Sunday, 05 Sep 2010
Competition and Trade
Africa: The S.A.D.C. Free Trade Area - Angola steps aside
As part of the process of regional integration and rapid industrialisation of the southern African region, the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) officially launched a Free Trade Area (FTA) during its 28th Summit last August in Johannesburg.
Analysis
Luxembourg: Appeals Court Overturns Fiscal Integration Ruling
Law firm Loyens Loeff partner Jean-Pierre Winandy reports on latest developments in Luxembourg tax law.
Asters acts for Allianz
Asters acted as a legal counsel to Allianz over merger clearances of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine required for the sale of Dresdner Bank AG to Commerzbank AG.
LATEST
European Commission publishes abuse of dominance paper
The Commission is planning to prioritise enforcement of cases where a dominant undertaking's conduct is exclusionary and liable to have harmful effects on consumers. Cameron McKenna competition lawyers Susan Hankey and David Marks report.
Belgium: Kinepolis Cinema Group merger conditions partially upheld
The Belgian Competition Council has partially upheld merger conditions for the Kinepolis Cinema Group, reports Belgian law firm Van Bael & Bellis.
New opinion on repackaging of parallel-traded pharmaceuticals
The Advocate General has issued a new opinion on the repackaging of parallel-traded pharmaceuticals.
ECJ broadens notion of extraction of databases
What is the legal protection for databases? The ECJ has handed down a judgement confirming that mere on-screen consultation of a database is an extraction.
