacturing capacity in Spain, in line with the objectives of the Clean Industrial Deal. This measure will contribute to the transition towards a net-zero economy.
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Deutsche Börse and Nasdaq have breached EU competition rules by coordinating their conduct in the sector for listing, trading and clearing of financial derivatives in the European Economic Area (‘EEA’).
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the EU Merger
Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Anglo American’s nickel business (‘the target’) by MMG.
