The purpose of the Study is to provide information to support the European Commission's evaluation of Regulations 1/2003 and 773/2004 (the "Regulations") covering the time period as from the applicability of both Regulations, as from May 2004, until 31 December 2022. From a methodological...

The purpose of the Study is to provide information to support the European Commission's evaluation of Regulations 1/2003 and 773/2004 (the "Regulations") covering the time period as from the applicability of both Regulations, as from May 2004, until 31 December 2022. From a methodological...

Member State support for improving Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' ('SMEs') access to finance is pivotal for the Union's ambition to deliver on the Green Deal and its objective to make Europe fit for the digital age. This Policy Brief highlights the recent amendment of the General Block...

This deliverable constitutes the Final report (the "report") of the project "Market study of cloud solutions of possible use during competition inspections" (market study) under the Framework Contract DI7929-00, Lot 2 of the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), which was conducted...

This report models and analyses various aspects of the macroeconomic impact of competition policy interventions by the European Commission over the period 2012-2022. Based on information provided by the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) on its merger interventions, cartel...

This issue focuses on non-price competition in EU merger control. Mergers may affect both price and non-price parameters of competition, such as innovation, quality, capacity, data protection and privacy, sustainability, and reliability of supply. When reviewing mergers, the Commission takes...

On 23 July 2021, the European Commission has adopted a new notice on the enforcement of EU State aid rules by national courts (the "New Enforcement Notice"). The New Enforcement Notice aims at providing: Concrete guidance on the enforcement of State aid rules at national level focusing on cases...

On 23 July 2021, the European Commission has adopted a new notice on the enforcement of EU State aid rules by national courts (the "New Enforcement Notice"). The New Enforcement Notice aims at providing: Concrete guidance on the enforcement of State aid rules at national level focusing on cases...

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation started to apply on 12 July 2023 and the obligation to notify certain large concentrations kicked in on 12 October 2023. The policy brief provides statistics on notifications in the first 100 days since the start of the notification obligation, as well as...