The European Commission is taking action against several EU Member States that have failed to notify the Commission of measures to transpose EU Directives into their national laws.
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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 European Commission took today an important step to protect the EU’s ferroalloy industry – which employs some 1,800 people in the EU – by imposing definitive safeguard measures on imports of certain ferroalloys into the European Union.
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 Commission has granted today more than €358 million to 132 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action.
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’).
