Premium Article - Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Italy’s Antitrust Authority has closed its investigation of Google’s alleged abuse of dominance in the online advertising and news markets after accepting commitments from the company.
Premium Article - Tuesday, 04 January 2011
Italian energy company Eni has received a 93 per cent reduction of a €290 million fine issued by Italy’s Antitrust Authority for alleged abuse of dominance in the gas market.
Premium Article - Friday, 19 November 2010
Credit card company MasterCard has won an appeal against Italy’s Competition Authority, after the agency rejected the company’s proposed commitments to allay concerns that it inflated the cost of interchange fees.
Premium Article - Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Italy’s Antitrust Authority yesterday launched an investigation of pay-television company Sky Italia over alleged abuse of dominance in acquiring broadcasting rights for the FIFA World Cup.
Premium Article - Monday, 08 November 2010
Italy’s Antitrust Authority has fined credit card company MasterCard and eight banks more than €6 million for allegedly charging inflated interchange fees on credit card transactions.
Premium Article - Thursday, 21 October 2010
Italy’s Antitrust Authority today announced it is launching an investigation of gas company Italgas over alleged abuse of dominance in the gas markets for two Italian cities.
Premium Article - Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Italy’s Competition Authority has fined construction company Saint-Gobain €2.2 million for abuse of dominance in the plasterboard market.
Premium Article - Friday, 25 June 2010
Italy’s Competition Authority is investigating Telecom Italia on two counts of alleged abuse of market dominance.
Premium Article - Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has offered commitments to Italy’s Antitrust Authority following plans to reorganise its insurance business.
Premium Article - Wednesday, 16 June 2010
The president of Italy’s Competition Authority, Antonio Catricalà, has asked the country’s government for quicker resolutions over competition legislation to deregulate struggling industries.
Premium Article - Sunday, 10 January 2010
Featured In: December 2009/January 2010 (Vol. 13 Iss. 1)
With Italy’s Antitrust Authority handling an increasing number of consumer protection cases, competition specialists are concerned about the level of antitrust enforcement in the country. Emily Gray travelled to Rome to find out more about the developments at the authority.
Premium Article - Sunday, 10 January 2010
Featured In: December 2009/January 2010 (Vol. 13 Iss. 1)
Italy’s Antitrust Authority has faced criticism for relying on commitments to resolve competition concerns and for neglecting antitrust enforcement in favour of consumer protection cases. Emily Gray asked Antonio Catricalà, chair of the authority, to respond.
Premium Article - Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Italy’s government has ordered pasta makers to explain their pricing as part of an inquiry into alleged price fixing in the industry.
Premium Article - Monday, 30 November 2009
Italy’s Antitrust Authority announced on Friday that it is investigating Deutsche Post and 19 of its competitors after receiving complaints that they had coordinated price increases.
Premium Article - Monday, 23 November 2009
Italy’s Antitrust Authority has fined Cantieri del Mediterraneo (Camed) €285,000 for abusing its dominance of dry-docking facilities at Naples port.
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