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.
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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 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 European Commission has announced the opening of three new funding opportunities under the Innovation Fund with a total budget of €5.2 billion in EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) revenues.
The technical assessment conducted by the Commission concluded that Russia meets the criteria to be designated as a high‑risk third country.
Today, the European Commission and the High Representative presented a Joint Communication on strengthening Economic Security.
The European Union will effectively and permanently stop the import of Russian gas and move towards the phaseout of Russian oil under the provisional political agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council today.
Today, the Commission has granted 235 cross-border energy projects the status of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMIs) – the second such list since its launch in 2023.
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
