The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using the content of web publishers, as well as content uploaded on the online video-sharing platform YouTube, for artificial intelligence (‘AI’) purposes.
Directorate-General for Competition
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The European Commission has approved unconditionally, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Kellanova by Mars, Incorporated (‘Mars’). The Commission has concluded that the proposed transaction would not raise competition concerns in the European Economic Area (‘EEA’).
The European Commission acknowledges Meta’s undertaking to offer users in the EU an alternative choice of Facebook and Instagram services that would show them less personalised ads, to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Meta’s new policy on artificial intelligence (‘AI’) providers’ access to WhatsApp may breach EU competition rules.
The Commission received notifications from Apple indicating that its core platform services, Apple Ads and Apple Maps, meet the Digital Markets Act (DMA) thresholds.
The European Commission has informed Universal Music Group (‘UMG’) of its preliminary view that its proposed acquisition of Downtown may restrict competition in the market for the wholesale distribution of recorded music.
The European Commission has approved unconditionally, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (‘IPG’) by Omnicom Group Inc. (‘Omnicom’). The Commission concluded that the merger would raise no competition concerns in the European Economic Area
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.
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.
