Bundeskartellamt issues preliminary assessment of Amazon’s price control mechanisms

Last week, the Ger­man Fede­ral Car­tel Office (Bun­des­kar­tell­amt, BKar­tA) published a press release out­lining its preli­mi­na­ry legal assess­ment of Amazon’s cur­rent pri­ce con­trol prac­ti­ces. Accor­ding to the aut­ho­ri­ty, the con­duct could amount to an abu­se both under the spe­cial rules for lar­ge digi­tal plat­forms pur­su­ant to Sec­tion 19a(2) of the Ger­man Com­pe­ti­ti­on Act (GWB) and under…

Google Resolves Antitrust Concerns Amicably with the German Federal Cartel Office

Goog­le has ami­ca­bly resol­ved com­pe­ti­ti­on con­cerns with the Ger­man Fede­ral Car­tel Office (Bun­des­kar­tell­amt – BKar­tA). This emer­ges from a press release issued by the BKar­tA. Accor­ding to the state­ment, the com­pa­ny has sub­mit­ted com­mit­ments, which the BKar­tA has declared bin­ding. As a result, the pro­cee­dings under Sec­tion 19a(2) of the Ger­man Act against Res­traints of Com­pe­ti­ti­on (GWB)…