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Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2022/2023

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  • Gabor Koltay

    (European Commission MADO 17/021)

  • Rossitza Kotzeva

    (European Commission MADO 17/021)

  • Gaëtan Lelièvre

    (European Commission MADO 17/021)

  • Dimitrios Magos

    (European Commission MADO 17/021)

  • Joanna Piechucka

    (European Commission MADO 17/021)

  • Pierre Régibeau

    (University of Essex)

  • Egle Skliaustyte

    (European Commission MADO 17/021)

Abstract

The Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission enforces competition law in the areas of antitrust, merger control, and State aid. After providing a general presentation of the role of the Chief Competition Economist’s team (CET), this article surveys some of the main developments at the Directorate General for Competition over 2022/2023. In particular, the article reviews the Commission antitrust investigation of Amazon marketplace and the Amazon “Buy Box”, the expansion of manufacturing support with two recent frameworks for manufacturing aid, and the MOL/OMV merger.

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  • Gabor Koltay & Rossitza Kotzeva & Gaëtan Lelièvre & Dimitrios Magos & Joanna Piechucka & Pierre Régibeau & Egle Skliaustyte, 2023. "Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2022/2023," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 63(4), pages 545-577, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:kap:revind:v:63:y:2023:i:4:d:10.1007_s11151-023-09936-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s11151-023-09936-8
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