Despite the expectation that the use of Article 102 TFEU to review concentrations below thresholds would remain exceptional, Sweden has now joined a growing number of member states applying the Towercast precedent. For parties contemplating deals resulting in high market shares in Sweden, substantive self-assessment will now be necessary regardless of whether turnover thresholds are met.

Victor Sand Holmberg is an experienced antitrust practitioner based in Brussels, with a particular focus on merger control and Swedish FDI.

The avalanche of Swedish FDI filings continues as a result of an unusually wide scope by international comparison. Meanwhile, only a small fraction of cases have resulted in closer scrutiny by the ISP, and the information needed to complete a filing remains limited. With the authority set to impose significant fines for missed filings, a ‘better safe than sorry’ approach is advised.

DMA har gett EU-kommissionen helt andra förutsättningar än tidigare att ingripa mot de amerikanska techjättarna. Beslutet mot Apple visar en myndighet som går in med dragna vapen.

Mario Draghis rapport om EU:s konkurrenskraft är EU-kommissionärernas nya bibel. Men kan den påverka etablerade sanningar inom DG Comp:s tjänstemannakår? Kommissionens översyn av EU:s förvärvsprövningsregler har förutsättningar att bli ovanligt spännande.

In its Gasum v. Gazprom judgment, the Svea Court of Appeal made interesting clarifications on the scope of review in challenge proceedings, when a competition law plea raised by a party has not been assessed by an arbitral panel.