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Determining the End of an Infringement of Article 101(1) TFEU in Bid-Rigging Cartel Cases (C-450/19 Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto) journal article

Justin Lindeboom

European Competition and Regulatory Law Review, Volume 6 (2022), Issue 1, Page 92 - 97

Case C-450/19 Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto, Judgment of the Court of Justice (Second Chamber) of 14 January 2021 The Court of Justice held that a bid-rigging cartel ceases to infringe Article 101(1) TFEU once the contracting authority and the undertaking that was involved in the cartel and that subsequently won the contract sign that contract. Once the essential characteristics of the relevant contract and, in particular, the total price to be paid for the work, have been definitively determined, the bid-rigging cartel ceases to infringe Article 101(1) TFEU because the contracting authority is no longer able to obtain the goods, works or services in question under normal market conditions.


CK Telecoms and the Assessment of Horizontal Mergers in Oligopolistic Markets: Does the More Economic Approach Entail Stricter Judicial Review? (T-399/16 CK Telecoms) journal article

Justin Lindeboom, Yasmine L. Bouzoraa

European Competition and Regulatory Law Review, Volume 5 (2021), Issue 4, Page 423 - 430

Case T-399/16 CK Telecoms UK Investments Ltd v European Commission, Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber, Extended Composition) of 28 May 2020 The General Court annulled the European Commission’s decision prohibiting the acquisition of Telefónica Europe plc, operating on the UK retail telecommunications market under the brand name ‘O2’, by CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd, operating on the same market under the brand name ‘Three’. In the first judgment on the application of the Significant Impediment to Effective Competition (SIEC) test to horizontal concentrations on oligopolistic markets, the General Court held that the Commission had failed to demonstrate that the concentration would significantly impede effective competition.


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