In this issue: Welcome to the home page of The CPI Antitrust Chronicle (formerly GCP Magazine).  In this issue, we’re taking a look ahead. The EU has both a new treaty, new Commission, and new faces at DG Comp. We asked a number of people to take a look into their crystal ball and give […]

Assimakis Komninos, Feb 16, 2010 The entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on December 1, 2009 has brought profound changes to the EU. The Treaty on European Union has been substantially amended, while the venerable Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC) was entirely superseded by the new Treaty on the Functioning of the […]

Norman Neyrinck, Nicolas Petit, Feb 17, 2010 Most competition lawyers tend to view the entry into force of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”), which followed the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, as business as usual. While the cosmetics of European Union (“EU”) competition law have undeniably changed with the renumbering […]

Paul Lugard, Feb 23, 2010 This contribution includes some modest suggestions for areas where the new Commissioner and his staff may direct their attention. However, it can be expected that, at least initially, DG COMP’s activities will for a large part be characterized by a continuation of the present policy. This is certainly likely to […]

Eric Morgan de Rivery, Feb 16, 2010 It has become customary, at the beginning of each year, to take a look at the previous year, to draw lessons for the future, and to attempt to anticipate trends to come. Such second-guessing is all the more interesting this year with the entry into force of the […]

Christophe Lemaire, Simon Naudin, Feb 18, 2010 The impulse for change in competition law and policy should not be expected to come either from the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, or from the nomination of Mr. Almunia, whose statements indicate that he does not intend to deviate substantially from the path followed by […]

Alberto Martinazzi, Feb 16, 2010 As from January 1, 2010, a new procedural tool for the protection of consumers, the class action, is now available in the Italian legal system. Class actions constitute a new instrument consumers can rely on for the safeguard of certain individual rights already enforceable with individual lawsuits before courts. Thus, […]