The European Union began an antitrust probe into marine-insurance agreements among groups of ship owners, saying it would check if they unfairly shut commercial insurers out of the market.

On 11 November 2009, the Commission adopted a prohibition decision against suppliers of tin stabilisers and ESBO/esters (two types of heat stabilisers) and one consultancy firm.

The company that lost the bid for the second digital platform has asked the European Commission to step in and declare the tender null and void on the grounds the entire competition process was flawed, to the consumer’s detriment.

The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules applicable to the financial sector in the current crisis, the recapitalisation of the Dutch insurance company AEGON.

The European Commission can confirm that, starting on 27 July 2010, Commission officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of companies active in the polyurethane foam sector in several Member States.

Anglo-Dutch consumer-goods giant Unilever PLC could be forced to sell some businesses after the European Commission raised concerns about the company's proposed €1.28 billion ($1.65 billion) acquisition of Sara Lee Corp.'s personal-care unit.

The European Commission’s decision was regarded as significantly extending the scope of the EU competition rules on abuse of dominant position. This has (for the most part) now been upheld firmly by the European General Court.

The European Commission is seeking to drastically expand its power to fine companies for their participation in so-called "information exchanges," a form of cartel under EU competition law involving the communication of sensitive business information between competitors.

We are delighted to announce the release of an online version of Sweet and Maxwell's EC Competition Law Handbook. This leading guide to competition law is the first of a series of add-on commentary modules to be published on EU Competition Law Online during 2010.

European Union regulators fined 13 chemical producers euro175.6 million ($227.52 million) for fixing the price of animal feed phosphates, nutrients added to food for cattle, pigs, poultry, fish and pets.