Brussels à Jour

Our team in Brussels reports on the latest developments from the European capital of competition law.

• New Year, New Rules: The Commission's Final FSR Guidelines
  ^{January 2026}

• Christmas 2025: Merger Control, State Aid, Antitrust and FSR
  ^{December 2025}

• Of Dawn Raids and Paper Trails: Recent Cases on the European Commission's Investigative Powers
  ^{November 2025}

• From Food Delivery under Full Scrutiny – When Brussels takes on takeaway
  ^{Oktober 2025}
• LA RENTRÉE 2025 Part 2: Key Competition Law Developments to Watch After the Summer Break
  ^{September 2025}
• LA RENTRÉE 2025 Key Competition Law Developments to Watch After the Summer Break
  ^{September 2025}
• A Sign of Things to Come?  The Commission‘s First FSR Merger Tool Phase II Decision
  ^{August 2025}
• The Review of the Merger Guidelines – 20 Years on
  ^June 2025
• A Competitiveness Compass and Clean Industrial Deal for the EU
  ^{February 2025}
• Brussels Callin‘ for Call-in Rights: Legal Uncertainty Remains after Illumina/GRAIL
  ^{January 2025}
• Rockin‘ Around the Christmas Tree
  ^{December 2024}
• More Pills to Swallow – Antitrust Scrutiny in the Pharmaceutical Sector remains High
  ^{November 2024}
• Foreign Subsidies Regulation: a Year of Mandatory Notifications in Review
  ^{Oktober 2024}
• Fall Forecast: Key Competition Law Developments You Need to Know After the Summer Break
  ^{September 2024}
• Much More than a (Letta) Report
  ^{June 2024}
• The Circus is in Town
  ^{May 2024}
• Exploring the First 100 Days of the Notification Obligation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation
  ^{March 2024}
• Be My Fee-lentine
  ^{February 2024}
• New Year, Same Problems? – Altice and the Fine Line of Pre-Closing Covenants
  ^{Januar 2024}
• Christmas Edition - The Roundup before Christmas
  ^{December 2023}
• Gaslighting by Any Other Name…
  ^{November 2023}
• The Banks Strike Back
  ^{October 2023}
• La Rentrée 2023 – Things to Have on Your Radar after the Summer Break
  ^{September 2023}
• Unboxing 2023: The DMA is About to Happen – 4th Advent
  ^{December 2022}
• The Market Definition Notice is coming to Town – 3rd Advent
  ^{December 2022}
• A Christmas (Tax) Break – 2nd Advent
  ^{December 2022}
• It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - 1st Advent
  ^{November 2022}
• Turn off the Light 
• ^{Oktober 2022}
• La Rentrée (1), La Rentrée (2), La Rentrée (3)
  ^{September 2022}
• Night Train to...Nowhere
  ^{August 2022}
• An Illuminating Judgment
  ^{July 2022}
• Sempre Con Te – Always With You
  ^{June 2022}
• Our (Ware)House, in the Middle of Our Street
  ^May 2022
• You've Got Mail…Or Do You?
  ^{April 2022}
• Buy one, get one free. But not a Commission dawn raid
  ^{March 2022}
• Processing the Intel Judgment – A More Economic Approach?
  ^{February 2022}
• Sharing is Caring: Data Governance Act Meets DG COMP
  ^{January 2022}
• All I Want for Christmas… – A Brussels Year in Review –
  ^{December 2021}
• A Topsy Turvy World: Children, Watch after your Parents!
  ^{November 2021}
• Digital Markets Act and Merger Control – or the Story of the Wizard‘s Apprentice
  ^{October 2021}
• Towards a Digital Fortress Europe?
  ^{September 2021}
• La Rentrée – Things to Have on Your Radar When Returning to Your Desk after the Summer Break
  ^{August 2021}
• Casino Royale – The European Court of Human Rights Weighing in on Companies‘ Rights of Defense in Commission Inspections
  ^July 2021
• Scrutiny Ahead: Launching the European Public Prosecutor’s Office
  ^{June 2021}
• Crack-down on Foreign Subsidies
  ^{May 2021}
• The Commission's New Guidance on Referrals under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation
  ^{April 2021}
• Green Deal and Merger: Control Sustainability – A Killer Deal Rationale?
  ^March 2021
• Green Deal and Antitrust: Less Red Tape for Green Cooperation?
  ^{February 2021}
• State Aid and the Green Deal – A Green Light for Sustainable State Aid?
  ^{December 2020}
• EU Competition Policy – A “More Sustainable Approach”?
  ^{November 2020}
• Agencies Getting Ready for Next Wave of International Cartel Enforcement
  ^{September 2020}
• Google/Fitbit – A New Horizon for Behavioral Remedies in EU Merger Control?
  ^{July 2020}
• E-Commerce Competition – Study Supports Need for a Reform of the Rules
  ^{June 2020}
• Managing the Crisis through Coordination?
  ^{March 2020}
• Third Take – EU Commission Cracks Down on Cross-Border Sales Restrictions
  ^{February 2020}
• Changes to DG COMP Line-up
  ^{February 2020}
• Market Definition in Light of Globalization and Digitization
  ^{December 2019}

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