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    • 31/03/2020
    • Newsletters

    VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2020, No. 3

    The March 2020 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at both the European Union and Member State levels.    Click below to view and download the issue.

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    • 20/03/2020
    • Articles

    European Commission adopts Covid-19 Temporary Framework for State Aid

    On 19 March 2020, the Commission adopted a Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak (the “Covid-19 Temporary Framework”). This Temporary Framework complements the Communication on a Coordinated economic response to the COVID-19 outbreak adopted on 13 March 2020. The Covid-19 Temporary Framework outlines the conditions that the Commission will apply when analysing aid granted by Member States under Article 107(3)(b) Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”). As a general rule, Member States must notify the planned State aid to the Commission and demonstrate that it is necessary, appropriate and proportionate to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of the Member State concerned, and that it complies with all the conditions set out in the Covid-19 Temporary Framework.

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    • 19/03/2020
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    Covid-19 outbreak and State aid

    In the wake of the global Covid-19 outbreak and its devastating repercussions for the business community, Member States have announced that they will adopt all necessary measures to help those in difficulty. In this context, for instance, the Italian government has adopted incentives and other economic support measures amounting to 25 billion EUR. Other Member States are expected to take similar measures in the near future. Please click below to read the memorandum.

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DVD | Complying with EU competition law

Any business operating in the European Union is subject to European competition rules. The violation of these rules, even if involuntary, can have very serious consequences for businesses. These include fines that are becoming ever larger: fines close to €500 million have been imposed by the European Commission in cases concerning cartels and abuses of a dominant position.

This DVD provides a valuable training tool for any company wishing to disseminate the fundamental rules of competition law to personnel within the framework of a compliance programme. The training provided by this DVD does not require any previous knowledge of European competition law, and is therefore appropriate for training sessions with all of a company’s personnel.

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