The EU Commission has formalized the preliminary conclusions on the project to acquire joint control of Ita with Lufthansa and our Ministry of Economy. Vestager responds to Giorgetti: "Many mergers were approved in the past"
Arcelik, a Turkish manufacturer of household appliances, will acquire, through a new company of which it will own 75%, all Whirlpool factories in the EMEA area: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Poste would have prevented PostePay's competitors from using the offices and the postal network, attributing "a significant competitive advantage" to its subsidiary
The UK regulator has given an initial favorable opinion on the agreement by which the Turkish household appliance manufacturer will acquire all the factories in Europe, the Middle East and Africa of the US multinational: no significant problems from a competition perspective
In over three hours of press conference, Prime Minister Meloni spoke about all the hot topics of recent months. The Stability Pact? "I'm satisfied even if it's not what I wanted." On the Pozzolo case: "I asked about him...
More than 3.000 recruitments are expected in the Public Administration, of which two thirds for the police, but the bill which also contains the new rules on concessions for street vendors is still postponed
Double infringement procedure against Italy by the EU on the residence requirement to access the Rdc and the single allowance. The tension on the beach remains high. What happens now?
In Italy there are too few taxis, many are old and the fares double or halve from one place to another. Disheartening data from the transport authority.
The president of the Antitrust presents the annual report to the Chambers: "Competition protects against inflation". Consumers reimbursed 35 million
With the resignation of Premier Draghi, many fundamental dossiers for the future of the country risk getting stuck. From gas to cutting the tax wedge, here are the measures that could jump
A taxi strike is scheduled for 5 and 6 July throughout Italy - Probable massive participation, with inconvenience for citizens - Here's everything you need to know
The Cpi Observatory points out that Parliament has not so far accepted the Antitrust recommendation on in-house credit lines, which are granted only under certain conditions
The Council of State has established that the concessions in force cannot be extended beyond 31 December 2023 - The sector is therefore moving towards liberalization but in three years
The Council of Ministers approves the annual competition law, which is now being examined by Parliament - Mapping of concessions for beaches, waters and frequencies - More powers to the Antitrust, but lobbies and corporations are in turmoil
From ports to local public services, from gas to electric cars, passing through dams: this is what the new provision under study by the Government, expected by the end of the month, contains
THE HANDS OF THE ECONOMY FOR MAY 2021/3 - Will the price increases in raw materials set the price race in motion? What can prevent this? Which price index to watch? Because PMI indices are misleading.
Very often, in the workplace, companies or employers stipulate a non-competition agreement to protect their ideas and know-how after the termination of the employment relationship - Here's why
The Commission suspects that the US group illegally uses the data of private sellers to make them more effective competition - But that's not the only charge on the table
The economic and financial consultancy firm, specialized in competition and regulation, has opened a new office in the Lombard capital.
The American giant has sold its products at prices below the cost of production for the sole purpose of putting the competitor Icera out of business
The rejection of the merger between Alstom and Siemens by the European Antitrust re-proposes the opposition between industrial policy and competition of the 70s but since then the perception of the close relationship between competition in the market and competitiveness of the industry has not…
INTERVIEW WITH ALBERTO PERA, former Secretary General of the Antitrust - "The new president of the Antitrust must be competent and independent but also courageous in supporting competition as a driving force for growth" - The return of the State to the market: "We forget that privatisation…
Google, in its first 20 years, has represented a real revolution that has changed ways of living globally - Its benefits are there for all to see, but behind the democracy of the web there is…
At the International Conference of the Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the OECD it emerged that innovation and good institutions are the essential components for the revival of productivity, considered the engine of economic growth but stagnant everywhere - The macroeconomy of…
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has given the green light to the operation as long as "the broad remedies proposed to eliminate the EU's doubts about overlaps in the seed, pesticide and digital agriculture markets are implemented" - This is why Bayer is about to give up…
In 2017, Italian economic growth will beat expectations not only thanks to the favorable economic situation but also to courageous reforms - However, even more could be done if it were possible to break down the five political taboos that prevent…
Brussels has announced that it has carried out new checks that are part of the investigation into German car manufacturers, accused of having secretly agreed on prices and technologies in recent decades. Volkswagen announces that the search also involved the offices of…
Focus on the web portal to compare electricity and gas offers, buying groups, list of electricity sellers and new impetus to the tools put in place by the Authority
The Ministry of Economic Development has published the instructions on the rules and innovations contained in the Competition Law - Here is everything you need to know.
Today is the deadline to pay the maxi fine imposed by the EU for the abuse of its dominant position on the issue that the Google search engine in its shopping service favors its advertising investors over its rivals -…
According to Brussels, the operation does not involve competition problems - The EU executive announces that the transaction includes the acquisition of assets and stakes related to Opel
Stock markets, final in the red: the Nasdaq and the super-euro weigh in - Migrants, Juncker: Italy is heroic. And Gentiloni... - Ultra-wide band, the clash with Tim widens. Gallia (Cdp): on Metroweb falsehood - Competition bill: approved by the Chamber, the news…
Piazza Affari resets yesterday's gains but Intesa holds up - Pop Vicenza and Veneto Banca: all the stages of the operation Intesa - Competition: the law is back on the high seas, Calenda's wrath - Air France is back: it wants Alitalia for…
The bill that will arrive in the Chamber on Monday 26 June has undergone four further changes by the Finance and Productive Activities commissions of Montecitorio, and will therefore have to return to the Senate for the fourth reading, with a relative slowdown of a process that goes…
We publish the text of the speech in the Montecitorio room by Ernesto Auci, deputy of Civic Choice and president of FIRSTonline, on the maneuver in the process of approval. Debunk some clichés: first of all on vouchers. And it relaunches the need to restart privatisation…
WEEKEND INTERVIEW - Linda Lanzillotta, Pd vice president of the Senate and great expert on liberalizations, proposes a new strategy that makes market opening less unpopular with small businesses and traditional businesses: "Competition is not a persecution, but…
The wildcat strikes of last February could lead to heavy penalties for taxi drivers who, according to the strike guarantee authority, would have illegitimately abstained from work causing heavy inconvenience to the citizens of the main Italian cities.
Alitalia, Calenda: "We need an alliance, in 15 days off to expressions of interest" - Brexit: the bill rises, tension increases - Competition law, green light from the Senate - Champions League, Juve challenges the revelation Monaco - Deutsche Bank, it's chinese...
The provision will return to the Chamber in the third reading but it finally seems close to the finish line - News for insurance, telephones, pharmacies, bills and the post office.
INTERVIEW OF THE WEEKEND with ALBERTO PERA, lawyer and former Secretary General of the Antitrust Authority - Grillino Di Maio's pickaxes on liberalizations are "uninformed criticisms of electoral opportunism that give vent to the worst corporatisms that block the country's development" -…
The postponement of electricity liberalization, the rejection of Uber and the suspension of the uprooting of olive trees for the Tap pipeline mark the triumph of vested interests and the preservation of existing structures in a political phase that is feeling the effects of the approaching elections…
The new rule inspired by the Vivendi-Mediaset case will be inserted as an amendment but the examination of the text in the Senate has been postponed to next week - Trust granted.
The Administrative Court censured the annual contribution of 18,7 million paid each year by the Ministry of Education to Cineca, the inter-university consortium, as "illegal state aid and capable of altering the normal rules of the market". The lawsuit filed…
The technical table between taxi drivers and government representatives ended in stalemate - Delrio absent - All postponed for a week, hoping that in the meantime the protest will not come back again due, this time, to the process of…
The agreement between the government and taxi drivers does not erase the urgency of a law that clearly regulates the methods (and possible sanctions) of strikes in public services because it is unacceptable that, beyond the merits of the disputes, a category…
INTERVIEW OF THE WEEKEND - The president of the Antitrust raises his guard on digital business: "The economy of the XNUMXst century is digital, it is a fact. Innovation is very rapid and competition is changing" - The attention of the Authority on Amazon, iTunes, Google,…
Consumers are increasingly under siege, amid harassing telephone campaigns and the risk of online scams: as many as 315 million victims of Cybercrime in 2015 - The Competition Law launched by the former minister Federica Guidi contains various proposals to combat the…
The European Commission is studying a reform of the rules on telecommunications to protect privacy and consumer safety and to avoid distortions of competition: the new rules expected for September.
The president of the Antitrust, in his annual report to the Senate, underlines that the sanctions imposed on operators from 1 January 2015 to May 2016 have grown sharply to a total of 504 million. On ultra-broadband "no cross-subsidies". "Internet…
The Italian group is acquired by HeidelbergCement - The approval of the European Commission is subject to the sale of all Italcementi assets present in Belgium.
An amendment to the competition law that has been under discussion in Parliament for some time proposes to abolish a provision of the law establishing the Antitrust of 1990 with the effect of strengthening monopolies - The law under discussion was created to open up more…
Rather than opening new market spaces, the provision under discussion in Parliament marks the sad triumph of the corporations but also the inadequacy of the annual law on competition - It would be better to focus on a few rules or on some delegation
Lectio magistralis of the former president Giuliano Amato on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the law that established the Antitrust in Italy too - Don't load the competition with excessive expectations on the effects on growth and don't confuse it with industrial policy - The…
Competition in local public services seems like an impossible mission in Italy: in 15 years there have been 15 legal provisions, 8 ministerial decrees, 10 resolutions by the Authority but no tenders for assignment of gas distribution - The case…
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death, a conference is held today at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome (Department of Statistical Sciences, 18am-XNUMXpm) to remember the great economist Paolo Sylos Labini on the theme "Market and competition" which from his audition…
After the Chamber's approval of the Competition Bill, the Insurance Association hopes for "substantial changes" to the text on the subject of insurance fraud, compensation, black boxes and discounts - The Antitrust applauds many measures, but requests other corrections to the reform.
Federfarma wins the tug of war with the parapharmacies: the sale of class C drugs remains an exclusive to the pharmacies. Capital companies will be able to buy them, the maximum limit of four licenses for a single company abolished - The…
The Finance and Productive Activities commissions of the Chamber meet in the afternoon in an attempt to conclude the examination of the competition bill - The last article to be approved is 32, the one relating to the liberalization of pharmacies, an issue on which it is underway…
Approved in committee an amendment that sets a ceiling on the cost of telephone calls to customer assistance switchboards: they cannot cost more than a local call. Resumed the examination in the commission after the August stop: pharmacies, lawyers and…
The discussion in the Chamber on the Competition Bill restarts and the climate on the sale of class C drugs warms up. The National Federation of Italian Parapharmacies has announced a three-day garrison in front of Montecitorio: "The goal is to break down castes".…
After the suspension in early August, the government is already looking to September for the reform that it wants approved by mid-December. The biggest stumbling block will be on the sale of class C drugs in parapharmacies and supermarkets. Fuels:…
An amendment by Pd Marco Causi completely rewrites the article on the portability of pension funds - The topic will be dealt with in a consultation table with trade unions and employers' organizations during the discussion on the reform process of supplementary pension schemes…
For the president of ANIA Aldo Minucci, if the current amendments to the competition bill under discussion in the Commission these days were to pass, there could be an increase in motor liability policies
Next week, the Competition Bill will begin discussion in the House committee. Lobby already lurking. In the energy sector, the fate of 26 million families and small businesses still under protection is at stake: there are not only…
The draft law on competition approved by the Council of Ministers on 20 February arrives in Parliament - News also arriving for pharmacies, electricity and gas, pension funds, banks and insurance companies.
The Premier sets the benchmarks for the post-Quirinale government agenda: electoral reform and the application of the Jobs Act do not touch each other, just as the law does not change Severino - No discount for tax fraudsters…
ANNUAL COMPETITION LAW - The car liability reform is coming, linked to the more massive use of the black box, the stop to new pharmacies and the sale of C drugs in large-scale distribution and new measures on professionals and notaries…
Brussels' doubts are reported in a letter dated June 24 which has as its object an "alleged state aid to Alitalia" and to which the EU antitrust commission asks for a response by July 22.
Commissioner Almunia's spokesman: “We have finished discussing the last aspects that were under discussion. We are now waiting for Italy to notify the final version of the restructuring plan so that the commission can adopt its decision”.
Published study on retail banking and in particular on payment services announcing yet another EU intervention in the sector - Despite policies that have sometimes appeared intrusive, competition in the sector is still not sufficiently adequate - The proposal: a single authority…
The study “Counterfeit software and unfair competition. The Italian case", conducted on a sample of 289 listed Italian companies, certifies that Italy is the second country in Europe for the use of software counterfeited by companies, with a piracy rate…
INTERVIEW WITH AMALIA SARTORI, president of the Industry commission of the European Parliament - "The scenario has changed compared to 20 years ago: we need to change the rules of competition to re-establish equal conditions on international markets between EU companies and those of…
War has broken out between the airlines, with Meridiana and Ryanair bouncing arrows and accusations against each other - The Italian company protests against the unfair competition of the Irish low-cost airline and will suspend all flights to Bari - The reply…
AN ESSAY BY INNOCENZO CIPOLLETTA - The last decade has been a period of low growth, but also of important reorganizations of companies under the pressure of globalization and the euro - It was a matter of a spontaneous adaptation, in the absence of…
Paolo Vigevano, CEO of the public company Acquirente Unico (AU): "It is necessary to invest in information tools to strengthen consumer confidence in market mechanisms" - As at 31 December 2011, 28,5 million were needed under the enhanced protection regime…
SALVATORE ROSSI'S SPEECH - According to the Deputy Director of the Central Bank, Monti is putting the country back on the path of growth and the international community appreciates the Government's work - The spread is not everything - The production system and…
European Commission halts merger plans between Nyse Euronext and Deutsche Börse due to the risk of creating a monopoly in the field of European derivatives - The two stock exchanges, which will probably appeal, would have controlled 90%…
The investigation that the Productive Activities commission of the Chamber is launching on competition in Italy and on liberalizations will last no longer than three months - According to OECD data, we are the country with the highest regulation in the various sectors of the economy…
The complaint, made through a question to the Minister Corrado Passera, comes from the parliamentarians Giuseppe Giulietti (Mixed Group in the Chamber) and Vincenzo Vita (Pd in the Senate): "The merger of the Mediaset division, Ei Towers, with Dmt, will lead to the creation a person who…
